By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has commenced activities for its 38th Convocation Ceremony, with Vice Chancellor, Prof. Offiong Efanga Offiong, outlining a week-long programme and a reform-driven agenda aimed at repositioning the institution. Addressing journalists on Thursday, April 2, 2026, at the university, Offiong described the convocation as a…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima will flag off the first University Innovation Pods in Africa at the University of Lagos on Tuesday April, 7 2026. An initiative of the United Nations Development Programme in partnership with the Federal Government aims to reconfigure Nigeria’s development architecture to transform universities into engines…
By Anietie Akpan In a continuous partnership to strengthen digital innovation and infrastructure at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), the Vice Chancellor, Professor Offiong Effanga Offiong, has reaffirmed the institution’s strong backing for the OPay project, describing it as a timely intervention that will benefit both students and the wider academic community. In a release…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Rt. Hon. Chief Orok Duke, PhD, has called on qualified youths across the state to take advantage of the 2026/2027 Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme recently announced by the Commission. Chief Duke, in a statement made…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has released the total sum of N339,903,000.00 (Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Three Thousand Naira) for the registration of 12,589 indigenous students in the 2026 West African Examinations Council (WAEC). This was disclosed at the first 2026…
