By Frank Ulom The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an interim injunction barring the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Offiong E. Offiong, management and other respondents from interfering with the UNICAL Chapel of Redemption pending the determination of a substantive fundamental rights suit instituted by Rev. (Dr) Joseph Litiamliweabe Ushie….
By Frank Ulom The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced that it will not admit candidates into its Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry, and Medical Laboratory Science programmes for the 2026/2027 academic session following a directive from the relevant professional regulatory bodies. The decision was contained in a memo issued by the Office of the Registrar,…
The University of Calabar, UNICAL, has dismissed eight members of staff and sanctioned another, including a professor and two academic doctors, following findings of various acts of misconduct, reinforcing the institution’s commitment to discipline and accountability. According to The Lumine News, the decisions were approved at the University’s 174th Governing Council meeting on July 3,…
The Member representing Yala II State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. (Dr) Martins Achadu, has dismissed allegations that he received salaries simultaneously as a legislator and an employee of the University of Calabar (UNICAL). In a Press Statement on Thursday, July 16, 2026, Dr Achadu described the claims as misleading…
By Frank Ulom Several residential buildings were destroyed in a fire outbreak that swept through Eta-Agbor Cemetery Road in Calabar, Cross River State, in the early hours of Sunday, leaving many families homeless and counting heavy losses. The fire reportedly started at about 1:00 a.m., although the exact cause remains unknown. While some residents believe…
By Frank Ulom The University of Calabar, UNICAL, has made it to the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings. The ever-innovative university now under the leadership of Prof. Offiong Offiong, was among the 24 universities in Nigeria that made it to that list. It…
