By Joe Udo CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Tension gripped the campus of University of Calabar after a trailer reportedly suffered brake failure near the institution’s E-Library area, causing a brief scare among students and staff. According to Nsikan Umoh, who shared the video of the incident on Facebook on Wednesday, the incident occurred when the driver,…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has declared that the University of Calabar acted fraudulently and recklessly by admitting students into its Faculty of Engineering without due accreditation from relevant statutory bodies. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, Justice R. O. Dugbo-Oghoghorie ruled in favour of eight…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Police Command has declared Mr Benjamin Hilda, a male student of the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Calabar (UNICAL), missing. According to a statement issued on Friday by ASP Sunday Eitokpah, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Hilda, 30, went missing in 2025…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar Faculty of Communication and Media Studies has held an orientation exercise for its fresh students who were recently admitted for the 2025/2026 academic session. The faculty comprises seven departments: Advertising, Broadcasting, Development Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, Mass Communication, and Strategic Communication. In an opening…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A University Don and Head of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Dr Ukam I. Ngwu, Esq., has identified invasion of the media space by unqualified persons as the root cause of rising quackery and fake news syndrome threatening society development. Speaking…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Dr Eyo Essien has been appointed as the Director of the Centre for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), University of Calabar (UNICAL). A letter signed by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Offiong Offiong, disclosed that the appointment is for a period of two (2) years with effect from January 1,…
