Dr Godwin Agbor receives Excellent Service to Humanity award
The Medical Director of Omega Hospital, Boki, Dr Godwin Agbor (KSM), has been honoured with Excellent Service to Humanity award.
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UNICAL VC’ship: Is South being petty?
Barely six months (1st Dec. 2025) to the election of the new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), the media space has been crowded with all sorts of agitations, especially from the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, that, it is their turn.
OPINION: UNICAL VC appointment should be based on merit not ethnicity and zoning
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL), established in 1975, is a foremost citadel of learning that prides itself in academic excellence and research. Over the years, the institution has been led by competent scholars who have contributed their quota towards the development of the institution. In UNICAL, the administration of the current VC,…
Gunmen abduct 400-level UNICAL medical student
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Gunmen have abducted Mark Ofre Okwohe, a 400-level medical student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar, Cross River State. According to human rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo, Okwohe was kidnapped on Sunday night. Though the details of his abduction are still sketchy, the Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, Comr. Blessing Alims…
UNICAL goes global, presents degrees to 13 midwifery graduates in Ghana
KUMASI (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has gone global with its degree in an exchange programme between the University and the Garden City University College (GCUC) Kumasi, Ghana. This comes as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, presented Master’s Degree certificates of the University of Calabar to the…
UNICAL secures full accreditation for 24 programmes from NUC
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has secured full accreditation status for 24 programmes in the institution from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC). In a letter signed by Engr. Abraham Chundusu, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the NUC, the Commission conveyed the outcome of the comprehensive accreditation exercise carried out in…
UNICAL renames conference centre after Akpabio
CALABAR – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has renamed its International Conference Centre after Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Converseer reports that the renaming follows the 50th-anniversary celebration which took place in March this year. During the anniversary, which coincided with the University’s 37th convocation, Akpabio was also honoured with a Doctorate Degree, as well as…
Rt. Hon. Orok Duke Bags PhD in Media Arts
Calabar, Nigeria – The Commissioner representing Cross River State at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. Orok Otu Duke has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Media Arts at the prestigious University of Calabar (UNICAL). Duke, after painstakingly going through the educational system of the varsity was awarded the doctorate degree…
UNICAL First Female SUG President Awards N1m to Best Graduating Student
By Emem Julius Calabar, Nigeria – The first female president of the Student Union Government (SUG) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Blessing Alims, has awarded cash of one million naira (₦1,000,000) to Moses Udofia who emerged the overall best-graduating student of the institution. Alims confirmed this on Sunday in Calabar, noting that Moses Udofia,…
UNICAL Honours Akpabio, Kalu, Edu, Egwuonwu’s Legacies
Calabar, Nigeria – The President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Betta Edu, and Chief Chukwuemeka Egwuonwu (CEO of Peterson Group) have been inducted into the University of Calabar’s prestigious Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony,…