Calabar, Nigeria – Dr Joseph Akpan, Head of Department (HOD) of Pharmacology, University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been suspended for altering examination scores. CONVERSEER learned that the course Dr Akpan altered the exam scores is “Introduction to General Antimicrobial Pharmacology (PHM 311).” Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University, who revealed the malfeasance on…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has extended the deadline for the sales of postgraduate forms as well as shifted the date for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) and oral interview. Update on Sales of forms deadline: According to information from the UNICAL College of Postgraduate Studies, the sales for form the 2023/2024 academic session, has been…
The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has commended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, for her uprightness in reporting unqualified graduates to the scheme for demobilisation. The Director-General gave the commendation in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the Director of Information…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has change the mode of admission screening exercise from aptitude test to O’level point grading system for the 2024/2025 academic session. This was disclosed by Gabriel Egbe, Registrar of the University on Monday, 19th August 2024, in a statement with reference number UC/REG/CIR/64. The statement which said the management regrets…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) in partnership with the Foundation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Nigeria (FOPCHEN), have trained 25 students and 18 residents of Akai Efa community in solar installation and maintenance. Issuing certificates to the beneficiaries on Friday in Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, admonished the trainees to…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has told the newly inducted Radiographers to talk down the idea of travelling abroad (Japa) for practice but should focus on how their impact can be best felt by Nigerians. Prof. Florence Obi stated this in her remarks during the 17 Induction and…
The Management of the University of Calabar has set up a Special Committee under the leadership of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Eno Nta, to investigate the activities of some final-year students who recently flouted the university regulations resulting in the near breakdown of law and order. The 10-Man Committee’s terms of reference include investigating…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has commended the NYSC for releasing names of 93 unqualified persons that were fraudulently mobilised for the one year National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) following a complaint launched by the university in 2023. Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, in a release on Tuesday, 13th August 2024, said that…
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions (NASU-UCB) and the Centre for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE), University of Calabar (UNICAL) have reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing employee capacity. Speaking at the UNICAL International Conference Centre during a two-day intensive training workshop on “Sharpening Staff Work Capital Upgrade in the University System”, Chairperson of…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has announced the promotion of four Academic Staff to the Professorial Cadre. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Linkages and Collaboration, Prof. Peter Okafor, who presided over the Special Senate Session of the University of Calabar on behalf of the Vice Chancellor disclosed that one…