Tag: UNICAL
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400-level UNICAL student climbs floodlight pole to protest dilapidation of UJ Stadium
Kingsley Paul, a 24-year-old 400-level student of the University of Calabar on Thursday climbed one of the floodlight poles of the UJ Esuene Stadium to protest the dilapidation of facilities in the stadium. Paul, who was rescued by men of The Anti-kidnapping and Cultism Squad, AKCS (Dragon Squad)
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UNICAL approves creation of digital profiles of students
UNICAL approves creation of digital profiles of students
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Kidnapped UNICAL Law students regain freedom
The two kidnapped Law students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have regained freedom from their abductors. The students, Ikpi Okoi-Itam and Vincent Adomi-Okorafor who were kidnapped on July 1 on campus were released on Sunday in the creeks of Calabar South. The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university, Prof. Florence Obi, told NAN that…
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UNICAL recalls lecturer suspended for selling certificates to students
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has recalled Dr Eyo Mensah of the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages from suspension. His recall was conveyed in a letter signed by the University Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe on Tuesday in Calabar. Mensah was suspended from official duties in the institution on…
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BREAKING: Court jails Professor for manipulating 2019 election results
Professor Peter Ogban, a returning officer in the 2019 general elections in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District has been jailed for election fraud. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ogban, who is a Professor of Soil Science at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was jailed by a High Court in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday. He was found…
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ASUU demands release of colleague kidnapped one year ago
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the University of Calabar branch on Monday demanded the unconditional release of their colleague, Dr David Ugwu who has been held captive since February 14, 2020. There two other victims of kidnapping in the state who are yet to be seen, heard from nor set free by their…
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Hoodlums raid UNICAL, cart away properties worth millions
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) Academic Publishing Centre was invaded by hoodlums, who carted away various items including computers, John Edor, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities, Calabar Chapter (ASUU-UCB) has said. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Sunday, Edor, who stated that the intentions of the hoodlums…
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UNICAL gets first female Vice Chancellor in 45 years of existence
Prof. Florence Banku-Obi has been announced as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), 45 years after the university was established. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of selection was transparent. Nwaogu said that the Council…
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Killings: UNICAL arrests 11 alleged cultists, tightens security around campus
The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Monday said it has deployed security around and within the institution over the killing of two students by gunmen in a suspected renewed wave of cult clashes on campus. Following the development, 11 suspected cultists have been arrested and handed over to the anti-cultism and kidnap…
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Akpagu: UniCal’s Quintessential Don And Administrator
By: Philip Agbese Former American first lady, Rosalynn Carter once gave a recipe of the outcomes of a good leader. She enunciated that, “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” The emergence of Professor Zana Itiunbe Akpagu…