The management of the University of Calabar, on Monday, announced an over 100 per cent increase in the institution’s tuition fees for undergraduates. In the statement by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Effiong Eyo, made available to newsmen in Calabar, said the upward review of the fees was taken at an emergency meeting of the university’s…
Suspected gunmen on Sunday night, reportedly abducted Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga, at the university staff quarters. Egaga, a professor at the Department of Special Education in the institution, was said to have been abducted at his residence. The Police Command in Cross River, while confirming the abduction in…
The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the recovery of the body of Prof. Felix Akpan, Professor of Political Science with the University of Calabar (UNICAL). The spokesperson of the police command, SP Irene Ugbo, while confirmed the development, said the body was discovered in his apartment at Plot 181, Duke Town Close, State Housing…
The authority of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was set to probe the death of an undergraduate. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi ordered the Medical Board of the school to produce its report on or before February 2, 2023. The Informant247 recalls that Precious Agini, a 300-level student of the Department of Library and Information…
University of Calabar has ordered the cessation of the practice of “water ritual’’ in the school, describing it as unwholesome and not academic. In the “water ritual’’, students pour water sporadically on matriculating and graduating students as an “initiation rite’’. The varsity’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, stated in Calabar on Friday that the vice-chancellor, Prof….
The University of Calabar has said that it is not doing recruitment of staff. The tertiary institution has disowned a media advertisement on recruitment. The spokesperson of the institution, Mr Effiong Eyo, in a statement on Wednesday in Calabar, sent message of advice to members of the public to overlook the social media advertisement as…
The University of Calabar has inducted 99 new nurses into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The nurses took oath of allegiance on Tuesday at the institution’s Conference Centre in Calabar. Speaking during the ceremony, Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the university, urged the graduands to be of good behaviour and care…
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has suspended a female student of the Faculty of Law of the institution for allegedly stealing iPhone XS. The suspension was conveyed in a letter signed on Tuesday in Calabar by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and addressed to the student. According to the…
