UNICAL

January 30, (THEWILL) — The House of Representatives, on Thursday, January 29, 2026, moved to investigate the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Prof. Ikpeme A. Ikpeme, over allegations of discriminatory recruitment practices. The development...

November 18, (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Cyril Ndifon, to five years in prison without an option of fine. Justice...

October 10, (THEWILL) – The Head of Department (HOD) of Pharmacology, in the University of Calabar (UniCal), Joseph Akpan, has been suspended for allegedly altering examination results of 235 students. UniCal Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, disclosed this to newsmen...

August 17, (THEWILL) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 graduates of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), who were illegally mobilised. NYSC’s Director General, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed, who disclosed this in a statement signed by the...

April 01, (THEWILL) - At least three undergraduate students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Spokesperson of the Cross River State Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident,...

January 21, (THEWILL) - A lecturer in the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) with a speciality in elementary education, Prof. Mrs. Rita Cyril Ndifon, has dedicated her recent elevation to the rank of Professor...

December 07, (THEWILL) - Amid outrage and protest over the hike in tuition fee by the University of Calabar (UNICAL), the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Florence Obi, has directed that the Implementation of the charges be...

December 4, (THEWILL) – Some students of the University Of Calabar (UNICAL), have protested the over 100% hike by the management of the university. The students gathered at the Malabor Square inside the university before taking it out of the...

December 4, (THEWILL) – The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has announced increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 percent. The spokesperson of the institution, Effiong Eyo, in a statement on Monday, said the...

November 15, (THEWILL) - The lead consultant of Neurology at the University Of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Professor Ekanem Ephraim, has so far spent about 116 days in kidnappers den in Cross River State. Professor Ephraim was kidnapped about four months...