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The Appointment Of A VC For Unical Should Be Based On Merit, Not Ethnicity & Zoning

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The University of Calabar, UNICAL, established in 1975, is a foremost citadel of learning that takes prides 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. As the administration of the current VC, Florence Obi, comes to…

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Unical Gets Approval For Establishment Of College Of Education

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The University of Calabar has been granted a formal approval from the National Universities Commission, NUC, to establish a College of Education. This information was conveyed in a letter issued to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar by the NUC’s Acting Director, Academic Planning, on behalf of the Acting Executive Secretary, Abubakar Girei….

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Unical Suspends Lecturer For Tampering With 235 Out Of 242 Exam Scripts, Awarding Marks To Absent Students

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The Vice-Chancellor of University of Calabar, UNICAL, Florence Obi, has confirmed the suspension of Joseph Akpan, a lecturer accused of manipulating examination scores. Akpan, the Head of Pharmacology Department, faces allegations of tampering with 235 out of 242 exam scripts for the “Introduction to General Antimicrobial Pharmacology” (PHM 311) course. This means that only five…

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NYSC Commends Unical VC For Exposing Certificate Fraud, Demobilises 54 Fake Graduates

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Yusha’u Ahmed, a Brigadier General and Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has commended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Florence Banku Obi, for drawing the NYSC’s attention to the illegal corps mobilisations traced to Unical. Ahmed who spoke in Abuja after announcing the demobilization of 54 illegally mobilised graduates of…

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Unical Responds To Invalidation of 101 ‘Graduates’ By NYSC

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…insists case of 85 others must be made public! The management of the University of Calabar, Unical, has reacted to the scandal currently involving 101 purported graduates of the institution whose National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificates have been invalidated by the NYSC after it was discovered that the affected persons were fraudulently mobilized for…

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101 Unical Graduates Lose NYSC Certificates

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One hundred and one graduates of the University of Calabar, Unical, have lost their National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificates after the management of NYSC discovered that the graduates were fraudulently mobilized for service by the university. A breakdown of the figure shows that 99 students who were mobilized for service during the 2021, 2022…

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