Kampus Watch

The Governing Council of Nigeria Education Week has conferred on the University of Calabar the prestigious 'Landmark Achievement Award for Academic Excellence' in acknowledgement of the institution's "impeccable academic records and proven integrity". According to a letter signed by the Chairperson of the Council, Prof. Sidi Osho, the award is only "given to institutions that have distinguished themselves in academic excellence both in professionalism of lecturers and specifically in the efficiency of their graduands. The letter indicated that the honour is also in recognition of the commitment demonstrated by the University towards education programmes, activities and the ideals of the Governing Council of Nigeria Education Week. It added that the Council took cognizance of the institution's "track record of unflinching excellence in research, innovation in academics, institutionalized discipline, strict compliance with admission ethics and pr...

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has appealed to the Chairman of the Board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, to come to the aid of the university in its infrastructural development efforts. Prof. Akpagu who made the appeal while on a courtesy visit to the NDDC Chairman at the Board's headquarters in Port Harcourt, expressed dismay that as one of the oldest federal universities in the South/South region,  UniCal was the least developed in terms of infrastructure and academic programmes. He told the NDDC Board Chairman that the university was in dire need of high impact projects such as an Ultra-modern Medical Centre, a befitting Senate Building and Faculty of Pharmacy Building. According to him, "the university still uses the temporary four room premises acquired for the Medical Centre since 1976. The number of students admitted has increased from 196 in 1975 to 47,000 in 2017. Consequently, the Medical ...