10,820 to graduate from UNICAL next week

The 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Offiong Offiong, has announced that nary less than 10,820 students volition postgraduate from the schoolhouse by adjacent week.

He stated this erstwhile helium reeled retired activities to people the 38th convocation ceremonial connected Thursday during a property conference.

Out of the full fig of graduands, the Vice-Chancellor said 152 volition spell location with diplomas.

“9,173 volition spell location with archetypal degrees, and 1,495 volition container postgraduate degrees. Of the 9,173 archetypal grade graduates, 52 made archetypal class, 2,390 fell into the second-class precocious division, 5,819 bagged second-class little division, portion 666 made 3rd class, and 246 had pass.”

On Friday, May 10, 2026, a gala nighttime volition beryllium held for each Ph.D. graduands and their supervisors, portion the grant of Ph.D. and honorary degrees, arsenic good arsenic the launching of the endowment fund/induction into UNICAL Alumni, volition besides hold.

“A full fig of 463 Ph.D. graduands volition beryllium convoking this year.”

He said that Governor Bassey Otu and 2 others volition beryllium conferred with honorary doctorate degrees, portion Major General Garba Ayodeji Wahab, Ph.D., volition present a peculiar lecture connected “Redefining National Security successful an Era of Endemic Insecurity: The Role of Tertiary Institutions.”

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