UNICAL graduand breaks record, becomes first and only first-class graduate in her department

A nursing mother who sat for her final year exams while pregnant and gave birth 3 days after her exams, has broken an age-long record as she becomes the first person to ever graduate with a first-class from the department of Linguistics and Communications Studies at the University of Calabar (Unical).

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Colette Offiong Bassey took to Instagram to share her testimony following her convocation ceremony.

She revealed that it wasn't easy as she wrote her exams just days before her due date, yet she not only succeeded but also set a record.