The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has appointed a Professor of Constitutional Law and Governance, Edoba Omoregie, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the university. Prof. Shaibu Umaru, Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, announced the appointment on Friday in Benin, Edo State. Umaru said Omoregie emerged the 11th vice-chancellor …
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THE University of Benin management has authorized the indefinite suspension of the institution’s Student Union Government. The university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, issued a statement on Monday announcing the suspension of some students believed to be members of the student union. This suspension is connected to an attack on Olumide Akpata, the Edo State Labour Party’s candidate. According to …
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THE Federal government is working towards the re-introduction of the Policy of University Full Autonomy. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said. The new policy direction, the President noted is premised on the federal government conviction that university autonomy provides the platform for institutions to develop at the pace set by …
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THE Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured first-class graduates of the University of Benin of Edo origin of automatic recruitment into the State Civil and Public Service. The governor gave the assurance while addressing graduates at the 48th Convocation and 53rd Founders’ Day ceremony at the UNIBEN main campus, …
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A former Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. TY Danjuma, on Saturday, delivered a 500-capacity female hostel in the name of his wife, Daisy, to the University of Benin. Inaugurating the storey-building edifice at the Ugbowo campus of the institution, Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said the donation was …
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A lecturer in the University of Benin, Professor Ishaq Osagie-Eweka has dragged that the Commissioner of Police, Adamu Dankwara before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over his arrest and detention which he described as unlawful and unconstitutional. Osagie-Eweka, a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Benin, through …
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THE Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, was also honoured as Africa Pillar of Education for her impact on education development on the continent. According to a statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire on Saturday in Benin, the awards were presented at the 1st Africa …
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