The Vice Chancellor of University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lillian Salami, has asked the Federal Ministry of Education to clear the air on the status of Mallam Sanusi Lamido as the Chancellor of the institution. Recall that Sanusi who was appointed Chancellor of the institution in 2015 by the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was […]
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Properties worth millions of naira were Thursday night destroyed in a fire that razed the official residence of the immediate past Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof Michael Ibadin. According to sources, the inferno which began sometime after 7 pm, left a significant part of the building, located at […]
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A former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Baniro, has charged African countries, including Nigeria, to find solution to their problem of under development, rather than relying on help from international communities. He gave the charge last weekend at the University of Benin, during the innaguration of a Centre of Excellence in Reproductive […]
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Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orumwense, on Thursday explained why the institution recalled five students who were rusticated for protesting against increment of various fees. Prof. Orumwense said the students were not rusticated for protesting but for attempting to disrupt the University’s 47th Founder’s Day and 43rd Convocation ceremonies. Orumwense who […]
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There was massive protest at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), as the management of the institution decided to rusticated the president of the students’ union government and four others for allegedly leading a protest against increment of different fees in the institution. Two of the students were rusticated for two academic sessions while three others […]
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Barely three months after a University of Benin (UNIBEN) Professor was killed by an armed gang, another lecturer in the Department of Education of the institution, Dr. Godwin Omofonwa, was on Wednesday shot dead by a five-man armed robbery gang. Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo disclosed this while briefing journalists at […]
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Paul Otasowie, a professor in the department of electrical and electrical electronics engineering at University of Benin, Edo state, was reportedly killed by suspected gunmen on Wednesday evening. University of Benin spokesman, Michael Osasuyi, told PUNCH that Otasowie was shot dead by the armed men in front of his residence on Ekehuan road in Oredo local […]
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The management of University of Benin (UNIBEN) says the 2017 Post- UTME admission screening earlier scheduled for Sept 14 to 25 will now hold from Sept. 28 to Oct. 10, 2017. The information is in a statement by Mrs Otasowie Oshodin, the Registrar of the institution, made available in Benin on Friday. According To him, […]
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