The University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University), has promoted a total of 104 academic staff to professorial rank, said to be the highest number of lecturers elevated to professorial rank in the history of the University. The 11th Governing Council of UniAbuja, led by Senator Dr Olanrewaju Tejuoso, approved the promotion of the 104 [&hell...
•Wike and Prof Patricia The acting Vice Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University (Former University of Abuja), Prof. Lar Patricia Manko, has reacted to the allegation of land grabbing against the institution by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. In an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Manko said the 11,000 hectares of land ...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu, today, dissolved the entire governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja), and relieved Professor Aisha Maikudi of her duties as its Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. “To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon ...
•Prof. Aisha Maikudi The University of Abuja has announced the appointment of Prof. Aisha Maikudi as Vice Chancellor amidst controversies and protests. This was disclosed in a statement by the acting Director of Public Affairs of the institution, Habib Yakoob today. Controversies trailed the appointment process of the new substantive VC for th...
High-level intrigues and drama have continued to characterise the selection process of a new vice chancellor of the University of Abuja. Since the exit of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, on July 1, 2024, the university that prides itself as the ‘symbol of Unity and Scholarship’ ha...
The Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has approved the promotion of 154 members of staff to various ranks. Among those promoted are 33 academic staff who have been elevated to professorial ranks, reports Nigerian Tribune. The Council chaired by Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (rtd), approved the promotion of the aff...
The University of Abuja professors are right now protesting the process of selecting the vice-chancellor of the school. Channels Television’s crew covering the protest was manhandled and the crew bus vandalized by security operatives in the school, after detaining them for over an hour. The university has been embroiled in a deep crisis over t...
•Some of the students during the protest Students at the University of Abuja have rejected the renaming of the institution after Yakubu Gowon and called on the federal government to immediately reverse the decision. The students made the call at the main gate of the permanent site of the university yesterday, carrying placards with inscription...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has renamed the university of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, after the FEC meeting preceded over by President Bola Tinubu today. Addressing State House Correspondents, the Minister said the move was aimed at honour...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by members of the 9th Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) challenging the council’s dissolution. In a judgment today, Tuesday, July 9, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the suit filed by the affected UniAbuja Governing Council members was instituted outside the three [&...
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