•Prof Odewunmi Prof Samuel Gbadebo Odewunmi of the Lagos State University (LASU), has been appointed as Acting Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo UNIUYO), Akwa Ibọm State of Nigeria. Odewumi is a Professor of Transport Planning and Policy and former Dean, School of Transport and Logistics Lagos State University (LASU). The appointment was conv...
The Vice Chancellor of Summit University Offa in Kwara State, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, says Nigerian universities must become strategic partners in addressing the nation’s insecurity, stressing that the solution goes beyond kinetic responses. Speaking with journalists during the institution’s fifth and sixth combined convocation, the VC ...
•FUPRE Members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Warri Zone, yesterday, shut down activities at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, accusing the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ezekiel Agbalagba, o...
•Prof Francisca Bassey In a bold move aimed at strengthening the academic leadership of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Cross River State governor and Visitor to the University, Bassey Edet Otu, has approved the appointment of Professor Francisca Bassey as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the institution. The appointment, whi...
•UNICAL Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has vowed to resolve the ongoing crisis in the institution’s Department of Dentistry, where there have been reports of over-admission for several years. She disclosed this yesterday in Calabar, during a press briefing, stressing th...
Despite the efforts to enthrone merit in the process of selecting Vice Chancellors and heads of other tertiary institutions, it appears too many vested interests will pull all the stops to undermine such efforts. This seems to be what is playing out at the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), a federal government institution, which used [&h...
1.0 Preamble The Governing Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University (hereafter also called the COOU), Anambra State, hereby announces that the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University is vacant. In accordance with the provisions of the COOU Law of 2014 and all relevant statutory instruments governing the university, including...
•Professor James Tooley and Nigerian wife, Cynthia A Nigerian entrepreneur, Cynthia Tooley, has emerged as a central figure in the suspension of the University of Buckingham Vice Chancellor, Professor James Tooley, over allegations of a controversial overseas relationship. Tooley, who denies the allegations, was suspended from his £229,000-a-y...
The embattled vice-chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Prof. Benard Odoh, today called on the Federal Ministry of Education not to be desperate in trying to set the institution on fire or attempting to usurp the powers of the courts before whom there are multiple lawsuits on the matter and shouldn’t run into conclusions without evidence. ...
•Prof Chigozie Ogbu Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Prof Chigozie Ogbu, has decried the spare of robbery, vandalism, and other forms of criminal activities in the institution. Ogbu, former Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, disclosed this while refuting the allegation on the social media that the University management auctioned...

