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The University of Benin says 385 undergraduates are to earn First Class Honours during its 49th/50th convocation scheduled for between Nov. 20 and 23.

Prof. Lilian Salami, Vice-Chancelleor of the university, announced this on Monday in Benin during a news conference to herald the convocation ceremony .

According to Salami, a total of 20,630 are graduating for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 sessions.

She said the award of first degrees would hold on Nov. 22 while that of higher degrees would come up on Nov. 23.

The vice-chancellor said out of numbers, 10,609 graduated for 2021/2022 session while 10,021 graduated for 2022/2023 session.

Salami also announced conferment of professors Emeritus on seven distinguished academics as well on the university’s honourary degrees on three Nigerian personalities.

“It is gratifying to state that the university of Benin continues to beam its searchlight internally and nationwide to identify and honour distinguished personalities found worthy to be conferred with the recognition as Professors Emeritus and Honorary Doctorate Degrees.

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“Seven distinguished Professors have been approved by the Senate of the University to be recipients of the honour of Professors Emeritus at this year’s convocation,” she said.

The recipients of honourary degrees, according to her, include Chief Leemon Ikpea, an Oil, Gas and construction company magnate, who would be conferred with Doctor of Business Administration.

She said Dr Kingsley Momodu; an alumnus and renowned dentist would be conferred with Doctor of Science and a foremost entrepreneur and Chairman, VESA Fisheries, Mrs Veronica Igbe, would tbe honoured with Doctor of Business Administration.

Salami, who said the convocation ceremony would be her last as the vice-chancellor of the school, recounted her achievements throughout the five year tenure at the ivory tower.

She said the milestone achievements included establishment of Information Communications Technology/Central Research Processing Unit (ICT/CRPU) and Centre For Educational Technology (CET)

“Management of the University has not relented in the efforts to re-position the Institution in the top hierarchy of Institutions of global reckoning.

“In this regard, the University has acquired over 100 additional desktop computers for computer-based examinations for the ICT Centre and 200 Desk-tops and lap-top computers distributed across departments and units to facilitate cutting-edge technology-driven assignments.

“These are aided by the provision of internet services, some of which are undertaken directly by many of the faculties.

“The ICT Unit, in the Vice Chancellor’s Office, now successfully deploys electronic voting in any election for which such mode is required,” she said.

She also claimed that automation of the registry and bursary departments sponsored by Latter Day Saints was on-going.

She counted various infrastructure development the university had been able to attract under her watch.

She said that the infrastructure included ultra-modern office buildings, lecture theatres, multimedia gadgets and faculty buildings, among others.

(NAN)

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Benin, Edo State, Prof. Lilian Salami, has disclosed that she is supporting the higher institution’s Faculty of Law’s academic excellence and special recognition awards to outstanding students and world-class heroes and friends of the faculty, so as to serve as incentives to the recipients, and motivate others.

She also assured in her remarks that her administration remained committed to worthy objectives, such as that of UNIBEN’s faculty of law.

Salami, who chaired the event yesterday, and was represented by UNIBEN’s Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Omoruyi Osunde, at the colourful event that was also attended by the Chairman of the Alumni Association of the Federal Government-owned university, Osahon Eghosa, spoke at UNIBEN’s Faculty of Law’s second edition of Academic Excellence/Recognition Awards for many outstanding students, alumni, and a friend of the iconic faculty, while describing the event as a step in the right direction.

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The awardees included the best three students in the faculty of law of UNIBEN, from 100 level to 500 level, who received certificates of recognition, various cash awards, and wigs and gowns that were donated by Olayiwola Afolabi, SAN; as well as the faculty’s law heroes, who were recognised for their immense contributions to the advancement and development of their faculty.

The law heroes consisted of five exceptional alumni of UNIBEN’s Faculty of Law: Prince Richard Ahonaruogho, SAN, a past President of the university’s Alumni Association Worldwide, who is also a former member of the higher institution’s (UNIBEN’s) Governing Council; a former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN; and these legal practitioners: Dr. Kemi Pinheiro, SAN; Chief Charles Edosomwan, SAN; and Dr. Adefunmilayo Ayo-Odugbesan; as well as UNIBEN’s law class of 1991.

Award of special recognition was also presented to a friend of UNIBEN’s Faculty of Law, Olayiwola Afolabi, SAN, a Benin-based eminent lawyer and philanthropist, who studied law at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, and hails from Ekiti State, who presented many wigs and gowns to numerous most-brilliant students of the faculty, and he twice spiced up the well-attended occasion with special renditions by his Christian choral group.

Edo State High Court, Benin, presided over by Justice Mary Itsueli, yesterday discharged and acquitted of alleged rape, a lecturer in the Department of English and Literature of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), in Benin, Dr. Bode Ekundayo, three years after.

Ekundayo, an Associate Professor, was alleged to have demanded sex for marks from a 21-year-old, 400-level student, Miss Anita Adesuwa Efosa, on October 5, 2021.

The youthful lecturer was accused of raping Efosa in his office at UNIBEN’s Faculty Complex during the day, thereby queried and interdicted by the management of the university, which has as Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami, pending the investigation of the allegation by the police and the court’s judgment.

Ekundayo was immediately arrested, detained for some weeks, and arraigned for alleged rape, but he was later granted bail on stringent conditions.

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He was, however, discharged and acquitted for lack of substantial proof and evidence against him, in the suit with reference number: B/CD/8CV/22.

Justice Itsueli stressed that the prosecution team failed completely to prove the case against the don beyond reasonable doubt.

The presiding judge noted that even if anyone was to believe the claims of the alleged victim in their face value, there was no substantial proof or evidence whatsoever to establish sexual intercourse or rape.

Justice Itsueli upheld the no-case submission filed by the defense/lecturer’s counsel, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, a former Edo Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Edoba Omoregie, a Professor of Constitutional Law and Governance, yesterday emerged the eleventh substantive Vice-Chancellor-elect of the Federal Government-owned University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Benin, Edo State.

Omoregie will on December 1, 2024 succeed the second female vice-chancellor of UNIBEN, Prof. Lilian Salami, who is performing excellently as her role model, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, the first female helmsman of the higher institution.

UNIBEN’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Shaibu Umaru, announced Omoregie’s appointment in Benin.

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Umaru revealed that Omoregie was chosen out of the 27 persons that applied for the position.

The incoming vice-chancellor, who was born on April 5, 1969, is an indigene of Benin Kingdom in Edo South Senatorial District.

Omoregie attended UNIBEN for his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992, while he became a SAN in 2021.

The University of Benin 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.

Umaru said Omoregie emerged the 11th vice-chancellor of the university out of the 27 that applied for the coveted seat.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new vice-chancellor, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), would take over from the incumbent, Prof. Lillian Salami whose tenure ends on Dec 1.

Born on April 5, 1969, Prof. Omoregie is a native of Benin and attended the University of Benin for his first, second and third degrees.

He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992 and conferred with the prestigious Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2021.

(NAN) 

University of Benin (UNIBEN) is set to re-open on Aug. 11 after a period of closure occasioned by students’ protests and agitations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the institution’s Senate had, on July 4, announced the closure of the school, following protests by students over weeks of power outage on the campus.

According to a circular released by the university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, students are expected to return to their halls of residence on Sunday, while lectures resume on Monday.

The registrar said during the closure, the university management addressed the issues that led to the shutting down of the institution, including electricity and water supply as well as renovation of halls of residence.

“The decision to reopen the university was made by the Senate at its meetings held on July 23 and 24, 2024, in tandem with the position of the Governing Council, critical stakeholders, and after a review of the current atmosphere in the country.

“As part of the conditions for resumption, each returning student is required to swear an affidavit of undertaking to be of good conduct while in the university.

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“The affidavit must contain cardinal points, as captured in the document attached to the circular.

“Students are expected to upload the sworn affidavit on their Kofa page of the university and submit the hard copy to their departmental course adviser within two weeks of resumption,” he said.

Bobola stated that failure to comply with the directive might result in the withholding of results of defaulting students.

He assured students that necessary actions had been taken to address the issues that led to the closure, expressing the confidence that normal academic activities would resume without any hitch.

The registrar advised students to take note of the resumption date and comply with the conditions for resumption to avoid any consequence.

(NAN)