Tag: UNIBEN
UNIBEN employee ‘takes own life’ over financial struggles
A data entry worker at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Carter Oshodin, has allegedly taken his own life due to financial difficulties.
The non-academic staff...
Nigeria’s first female VC Grace Alele-Williams buried
The first female university vice-chancellor in Nigeria Grace Alele-Williams has been buried.
The renowned professor of Mathematics died on March 25, 2022, aged 89.
Speaking at...
Obaseki visits family of UNIBEN student Uwaila Omozuwa killed in Redeemed...
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki visited the family of late Uwaila Omozuwa over the weekend to "celebrate her life."
Ms Omozuwa, who was a freshman...
UNIBEN Senate approves VC’s removal of N20,000 late registration fee
The Senate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has approved the removal of the N20,000 late registration fee following a two-day protest by students...
UNIBEN shuts down over students’ protest
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has been closed following protest that greeted the N20,000 late registration fee imposed by the school authority.
Vice-chancellor of the...
Gang-raped UNIBEN student Uwa Omozuwa buried in Benin
The remains of a freshman at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Uwa Omozuwa have been laid to rest in Benin, Edo State capital.
Ms Omozuwa’s...
Omozuwa: Police parade suspected killers of UNIBEN student
Police in Edo on Wednesday paraded six suspects over the rape and murder of a 100-level microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN)...
Uwa Omozuwa was a virgin – Edo commissioner
Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Yinka Omorogbe, has said that the slain student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Uwa Omozuwa,...
Wangboje: Ode to master print maker
Nigeria’s first professor of fine art and former deputy vice-chancellor, University of Benin, Prof. Solomon Irein Wangboje (1930-1998), would have been 90 years in...
Students protest in Benin over raped, murdered Uwa Omozuwa
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday protested in Benin City, Edo State capital, over the rape and murder of...