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  • UNIBEN announces closure, sends students home for elections

    UNIBEN announces closure, sends students home for elections

    Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lilian Salami has directed the closure of the institution for academic activities for the 2023 general elections.

    The institution’s Registrar, Mr Ademola Bobola announced this in a notice obtained on Sunday in Benin.

    Bobola said that the university would close from Feb. 22 to March 14, in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive through National Universities Commission.

    The registrar, who said that normal academic activities would resume on March 15, also directed all the students resident on campus to vacate their hostels latest 12 noon on Feb. 22.

    He quoted the vice-chancellor and the university management as enjoining students to conduct themselves peacefully during the period of the general elections and wishing them safe travels all through.

  • UNIBEN set for post-UTME, DE screenings amidst ASUU strike

    UNIBEN set for post-UTME, DE screenings amidst ASUU strike

    The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has fixed dates for its Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry screenings for 2022/2023 session.

    The university, in a notice by its Registrar, Mr Ademola Bobola on Wednesday in Benin, said that the exercise would hold between Nov. 14 and Nov. 25.

    Bobola said that the screening would be conducted in designated centres at the Ugbowo main campus of the institution, using the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.

    “Only candidates, who applied through JAMB for the 2022/2023 UTME and direct entry admission and chose University of Benin as first choice and scored 200 and above for UTME candidates, are eligible for this screening exercise,” the registrar said.

    Bobola, however, referred admission seekers to the institution’s official website http://www.uniben.edu for further details.