Tag: Babalakin
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Tribute to Baba Babalakin, JSC, 1927-2021, By Dele Sobowale
Justice J I C Taylor, Justice Udoma Udo Udoma
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My father vowed not to do any work for money after retirement- Babalakin
Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, the eldest son of the late retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Bolarinwa Babalakin, on Monday recounted how his late father reconciled the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, and Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran. The Chairman, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, while speaking at the third-day prayers…
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BREAKING: Buhari confirms TNG exclusive, reinstates suspended UNILAG VC, Ogundipe, dissolves Babalakin led-governing Council
Suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been reinstated. Recall that TheNewsGuru.com, TNG had earlier reported that the embattled Vice Chancellor will be reinstated later today. The development was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement was…
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BREAKING: Babalakin resigns as UNILAG Pro-Chancellor [Resignation letter attached]
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has tendered his resignation. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Presidential Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the crisis rocking the university earlier submitted its report to the Minister of Education on Thursday (today). According to the contents of his resignation…
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Unilag crisis: Senate withdraws suit against Babalakin, others
The Senate of the University of Lagos (Unilag) on Monday filed an application at the National Industrial Court to discontinue a suit challenging the removal of the university’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Ogundipe was removed by the university’s Governing Council on Aug. 12. The council replaced him with Prof. Theophilus Soyombo as Acting VC.…
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UNILAG Crisis: Buhari suspends Babalakin, Ogundipe; sacks newly appointed Ag VC
…Sets up panel to probe crisis rocking institution …Asks senate to nominate new Acting Vice Chancellor The Visitor to University of Lagos (UNILAG), President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into the crisis rocking the institution. The president directed the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, to recuse himself from…
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UNILAG crisis: ASUU, Senate say Governing Council lacks power to sack VC
There was confusion in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, community, on Wednesday following the counter-reports with one claiming the termination of the appointment of the university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin and the other refuting the claim. While the university’s registrar, who also doubles as the secretary to the governing council, Mr Oladejo Azeez, signed the…
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VC’s sack: Shameful act ongoing in UNILAG, Babalakin ridiculing our regulations, says member of governing council
An aggrieved senate representative at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) governing council, Bola Oboh, on Wednesday condemned the process of removal of the vice-chancellor of the institution, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Recall that TheNEwsGuru (TNG) has earlier reported that the varsity’s governing council, led by Wale Babalakin, its pro-chancellor, on Wednesday sacked Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor during…
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UNILAG lecturers protest, call for Babalakin’s removal
The tension at the University of Lagos, Akoka on Wednesday was palpable as lecturers protested against the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin. The lecturers, who moved round the school, gathered under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch.
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AMCON releases names of Nigeria’s non-paying debtors; Ubah, Jimoh Ibrahim, Babalakin, others top list
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday released the list of debtors it claimed have failed to negotiate successfully with the corporation. The list, which contains about 105 names, came months after the asset management company said it would need the support of other relevant agencies to ensure that obligors pay up their…