Tag: Ogundipe
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Popular Lagos pastor, Ogundipe sentenced to jail for unlawful conversion, stealing N14m, £12,000
A popular televangelist and the head Genesis Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alagbado, Lagos, Isreal Ogundipe, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for unlawfully converting a woman’s property and stealing. Ogundipe, who has been on trial since 2011, was charged with seven-counts of obtaining by stealing, inducing…
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UNILAG VC Ogundipe resumes, reacts to reports of seeking revenge
The reinstated Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has debunked rumours going rounds that he had compiled a list of workers to sack or punish. The VC resumed on Thursday and was given a rousing welcome by the university community. Ogundipe was controversially removed from office on August 12 following…
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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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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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JUST IN: Ogundipe withdraws court case challenging removal as UNILAG VC
Professor Oluwole Ogundipe has discontinued a suit challenging his ‘removal’ as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Ogundipe’s decision followed his deference to the authority of President Muhammadu Buhari as the varsity’s Visitor, his lawyers said on Friday. According to a statement by a member of his legal team, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, the don…
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UNILAG crisis: Removal of Ogundipe as VC was done in accordance to law – Babalakin
Wale Babalakin, the Pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Akoka, has said the removal of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor of the institution was due to gross misappropriation of funds and reckless looting of resources. Mr Babalakin said this Friday while addressing journalists at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja. Babalakkin’s words, “The confusion is that…
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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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Unilag leadership crisis: I remain Unilag’s Vice Chancellor, ‘sacked’ VC insists
The crisis rocking the university over the conflicts between the university management and its governing council’s leadership took a new dimension on Wednesday after the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, was announced sacked by the governing council of the institution. His removal was announced during a meeting of the Governing…
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Detained Premium Times journalist, Samuel Ogundipe granted bail, released
Samuel Ogundipe, Premium Times journalist, who has been detained since Tuesday has been released. Ogundipe was released on Friday morning after he was granted bail by magistrate Abdulwahab Mohammed of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Kubwa, Abuja. The judge had first heard the case on Wednesday after Mr Ogundipe was covertly arraigned without…
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UNILAG appoints Ogundipe as new Vice Chancellor
The University of Lagos has appointed Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, a professor of botany, as its new vice-chancellor. He becomes the 12th vice-chancellor of the university and will succeed Prof. Rahamon Bello. Prof. Ogundipe is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics and Research, UNILAG. When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the school, Toyin Adebule, confirmed Ogundipe’s appointment.…