Tag: UNILAG
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JUST IN: Prof Soyombo steps down as Acting VC of UNILAG
Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Omololu Soyombo, has stepped down. This followed the setting up of a Special Visitation Panel to the institution by the Federal Government on Friday. Soyombo, in a statement, said he’s stepping down with immediate effect. It would be recalled the Government also directed the University Senate to…
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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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VIDEO: UNILAG Ag VC Prof Soyombo resumes, says ‘my appointment call to service’
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Theophilus Omololu Soyombo got a rousing welcome from workers of the University, mostly non-academic staff as he made a grand entry into the Senate building – the administrative head of the institution on Wednesday morning. Addressing them from the foyer of the building, Soyombo pledged to prioritise…
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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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Removal of Unilag VC like hatchet job, says Committee of Vice Chancellors
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Universities (CVC) has condemned the removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, without due process. The committee also condemned appointment of an acting vice chancellor for the university outside the university’s three deputy Vice-Chancellors. Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, Secretary-General, CVC, expressed the view of…
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JUST IN: Tight security at UNILAG as Senate meets
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG has it that security has been beefed around the Senate building of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as its Senate meets at the Ade Ajayi Main auditorium to discuss the sudden removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor by the Governing Council in Abuja on Wednesday. TNG reports that the…
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UNILAG: Council appoints Soyombo, Acting Vice Chancellor
The Governor Council of the University of Lagos has appointed Professor Theophilus Omololu Soyombo as the Vice-Chancellor in an Acting Capacity. This was disclosed in a statement Wednesday signed by Oladejo Azeez, Registrar and Secretary to Council. He said Council “duly appointed Professor Theophilus Omololu Soyombo of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos…
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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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BREAKING: UNILAG Governing Council sacks Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the institution. His removal was announced during a meeting of the Governing Council of the institution which held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) building in Abuja on Wednesday. Seven members voted for the removal of Ogundipe…