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UNIBEN HONOURS 3 NIGERIANS, GRADUATES 9,993 Students
By Lucky Ogbebor
Three eminent Nigerians are to be honoured next week during the University of Benin’s 43rd Convocation/47 founder day activities next week.
Professor Alele-Williams, OON, a onetime Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin and the first woman to hold office as Vice Chancellor in Nigeria is one of those to be honoured.
According to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Faraday Orumwense, FNSE, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City, named the two other award recipients as Dr. George Osemwengie Agbonlahor and Prof. Louis Ikechukwu Ojogwu.
The UNIBEN Vice Chancellor said the three proposed awardees were selected for honour based on their outstanding leadership qualities.
Prof. Orunmwense futher stated that a total of 9,993 graduates will be giving certificates during the convocation ceremony.
Of this figure, a total of 100 graduands will be awarded first class honours degrees, 1843 are second class upper while 4607 with second class lower and 1351 with third class degrees respectively.
The Vice Chancellor further disclosed that several projects were earmarked for commissioning within the campuses of the University during the convocation ceremony.
The projects earmarked for commissioning during the convocation ceremony are the following:
1. The newly constructed and furnished female hotel
2. The Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation Office Building
3. Lecture Halls/Seminar Rooms and Teaching Laboratory for Faculty of Pharmacy
4. Faculty of Environmental Sciences Studio
5. The newly constructed and furnished Post Graduate Hostel
6. Faculty of Education Lecture Theatre and Halls
7. Faculty of Environmental Science Library
8. Classrooms and Staff Offices for Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
9. 5000 Capacity Lecture Theatre for the Faculty of Life Science
10. Staff of Offices for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
11. Faculty of Veterinary Laboratory
12. 2No. Main Bowl Football Pitches at site B
13. The newly completed and furnished Library Complex at Ekehuan Campus
The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has passed away at the age of 91.
The respected monarch reportedly died on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend and former President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole , Erin wo. Omo anikilaya saagbu.”
Adetona, who ascended the throne in 1960, was one of Nigeria’s longest-reigning traditional rulers and widely revered for his contributions to the sociopolitical development of Ijebuland and Ogun State at large.
Former president muhammadu Buhari has died at a hospital in London this afternoon according to the family, He was former military head of state in 1983.
The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
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Breaking : Tinubu returns to Abuja tonight after diplomatic visits to Saint Lucia, Brazil,Says Onanuga
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to arrive Abuja later tonight following a two-nation diplomatic tour that took him to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean and Brazil in South America.
His return was confirmed in a message posted on Saturday afternoon by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after his two-nation visit to Saint Lucia and Brazil,” the presidential aide stated.
The President departed Nigeria on Saturday, June 28 for what was described as a strategic outreach aimed at strengthening ties with regions historically under-engaged in Nigeria’s diplomatic matrix.
His first stop was Saint Lucia, where he made a historic visit to build new ties and explore emerging partnerships with Caribbean states.
While in Saint Lucia, Tinubu interacted with regional leaders under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), reinforcing Nigeria’s growing interest in Caribbean diplomacy and South-South cooperation.
He subsequently proceeded to Brazil to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu held a bilateral meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The leaders co-chaired the Nigeria-Brazil high-level bilateral meeting , where they discussed mechanisms to boost trade, infrastructure financing, and cultural cooperation between Africa’s most populous country and Latin America’s largest economy.
With the President’s return, focus is expected to shift to domestic engagements and follow-up actions on the diplomatic and investment commitments made during his foreign tour.
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