LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-University of Lagos, Akoka, will be producing 281 First Class graduates at its forthcoming 51st Convocation Ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday to intimate the press on the activities lined up for the ceremony, Ogundipe said the Faculty of Engineering which had 70…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), have acknowledged the studentship of Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level female student arrested for stabbing Usifo Ataga to death in Lagos. Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who confirmed Chidinma as a student of the institution, said, “Yes she is a student of UNILAG, either…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been reinstated. This was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement was titled, ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to UNILAG’. It read in part, “President Muhammadu…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, says there is no going back in its rejection of the removal of the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institution’s Governing Council headed by Dr Wale Babalakin had on Wednesday removed Ogundipe…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has headed for court over his purported removal from office by the Chief Wale Babalakin (SAN)-led Governing Council. Ogundipe, The Nation learnt, briefed leading constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) to head to court and challenge…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Registrar of University Of Lagos, Oladejo Azeez, has called on the public to disregard letter signed by Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe purported to deny his removal by the Governorning Council of University of Lagos. In a statement made available to NewsRangers, the Registrar stated, “ My…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, has asked the public to ignore the announcement of his removal from office. Earlier on Wednesday, Ogundipe’s removal was announced during a meeting of the varsity’s governing council which was presided over by Wale Babalakin, pro-chancellor and chairman of the council. The meeting…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Lagos has suspended its lecturer who was involved in a sex-for-marks scandal. The lecturer was exposed in a video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The vice-chancellor of the institution, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an…