AAU
29 Dec
The immediate past Acting Vice-Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Prof. Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin, on Sunday refuted claims that his management received directives from former Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to reinstate two staff members disengaged by the defunct Special Intervention Team (SIT) but failed to implement them. Adagbonyin spoke in Benin while…
26 Nov
The Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described a report of the reinstatement of the names of several unpaid staff of the institution to its payroll as misleading, provocative, and deceptive. The university authorities had on November 6, 2024, in an edition of the…
4 Nov
The Management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, on Monday, dismissed allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the new Governing Council of the institution by an online media platform. Briefing newsmen in Benin, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, Principal Assistant Registrar (Information, Communication, and Public Relations), described the report as "fact turned on its head" and…
4 Oct
African countries have been charged to establish robust policy and regulatory frameworks to support and govern e-learning and online education in their national higher education systems.
26 Sep
The National Association of University Students (NAUS) Edo state Campus monitoring committee (CMC), on Thursday felicitated with the Edo Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Dennis Idahosa on their well-deserved victory in the just-concluded Edo State governorship election. Chairman of the National Association of University Students (NAUS) Edo State Campus monitoring committee (CMC) Osahon Eseosa…
30 Aug
The newly inaugurated Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has announced the appointment of Prof. Samuel Olowo as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Prof. Olowo, who was the Provost of the College of Medicine, was appointed following the disengagement of the erstwhile acting vice-chancellor, Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, by the authorities on…
10 Jun 2024
A Benin High Court on Monday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to sell a Toyota Venza 2012 model, recovered from a graduate of Biochemistry from Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma AAU, Osadolor Edomwonyi.
6 Jun 2024
Academic and administrative activities have been disrupted at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State due to a massive protest by students over controversial university policies. Reports indicate that as early as 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, 2024, the main gate to the university was locked by protesting students against the university authority. The…
8 Apr 2024
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, yesterday, called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to ensure a neutral, competent and experienced governing council for AAU, Ekpoma.
8 Jan 2024
Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, has called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute any operator of satellite campuses, as the state-owned university has not given permission to anyone to run any satellite campus on its behalf, either directly or indirectly.
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