A former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, will deliver the University of Benin (UNIBEN) 49th and 50th convocation lecture titled: "The Poor also Deserve Education: Our Founding Heroes' Legacies in Educational Equity and Equality." UNIBEN Vice Chancellor Prof. Lilian Imuetinyan Salami disclosed this on Monday to newsmen during a press briefing to herald…

The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) University of Benin (UNIBEN) chapter, on Friday, pledged support and readiness to work with the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, SAN to actualise his dream for the institution. The chairperson of the academic union, Comrade Ishaq Osagie-Eweka, disclosed this in his Congratulatory…

A lecturer with the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Dr Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo, who was standing trial over alleged sexual assault (rape) on a female student, and who was discharged and acquitted recently by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has called for the lifting of his suspension.

After three years of a legal battle, Dr. Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo, a lecturer at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), who was standing trial for alleged sexual assault (rape) of a female student and was recently discharged and acquitted by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has called for the lifting of…

No fewer than 300 students from tertiary institutions in Edo State have benefited from a workshop on Sexuality and Development of a Healthy Lifestyle organised by the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Benin (UNIBEN) to address issues of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and its effects on their victims.

Over 300 students from various tertiary institutions in Edo State have benefitted from a workshop on Sexuality and the Development of a Healthy Lifestyle, organised by the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Benin (UNIBEN), to address issues affecting young adults in society. The Centre also raised concerns over the alarming rate of sexually transmitted…

  An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin on Friday discharged and acquitted a lecturer with the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Dr Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo, who had been standing trial for the alleged rape of a student of the institution. Dr Ekundayo, of the Department of English and Literature, was alleged to have…

For decades, university teachers have been locked in an unending battle with the Federal Government in a bid to radically improve the fortunes of Nigerian universities, as well as pay them living wages.

An unconfirmed number of students of the University of Benin have been trapped in the rubbles of a three-storey building located on Ekhator Street in Ekosodin, which collapsed on Saturday. The building is said to have been a popular student residential area in Benin occupied by the students of the university. Eyewitnesses told the News…

A group, the Benin Development Union (BeDU), has cautioned against the use of ethnic considerations in the choice of the Vice Chancellor (VC)

The University of Benin management has prohibited the use of hot plates, ring boilers and gas cookers in its hostels to cut increasing energy-related expenditures by the university. The university in a circular signed by its Registrar, Ademola Bobola said any violator of this prohibition order would be rusticated from the school. A copy of…

The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has inaugurated a panel to investigate the allegation of sexual harassment against a professor in the institution’s Faculty of Arts. The university announced the inauguration of the panel in a circular issued by the Secretary of the panel, Mr B. D. Jonathan. The panel, however, did not…