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UNILORIN condoles with parents of student who committed suicide over ₦500k love scam

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The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) on Wednesday condoled the family of Miss Hameedat Sanni, the student who allegedly killed herself over financial transactions.

A statement by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, said the institution’s management viewed the incident with sadness.

“It was the most horrible way to die, especially for a promising young lady who had every opportunity before her to make it big in life”.

Akogun expressed the university management’s sympathy with the parents, siblings, friends and colleagues of the deceased and prayed that God give them the fortitude to bear the loss.

The management then counselled students of the university to be wary of the company they keep in order not to fall into the traps of scammers.

“The University of Ilorin is reputed to be a bastion of moral and academic education.

”We are surprised that any of our students, upon all the moral and academic instructions inculcated in them, could have associated with such undesirable element of a supposed boyfriend, and even went ahead to take the extreme step of taking her own life,” it lamented.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 20-year-old Sanni reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, the sum of ₦500,000.

According to managers of the private hostel she resided in before her demise, Sanni was undergoing her SIWES programme before the incident happened.

The management asserted that the cause of her death was not unrelated to the pressure from the app agents, who were demanding fast repayment.

The situation was further compounded by her brother’s inability to assist her financially, thereby leading to depression.

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JAMB releases additional 36,540 UTME results

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were withheld over irregularities.

Last week, JAMB released 531 results from the 64,624 results under investigation.

The exam body said the investigation includes verification anomalies, centres suspected of infractions, and cases of exam malpractice.

According to Fabian Benjamin, the board spokesperson, in a statement released on Tuesday, the total results released now stand at 1,879,437.

About 26,000 results are still being withheld over possible examination misconduct.

Benjamin also dismissed claims purporting to emanate from the board that the outstanding 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to intense scrutiny by its team of experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach and that it is considering rescheduling the examination.

He urged the public to disregard the report, adding that it was created by fraudulent people.

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ASUU threatens to embark on another nationwide strike

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May 15, 2024 8:34 am

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be gearing up for another nationwide strike if the brewing issues are not immediately addressed.

The president of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday, May 14, 2024, threatened that the union would go on an industrial action to protest against the absence of governing councils in all federal universities.

Osodeke made this known while speaking at a press conference at the ASUU national secretariat, Abuja.

He said the dissolution of the Governing Councils was against the principles guiding the existing universities.

ASUU also criticised the ‘nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government’ on matters that concern academics in Nigerian Federal Universities.

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UNILORIN unveils 40 new professors

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May 14, 2024 9:22 am

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The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced the promotion of 40 of its senior academic staff to the rank of professor.

According to the university’s bulletin issued on Monday, the elevation was approved by Tahir Mamman, the minister of education.

The publication stated that the 40 distinguished scholars were found to have excelled in the realms of teaching, research and community service, and subsequently promoted to the highest rank obtainable in the academia.

The breakdown of the beneficiaries of the promotion exercise shows that 11 of the new professors are from the Faculty of Agriculture.

The bulletin disclosed that two lecturers from the Faculty of Clinical Sciences were also elevated to the rank of professor, while the Faculty of Communication & Information Sciences also produced two new professors.

It added that the Faculty of Law produced one new Professor, while the Faculty of Life Sciences produced four new professors, among others.

See the list below:

Faculty of Agriculture:

  1. Sidiqat A. Aderinoye-Abdulwahab
  2. L. L. Adefalu
  3. F. O. Takim
  4. A. A. Badmos
  5. Foluke E. Sola-Ojo
  6. W. A. Jimoh
  7. M. I. Abubakar
  8. T. H. Aliyu
  9. R. O. Uddin II
  10. T. O. Amusa
  11. Mutiat  A. Balogun

Faculty of Arts:

  1. K. M. U. Gbodofu
  2. Y. A. Abdullahi
  3. Abosede R. O. Babatunde
  4. Bolanle E. Arokoyo
  5. P. U. Nwosu

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences:

  1. A. S. Alabi who teaches at the Department of Anatomy.

Faculty of Clinical Sciences:

  1. T. O. Olanrewaju
  2. O.  A. M.  Adesiyun.

Faculty of Communication & Information Science:

  1. Tinuke O. Oladele
  2. Saudat S. Abdulbaqi

Faculty of Education:

  1. O. O. Okoji
  2. Folakemi O. Adeniyi-Egbeola
  3. Florence O. Daramola

From the Faculty of Engineering and Technology:

  1. A. T. Ajiboye
  2. A. Y. Abdulrahman
  3. M. O. Sumonu
  4. Rasheedat M. Mahamood
  5. T. K.  Ajiboye

Faculty of Law:

A. C. Onuora-Oguno

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