Nigeria’s first Professor of Linguistics, Ayo Bamgbose, dies at 94 Nigeria’s first professor of linguistics and scholar, Emeritus Professor Ayọ Bamgbose, is dead. The 94-year-old professor of linguistics, who was credited with establishing linguistics as an academic discipline in Nigeria, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, ending an era of groundbreaking work in…
Kogi varsity expels two students over gay practice, rusticates four for fighting The Management of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, has expelled two students for alleged involvement in gay practice and rusticated four others for one academic session over a campus fight. According to a statement issued on Friday by the university’s Information…
UI appoints Peter Olapegba as vice-chancellor The governing council of the University of Ibadan (UI) has appointed Peter Olapegba, a professor of psychology, as the 14th vice-chancellor of the institution. A statement on Wednesday by Adebisi Akande, pro-chancellor of the university and chairman of the governing council, said Olapegba’s appointment follows the council’s approval of…
