The University of Benin UNIBEN on Friday announced the appointment of Lillian Imuetinyan Salami as its new Vice-Chancellor, Realnews magazine reported Saturday.
Salami, a professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education, is the 10hth VC of the institution, and the second female to occupy that post. The first female to head the varsity was Grace Alele-Williams, a professor of mathematics.
Salamis is to take over from Professor Faraday F. Osasere Orumwense, according to Realnews.
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Meanwhile the death of four sisters in an auto crash Saturday morning has led to a protest by youths in Benin City, the Punch newspaper reported.
Punch reported that a car driven by a man who was with his wife ran into and killed the four sisters at Uselu, along the Lagos-Benin road. One of the women was pregnant, the report said.
