In recent years, we have seen the emergence of female vice-chancellors in Nigeria, some emerging as ‘firsts’ and breaking the jinx that had hitherto been in the university. In commemoration of International Women’s Month, we are celebrating women who are changing the status quo in society. From the Southwest to the North and Southeast, here are seven remarkable women leading...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, has announced Professor Mrs Lilian I. Salami as the new Vice-Chancellor of the university. Following the announcement by the university governing body, Professor Salami becomes the second-ever woman to be the university’s Vice-Chancellor since Professor Grace Alele Williams, who was Nigeria’s first female Vice-chancellor, in 1985....