UNIBEN sacks two profs and bursar

Governing Council of University of Benin (UNIBEN) has terminated the appointment of 18 senior staff of the university.

The former bursar of the institution, Mrs May Nwoye, was also asked to proceed on compulsory retirement by the Council. Nwoye was said to have abandoned his duty post after she left the office of bursar.

Meanwhile, the university has been ranked as the most sought after institution in the country with a total number of 102,900 applicants in 2013, while universities of Ilorin, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe and University of Nigeria Nsukka came second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Those were contained in a statement by the UNIBEN Registrar, Mrs G.O.Ogboghodo.