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speaking at a workshop organised for secondary school teachers in Kwara State by the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, has called for collaboration between the Universities and teaching service commissions in Nigeria.(’Unilorin VC charges states on teachers’,The Herald on Sunday, September 15,2013, p.4) Ø Ø The University of Ilorin is set to graduate a total of 5,269 students for the 2012/2013 academic session. ('Unilorin produces 41 First Class graduates', National Pilot, Monday 16-18, September, 2013, p.5) The Dean, Faculty of Law, Dr Abdulkadir Abikan, Ø is one of the contestants for the position of the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kwara State Chapter. ('NBA Ilorin 2013: Gladiators and their chances in the arena', National Pilot, same date, p.23) The newly appointed Chief Medical Director of the Ø Ilorin General Hospital, Dr Abdulfatai Olokooba, has said the service to be provided in the hospital will be the same as that of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). ('I'm committed to actualising KWSG health vision-CMD', National Pilot, same date, p.24) Three students from the University of Ilorin are in Ø Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya on an exchange programme. ('UNILORIN sends 3 students to Kenyatta varsity on exchange programme', Nigerian Pilot , Wednesday, September 18, 2013, p.22) The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Ø Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has noted that the newly introduced multi-functional staff and students' identification card with sophisticated features is in furtherance of the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). ('UNILORIN launches multi-functional ID card', Nigerian Pilot, same date, p.23) The University of Ilorin is among tertiary Ø institutions to benefit from the hundred billion naira to be distributed in public universities based on the presidential implementation committee on NeedsAssessment of Nigeria public universities. ('Presidential Implementation Committee on Needs Assessment of Nigeria Public Universities', Daily Trust, Wednesday, September 18, 2013, p.36 and 37; See also, This Day, Thursday, September 19, 2013, p.28H) Dr Oluwabunmi Buhari, a psychiatrist at the Ø Ø
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University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, (UITH), has noted that health workers and nurses are vulnerable to attacks from mentally ill patients on admission. ('In the world of psychiatric nurses, vigilance is the watchword', The Punch , Thursday, September 19, 2013, p.27) The University of Ilorin has announced the Ø resumption date for fresh and returning students for the 2013/2014 academic session. ('Unilorin announces resumption dates for 2013/2014 session', The Herald, Friday, September 20, 2013, p.4; See also, 'UNILORIN fresh students to resume Sept 28', National Mirror, Friday, September 20, 2013, p.51) While condemning the display of lawlessness Ø exhibited by some members of the House of Representatives, a Senior lecturer in the Department of English, Dr Mahfouz Adedimeji, in his Friday column, has submitted that adequate attention should be paid to learning and character. ('Legislative lawlessness', Daily Newswatch, Friday, September 20, 2013, back page Ø Ø A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has expressed grave concerns about the Nigerian judiciary while drawing attention to the experiences of Justice Isa Ayo Salami, a former President of the Court ofAppeal. ('I leave with my head high, says Salami', The Nation, Friday, September 20, 2013, p.57) Ø The headline of an interview with a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, to be published in Saturday Punch of September 21, 2013, has been advertised ('Non-Muslims should not be in Boko Haram committee - Former UNILORIN VC, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede', The Punch, Friday, September 20, 2013, p.13) Ø The immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has spoken on his life experience, his appointment as Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and sundry national issues in a newspaper interview. (‘Non-Muslims should not be in Boko Haram Committee - Prof. Oloyede’, Saturday Punch, September 21, 2013. pp.22 and 23)
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