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Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, Appoints Joshua Ogunwole As 5th Vice-Chancellor
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has appointed Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole as its new Vice-Chancellor.
The announcement was made on Thursday by the Chairman of the university’s Governing Council, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN).
This follows a council meeting held at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) headquarters in Abuja.
Ogunwole, a professor of Soil Science, currently serves as the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Strategic Partnerships, Research, Innovation and Linkages at FUOYE.
He will officially assume office on February 11, 2026, succeeding the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, whose tenure expires on February 10, 2026.
Ndoma-Egba hailed Fasina for steering the university to greater heights and noted that Ogunwole will remain Vice Chancellor-designate until the handover date.
He disclosed that Ogunwole emerged successful in a competitive selection process that attracted 64 applicants, including two expatriates.
According to him, the recruitment exercise was the first fully digitalised vice-chancellor selection process in the Nigerian university system.
“The applications were received online and assessed through a digital system. However, to ensure transparency, accuracy and fairness, manual verification was also conducted, especially regarding academic and professional claims,” Ndoma-Egba explained.
The Council Chairman added that the selection process began in February 2025 with the mandatory public advertisement of the position for six weeks, after which all applications were screened and shortlisted candidates vetted by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Ekiti State.
“At the end of a very thorough exercise, the Council approved the most suitable and qualified candidate, and we emerged with Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole as the fifth Vice-Chancellor of FUOYE,” he said.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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