Female Student involved in an accident at UNIBEN main gate. ​

Yesterday's evening (21-3-2016) at about 9:45pm a female student was involved in a motor accident. She was about crossing the main gate into the school environment. According to eye witness, she was with her friend, who crossed first,while she was about crossing unluckily for her close to the center pavement a car ran into her with full speed.

Alleged false information against ex-UNIBEN VC: EFCC prosecutes petitioner

BENIN—An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, has granted bail to one Mr Kehinde Samuel who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for giving the commission false information against the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBN, Prof. Osayuki Oshodin.

At UNIBEN event, Buhari urges varsities to rejig policies

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has called on universities to re-focus their policy thrusts in the direction of entrepreneurship with a view to creating employment and improving their capacity to churn out dependable products, which he stressed, were needed to drive government’s economic polices.

The President, who spoke during the weekend at the 41st convocation of the University of Benin, Edo State, reaffirmed ongoing efforts to tackle the nation’s economic downturn, insurgency, unemployment crisis, among others.

    Represented by the Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Onwuka,

Buhari said: “As part of the efforts of this administration to address the burning issue of youth unemployment in the country, our universities should become more entrepreneurial in outlook while curriculum development should be industry-driven with conscious efforts made to involve the industry in the exercise because it has been identified that the university has the capacity to train the needed personnel to drive the various economic initiatives of government. 

“The ambition of the Federal Government is to provide qualitative education, especially tertiary education for our teeming youths.

This, however, requires the support of all stakeholders. If there is one thing Nigerians agree on, it is the fact that our educational system is undervalued.

Permit me to say at this point, and very sadly too, that the current standard of education in Nigeria has unfortunately succeeded in creating three classes of Nigerians: a minority that is well educated, a majority that is either mis-educated or poorly educated and those without education at all.

This is not healthy for our country and concerted efforts should be made to reverse the trend.”

    The President stressed that in this knowledge-driven 21st century, education was key to the socio-economic development of the country, saying “and as we all know, the university is a major vehicle for the much-desired change in our society and in doing this, it must be responsive to the needs of its immediate environment.

If Nigeria’s projection to be among the emerging economies after countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China is to be a reality, the university should take the centre stage.

Each university is expected to identify its area of strength and lean on the support of experts within and outside to market those strong points.

On the part of the Federal Government, I want to assure you of our determination to work assiduously within the limits of available resources to attain the desired change in the education sector and in doing this, government is not unmindful of the supporting roles of other stakeholders in the sector.”

My Horrible Admission Experience in Uniben

Dear Myschool

Typing with tears rolling down my eyes...concerning the way educational sector is ongoing in Nigeria. I just cant understand why admission process this year is very difficult.

Five Reasons Why You Shouldn't Stay Off Campus As A Uniben Student

Looking at the poor living condition and the backward infrastructural shortages in the Uniben halls of residence, a rational student will come to conclusion that “it is better of to stay off campus” instead of going through hell in the Uniben halls of residence. It is becoming rampant to see newly admitted students selling their bed spaces in the hostel for accomodations in off campuses,which relatively seem a hotel when compared to uniben hostels.

Disturbing Blackouts As Power Shortage Rocks Uniben

"We actually do not know what is happening. No light for the past 3 days and nobody is saying anything, soon we will be talking of 1month no power supply"

"Please there is no light for some time now, so please just manage the water, you can't get a cold one anywhere in the school"

"I'm just coming from hall 3, the place is so filled , i couldn't even see where to charge my phone. Last week three of my chargers got burnt because of the fluctuating light in hall 3"

Hmm, so much from the complaining students and seller. Yes, its no news again that for some days now there had been total blackout in the whole except few places like the Medical hostel, part of hall 3 and one of the girl's hostels.

Uniben Reports had not recieved any reason for this blackout except from complaints and issues arising from inability to get bathing water, inability to charge phone batteries, night reading difficulties and such like, all due to the outstanding power shortage in the school.

A reliable resource gave the reason for the power shortage as "the school's inability to pay the light bills" which led to the 'cutting' of the light.

We believe that the school authority has a forthcoming solution to this issue and we hereby beg all freshers and stalites and all students' governing bodies to remain calm as the issue is being addressed and we hope the school to bounce back to its former glory in the provisioning of constant power supply.

Construction And Reconstruction Activities Ongoing In Uniben

Though reconstruction activities going on in Uniben began very late, the school management have taking the task very serious. This could be reflected in the rate at which site workers and construction workers keep up a tight schedule on the sites.