The newly appointed Vice Chancellor for the Federal University Lokoja
(FUL), Prof. Angela Freeman Miri has formally assumed office.
The woman who succeeds Prof. Abdulmumuni Hassan Rafindadi,
resumed February 25th, shortly after which the inauguration of the
university council took place in Abuja, on the 1st of March, with Prof.
Nimi Briggs as FUL’s Chairman of council/Pro-Chancellor.
The amazon, formerly of the University of Jos visited the palace of the
Maigari of Lokoja on Monday, March 7.
Miri was former two-time commissioner in Plateau State.
Prof. Briggs, the chairman of council was to later embark on a tour of
both the institution’s permanent and mini sites, in Felele and
Adankole, when he visited FUL for the first time, while the first council
meeting is to begin on Thursday.
Otun Ekiti is the Headquarter of Moba Local Government Area in Ekiti State. It is located to the North of Ekiti State. It is a nodal town which shares boundary with Kwara State to the North and Osun State to the West. History Of Otun Ekiti Tradition has it that the Oore emerged from the Okun Moba (Moba Sea) in the present coastal area of Lagos with a Calabash containing water in his hand, beads around his neck and a beaded crown on his head. It is also a fact of history that the people of Otun under the leadership of Oore have settled in different places at different times, including Moba near Mushin in Lagos and passing through Ile-Ife before they finally settled at their present location. Some of the places they passed through after Ile-Ife included Akure, Oke Olodun, and Ipole before moving to the present site over 400 years ago. The movement from Ipole (about six kilometers away) to settle at the present site was due to scarcity of water. Water supply was so problematic at Ipole...
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