Just In: Tears as Professor Gowon Edoumiekumor Dies in Lagos
- A former Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, Emeritus Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumor, is dead
- Prof Gowon reportedly passed on from complications related to lung cancer on Saturday, October 7
- Gowon, the renowned professor of economics and social sciences died at the age of 53 in Lagos state
The immediate past Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNUs) Emeritus Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumor is dead.
Edoumiekumor, who was also the former Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, died at the age of 53 in Lagos on Saturday, October 7, Nigerian Tribune reported.
Source: Twitter
It was gathered that Edoumiekumor died from complications related to lung cancer.
The General Secretary of CVCNUs, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, who disclosed this said;
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“I’m sorry, we just lost one of our members, who was the immediate past Chairman of the Committee of VCs and also the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumor.
He added:
“His death is shocking to us and to me in particular”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that former Nigerian military leader, General Yakubu Gowon, has denied the report of being death as earlier reported in some media.
In a tweet by NTA, the media aide to the former military leader disclosed that the former head of state said he was still alive and healthy, adding that he was not in a hurry.
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A renowned psychiatrist, Professor Abdu Ibrahim, is dead.
According to Punch, Prof. Ibrahim passed away at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi state, northeast Nigeria.
Prof. Ibrahim, who breathed his last on Thursday, June 29, following a lengthy illness is notable for being the first neurosurgery professor in Bauchi state.
Former LASU Vice Chancellor, Hussein, dies after brief illness
In what can be described as another painful demise in Nigeria, the former vice chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein is dead.
The professor died on Sunday, July 31 at the age of 75.
Prof. Hussein, a professor of Physics was the sixth vice chancellor of Lagos State University; he served between 2005 and 2011.
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