President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, as the new Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The appointment was announced in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.

Professor Ogundipe takes over from Emeritus Professor Olufemi Aina, who resigned from the position less than a year after his appointment. Aina was appointed in July 2025, while members of the NUC Governing Board were inaugurated in November of the same year.

A distinguished academic and Professor of Botany, Ogundipe served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 2017 to 2022. He is widely recognized for his contributions to molecular plant taxonomy, ethnobotany, ecological conservation, and related fields.

The new NUC chairman holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He currently serves as Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.

Professor Ogundipe is a fellow of several prestigious professional bodies, including the Nigerian Academy of Science, the Linnean Society of London, and the Royal Society of Biology, London. He has also held leadership positions in the Botanical Society of Nigeria and the Lagos State Science, Research and Innovation Council.

President Tinubu expressed confidence in Ogundipe’s capacity to provide strategic leadership for the NUC. He charged the new chairman to strengthen quality assurance, improve access and funding, and promote integrity and global competitiveness within Nigeria’s university system in line with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

The National Pension Commission has directed treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies to submit details of employees who retired or are due to retire between January 1 and December 31, 2026, as part of preparations for the implementation of the Federal Government’s newly approved Exit Benefit Scheme.

In a circular dated June 16, 2026, signed by the Acting Head of the Contribution and Bond Redemption Department, Murtala Modibbo, PenCom said that the information must reach the Commission on or before July 6, 2026, warning that submissions must be complete, accurate and strictly comply with the prescribed template.

The circular was addressed to heads and chief executive officers of treasury-funded federal MDAs.

According to PenCom, the data collection exercise is critical to the smooth rollout of the Exit Benefit Scheme, which was recently approved by the Federal Government for employees of treasury-funded MDAs.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Fatai Tijani, has assured residents of safety following a bomb explosion at the Shoe Materials Market in Mushin on Monday.

Tijani gave the assurance while addressing journalists at the scene of the incident suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which triggered brief panic in the area.

According to him, the police received information about an explosion and immediately deployed Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operatives to cordon off and secure the area.

” We promptly deployed our EOD team after receiving reports of an explosion. The area was cordoned off and thoroughly searched,” he said.

He explained that preliminary findings indicated that the explosion was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device planted under a vehicle.

Tijani said the device was placed beneath the passenger side of the vehicle and detonated when the engine was started.