Nigeria, March 1 -- The Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), owned by the Nigerian Navy, is currently enmeshed in a crisis over the appointment of a substantive vice-chancellor.

The university management on Friday announced the appointment of Christopher Ogbogbo, a professor of African History at the University of Ibadan, as the preferred choice out of the top three candidates nominated by the Joint Selection Board of the institution's governing council.

A statement signed by the university's Registrar, Isaac Mankilik, a retired commodore, noted that the decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Council on Friday.

But the Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, Dele Ezeoba, a retired vice-admiral a...