Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has approved the promotion of two lecturers from its Mass Communication Department to the rank of professor.

The university's registrar, Mansur Alfanla, said Lambe Mustapha and Kehinde Kadiri were promoted alongside 18 other lecturers of the institution from Readers to the professorial level, while 31 senior lecturers were upgraded to the position of reader.

It added that the promotion followed recommendations from the appointments and promotions committee of the university, as presented to the council meeting held on 27 January by the Vice-Chancellor, Wahab Egbewole, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

"The Appointments and Promotions Committee (A&PC) at it...