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Akinwale Aboluwade The longest serving lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Mr Nigel Henry, has been reported dead. Until his death, Henry was a lecturer in the Department of Classics. Report of his death was contained, on Sunday in an unsigned statement by the department of Classics in the University. The statement read in parts “With a deep sense of sorrow the Department of Classics announces the passing of Mr. Nigel Henry which regrettable event occurred on the night of 30 January, 2021, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. “Mr. Henry, our longest-serving academic member of staff, who spent over four decades nurturing students in the various sub-disciplines of Classics, especially in Greek and Latin languages and literature, was an outstanding student of the highest order. ....
OBITUARY: Nigel Henry, UI longest-serving lecturer , is dead Nigel Henry died on Saturday at the age of 71. The longest-serving academic staffer of the University of Ibadan, Nigel Henry, is dead. This was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Group of Academics and colleagues of the deceased at the university. Mr Henry died on Saturday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He was 71 years old (December 14, 1950 – January 30, 2021). “With a deep sense of sorrow but profound appreciation for a life well spent in academia, the Department of Classics announces the passing of Mr Nigel Henry, which regrettable event occurred on the night of 30 January, 2021, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan,” the statement reads. ....
UI mourns death of its longest-serving foreign lecturer UI mourns death of its longest-serving foreign lecturer Share Nigel Henry, a British, died on Sunday, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Until his passage, Henry was a lecturer in the Department of Classics and taught every current member of staff of the department. Among his students are, the current Dean of Students of the university, Prof ‘Keye Abiona and the incumbent Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki who graduated in 1979. Director of Public Communication, University of Ibadan, Olatunji Oladejo, said the university is saddened at the loss of the only longest serving expatriate in the university. ....