The Governing Council at its 68th Regular meeting held on the 20th of March, 2025 approved the promotion of seven academic staff to the rank of full Professors and eleven others to Associate Professors.

The Associate Professors promoted to full Professors include Prosper Ifeanacho Okonkwo  of the Department of Community Medicine and Primary Heath  Care promoted to Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Associate Professor Oluwagbenga Adebayo Adeola of the Department Medicine Microbiology and Parasitology to Professor of Virus Evolution and Public Health Virology, Associate Professor Joy Adeyinka Rotkangmwa Shuaibu of the Department of Family Medicine to Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Professor Adenike Oluwayemisi Jimoh  of the Department of Paediatrics to Professor of Paediatric Neurology. 

Others are Associate Professor Danjuma Onu  Ajibili of the Department of Library and Information  Science to Professor of  Library and Information  Science,  Associate Professor Michael Oluwasanmi Adeleye  of the Department of Physics  to Professor of Experimental and Applied Nuclear Physics  and Associate Professor  John Alfa of the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology to Professor of  Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology.  

Those promoted to Associate Professors include Dr. Adikpe Emmanuel Edugbe, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. Gabriel Oluwabunmi Anyanwu, Department of Biochemistry, Dr.  Okwo Jairus Ije, Department of Political Science, Dr. Robert Sabo, Department of Political Science,  Dr. Virginia Kassah, Department of Business Administration, Dr. Tanko Titus Auta, Department of Nursing  Sciences, Dr. Richard Akujeni ,  Department of Mass Communication , Dr. Mercy Mlumum Tartsea- Anshase, Department of Film and Multimedia Studies, Dr. Cordelia Chinwe Nwogbo- Egwu, Department of International Law and Jurisprudence.

Others are Dr. Francis Kolawole Ojo, Department of Chemical Sciences and Dr. John Samson Bimba, Department of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care.

 Prof.  Andrew Haruna, the Pro Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council, extended his congratulations to all staff who were promoted and charged them to do more.