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Nigeria’s First Female Vice-Chancellor, Grace Alele-Williams is Dead

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 14, 2025
Last updated: June 14, 2025
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Nigeria’s first female university vice-chancellor, Grace Alele-Williams, is dead.

Alele-Williams, who was also the first female doctorate degree holder in the country, died on Friday.

The death of the retired mathematician was announced through an official of Queen’s College, one among Nigeria’s 104 unity colleges, where Grace was an alumnus.

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A message shared on Queen’s College’s WhatsApp platforms, reads in part; “We lost a Great Queen’s College Old Girl Today. An amazon And a legend- Professor Grace Alele-Williams, first Female Vice Chancellor of a Nigerian University ( UNIBEN).”

Born on December 16, 1932, in Warri, Delta State, Mrs Grace Alele-Williams was a thorough breed educationist.

She made history by becoming the first female vice-chancellor at the prestigious University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State.

Mrs Alele-Williams attended Government School, Warri; Queen’s College, Lagos and the University College, Ibadan, now University of Ibadan.

In 1985, Alele-Williams was appointed the vice-chancellor at UNIBEN and held the office until 1992.

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