Professor Grace Alele-Williams, first Nigerian female Vice-Chancellor and first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, has died at the age of 89.
Her demise was made known through a post this evening on a prominent Itsekiri WhatsApp group.
“The Education icon and great Mathematician, Prof. Grace Alele Williams, has gone to be with the Lord. May her soul rest in peace”, the post by Femi Uwawah reads.
The ‘Great Mathematician’ reportedly attended the golden jubilee of UNIBEN celebrated in November last year.
Details soon.