Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ebonyi gets new Vice Chancellor, ,
The Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, lkwo Ebonyi State, has appointed a professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, Daniel C. Nwachukwu, the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the university.
The appointment was announced on Saturday, 20th December 2025, after a selection process that involved over 40 seasoned professors.
Nwachukwu, who is a Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, was elected the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UNEC in 2023.
He had his first degree at the University of Lagos in Human Physiology in 1995 and later moved to the University of Benin for his master’s degree in 1997 and PhD in 2012.
Nwachukwu has had an illustrious career in the academia spanning over 26 years having joined the services of UNN as a lecturer in July 1999 and rose to the highest academic rank of a professor in 2016.
He hails from Okposi in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He is married with children
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ebonyi gets new Vice Chancellor
, Education – Daily Post Nigeria, December 20, 2025, 1:36 pm
