Tag: University of Ibadan
VC says higher degree-holders must brace up to tackling nation’s challenges
IBADAN- The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, says holders of the university’s higher degrees must quickly brace up to the task...
How Nigerian prophet was torn apart by lions at University of...
OYO- Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, is the largest city in Nigeria and the third in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg.The city which...
Professor shot dead in Ibadan
IBADAN - A professor of social and environmental forestry at the University of Ibadan (UI) has been killed by suspected assassin.The late Prof. Opeyemi...
Kidnapping: Police confirm release of Agbaje, UI Professor
By SULEIMAN SHEHUIBADAN- The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, on Monday confirmed the release of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University...
Veteran artist, architect Demas Nwoko unveils ‘Concrete Thinking’
LAGOS (Sundiata Post) - Nigeria's doyen of arts, Elder Demas Nwoko, will on Sunday, 23 October, unveil his book entitled Concrete Thinking.Published by New Culture...
UI mourns Prof. Akin Mabogunje
By IBUKUN EMIOLAIBADAN- The University of Ibadan (UI) community on Saturday, said it received the death of Prof. Akin Mabogunje with shock but also...
Ladipo Adamolekun at 80: Celebrating a distinguished author, By Isaac N....
Today July 20, 2022, marks the 80th birthday of Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, one of Nigeria’s and Africa’s outstanding scholars who is still standing strongly...
ASUU Strike: Students stage protest at UI, disrupt movement
By IBUKUN EMIOLA Ibadan- Scores of concerned students in Oyo State converged on University of Ibadan (UI) Gate on Friday to stage a peaceful...
Security implications of ASUU strikes, By Hassan Gimba
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was founded in 1978. Its predecessor, the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), was formed in 1965...
NCC awards N233m research grants, professorial chair endowments in 7 universities
ABUJA - Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the...
Are some foreign higher institutions overrated? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Almost a month into the death of Fadlullah Agboluaje, a Nigerian student admitted to Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, the school authorities are yet...
Olubadan: Lekan Balogun, 8 others warm up to take over •Adetunji...
IBADAN - Following the death of the 41st Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, in the early hours of Sunday, there are speculations...
UI Faculty President Found A Day After He Left Suicide Note
Jude Nicholas has been found.The immediate past President of the faculty of Education, University of Ibadan had gone missing after leaving a suicide note.Nicholas...
Yinka Badejo, widow Of ex-Foursquare GO, dies at 72
Rev Mrs. Yinka Badejo, widow of Rev Wilson Badejo, ex- General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church Nigeria, is dead.The Nation learnt she died after...
COVID-19: UI Bars Graduands Without First Class From Convocation Hall
Graduands without first-class honours have been barred by the University of Ibadan from physically attending the 2021 convocation ceremonies of the institution.The university also...
Students, lecturers victimised when UNILORIN opted out of ASUU – VC
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman AbdulKareem, has said he has no regret allowing the university academic staff to rejoin the main...
US varsity appoints Nigerian, Shitta-Bey, Professor of Philosophy
A Nigerian, Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey, has been appointed as a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities by the University of Maryland Global Campus, USA.Until his promotion,...
Drama as boy who sued JAMB for N1bn is handed over...
There was mild drama at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) Bwari, FCT as a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified...
President Buhari Re-appoints Ajiboye As TRCN Registrar
Professor Segun Ajiboye has been re-appointed for another five years as Chief Executive/Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) by President Muhammadu...
Obituary: Obiora, co-founder of popular EKO Hospital dies at 85
One of the founders of the famous EKO Hospital, Dr. Amechi Obiora, is dead.He was the 'O' in the acronym, EKO, derived from Eneli,...