Tag: University of Ibadan
I’ll make UI world class university, says Pro-Chancellor
The new Pro-chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr Umar Mustapha, says his mission is to place the institution…
UI shut over students’ protest
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Following a mild protest Monday by the students of the University of Ibadan, (UI) over scarcity of water…
General Adebayo Blasts Jonathan
Daniel Ekugo Outgoing Pro-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, southwest Nigeria, General Adeyinka Adebayo, has lashed out at President Goodluck…
Fayrouz L’Original Season 2 Makes First Stop At UI
Funsho Arogundade The second edition of the Fayrouz L’Original Expression Show is about to get more exciting as the organisers kick off…
UI students protest death of colleague, cripple activities
Gbenro Adesina/IBADAN Activities were completely paralyzed at the University of Ibadan (UI) and in Agbowo as students marched in thousands…
Gbemisola Oke appointed deputy VC for UI
Professor Gbemisola Oke of the Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan…
UI releases post-UME result, offers scholarship to best 6
The University of Ibadan has offered scholarship to the six candidates that scored 88 per cent and above in its…
UI Mental Health students set for convocation
The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) University of Ibadan, on Friday said it would celebrate its 13…
Abati denies naming UI after Akunyili
The presidency has denied naming the University of Ibadan after late Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug…
Fire causes panic in UI
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN There was pandemonium on Friday at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, as…
The Orator’s Last Bow
(For Columbus Chukwujindu Ihekaibeya, 1942-2004) Niyi Osundare No two acts could have been more dramatic in their tragic coincidence. I…
We Need To Invest In Education, says Prof. Adewole
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Isaac Adewole, in a recent media chat declared Nigeria’s education sector as a disaster…
Germany To Supply Electricity To 4 Varsities
The Secretary, National Energy Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Njiddah, said on Tuesday that the German government had offered to provide electricity…
UI breaches ASUU strike, conducts examinations
At the University of Ibadan, the strike action by by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which began Monday 1…
UI To Begin Herbal Medicine Course
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the institution will soon start a postgraduate course in…
Atiku pledges building, bus to University of Ibadan
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has pledged to build a fully furnished, two hundred-seat lecture theatre for the Department…
King Sunny Ade honored by Nigeria’s premier university
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Nigeria’s Juju maestro, Chief Sunday Ishola Adeniyi Adegeye alias King Sunny Ade has been described as the Nigeria’s…
VC laments poor academic performance
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Isaac Adewole today lamented the high rate…
UI student crowned Miss Oyo
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN A University of Ibadan (UI), part three student of Geography, Miss Victoria Adetunji, 21, Friday night emerged winner…
Strike Cripples Ibadan Varsity
Academic and non-academic activities were paralysed on Monday at the University of Ibadan as the three unions in the institution…
Jonathan votes N3b for research in Nigerian varsities
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In a bid to improve the quality of staffing in the higher institutions and encourage staff development for…
Grandfather Bags First Class In U.I.
A grandfather, Mr. Aderemi Alli, was among the 21 first class graduates produced by the University of Ibadan (UI) at…
Ivory Tower, society disconnected, laments Fashola
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State today decried disconnect between the training Nigeria students are receiving…
UI Holds Annual Cooking Competition
Imagine pepper “cultured” in a Petri dish, fish grilled in an autoclave, beef boiled in a conical flask, food cooked…
Road Construction: Lagos Generates 37,000 Jobs
The Lagos State Government has created 37,000 jobs through the 161 contracts awarded this year, says Commissioner for Works and…
Nigerian varsity don slumps, dies in market
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Dean of Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Professor Kolawole Olu-Owolabi aged 51 today slumped…
Nigerian Bags Varsity Award In UK
A Nigeria scholar, Olaniran Sunday Olawale, has bagged an award at the Institute of Education, University of London in the…
UNIBEN ranked first among Nigerian universities
Jethro Ibileke, Benin The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has emerged the leading university in Nigeria, courtesy of the July 2012…
2,500 candidates pass UI UTME
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Out of the 7,287 candidates invited by the University of Ibadan (UI) for the 2012 post Unified Tertiary…
Post-UMTEC Written Under Tight Security
In an attempt to ensure strict supervision, invigilation and adequate security measures, the authorities of University of Ibadan on Monday…