Tag: UI
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UI suspends announcement of new VC over protest
Following a protest by some members of staff on Wednesday, the University of Ibadan has suspended the announcement of its next vice-chancellor. The chairman of the University Council, Dr. Joshua Waklek, announced the suspension of the process on Wednesday. While announcing the suspension to the non-academic staff who besieged Council Chambers, Waklek also promised to…
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‘The truth about Governor Godwin Obaseki’s UI controversy’
By Professor Eghosa Osaghae Let us clear this mess once and for all. I entered the University of Ibadan in 1976, the same year as HE Godwin Obaseki. We were both from Eghosa Anglican Grammar School, where he finished one year ahead of me in 1973 (I left in 1974). Mr Ogbe Oviasu, also from…
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UI, LASU top six Nigerian universities recognised in 2021 World University Ranking
The University of Ibadan (UI) and Lagos State University (LASU) are top amongst the only six Nigerian Universities recognized in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking for 2021. THE in its latest ranking placed the Lagos State University among World Universities ranked in the 501-600 bracket, second only to the University of Ibadan,…
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FG seals off Ibadan factory over UI student’s death
The Federal Government has sealed an Ibadan-based factory, Expand Global Manufacturing Limited, where a 21-year-old student of University of Ibadan Richard Gbadebo, died on July 28. The factory located in Oluyole area of the city was sealed on Wednesday by officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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UI mourns emeritus professor, Akinkugbe
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Idowu Olayinka has described the late emeritus professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe as a great Nigerian with passion for his country. Olayinka stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday in a condolence message issued by Mr Tunji Oladejo, the Director of Communications of the institution. He eulogised Akinkugbe, who…
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JUST IN: University of Ibadan wades in Obaseki’s alleged certificate forgery scandal
The Management of University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed that the Edo state governor, Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, graduated from the institution. According to a statement by the university’s Registrar, Mrs Olubunmi Faluyi, the Governor gained admission to the university in 1976 and graduated in 1979 with a Second Class Honours (Lower Division) in Classics.…
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Gunmen attack UI female hostel
The state of insecurity in the country was brought to the fore early today when some gunmen attacked Obafemi Awolowo Hall female hostel at the University of Ibadan, carting away valuables. The invasion of the female hostel was said to have occurred around 1:30 a.m.by armed men numbering about 10. They were said to have…
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UTME: Our admission cut-off mark remains 200, UI insists
The management of the University of Ibadan has declared the cut-off mark for the premier institution remains 200 as against 160 agreed on by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) and stakeholders of higher institutions. JAMB announced on Tuesday that cut-off mark for admission into federal universities will be 160 for 2019. On Tuesday, JAMB…
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UI clears air on ex-lecturer’s death, dismisses suicide reports
The management of the University of Ibadan has dismissed insinuations that a former lecturer, Mr Aminu Zubair, who died in his residence on the institution’s campus, committed suicide. The university’s Director of Communication, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Saturday that Zubair died in a fire outbreak that…
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Hijab crisis: UI International school reopens one week after shutting down
The management of the University of Ibadan International School has ordered the reopening of the school which was shut last week. The school, which has witnessed series of crises over the use of hijab by female Muslim students, was shut last week Monday after some Muslim parents insisted that the use of hijab is a…