Tag: UI
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Guest Lecturer slumps as UI renames Arts Theatre after Wole Soyinka
The University of Ibadan, UI, on Tuesday 31 July 2018, at the 2nd Geoffery Axworthy Lecture renamed its 63 year old Unibadan Arts Theatre after the Nigerian born literary icon and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The aged arts theatre will now be known as “Wole Soyinka Theatre”. The programme was almost marred when the…
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UI ranked Nigeria’s best university
The University of Ibadan, Oyo State has been adjudged the best Nigerian university in the July Webometric ranking of world universities. The 70-year-old Nigerian premier university emerged the best among 100 Nigerian tertiary institutions but was rated 905 in the world. This was as eight-year-old Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti was rated as the best private…
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Proposed fee increase: UI shuts medical school
The University of Ibadan (UI) on Sunday closed its medical school, directing students to vacate hostels by noon on the same day. The directive is contained in a release signed by the institution’s Registrar, Olujinmi Olukoya, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. However, that the release was, however, neither dated nor written on the…
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UI shut over students’ protest
The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, on Monday shut the institution and directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6pm. The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) reports that the students had earlier taken to the streets of Ibadan in protest, alleging insensitivity on the part of the university management. But…
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Strike paralysis academic activities at UI
Academic activities were paralysed on Wednesday at the University of Ibadan (UI) as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced its one week warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the strike forced most students to stay indoors at their halls of residence. NAN also reports that the strike monitoring committee…