The TETFUND Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Ibadan (UI) has received a take-off grant of N250 million for research towards establishing a credible database for the Nigerian Diaspora, among others. The award was in recognition of the multi-year partnership between the Diaspora and Transnational Studies programme and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). The […]
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The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has secured the leading position among Nigerian universities for scholarly output spanning from 2020 to 2023. As of January 7, 2024, the university has amassed an impressive 7025 publications, a result of collaborative efforts from 5813 authors. This achievement places UNN ahead of renowned institutions such as the University
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It has been revealed that four federal universities in Nigeria, namely the University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Benin, and the University of Lagos, have set their minimum benchmark for admissions at 200 cumulative scores obtained during the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME). Before the 2023 policy meeting conducted by the Joint Admissions
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The Animal Science Students’ Association of Nigeria, University of Ibadan chapter, has given an award of excellence to the Chief Executive Officer, Wonderful Springboard Farms,Abiodun Michael Abiola. According to the association, the award was in appreciation of his contribution towards agricultural development in Nigeria. The award was presented to him during the annual lecture of
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The University of Ibadan Pharmacy Alumni Association (UIFoPAA) Class of 92 has donated a digital innovation studio worth N8 million for training of pharmacy students at the university. Olanike Olatawura, the project manager and a member of the Class of 92 disclosed this on Wednesday April 12, 2023. According to her, the project was in
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, has charged students of Open Distance Learning (ODL) of the university to be good ambassadors of distance learning. Adebowale said, by this, learners are entitled to many of the privileges enjoyed by students in the face-to-face mode of studies, interact with the same academic facilitators
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The management of the University of Ibadan has announced new guidelines for students facing challenges with payment on portal, setting final deadline for registration The management disclosed in a statement of notice released through the office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics). UI revealed the new guidelines set for students facing difficulties with their school fees
The University of Ibadan (UI) has commenced data-efficient course webinars in its Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) as an innovation to deliver quality education to students of the institution. The course webinar, according to management of the university, was designed specifically for excellence in teaching, explaining that the webinar technology is similar to Zoom and Google
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An official of the National Examination Council, NECO, identified as Vincent Odinko, has been reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen during an attack on the staff quarters of the University of Ibadan. It was gathered that Odinko, who resided in the boys quarters was killed, while his personal items, which included a phone and a laptop
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A sociology scholar, Dr. Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, has become the pioneer winner of the Rahmon Bello Award for the best thesis in African and Diaspora Studies. Adebayo’s PhD thesis entitled: “Migration and Settlement Experiences of Nigerians in Guangzhou, China”, was adjudged the best of 29 entries submitted to the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
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A renowned criminologist and communication expert, Dr Oludayo Tade, of the department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, has won the 2020 maiden edition of the West Africa Science Communication Awards (WASCA). The inaugural awards were virtually presented by The Conversation Africa which is the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis to researchers in
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University of Ibadan Doctoral student, Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, has emerged winner of the 2020 Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) best PhD thesis in African and Diaspora studies. Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos, Professor Muyiwa Falaiye, who announced the award on Monday November 30, 2020, in a Zoom
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The Senate of the University of Ibadan has appointed Professor Adebola Babatunde Ekanola as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday November 30, 2020, by UI’s Director of Public Communication, Olatunji Oladejo. The statement said that the tenure of the outgoing vice-chancellor, Idowu Olayinka, ended today. According
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The government of Oyo State has partnered the University of Ibadan to train police officers and other security agencies in the state. While speaking during the inauguration of a 11-man judicial panel of inquiry on Wednesday November 11, 2020, the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, said the training would enhance the knowledge of police officers
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Some workers at the University of Ibadan have protested the proposed appointment of Prof Kayode Adebowale, the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the institution, as the Vice Chancellor of the institution. While expressing their indignation, the workers blocked all the entrances into the institution forcing visitors, workers both academic and non-academic to park their vehicles by
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The Lagos State University has been ranked as one of the only six Nigerian Universities 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, which was ranked in
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An Ibadan-born graduate of the University of Ibadan, Rabiat Akande, has won a Harvard prize for her PhD dissertation which was titled Navigating Entanglement: Contestations over Religious-State Relations in British Colonial Northern Nigeria c. 1890-1977. The dissertation was based on the significance of religion in the Nigeria. Rabiat is an all-round successful academic, as she
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The University of Ibadan has announced that the Post-UTME registration for prospective candidates will commence on Monday, 7th September, 2020 This was contained in a statement by the Registrar of the institution, Olubunmi Faluyi, on Monday August 31, 2020. According to her, the registration will be available for candidates who scored 200 and above in
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A five-person team comprising four final-year students from the Department of Agronomy and one final-year student from the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, has won a grant award worth Three Hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand Naira (N397,000:00) from the Food System Caravan of Switzerland. The team members are Oluwatosin Adebanjo
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The Oyo State government has declared that it has commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Richard Gbadebo, a 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan at a factory in the state capital. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju, disclosed
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