2025 Grace Scholarship Initiative for Students in Nigeria
The 2025 Grace Scholarship Initiative (4th edition) has officially launched, presenting a life-changing opportunity for dedicated undergraduate students at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) who have shown exceptional dedication to community service and social impact. Read more about Opportunities This program is a collaborative effort between The 234 Project and Busola Oke, designed to honour […]
Websites We Love: Propertypro.ng
Propertypro.ng, formerly known as ToLet.com.ng, is a pioneering online real estate platform in Nigeria. The service emerged in a time when the system for acquiring property in Nigeria was corrupt and abounding in faults. A team of four young graduates of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, got together to found this innovative solution. Over […]
PALEC Awards & Students Leadership Conference Storms The South West Region To Preach Effective Leadership
PALEC AWARDS AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE STORMS THE SOUTH WEST REGION TO PREACH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, CELEBRATE LEADERS, CAPACITY BUILDERS AND EMPOWER CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURS AT HER FOURTH EDITION IN OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE IFE. The third edition of PALEC Awards and Student Leadership Conference covering South South Campuses has come and gone but it will not […]
The Five Oldest Universities in Nigeria
It has been more than fifty years of independence in Nigeria, some educational institutions have been around for almost as long as this. Most of them have stood the test of time and are still standing till today while others are just beginning to grow and develop. Most of the universities that started a long […]
OAU Marks 275th Inaugural Lecture
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, commemorated her 275th inaugural lecture series on Tuesday, 26th May in Oduduwa Hall. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Gbemisola Adeoti, a professor of Literature who also doubles as the Director of Institute of Cultural Studies. With the school on the track of resumption, the hall was filled to the brim […]
E-learning Education to Address Major Nigerian University Challenges – Prof. Omole
The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Bamitale Omole, has urged Nigerian students and Nigerians to embrace E-learning if Nigeria must overcome the problem of admission into universities and other classroom or facility problems. Prof. Omole disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Lagos when Obafemi Awolowo University launched its E-learning […]
Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Gets N1.3 billion from World Bank
The Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, has received a grant of $8 million (N1.3 billion) from the World Bank. This is contained in a statement signed by Abiodun Olarewaju, the Public Relations Officer of the University and made available in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday. Mr. Olarewaju said that the grant would be used […]
Nigerian Students Make Laptops and Tablet PCs
Two students, Eyiolawi Gbenga, a Chemical Engineering graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, and Afolabi Mark, a 200-level student of Food Science Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, have made tablet PCs and Laptops. They presented their work at the National Centre for Technological Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Their company, Knack […]
Michigan Virtual University Supports First Major E-Learning Project in Nigeria
Up to 1.2 million students in Nigeria qualify to begin college each year, but the country’s 104 universities can only accept 300,000 students. In response to the great demand for distance learning to make in-country education more accessible, Michigan Virtual University (MVU) is supporting Nigeria’s first e-learning project with Mediasite by Sonic Foundry Inc., the […]