Women You Should Know: Deborah Adetunbi Egunyomi
Egunyomi was born in Ikole-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, on the 10th of December, 1953, to David and Esther Famoroti. She attended Methodist School, Ikole-Ekiti, in 1959–1964 for her primary education, Saint Mary’s Girls Grammar School for her secondary education between 1964 and 1970, and Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, from 1974 to 1977. She […]
The First Professor Emeritus Of The University Of Ibadan: Victor Adenuga Oyenuga
Victor Adenuga Oyenuga, CFR was a Nigerian Professor Emeritus of Agricultural science and pioneer President of the Nigerian Academy of Science. He was the first Emeritus Professor at the University of Ibadan. Read more about Did You Know? Early Life Professor Oyenuga was born on April 9, 1917, at Isonyi, a town in the […]
Kenneth Onwuka Dike: The first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor Of The Nation’s Premier College, The University Of Ibadan
Kenneth Onwuka Dike was born on 17 December 1917. He was a Nigerian educationist, Igbo Nigerian historian and the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the nation’s premier college, the University of Ibadan. During the Nigerian civil war, he moved to Harvard University. Read more about Men you should know He was a founder of the […]
Do You Know The First Public University in Nigeria?
Nigeria is a hub for academics; both in terms of institutions and human resources. This is evidenced by the millions of Nigerians, performing on astonishing and outstanding levels both locally and globally. In recent times, University education in Nigeria has been fast evolving at the speed of light; with the advent and establishment of so […]
Graduate Breaks 69-Year Old Record of University of Ibadan
For the first time since the establishment of the University of Ibadan, 69 years ago, a graduate, Ozibo Ekele broke the jinx in the department of history by earning a First Class Honours with a Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate of 6.6 out of a maximum of 7.0. This was according to a statement made by the […]
University of Ibadan Makes The List of the World’s Top 1000 Varsities
A new list of top universities in the world contains one representative from Nigeria- the University of Ibadan. Often described as the nation’s premier university, UI is ranked 600th out of the world’s top 1,000 institutions of higher learning. The list, which was published by the Times Higher Education, ranks universities based on such criteria […]
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 […]
Weekend Pleasure- Yellow Mitsubishi: The Fourth Road Trip
Agodi Gardens, the University of Ibadan Zoo and the International Institue of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State
Five Reasons Why We Love Ibadan
At independence, the city of Ibadan was undoubtedly the city in West Africa and the third largest in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg. Ibadan continues to be a rich city full of friendly people and thriving businesses. This city is also known for her ancient houses and buildings, with about two-thirds of houses present […]
NUC Approves University of Ibadan’s New Business School
The National Universities Commission has approved the establishment of a School of Business at the University of Ibadan, the school said. This was revealed in a statement by the university’s Director of Public Communications, Olatunji Oladejo. Mr. Oladejo said the approval was sequel to the recent resource evaluation visit carried out by a panel of experts […]
University of Ibadan Ranked Best In Nigeria, Eighth in Africa
The University of Ibadan has emerged as the best university in Nigeria for the second time since its establishment in 1948. ThisDay News reports that this position was ranked by the Journals Consortium on a ranking of f 1,447 higher institutions on the continent. This was based on research materials from 2010 to 2014 as […]
Wennovation Hub Launches Business Plan Competition
Wennovation Hub continued its steady pace of planned growth with the addition of two new teams in the dawn of 2013: Ideacentric- a company that seeks to change the way we use our phones to work, and Raotech- the company that seeks to change the very definition of work, were the latest additions. Now, it […]
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Wins African Geology Competition
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has won the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Imperial Barrel Award, in which several African Universities participated. The university placed first with a 79.33% score, leaving second and third places to Helwan University, Egypt and the Federal University of Technology, Akure respectively. Nigerian universities that participated in the competition include Federal University of […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Premier University
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Did you know that the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s oldest university, was started in 1932 as Yaba College, Lagos before being transferred to Ibadan in 1948? Founded on 17 November 1948, the University College Ibadan (as it was known) was originally instituted to be a satellite college of the University of London. […]
VCASH e-commerce payment solution to be launched in December
Virtual Terminal Network has teamed up with Keystone Bank to provide Nigerians with a world-class and an e-commerce payment solution specifically for Nigeria. The virtual payment solution is a revolutionary system that will make it safe and secure for Nigerian retailers and global merchants to receive virtual payments locally and globally. To launch it, it […]