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Samuel Omofala, a 400-level student of Law, has emerged as the President-elect of the Union of Campus journalists, University of Ibadan.

Dr. Sarah Abidemi Akintola of the department of Petroleum engineering, University of Ibadan has been elevated to a professor of Petroleum engineering, making her the first female Nigerian professor in the field.

The University of Ibadan has approved the promotion of 46 academic staff members, with 23 elevated to professor and another 23 promoted to reader.

The 2026 edition of JAW WAR has concluded on Wednesday, October 14, with Alexander Brown Hall (ABH) and the Faculty of Technology emerging winners in the hall and faculty debate categories, respectively.

A University of Ibadan doctoral candidate, Rukayat Usman, has become the first Nigerian-based scholar to win the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Dissertation Award.

The Student Union Electoral Commission of the University of Ibadan (SUEC’26) has announced the commencement of student accreditation ahead of the 2026 Students’ Union elections.

The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has resolved to enforce existing regulations barring already matriculated students from seeking fresh undergraduate admission into 100-level programmes through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Post-UTME screening exercise.

Two student residents of the Great Independence Hall, Mayowa Adekola Peculiar and Israel Bolarinwa, emerged winners of the INEC Campus Debate on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at the CBN Hall, Faculty of Economics Building, University of Ibadan (UI).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oyo State, will begin distributing newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the state’s 33 local government areas on Friday, October 9, 2026.

The Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) has announced a network outage in some parts of Oyo, Lagos, Rivers, FCT and Delta State.