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Professor Peter Olamakinde Olapegba has assumed office as the 14th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, succeeding Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, whose five-year tenure ended on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Akinteye Babatunde, President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has urged Students’ Union Government (SUG) presidents across Nigerian tertiary institutions to mobilise students against tuition fee increases and to stop shortchanging the essence of unionism for personal benefits from school managements.

The turnout across the Postgraduate Halls of Residence in the ongoing 2025/2026 University of Ibadan Students’ Union election has been notably low. 

An altercation allegedly occurred between residents of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall of Residence and Great Independence Hall of Residence at the University of Ibadan on Saturday’s afternoon, after the latter trooped out in celebration of Abiola Olaniyi, the president-elect.

Abiola Olaniyi, a 400-level student of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, has been elected President of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union.

No fewer than 3,700 students had cast their votes in the 2026 University of Ibadan Students’ Union election within the first two hours of voting, as of 10:40 a.m. on Saturday.

A member of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union Electoral Commission, Seyi Ezekiel, has explained that voting links are being sent to accredited students in batches to regulate traffic on the voting platform.

Tension briefly erupted at Great Independence Hall of Residence, University of Ibadan, late Friday night, October 30, 2026, following a confrontation involving some residents of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall and Independence Hall, IndyPress reports.

More than 1,000 students have participated in the 2026 University of Ibadan Students’ Union election less than an hour after voting commenced.

The barricade gate between Independence Hall of Residence and Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall of Residence was shut as of 9:02 a.m. today, October 31, 2026.