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8 Months After, Last Batch of SEALS Cup Winners Get Compensation

By: IndyPress News Desk  Eight months after, all winners of the 2024 SEALS Cup tournament have been finally compensated following their victories, IndyPress reports. The compensation follows an IndyPress report dated March 28, 2025, which disclosed the delay in the disbursement of the 2024 tournament prizes. In a recent interview […]

UI’SU to Hold Town Hall Meeting

By: IndyPress News Desk The University of Ibadan Students’ Union is set to hold a town hall meeting on Thursday, May 1, 2025, IndyPress reports. The town hall meeting, which will take place at the SRC Chamber at 2PM, is aimed at addressing issues affecting the student community. The meeting […]

Spotlight: Awo Hall UI’SRC Members Gather Students’ Views on School Fees Concerns

By IndyPress News Desk Constituency representatives of Obafemi Awolowo Hall in the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, issued a survey form to evaluate residents’ views, concerns, and suggestions on the University’s school fees. A broadcast message, jointly undersigned by the constituency members, acknowledged the potential difficulties […]

UI Student Wins Prestigious World Veterinary Award

By: IndyPress News Desk A student of the University of Ibadan, Ahmed Saheed Olaide, has clinched the prestigious World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Veterinary Award, earning him international recognition as the Veterinary Student of the Year 2025. Olaide, a former President of the Association of Veterinary Medicine Students at UI, […]

Fee Hike Discrepancy: “We Are in Dialogue with School Authorities Over the Increment,” Says UI’SU

By: IndyPress News Desk The University of Ibadan Students’ Union has informed students about its ongoing dialogue with school authorities regarding the increment in school fees. In a memorandum addressed to the student community on Monday, April 21, 2025, the Students’ Union Executive Council gave assurance that it is addressing […]

“Embrace Discipline and Prioritize Excellence” – UI VC tells Matriculants

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode O Adebowale, has charged newly matriculated students of the institution to embrace discipline and prioritize excellence. He gave the charge in his matriculation speech to the new students at the Matriculation ceremony for the 2024/2025 academic session. Professor Adebowale noted that […]

UI Cautions Against Egg Donation by Female Students

By: Favour Bamijoko  The University of Ibadan, through the University Health Service, has issued a health advisory against what it termed a “growing trend” of egg donation for IVF (In-Vitro-Fertilization) amongst female students, on the 15th of April, 2025. In her official release, signed by the director of Health Service, […]