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“NANS or NAUS”: UI’SRC Reconstitutes External Union Affairs Committee, to Reevaluate Strained Relationship 

By: Bamijoko, Favour The Students’ Representative Council, University of Ibadan has, on the 10th of May, 2024, reconstituted the External Union Affairs Committee. The 11th Assembly, led by Rt. Honorable Matthias Busoye ratified the reconstitution of the committee during its first emergency sitting, as proposed by Honorable Peace Babatimehin. Appointed […]

UI Constitutes Committee to Pursue $100 Million MacArthur Foundation Grant

By- Ayeye Toluwalope    The University of Ibadan on Monday, June 10, 2024 convened a 48-member Proposal Writing Committee to spearhead its bid for the prestigious MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million grant. The committee, convened by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, aims to build on the University’s past successes with MacArthur […]

BATNF Collaboration With UI 3-Cycle Project Concludes First Phase 

By – Sonaike Peter The first phase of the 3-cycle project in the Aquaculture scheme of the 2023 British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF), Agricultural Entrepreneurship grant in partnership with University of Ibadan, has been concluded. Christianah Olufemi and Sarah Ogboye, two respective graduates and beneficiaries had been mobilized to […]

“Speak Up If Harassed, Intimidated, Or Bullied” – Anti-cultism Campaign Committee Tells ISI Students 

By – Aduwo Ayodele  The Chairperson of the Anti-cultism Campaign Committee of the University of Ibadan Centre for Social Orientation (CenSo), Professor Helen Labeodan, has urged students of The International School, Ibadan (ISI) to speak up whenever they are harassed, intimidated, or bullied by their seniors, classmates, or any individual. […]

UI’SRC Maintains #3,000 as Basic Due

By – Sonaike Peter The Students’ Representative Council, University of Ibadan on Saturday, 8th of June, 2024, has resolved that the sum of three thousand naira be maintained as basic due for the 2023/2024 academic session.   At the virtual emergency sitting, a debate on payable basic dues had ensued […]

UI Constitutes, Inaugurates Management Board, TETFund Centre of Excellence for Diaspora Studies

By: Victor Ogunyemi The University of Ibadan on Wednesday, 5th June, 2024 constituted and inaugurated the Management Board, TETFund Centre of Excellence for Diaspora Studies, at an event held at Trenchard Hall, UI. At the event were notable individuals including the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Professor Peter O. Olapegba (representing the […]

“Allocate sufficient budgetary resources to the police force” – IGP, Egbetokun at UI, tells FG 

By: Victor Ogunyemi The TETFUND Center of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS), University of Ibadan (UI), on Monday, 3rd June 2024 held its First Personality Lecture at Trenchard Hall UI. The lecture titled “The Nigerian Police Force and the Management of Internal Security” was attended by the Vice-Chancellor of the […]

UISU Condemns FG’s Neglect of Public Education, Public Welfare

By – Aduwo Ayodele The University of Ibadan Students’ Union, on Tuesday, 4th June 2024 has condemned what it termed ‘the recent move by the federal government to jettison all remaining elements of welfarism left in the country, including but not limited to subsidization of education in public tertiary institutions’. […]