Over a month after the University of Ibadan Students’ Representative Council (UI SRC), led by Rt. Hon. Oludele John, resolved to issue an official memorandum declaring the Students’ Union’s neutrality from political affiliations, the council is yet to release the statement.
On July 30, 2026, the Judicial Council of the Law Students’ Society (LSS), University of Ibadan, delivered judgment in a suit between Hon. Olaoye Hikmat, a 400-level constituency representative, and the Law Students’ Representative Council (LSRC).
The delayed submission and consideration of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union Week budget have raised concerns over the planning and accountability of the union’s financial process, an IndyPress review has found.
Eight weeks into the second semester of the 2025/2026 academic session, the University of Ibadan Students’ Union electoral ban remains in place, with no official indication of when the 2026 electoral process will commence.
Questions have emerged over the use of a goat during the Great Independence Hall common pot held on Saturday, August 22, 2026, after the animal was reportedly killed around the time of the event but its meat was not observed among the food served to residents.
A clogged drainage channel has been observed opposite the Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall gate, along Channel Road leading to the Staff Quarters, IndyPress reports.
Two suspected thieves have been caught at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall of Residence, IndyPress has learned.
Following the commencement of the 2025/2026 second-semester test week, some students of the Faculty of Pharmacy were reportedly prevented from sitting their tests after failing to meet the faculty’s 75 per cent attendance requirement.
Despite the presence of solar and electricity-powered lighting, corridors across the various blocks of the Great Independence Hall have been plunged into darkness due to faulty bulbs.
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, has responded to the University of Ibadan Students’ Union’s rebuttal of his earlier statement on the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale.
