When the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, came to the University of Ilorin on Thursday, May 15, 2014 for the inauguration of our oil palm plantation project, she was wowed by the University ...
In an address he delivered on the occasion of the 2012 Annual Lecture of the Nigerian Academy of Letters at the University of Ilorin, the Vice-Chancellor then, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, prayed that God save Nigeria from Nigerians. His argument that ...
One of the common myths about the University of Ilorin is that the staff and students are not “free”. Like all myths, including the myth of creation among the Yoruba which traced the beginning of the world to a long ...
There was a rumble in the Nigerian university system, the University of Calabar as a microcosm, two months ago when the eerie news concerning some senior academics of the University jolted the world. It was the first time that a ...
Though Prof. Wole Soyinka refers to his as “the wasted generation” based on his perception of the acute leadership failure in Nigeria in a 1984 article published in The Punch and just early this month, in an article published in ...
The news of the announcement of the Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Dada Obafemi, as successor to the immediate past Registrar, Mrs. Olufolake O. Oyeyemi, on February 9, 2013 was greeted with approbation and acclaim among the staff of the University. This ...
This month, history will be made again as the University of Ilorin spotlights the historic city of Ilorin as a paradigm for what is urgently needed in Nigeria: peace. This spotlighting is coming through the first national conference of the ...
Another milestone unfolds in the annals of the University of Ilorin today as a new Registrar, Mr. E. D. Obafemi, assumes office having received the hand-over note last Friday from Mrs. O. O. Oyeyemi. The former Registar will be remembered ...
During an interactive session he had with the academic staff of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Prof. Jacob Kehinde Oluponna of Harvard University, USA, struck a chord in the hearts of his audience. ...
One of the hallmarks of the academia is passion through which one’s calling is pursued with vigour and zeal. Even outside the university system, without being passionate about whatever one does, one cannot aim to achieve anything laudable. It is ...