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So, Prof Alaba Ogunsanwo is Still on Active Service!

Posted By: adminon: April 04, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa as the centrepiece of Nigerian foreign policy', LSE, UI, ‘Ibadan School of Peace Studies’No CommentsViews:
So, Prof Alaba Ogunsanwo is Still on Active Service!

Sighting a Prof Alaba Ogunsanwo on active duty in any country would be news. As a member of the second generation of political scientists who indegenised the discipline in Nigeria or explore... Read more

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The Teacher Makes All the Difference in UI’s Dr. Afusat Jagun Jubril

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ABU, ACU, UI, UNICAL, UNIJOS, UNIPORTH, ZariaNo CommentsViews:
The Teacher Makes All the Difference in UI’s Dr. Afusat Jagun Jubril

No subjective disposition to her would make any journalist deny her recognition for standing out in the crowd. She has such a ringing, piercing, authoritative and  scholarly voice that would... Read more

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Prof Ode Ojowu’s Dosages of Kuhnian Home Truth for Veritas University, Abuja  

Posted By: adminon: March 26, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ABUZaria, Afriocentric lens, Dar es Salam, Makerele, Methodology, Neoliberalism, Okello Oculi, Positivists, Post-positivism, Thomas Kuhn, UI, UNNNo CommentsViews:
Prof Ode Ojowu’s Dosages of Kuhnian Home Truth for Veritas University, Abuja  

By Adagbo ONOJA, Methodology is the graveyard of knowledge production. There can be never too much of it. It was thus nothing surprising when the authorities of the university called out all... Read more

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But for Tragedy, Founding Fathers Planned Every Nigerian University to Be World Class (2)

Posted By: adminon: March 17, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ABU Zaria, NIIA, UI, UNESCO, UNILAG, UNN - NsukkaNo CommentsViews:
But for Tragedy, Founding Fathers Planned Every Nigerian University to Be World Class (2)

The first part of this special feature was devoted to demonstrating the contention that but for the developmental tragedy that has befallen Nigeria, her founding fathers planned the first, s... Read more

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The 7-Hour UCL, NUC, Crack Professors & Activists’ Contentious Conversation on Nigerian Universities (2)

Posted By: adminon: January 27, 2019In: FlashbackTags: ASUU, CGPA, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, CITAD, ES, First Class, Global capitalism, Kwame Nkrumah, Massification, NAUT, NUC, Prof Billy Dudley, SAP, UINo CommentsViews:
The 7-Hour UCL, NUC, Crack Professors & Activists' Contentious Conversation on Nigerian Universities (2)

In terms of self-awareness, very few in Nigeria would regard as controversial any claim that the University of Ibadan, (UI) is far ahead of all others, yesterday and today. This story is, th... Read more

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Top University of Ibadan Professors Set to Crack Nigerian Politics

Posted By: adminon: January 21, 2019In: GovernanceTags: ARCIS, Toxicology, UI, War Against Rape - WARNo CommentsViews:
Top University of Ibadan Professors Set to Crack Nigerian Politics

“Of Wailers and Hailers of the Nigerian Space: A Roundtable” is the topic of a high profile conversation at the University of Ibadan, (UI) in Nigeria coming up January 22nd, 2019... Read more

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ASUU and the Future of University Education in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2018In: BookspaceTags: ABU, ASUU, MDGs, NEEDS, NEPAD, NERGP, SAP, UI, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
ASUU and the Future of University Education in Nigeria

By Professor Idowu Awopetu* The first reported reaction of the Federal Government, through the Minister for Education, to the current ASUU strike was a declaration that the government “can’t... Read more

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George Ehusani and the Universe Called the University

Posted By: adminon: November 01, 2018In: BookspaceTags: 'Perestroika Movement', ASUU, NANS, UINo CommentsViews:
George Ehusani and the Universe Called the University

By Adagbo Onoja It was a pleasantly shocking encounter to find someone who is not a formal academic with such a mastery and delivery on one of the most difficult aspects of the crisis of uni... Read more

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UI Hosts 16th Edition of BRIT Conference, Crack Sessions Expected

Posted By: adminon: October 14, 2018In: BookspaceTags: BRIT, NIS, UINo CommentsViews:
UI Hosts 16th Edition of BRIT Conference, Crack Sessions Expected

The 16th edition of the Border Regions in Transition, (BRIT) Conference opens tomorrow at the University of Ibadan, (UI) which is co-hosting with the University of Abomey Calavi in neighbour... Read more

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Coup in THE Global Ranking of Universities as Covenant University Deposes University of Ibadan

Posted By: adminon: October 05, 2018In: BookspaceTags: THE, UINo CommentsViews:
Coup in THE Global Ranking of Universities as Covenant University Deposes University of Ibadan

The Times Higher Education, (THE) ranking of universities globally for 2019 is no longer the news but Nigeria’s performance on that list appears not yet comprehensively appreciated. Th... Read more

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