University of Ibadan Archives

Prof Toye Olorode Pays Tribute to Comrade Prof Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2026In: FlashbackTags: 'Ali Must Go', 'Great Ife mystique', ASUU, Dr. Mahmud Moddibo Tukur, Ife Dialogue Committee, NLC, NUNS, Segun Okeowo, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

Published below is Prof Omotoye Olorode’s tribute to Prof BJ. Written from the Odoje Biodiversity Centre. Ogbómọṣọ in Oyo State of Nigeria’ where he currently is, this is not just a tr... Read more

UNIJOS Political Scientists Name Office After Late Prof Bonaventure Haruna

Posted By: adminon: June 25, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Department of Political Science, Gamai Workers Association, Prof Aaron Gana, Prof Ali Mazrui, Prof Isawa Elaigwu, Prof Sonni Tyoden, Prof W O Alli, UNIJOS, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

In a major symbolic move, political scientists at Nigeria’s University of Jos have named an office after Prof Bonaventure Haruna. Prof Haruna died about three weeks ago. UNIJOS lecturers in... Read more

Remembering Prof Jubril Aminu

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Mallam Aminu Kano, Medical Science, NUC, Prof Daniel Saror, Prof Kyari Tijani, Prof Nur Alkali, Prof. Ahmadu Jalingo, University of Ibadan, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The news is all over the place already that Prof Jubril Aminu, ex-Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC); ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of M... Read more

University of Pretoria Appoints Nigeria’s Prof Remi Aiyede Extraordinary Professor

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2024In: SpectacleTags: 'Japa', Political Science, SPMA, University of Ibadan, University of PretoriaNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s Prof Emmanuel Remi Aiyede is joining the University of Pretoria in South Africa as an Extraordinary professor. The University said in a statement that it is thrilled to have Prof.... Read more

Novel Samples of Stylising Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary

Posted By: adminon: October 02, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Cameroon, Cuba, Ghana, Green-White-Green, Harvard, New York, Nigerian flag, Nigerianity, Senegal, The Nigerian genius, Uganda, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

The 63rd Independence anniversary of Nigeria has come and gone but not the memories of those who stylised the anniversary with imaginative Green-White-Green designs. From New York city comes... Read more

Death Snatches UI Academic, Prof Alex Gboyega

Posted By: adminon: January 13, 2022In: People in ActionTags: Political Science, Public Administration, University of Ghana, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

Academia in Nigeria has lost Prof Alex Gboyega, a leading scholar in Public Administration at the University of Ibadan before his retirement. He was 76 years old at death Wednesday morning,... Read more

Flashback to Dr Abalaka Or the Ayade Moment in History?

Posted By: adminon: April 28, 2020In: BookspaceTags: Dr Jeremiah Abalaka, HIV/AIDS, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

We are here to watch the video below. That is because the video contains a major claim. But, before watching the video, there is a background to it. And here is the background. Governor Ben... Read more

What Should Be Worrisome About the Death of Nigeria’s Prof David West?

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, McGill University, Robert Cox, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, TSM, University of Ibadan, Yale UniversityNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s Prof David West is dead. The news of that has already spread across the country. People live longer than the age of 83 nowadays but even then, 83 is still advanced in the comparati... Read more

Oyo State Governor Appoints Former Student Leader Political Adviser

Posted By: adminon: June 26, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Afenifere, Alliance for Democracy, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in South-west Nigeria has named Babatunde Oduyoye his Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters. The appointee is a former student activist, meani... Read more

One More Tribute to Prof Pius Adesanmi, This Time By CODESRIA*

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2019In: BookspaceTags: African Doctoral Lounge, African Union Vision 2063, AU-ECOSSOCC, Canada, Canada Bureau of International Education Leadership Award, CODESRIA Bulletin, Penguin Prize for African Writing, University of British Columbia, University of Ibadan, University of IlorinNo CommentsViews:

CODESRIA has learned with extreme sadness and sorrow of the passing on of Prof. Pius Adesanmi in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 that crashed upon take-off from Addis Ab... Read more