University of Ibadan expels 78 students over poor academic performance

University of Ibadan has announced the expulsion of 78 students of the institution. The school said the affected students were expelled for failing to obtain the minimum academic requirements for the 2012/2013 session.

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Market Ibadan Business Festival kicks off today at UI

Market Ibadan Business Festival officially kicks off today at the University of Ibadan. Organizers told IBPulse.com the event is 'a blend of business and cultural festival'.

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University of Ibadan to improve living standards through multi-disciplinary researches

A multi-dimensional research Centre has become operational at the University of Ibadan (U.I.) to bridge the huge gap between the town and the advancement of human kind.

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Presidency denies plan to rename University of Ibadan after Dora Akunyili

The Presidency on Sunday dismissed reports that the Federal Government was planning to name the University of Ibadan after late former Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili.

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UI VC lauds NUC for clamping down on fake Continuing Education Centres

The University of Ibadan Vice Chancellor, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, has given kudos to the National Universities Commission (NUC) for its recent clampdown on fake Continuing Education Centres (CEC) offering part-time and weekend courses to unsuspecting students in the name of Open Distance Learning (ODL).

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Boko Haram is not an Islamic group - Ibadan cleric

The Chief Imam of Lead City University, Ibadan, Abdulrahman Muhammed-Liawal, on Sunday urged the media to stop referring to the Boko Haram sect as an Islamic group.

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The Polytechnic Ibadan reschedules first semester exams

The management of The Polytechnic Ibadan has announced a postponement of the first semester exams in the school that was earlier scheduled to begin on May 21.

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The Polytechnic Ibadan expels 6 students over cult activities, names released

The Polytechnic Ibadan has announced the expulsion of 6 students over cult activities; it has also released the names of the affected students.

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Chinua Achebe honored at University of Ibadan

Exactly a year after he died, the soul of late Chinua Achebe made a heroic return to the University of Ibadan, where he first began his literary odyssey with a daylong literary potpourri.

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Free events listing on IBPulse.com

IBPulse.com is offering organizers of events an opportunity to have their events listed on the platform's events calendar for free*. Currently attracting thousands of visitors, IBPulse.com has grown and expanded to become the leading voice promoting the Ibadan brand.

In a statement, the management of IBPulse.com

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University of Ibadan flags off Arrow of God at 50 global celebrations

The Nigerian segment of the global celebrations of Chinua Achebe's ARROW OF GOD @ 50 will flag off at the University of Ibadan on Friday March 21 2014 with a symposium under the theme "Literature, Leadership and National Unity" at the Faculty of Arts Lecture Theatre.

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Female scientist at UI wins 2014 Elsevier Foundation Awards

Dr. Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan has won the 2014 Elsevier Foundation Awards, among four other women and would receive awards for Early Career Women Scientists in Developing World for their researches into the medicinal properties of natural compound.

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MFM General Overseer storms Ibadan on Friday

Dr. D. K. Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) will be ministering in Ibadan this Friday.

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The Polytechnic Ibadan resumes today

Academic activities will today resume at The Polytechnic, Ibadan and its campuses in Saki and Eruwa.

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Students of University of Ibadan protests against murder of colleague

Students of the University of Ibadan went to the Iyaganku Police Division this morning Feb 22nd on a solidarity protest. They demanded to know what the police was doing about the rape and murder of one of their own, Ms. Taiwo Omolara Shittu.

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The Polytechnic Ibadan students accuse Oyo state government of being insensitive

Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan have accused the governor Abiola Ajimobi-led administration in Oyo state of being insensitive to their plight due to its failure to expedite actions on the ongoing negotiations with members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).

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Fire outbreak at the University of Ibadan

Fire incidence occurred in the early hours of today at the University of Ibadan as the buttery of one of the university's halls of residence, Kuti Hall was gutted in fire.

Information available to IBPulse.com revealed that the fire incidence started around 6 in the morning with an ordinary electric spark bur the inability to put it under control resulted in a full blown fire outbreak.

Fire officials also got to the site late resulting in the entire destruction of the affected area.

IBPulse.com would give you more report as soon as such is available

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IITA launches 5-year project on sustainable weed management practices for cassava farms

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners in Ibadan have launched a new multi-year project assessing sustainable weed management technologies for cassava-based farming systems in Nigeria.

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Return of schools has become a contentious religious issue - Ajimobi

Oyo state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has explained why his administration has shunned the return of schools to missions, saying that it has become a contentious issue among adherents of both religions.

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Inferno at Ibadan Polytechnic, store torched

A fire outbreak at the Faculty of Financial Management Studies of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has led to the complete destruction of the faculty's store. According to media report, the fire started from a heap of papers being burnt by the side of the store.

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