We won’t merge Ondo’s three universities – Akeredolu

rates AAUA high, pledges government continuous support Pro-Chancellor, Tunji Abayomi boasts of supplying world the brightest, best Varsity appoints Dr. Owolewa Dean, Student Affairs By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Government has no plan to merge the three state-owned universities as being suggested in some quarters. Making this declaration, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, said: “We’ll continue […]

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UNIMED and the culture of elevated discourse on national issues

By Taoheed Ajao Conceived as a citadel of medical education to offer services of specialized facilities for medical training and research, the University of Medical Sciences, the first in Nigeria, located on Laje Road, in Ondo, was founded by Ondo State government on the 22nd of April, 2015. The university has not only lived up […]

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Footprints Of A Selfless Servant: The Autobiography Of Comrade Oyekan Arije – Review

Book Review Title:  Footprints Of A Selfless Servant: The Autobiography of Comrade Oyekan Arije Publishers: Alabi-Eyo & Co Ltd. Date of first publication: 2018. Number of Pages: 435 Price: Not stated Author: Oyekan Arije Reviewer: Femi Aborisade, Esq. Date: 13th December 2018 Introduction I am deeply grateful to Comrade Oyekan Arije and the Book Launch Planning […]

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Strike may end on Monday as FG, ASUU reach partial pact

The Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have reached a partial agreement, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, announced on Monday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ngige made the announcement at a reconciliation meeting in Abuja aimed at finding ways of resolving the strike which commenced […]

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FG reappoints Fasakin FEDPOLEL Rector

By Banji Ayoola President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Prof. Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin as the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, for a second term with effect from March 11, 2019. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Head, Information, Protocol and Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, which said that […]

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Bamiro, UI ex VC charges varsities to pursue innovation, relevance, sustainability

forget craze for ‘world class’ status By Chudey Pride Former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan (UI), Prof Femi Bamiro has urged Nigeria’s 162 universities to reorder their priorities and focus on more ennobling and achievable development initiatives,utilitarian research, innovation, relevance and sustainability. He gave the keynote address titled “Teaching and Research in the 21st […]

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AAUA to develop Disease Reporting Apps

As part of the breakthroughs in its research and development efforts, Adekunle Ajasin University is set to develop a disease reporting application that would help in early detection of diseases. The application, when fully developed, will also help to provide adequate and real time information system concerning diseases in human, crops and Animals; it will provide […]

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AAUA graduates have excelled in all areas of Nigeria’s economy -Faborode

Graduates of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, have been described as competent products that have “excelled in further studies for higher degrees as well as in the workforce for the State and other areas of the national economy.” Michael Faborode, a Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi […]

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AAUA VC, Ajibefun, others receive UI’s Lifetime Award 

Nigeria’s acclaimed Premier University, the University of Ibadan, has honoured a foremost Professor of Agricultural Economics and Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Prof Igbekele Amos Ajibefun, with Lifetime Achievement Award. The historic event, which held at the Trenchard Hall of the prestigious institution, was part of the week-long Convocation and […]

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