By Babatunde Tiamiyu President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Ambassador Rafiu Adejare Bello, as the new Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University. Amb. Bello’s appointment as new substantive Pro Chancellor takes effect from March 10th, 2026. He replaces Late Professor…
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, has called on the Osun State Police Command to assist in locating a female student who has been missing for four days. In a statement issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju on Sunday, the missing student was identified as Dorcas Oseghale, from the Department…
The Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of a senior professor, Jimoh Olanipekun, who fell ill during a departmental meeting on Wednesday. A statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, said Olanipekun began breathing abnormally during the meeting and was rushed to the University…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. According to the court’s judgment on Thursday, the appellate court noted…
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Professor Siyan Oyeweso has inaugurated a committee for drafting the 4th strategic plan of the university. While performing the inauguration on the University Campus, Ile-Ife, Professor Oyeweso said the 3rd strategic plan of the institution has long expired, thereby charging…
By Yetunde Oke Chairman, governing council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Professor Siyan Oyeweso, has promised a stable and achievable academic calendar for the institution. Professor Oyeweso made this known to newsmen after a 3 day inaugural meeting with the institution’s Academic Staff Unions, Student Union and other associations at the school premises….
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has called for calm following an accident which occurred on campus on Thursday. The call was made in a statement issued by the university’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju and made available to Newsmen. It was gathered that as a result of torrential rainfall on Thursday…
The Public Relations Officer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Abiodun Olarewaju, has revealed that 58 out of the 69 students of the institution earlier arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been released. Olarewaju, who also revealed that the remaining 11 had cases to answer with the anti-graft agency,…