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Analorgue:
make him also know that the current vice president of the student's union is akpa pheoby chidinma..... I'm guessing she's a south westerner also....

Rapsainot:
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1. University of Ibadan Started as Yaba College, Lagos

The University of Ibadan has her origins in Yaba College (now YabaTech), founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos. The Yaba College is the first tertiary educational institute in Nigeria. Yaba College was transferred to Ibadan in 1948. That was when it became the University College of Ibadan. This is the name some of our fathers and grandfathers still call the University of Ibadan till today.


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2. UI was founded on its own site in 1948


The University of Ibadan was founded on its own site on 17 November 1948. In late 1963, on the university playing-fields, the Rt. Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of its independent university. In that year, all remaining ties with the University of London were severed.

On November 17, 1948. Arthur Creech Jones, then the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, led the inauguration ceremony of the institution. The university was originally created as an extension of the University of London and was called University College, Ibadan.


3. UI, the only University founded before Nigeria’s
Independence


The University of Ibadan, founded in 1948, is the
oldest university in Nigeria and the only institution
founded before the country became independent in
1960. The University of Ibadan is a federally-
controlled public university located in Ibadan, Oyo
State.
Other big and popular Universities such as
University of Lagos (1962), Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria (1962), University of Benin (1970),
University of Port Harcourt (1975), were only
established after independence.
Now you know, the only true University founded in
Nigeria before 1960 is the University of Ibadan.


4. The first Indigenous Vice chancellor of UI was
Kenneth Dike

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The first Nigerian vice chancellor of the university
was Kenneth Dike, after whom the University of
Ibadan’s library is named. He is the first indigenous
VC of the University. Kenneth Onwika Dike (17
December 1917 – 26 October 1983) was a Nigerian
historian. He was a native of Awka, in the then
eastern Nigeria.

During the Nigerian civil war, he moved to Harvard
University, Boston.
He was a founder of the Ibadan School that
dominated the writing of the History of Nigeria until
the 1970s. He is credited with “having played the
leading role in creating a generation of African
historians who could interpret their own history
without being influenced by Eurocentric approaches.

5. Designs of halls of residence are not identical

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Did you know that the designs of the halls of
residence in the University of Ibadan are not
identical? And, just so you know, this is deliberate.
Mellanby, Tedder, Kuti, Sultan Bello and Queen
Elizabeth II halls – were designed by Maxwell Fry
and Jane Drew. Messrs Watkins Gray and Partners
designed Alexander Brown Hall as a part of the
overall design of the University College Hospital
Complex. Independence and Nnamdi Azikiwe Halls,
were designed by Messrs Design Group (Nigeria)
Ltd. Obafemi Awolowo Hall was designed by Allied
Group of Architects, while Tafawa Balewa and Idia
Halls were designed by Messrs Aderele-Omisore-
Adebanjo Associates.
The Federal Ministry of Works designed the
Abdusalami Abubakar Hall.

6. These notable Nigerians attended University of
Ibadan


Did you know that the following notable Nigerians
and Politicians are alumni of the University of
Ibadan? You will probably know some of them
attended UI but other inclusions may come to you
as surprises. Here is a short list of some people
you might not know attended UI.
1. Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart
2. Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth
Secretary-General
3. Michael Omolewa, former President of
UNESCO General Conference and
Ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO
4. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State
5. J. P. Clark, Nigerian poet and playwright
6. Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize
in Literature
7. Grace Alele-Williams, first Nigerian woman to
become the head (vice-chancellor) of a
Nigerian university, the University of Benin
8. William Kumuyi, Founder and General
Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life
Ministry
9. Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer, television
producer and environmental activist
10. Farida Mzamber Waziri, Former Executive
Chairperson of the Nigerian Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).


7. University of Ibadan has no catchment area
UI is one of the Federal universities with no
catchment areas. Other Universites with no
catchment areas are the 3 federal agriculture
universities (Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta; Federal University Agriculture Makurdi;
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike,
Umuahia, Abia State), University of Abuja
(UNIABUJA), University of Port-Harcourt
(UNIPORT), Federal University of Petroleum
Resources (FUPRE).
The catchment area of UI is the whole of Nigeria. In
this regard, UI is bringing candidates from all parts
of Nigeria to write the examination.




Source:http://www.ngscholars.com/2014/10/7-things-may-know-university-ibadan/7/

nobilis:
No 7 is a very big lie.
Oyo State indigenes are considered first.
Other south-West indigenes are considered second.
Then, people from educationally disadvantaged states.
Lastly, people from all other parts of the country.
I know this from personal experience. So, OP, stop selling that lie here.

The only university I've seen yet oo, that doesn't do that catchment area stuff is UNN. People from Enugu and Anambra, and other SE states (except Ebonyi) find it even more difficult to gain admission into UNN than people from other parts of Nigeria.

Bukkiminat:
hahaaa, Haba Bros! Stop saying cabish on what u don't have an idea of or sumfn u are confused about
cum,lemme show u hundreds of Oyo Indigenes that were denied of admission this year

#legout
Peace

nobilis:
I really don't understand your insolent argument.
I said Oyo State indigenes are considered first.
That doesn't mean all applicants from Oyo State will be taken.
I thought I was clear enough before.

Bukkiminat:
that is the point* dey don't consider any state first!

nobilis:
Bukki, THEY DO.
I say that emphatically because I saw it happen with my two koro koro eyes.

Adedayo516:
I bet you don't want this bottles of coke.. Asks Pr0ton

geedot:
Reason why children ท๑พ failed woefully!
ℓ asked ₩hich university was first established I̶̲̥̅̊n Nigeria, Ãήϑ here y̶̲̥̅̊o̶̲̥̅̊и are giving dumb analysis..
Are y̶̲̥̅̊o̶̲̥̅̊и tha̶̲̥̅̊t pained UNN is not referred Τ̅☺ as †̥ђƺ First University I̶̲̥̅̊n Nigeria?

Ehimenboy:
And so what? You're saying this as if it is peculiar to UI, and them alone. Tribalism is a national menace. Stop pointing an accusing finger and enjoy the opening post. We're not claiming to be good enough; it's a basic informational piece.
We're Sub-Saharan Africa's Premier University for your info. We're...UNIBADAN!

frank043:
Bros,I strongly do not agree with the fact you stated(Item No. 5),as regards the halls of residence in UI not being identical! Nnamdi Azikiwe hall and Independence hall are 1000% identical!!! The only differences are their location and the soil supporting them. Location wise,its just a perimeter fence that separates them. Chairman,pls make corrections as regards this pointer. I'm a graduate of UI and a cold-blooded Zikites. Zikites and Katangites have so MANY things in common.

Olutokun1:
No 5 is incorrect sir. Independence (Katanga Republic) and Zik (Baluba Republic) halls have very identical designs. So identical that if you were blindfolded and placed on the corridor of any of the blocks in any of the halls, you would not immediately figure out which hall you're in.
Nice write up, but you need to get your facts right.

Neplusultra:
Stop making noise!

nobilis:
No 7 is a very big lie.
Oyo State indigenes are considered first.
Other south-West indigenes are considered second.
Then, people from educationally disadvantaged states.
Lastly, people from all other parts of the country.
I know this from personal experience. So, OP, stop selling that lie here.

The only university I've seen yet oo, that doesn't do that catchment area stuff is UNN. People from Enugu and Anambra, and other SE states (except Ebonyi) find it even more difficult to gain admission into UNN than people from other parts of Nigeria.

nobilis:
I really don't understand your insolent argument.
I said Oyo State indigenes are considered first.
That doesn't mean all applicants from Oyo State will be taken.
I thought I was clear enough before.

masseratti:
Op this write up is crappy,UI deserve a lot better than this

frank043:
She is an Easterner...hails from Enugu!

basilo101:
we in SE believe in ourselves and dnt see white men as superior. SW tot it was imposible to award a nigerian degree until UNN did it and they copied