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The University of Ibadan is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within University of London. It became an independent university in 1963 and is the oldest degree awarding institution in Nigeria.

Attached are photos from the 1960s

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hmmmm..... long time ago, just 3yrs after second world war

Collinsemegreat:
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Sup with the forth pic? Thats UCH na

The Queen of England and her husband visit the University of Ibadan 1956

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Awo should have just actualize Oodualand earlier
What an utopia SW would have been.

Now we are paying for that mistake in managing the backwardness from all other regions.

Op, the fourth photo is The university college hospital (UCH)..

Collinsemegreat:
The University of Ibadan is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within University of London. It became an independent university in 1963 and is the oldest degree awarding institution in Nigeria.

Attached are photos from the 1960s

University of Ibadan was ESTABLISHED in 1962.

what you are seeing was UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IBADAN, an affiliate of UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

UI in effect was the first degree awarding institution, NOT the first University in Nigeria. It had no VC or Senate, what it had was a college principal. Please Google it o

RemoveKebab:
Awo should have just actualize Oodualand earlier
What an utopia SW would have been.

Now we are paying for that mistake in managing the backwardness from all other regions.

He wouldn't dare, because UI was not established by him nor the western region.

Infact, the first VC of UI was a professor Kenneth Dike, an igbo man

The first University in Nigeria was the UNIVERSITY of NIGERIA, NSUKKA founded in 1960

UI became UI in 1962 (or 1963)

Just look at the materials they used, quality... not like now u have inferior materials with billions off contract project. Oyibo na oyibo jor

anath:
Just look at the materials they used, quality... not like now u have inferior materials with billions off contract project. Oyibo na oyibo jor

now who do we blame??

I am writing a book on the title"who do we blame

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superlightning:
He wouldn't dare, because UI was not established by him nor the western region.

Infact, the first VC of UI was a professor Kenneth Dike, an igbo man

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superlightning:
The first University in Nigeria was the UNIVERSITY of NIGERIA, NSUKKA founded in 1960

UI became UI in 1962 (or 1963)

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Ancient.

How will this help the current state of Nigeria?

Lost glory

johnpablo541:
The Queen of England and her husband visit the University of Ibadan 1956

Are you sure of this history..?

Now messed up.
GLORY lost entirely as expected.

The self acclaimed first Nig Uni crew will derail this fine thread

phemmyfour:
The self acclaimed first Nig Uni crew will derail this fine thread

please the OP should stop revising history.

UI was not the first University in Nigeria.

Enough of Lagos-Ibadan Newspaper nonsense.

Hmmmm

ImmaculateJOE:
Are you sure of this history..?

Yes of course.



A hall was named after her which is Queen Elizabeth Hall.


The place she came out from is called Trenchard Hall used for hosting events and Inaugural Lectures.

Premier University

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ImmaculateJOE:
Are you sure of this history..?

Yes. Here is a link to the story on BBC
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/amp/tori-45005590

now the world have left those infrastructures behind, nigeria is backward sha

superlightning:
The first University in Nigeria was the UNIVERSITY of NIGERIA, NSUKKA founded in 1960

UI became UI in 1962 (or 1963)

UNN was actually established in 1955 but began her academic activities in 1960.

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Ekemeze:
"When Education was the key to success"

When there was sanity in the society.

Good old days

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