The Alma Mater

One day I cannot forget in a hurry was Tuesday, September 3, 2019. That was the day a carefully-chosen team visited the TETFUND-funded research project that I lead at the University, after the unfortunate demis... Read More...

When the American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, first stepped on the Moon on July 20, 1969, he made a statement that was deep and profound: “That’s one small step by for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Forty y... Read More...

When the news of the unification of the divided Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Branch, filtered through the University community, many stakeholders took it with mixed feelings... Read More...

On Friday, June 28, 2019, news broke that an alumnus and former lecturer of the University of Ilorin, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, had emerged ... Read More...

The Faculty of Arts Students Association (FASA) of the University of Ilorin, under the exceptional leadership of Folorunsho Fatai Adisa, hosted the 2019 edition of its oratory contest on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 ... Read More...

Today, there is undoubtedly no major priority in Nigeria that is as serious as security. Though governments protect (citizens from one another and from foreign enemies), produce (products and resources to susta... Read More...

Like their 1.8 billion brethren  across the world, members of the University of Ilorin Muslim community started the Ramadhan fasting last Monday, May 6, 2019. By so doing, a pillar of Islam is observed and the ... Read More...

Discussing discourse: Of Omoluabi, Pulaaku and Ezigbo mmadu In continuation of its Distinguished Personality Lecture series, the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, under the able l... Read More...

Since his assumption of office as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on August 8, 2016, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede has left no one in doubt, including the doubting Thomases, ... Read More...

Adesanmi: The final flight home Like millions of his friends and fans across the world, the tragic news of the death of Prof. Pius Adesanmi, undoubtedly one of the most talented writers and satirists Africa ... Read More...

As a bibliophile, like many other people, one of the gains of attending academic and professional gatherings, for me, is the opportunity of finding old and new books on display and acquiring those that can be a... Read More...

Just vote, don’t fight Two contenders, many pretenders This month, Nigerians will go to the polls to decide who their president will be for the next four years. Though there are many pretenders who are pu... Read More...