When the University of Ilorin was established in August 1975, one of the pioneer three Faculties of the new University was the Faculty of Arts. Forty years after, the University would become the flagship of the Nigerian university system, shattering ...
The same feeling a footballer has when he scores a goal is the feeling a writer has when he is told how his writing has positively affected the audience. That was the same feeling this columnist had when an ...
Penultimate Sunday or July 12, 2015, a dinner in honour of Dr Habeeb Ajimotokan of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was hosted by the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq O. Oloyede (OFR), at Kwara Hotels, Ilorin. ...
Let me start with a confession: I am one guy that was so weak at the end of the activity-packed last week (11- 15 May, 2015) that I got home last Friday night and fell soundly asleep on the ...
When the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, in his December 16, 2014 letter addressed to both President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari made his eerie prediction, my heart dropped with a thud. In the letter, among ...
On Thursday, April 16, 2015, the Performing Arts Theatre of the University of Ilorin was abuzz with a jaw-dropping performance in honour of one of the most versatile scholars, prolific writers and frontline intellectuals of this age, Prof. Olu Obafemi. ...
As preparations for the 2015 elections in Nigeria are at fever pitch with frantic preparations being made towards them one way or another, it is apposite that more political education is required towards the peaceful and successful conduct of the ...
As attention shifts to February, the decisive month about which millions of Nigerians have adrenalin and a choice to make between change and continuity, it is auspicious to cast a look back at the month of January. Generally, without the ...
All over the world, universities are established with the mandate of teaching, research and community service or development. While some universities emphasise teaching and others community service, the most crucial component, indeed the heart of the matter, is research. It ...
Today, all roads lead to the International Conference Centre, Abuja, where the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, confers awards on 305 Nigerians and others for their enormous contributions and services to the nation. Though ...
In a 2010 article, “UNILORIN: A meteoric rise in 35 years”, published in Unilorin Star of the year, I attempted to periodise the development of the University of Ilorin in its various stages. The identified phases of development, as explained, ...
Everything that has a beginning surely has an end. The month of Ramadhan, which started just like yesterday, has ended. It is therefore auspicious to thank God because it is not automatic to live beyond fasting, it is grace. For ...