CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in Nigeria.

Detailed explanation-2: -The University of Ibadan started off as the University College, Ibadan (UCI) which was founded in 1948, occupying, at first, the old site at Eleyele.

Detailed explanation-3: -Established in 1948, the University of Ibadan, UI as it is fondly referred to, is the first University in Nigeria. Until 1962 when it became a full-fledged independent University, it was a College of the University of London in a special relationship scheme.

Detailed explanation-4: -University education in Nigeria could be traced to Asquith and the Elliot Commissions of 1943, leading to the establishment of University College, Ibadan (UCI) in 1948 (Otonko, 2012; Ejiogu & Sule, 2014).