The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has expelled 14 students over alleged misconduct and involvement in examination malpractices. The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The names of nine of the expelled students were published in the weekly bulletin of the university which was released by the …

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin),  Prof. Wahab Egbewole, says the institution expends about N1.3 billion annually on electricity, in spite of its financial challenges. The vice chancellor disclosed this on Monday in his office during an interactive session between the management and the Unilorin Students’ Union Executive Committee members. According to him, the university incurred a …

The Management of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Kwara State has said that the list of fake professors allegedly attributed to be working in the institution was not known to the university. In a press statement made available to journalists in Ilorin on Sunday by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun said that none of the names …

Whenever I’m privileged to visit Ilorin the Kwara State capital, I include in my itinerary a visit to the University of Ilorin (Unilorin, as is popularly abbreviated). My passion, maybe obsession with the institution is informed by a number of reasons. Principal among these is the fact that I had two academic excursions to the revered school, during which I …

The University of Ilorin has granted a 25 per cent school fees rebate to children of its staff members. The rebate was approved by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, following a meeting with university-based union leaders on Thursday. According to a tweet shared via the institution’s handle on X, the rebate seeks to cater to the staff welfare of …

Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) has inducted 29 graduates of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) into the council. The inductees on Monday this week graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of UNILORIN In the 2021/2022 academic session. A son of a police officer in Ogun state and a petty trader mother, Fasasi Abdulbasit, emerged as the best graduate in …

Right from Day One, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, who assumed office as the 11th Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) on 16th October 2022, has left no one in doubt about his messianic mission and transformative leadership. One event particularly underscored this assertion: his very first official assumption day, the first working day, Monday, 17th October, was …

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Egbewole has disclosed that the Institution has a total of 36 Research Patents with the Federal government. During the awards of degrees to the graduating students of the institution at the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony of the university on Saturday, Egbewole asserted that the UNILORIN was doing tremendously …

A 20-year-old female undergraduate of the University of Ilorin (name withheld) has reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, N500,000. According to Rubiks, the private hostel management where she resided, the victim was undergoing her SIWES programme before the incident happened. The management asserted that the cause of her death was not …

To cushion the harsh effects of the high cost of transportation as a result of fuel subsidy removal, the management of the University of Ilorin has deployed three luxurious buses to convey students and staff of the institution to and from the campus at peak periods free of charge. In a statement, the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle …