Obafemi Awolowo University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Federal University=== In 1975, a new military government introduced decrees making the University of Ife a Federal University.<ref name="Olan"/> On 10 July 1999, members of the [[Neo Black Movement of Africa|Black Axe Confraternity]] murdered the secretary-general of the students' union George Iwilade and several other student activists in the [[Obafemi Awolowo University massacre]]. Education Minister [[Tunde Adeniran]] issued a statement acknowledging the incident and saying the ministry will treat the case with "utmost concern".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/392634.stm |title=World: Africa β Arrests after Nigerian cult killings |date=July 12, 1999 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page