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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|Public university in Ile-Ife, Nigeria}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=February 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox university | name = Obafemi Awolowo University | image = | image_size = 200px | caption = OAU Crest | motto = For Learning and Culture | established = {{start date and age|1961}} | former_names = University of Ife | chancellor = [[Yahaya Abubakar]] | vice_chancellor = [[Adebayo Simeon Bamire]] | city = [[Ile-Ife, Osun State]] | country = Nigeria | coor = {{coord|7|31|06|N|4|31|22|E|type:edu_region:NG_dim:3000|display=inline,title}} | students = {{c.|35,000}} | campus = Urban {{convert|2020|ha|acre}} | undergrad = 13,000 | postgrad = 7500 | colours = {{color box|#191970}}{{color box|#A48111}} Midnight blue and gold | type = [[public university|Public]] | affiliations = [[Adeyemi College of Education]] | website = {{URL|http://www.oauife.edu.ng/}} }} [[File:Landscape of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.jpg|thumb|Landscape of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife]] [[File:Main Campus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (12997698895).jpg|thumb|Main Campus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria]] '''Obafemi Awolowo University''' ('''OAU''') is a federal university in [[Ile-Ife, Osun State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Nigerian Universities and Years Founded|url=http://www.nuc.edu.ng/pages/universities.asp|publisher=National Universities Commission|access-date=28 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426070234/http://www.nuc.edu.ng/pages/universities.asp|archive-date=26 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Students' Union-Management relations and conflict resolution mechanisms in Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria|url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/ejc-accordr-v20-n1-a6|access-date=2022-02-01|website=African Journal on Conflict Resolution|language=en|hdl=10520/ejc-accordr-v20-n1-a6}}</ref> The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wahab |first=Bayo |date=2018-01-18 |title=Here's why OAU is believed to be the best university in Nigeria |url=https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/obafemi-awolowo-university-heres-why-oau-is-believed-to-be-the-best-university-in/9gb7l44 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref> as the '''University of Ife''' by the regional government of [[Western Nigeria]], which was led by [[Samuel Ladoke Akintola]]. It was renamed "Obafemi Awolowo University" on 12 May 1987, so by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida led military administration, in honour of [[Obafemi Awolowo]] (1909–1987), the first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, who initially thought of the idea of establishing the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Foundation|url=http://www.oauife.edu.ng/the-foundation/|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Britannica Encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282720/Ile-Ife#ref245175|publisher=Britannica|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Brief History of the University">{{cite web|title=Brief History of the University|url=http://www.oauife.edu.ng/administration/student-affairs/students-handbook/history/|publisher=Obafemi Awolowo University|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215162421/http://www.oauife.edu.ng/administration/student-affairs/students-handbook/history/|archive-date=15 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> == History == In 1951, with the adoption of a new [[Constitution of Nigeria|constitution]], major changes were made to elected [[legislator]]s and regional [[Premier]]s in the regions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legalsociety.com.ng/constitutional-developments-in-nigeria-iii/|title=The MacPherson constitution (1951)}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Because they saw education as a key driver of change and development, the new regional administrations gave an extension of basic and secondary education priority. A commission was established by the Federal Minister of Education in 1959 to study the nation's projected needs for university graduates between 1960 and 1980.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.openedition.org/ifra/1024?lang=en|title=Development of higher education in Nigeria|chapter=The Demand for Higher Education and Employment Opportunities in Nigeria |series=African Dynamics |date=16 January 2015 |pages=241–265 |publisher=IFRA-Nigeria |isbn=9791092312171 }}</ref> The commission was headed by Cambridge lecturer [[Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby|Eric Ashby]], a master at [[Clare College, Cambridge]], and also included labour economist [[Frederick H. Harbison]].<ref name="faf">{{Cite journal |last=Fafunwa |first=Babatunde |year=1974 |title=The Growth and Development of Nigerian Universities. |url=https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED097843 |journal=Overseas Liaison Committee: American Council on Education |pages=1–28}}</ref> The expectation of the commission's final report by the [[Western State (Nigeria)|Western Region]] government was that the [[University of Ibadan]] would satisfy the needs of the Western Region, a position on which the federal government disagreed.<ref name="Olan">{{Cite book |title=Ife University in colour: a Panorama of Africa's most beautiful campus. |last=Olaniyan |first=Richard |publisher=Ife University |year=1983 |location=Ife, Nigeria |language=en}}</ref> Before a final report was submitted in October 1960, the Western government began preparations for the establishment of a university in the region.<ref name="Olan"/> The decision to establish the University of Ife<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigeria: Great Ife at 50|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201203110036.html|publisher=All Africa|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> by the ruling [[Action Group (Nigeria)|Action Group party]] of the Western Region of Nigeria was in protest at the recommendations of the Ashby Report.<ref>Feuser 1991</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2022}} The first Nigerian university was established in 1948 at [[Ibadan]] in the Western Region as an external college of the [[University of London]]. The needs of Nigeria (then a [[Colonial Nigeria|British colony]]), however, exceeded the productivity of the country's only university. In particular, the University of Ibadan had no faculty of engineering or technology, law school, pharmacy school or management training abilities. The Ashby Commission, which was set up by the British, was to review the tertiary education needs of the soon-to-be-independent nation of Nigeria. The government of the Western Region did not want to rely on federal universities or those of other regions to admit its numerous secondary school leavers. The University at Ife was founded as a rebuttal to the perceived politicization of higher education opportunities in Nigeria and the Western Region and was designed to fill the gaps in manpower needs. In October 1960, the Ashby commission recommended additional regional universities in the northern and eastern regions of Nigeria, and another federal university in the Lagos protectorate,<ref name="faf"/> but none in the more educationally advanced Western Region, which had a "free and universal primary education" program. A minority report that was accepted by the government recommended a new university within the Western Region and facilities of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, were provided to the region.<ref name="faf"/> In 1961, a vote establishing the Provisional Council of the university was passed by the Western Regional Assembly. The final site chosen, a {{Convert|13000|acre|ha|abbr=out}} of land, was donated by the people of [[Ile-Ife]] for the proposed university.<ref name="faf"/> The first financial grant provided for the university was £250,000 from the Western regional government.<ref name="miner"/> ===Ibadan Campus=== On 22 September 1962, the university was opened to 244 students at its temporary facilities, the previous College of Arts and Sciences, Ibadan.<ref name="Olan"/> Some of the new students were previously at the College of Arts and Sciences, and some staff were recruited from [[University of Ibadan|University College, Ibadan]], and from abroad. [[Oladele Ajose]] was nominated as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, which began with faculties of agriculture, arts, economics and social studies, law and science.<ref name="faf"/> The style of administration of the university and faculties was similar to University College, Ibadan, and during its foundation, it established a relationship with [[University of Wisconsin|the University of Wisconsin]].<ref name="miner">{{Cite journal |date=1965 |jstor=41821660 |journal=Minerva |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=210–215|title=University Development in Nigeria: Report of the National Universities Commission |doi=10.1007/BF01096335 |s2cid=189788838 }}</ref> Adverse political conditions within the region delayed the move from Ibadan to Ife.<ref name="Olan"/> In February 1966, Lt-Col Francis [[Adekunle Fajuyi]], the Visitor of the University of Ife and the first Military Governor of the Western Region, appointed Hezekiah Oluwasanmi as the new Vice-Chancellor, and Chief TT Solaru as the pro-chancellor, and gave them money and orders to relocate to the permanent campus by October 1966. Fajuyi was killed at Ibadan in the military mutiny of July 1966 and did not witness the movement he orchestrated. Fajuyi Hall, a residential hall, was named to honour his contributions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adegboruwa |first=Ebun |date=25 April 2023 |title=Murder in the citadel – Part 2 |url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/murder-in-the-citadel-part-2/ |website=Guardian News}}</ref> === Move to Ife === The university's move to the new campus at Ile-Ife began in January 1967.<ref name="Olan"/> The campus at Ife had the first faculty of pharmacy in [[West Africa]], the first department of chemical engineering, and the first faculty of electronics components and electrical engineering.<ref name="National Universities Commission">[https://www.preps.ng/oau-cut-off-marks/]{{cite web |title=Focal areas of the Commission, 20 January 2013 |url=http://www.nuc.edu.ng/nucsite/File/Monday%20Bulletin/MB%202013/MB%207th%20January%202013%20final.pdf |access-date=27 March 2014 |publisher=National Universities Commission}}{{dead link|date=April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Stand up for Great Ife at 50">{{cite web|last=Adewale|first=Stephen|title=Stand up for Great Ife at 50|url=http://pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85294|publisher=Pambazuka|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> Its medical school started with an integrated curriculum and community orientation, which was later adopted by the [[World Health Organization]], and a compulsory [[bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] (BSc honours) before gaining entrance to the clinical school, but this was later abandoned. ===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 – Arrests after Nigerian cult killings |date=July 12, 1999 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> ==Architecture== Israeli architect [[Arieh Sharon]] led the architectural planning of the university with a team that later included his son [[Eldar Sharon]] and [[Augustine Akhuemokhan Egbor]] of Lagos.<ref name="ife">{{Cite book |title=Third world modernism : architecture, development and identity |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780203840993 |location=New York, NY |pages=117–120 |oclc=703154680}}</ref> The initial plan was to build three communities. A central campus with a high density would host the academic and administrative structures, the staff quarters with residential structures be dispersed for privacy, and students' residential halls were built. ===Central Campus=== The road network within the university is numbered, the main entrance to the university is the 2.5 km Road One which provides visibility to two rocky hills and a main core. The core is a [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] consisting of the university's public structures: [[Hezekiah Ademola Oluwafemi|Hezekiah Oluwasanmi]] Library, Secretariat, University Bookshop, Oduduwa Hall, and the Faculties of Arts, Education, Law, Administration and Social Sciences.<ref name="Olan"/> The first structure to be completed in January 1967 was three blocks of four floors, which became the Humanities building; these blocks have interconnected walkways to the other Faculties within the quad. Upon completion, these structures resembled inverted pyramids or huge boats but the design was chosen because of the country's humid [[tropical climate]] that way, each floor protects the one below.<ref name="ife" /><ref name="Olan" /> There are pedestrian walkways and pergolas around the campus, providing movement within offices around the quadrangle, and there are also piazzas, gardens and terraces. The quad is enclosed on each side by roads, beyond which are other faculty buildings. The inner road on the southern end (road two) or front of the main core provides access to the student union building. Along road two are the computer science building, and the faculties of pharmacy and health sciences. The outer road at the north-western end of the quad, (Road 5)<ref name="ife"/> provides access to the modern languages building and the African traditional-designed structure housing the African studies department, a museum and an exhibition hall.<ref name="Olan"/> == Academics == [[File:Faculty of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (12998041954).jpg|thumb|College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria]] Obafemi Awolowo University has 13 faculties<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculties|url=http://www.oauife.edu.ng/academics/faculties/|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> and two colleges—the Postgraduate College and the College of Health Sciences— which are administered in more than 60 departments. The university offers [[undergraduate]] and [[post-graduate|postgraduate]] programmes in fields of specialization spanning the humanities, arts, natural sciences, social sciences, medical sciences, engineering and technology. It was previously associated with [[Loma Linda University]] in California, US.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mina |title=OAU Department of Education & History Admission Requirement 2022/2023 |url=https://www.realmina.com/oau-department-of-education-history-admission-requirement/ |website=Realmina|date=28 July 2023 }}</ref> === JUPEB Programme === Obafemi Awolowo University has been a partner University to the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB).<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-11-27|title=Jupeb Partners|url=https://jupeb.edu.ng/about_us/partner_universities|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127192141/https://jupeb.edu.ng/about_us/partner_universities|archive-date=2020-11-27|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> JUPEB offers A-Level programs to students seeking admission into Obafemi Awolowo University via direct entry. OAU currently admits students into the JUPEB Program Y.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mc |first=Owoblow |date= 12 December 2023|title=Obafemi Awolowo University OAU JUPEB Admission List 2023/2024 |url=https://o3schools.com/oau-jupeb-admission-list/ |archive-date= |website=O3 schools}}</ref> === Library === The central library, known as [[Hezekiah Oluwasanmi]] Library, (named after the second Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hezekiah Olusawanmi)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fabunmi |first1=O. M. |last2=Asubiojo |first2=B. O. |title=Awareness and Use of Online Public Access Catalogue by Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/922 |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal) |date=23 April 2013 |publication-date=2013}}</ref> consists of two multi-storey wings in the centre of the campus. It has a seating capacity of 2,500 with the availability of Internet access to books and journals. It is a depository for the publications of the [[United Nations]] and its agencies including [[UNESCO]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]] and [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|ECA]]. The library collection includes over 300,000 titles and 762,000 volumes of monographs, government publications, theses and audio-visual material, in addition to the subscription of over 1,000 journals in hard format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library|url=http://library.oauife.edu.ng/|publisher=OAU|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> The library collection is accessible to users through [[Online public access catalog|Online Public Access Catalogue]] (OPAC) and the library's circulation services are fully computerized. 297,352 records have been converted to electronic format and the digitization of its newspaper collection has been done by [[OCLC|online Computers Library Corporation, Inc.]] of Ohio, US.<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> The university library also enjoyed financial support from the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Corporation]] for computerization of the library, this gave birth to the opening of the e-library in July 2008 for the use of staff and students of the University.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Omotayo |first=B.O. |title=Access, Use, and Attitudes of Academics toward Electronic Journals: A Case Study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/335 |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal) |date=19 March 2010 |publication-date=2010 |issn=1522-0222}}</ref> [[File:Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Ile-Ife.jpg|thumb|Hezekiah Oluwasanmi library]] === Information Technology and Communications Unit === Obafemi Awolowo University has a well-developed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system with its own V-SAT access to the Internet and an efficient Intranet. Virtually every building in the central campus is connected and cybercafés are available in parts of the campus. The internet access bandwidth has been increased from 39 Mbit/s as of October 2011 to 183 Mbit/s. The increase also led to the expansion of the internet facilities to all the halls of residence on campus.<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> The Information Technology and Communications Unit (INTECU) is responsible for developing Obafemi Awolowo University into Nigeria's leading ICT University with a campus-wide network consisting of a fibre optic backbone, 23 intra-networked subnets and wireless access clouds ([[WiFi]]) distributed across the site.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://intecu.oauife.edu.ng/|publisher=INTECU OAU|access-date=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622060909/http://intecu.oauife.edu.ng/|archive-date=2013-06-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> === Medical and health facilities === [[File:Faculty of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (12997648065).jpg|thumb|upright]] The medical and health centre provides hazardous primary healthcare services to the community, the poor, and children and adults whose lives are endangered, and provides health education services on demand. It operates a 24-hour service and has 16-bed spaces for admitted patients. Extreme cases are referred to the nearby teaching hospital for intensive care. The health centre is divided into nine functional units.<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> === Research === The medical research facilities are located in the teaching hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, comprising the Ife State Hospital, the Wesley Guild Hospital Ilesha, Comprehensive Health Centres, and the multidisciplinary laboratories at the main University Campus.<ref>nrgrgurdiannews.com. editorial, 18 March 1997</ref>{{full citation needed|date=April 2017}} The University Teaching Hospital is consistently cited as a highly reputable teaching hospital based on its numerous records. It has served as a training site for Nigerian foreign-trained doctors, who are required to pass the medical licensing examination organized by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. The operation for the first Siamese twins to be separated in sub-Saharan Africa was carried out at its teaching hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=OAU doctors separate Siamese twins|url=http://www.greatifealumni.org/index.php/2012-04-25-14-29-13/featured-university-news/113-awolowo-varsity-doctors-separate-siamese-twins-5-22-2002|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> Consequently, the separation of Siamese twins has been successfully carried out on different occasions, while successful cochlear implantation has been performed repeatedly in the [[otorhinolaryngology]] unit.<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> The university pioneered the resuscitation and modernization of the traditional bronze-casting technology.<ref name="theoptimumcareers.com">{{cite web|title=Jobs at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria|url=http://www.theoptimumcareers.com/2010/11/jobs-at-obafemi-awolowo-university-ile.html|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> It also pioneered the introduction of entrepreneurship education at the undergraduate level and this has now been adopted nationally and by the [[National Universities Commission]] (NUC).<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> It is the leading [[Information and communications technology|ICT]] University with a bandwidth of 113 Mbit/s as well as a pioneer in iLab. The first iLab in Africa, south of Sahara was developed and established in OAU in collaboration with [[MIT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Linking African Universities with MIT ILABS|url=http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/153/|publisher=Carneige|access-date=27 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320180742/http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/153/|archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> == Vice-chancellors == {{Category see also|Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University}} The first vice-chancellor of the university was Professor [[Oladele Ajose]] (MD, PhD), a [[Glasgow University]] graduate and Nigeria's first professor of public health, who was recruited from the [[University of Ibadan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/remembering-ajose-first-oau-vc/|title=Remembering Ajose, first OAU VC|date=23 March 2018 }}</ref> He served from 1962 to 1966 until political upheavals and military coups led him to be replaced. The second vice-chancellor was Professor H. A. Oluwasanmi, who served from 1966 to 1975. Anthony Adebolu Elujoba, a professor of [[pharmacognosy]], became the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university in July 1975. The University Council's announcement of Professor Ayobami Taofeek Salami on 6 June as the University Vice-Chancellor was greeted with violence and rejection. The council was eventually dissolved by the Federal Government and Salami was removed from the post. Prof. Elujoba was given the responsibility of stabilizing the system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bolanle |first=Bolawole |date= |title=Rumbling universities and fit-as-fiddle President |url=https://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/08/22/rumbling-universities-and-fit-as-fiddle-president/ |website=The NEWS}}</ref> The university's staff has included one Nobel Laureate and six Nigerian National Merit Award winners and has pioneered [[kidney transplant]]s in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OAU Admission Requirements |url=https://www.preps.ng/oau-admission-requirements/ |website=PrepsNG Scholars}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Nigeria's only [[Nobel prize]]-winner in literature and the first African laureate, [[Wole Soyinka]], served as Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Ife from 1975 to 1999. In 1999, he was appointed an Emeritus Professor of Dramatic Arts at the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fart.oauife.edu.ng/?page_id=26|title=1lib1ref}}</ref> [[Stephen Adebanji Akintoye]] served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akinkanju |date= |title=Emeritus Professor Stephen Adebanji Akintoye |url=https://dawncommission.org/emeritus-professor-stephen-adebanji-akintoye/ |website=Dawn Commission}}</ref> === List of Vice-chancellors === {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Oladele Ajose]] (1962–66)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Oladele Adebayo Ajose |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH3007&type=P |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref> * [[Hezekiah Oluwasanmi|Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi]] (1966–75) * Ojetunji Aboyade (1975–78) * [[Cyril Agodi Onwumechili]] (1979–82)<ref name="THISDAYLIVE 2023">{{cite web | title=OAU Loses Former Vice Chancellor, Cyril Onwumechili at 91 | website=THISDAYLIVE | date=2023-05-20 | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/05/20/oau-loses-former-vice-chancellor-cyril-onwumechili-at-91 | access-date=2023-06-02}}</ref> * [[Wande Abimbola]] (1982–89)<ref name="About Wándé Abímbọ́lá 2019">{{cite web | title=Professor Wándé Abímbọ́lá | website=About Wándé Abímbọ́lá | date=2019-07-04 | url=https://wandeabimbola.com/about-wande-abimbola/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * C. Adeniyi Osuntogun (1990–91) * Wale Omole (1991–99) * Roger Makanjuola (1999–2006) * [[Micheal Faborode|Micheal Oladimeji Faborode]] (2006–11)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/08/university-graduates-not-likely-to-be-suicide-bombers-faborode/|title=University graduates not likely to be suicide bombers –Faborode|work=Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper|access-date=2 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114257/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/08/university-graduates-not-likely-to-be-suicide-bombers-faborode/|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newtelegraphonline.com/ex-vc-seeks-intervention-for-varsities-funding/|title=New Telegraph – Ex-VC seeks intervention for varsities' funding|publisher=|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> * [[Idowu Bamitale Omole]] (2011–16)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/05/18/oau-appoints-new-vice-chancellor/|title=OAU Appoints New Vice-Chancellor – PM NEWS Nigeria|date=2011-05-18|website=Pmnewsnigeria.com|access-date=2017-12-22|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Anthony Elujoba]] (as acting from 2016 to 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/meet-professor-anthony-adebolu-elujoba-the-village-chemist-and-the-acting-vice-chancellor-obafemi-awolowo-university-ile-ife/|title=Meet Prof Anthony Elujoba: "the village chemist", acting VC OAU, Ile-Ife -Vanguard News|work=Vanguard News}}</ref> * [[Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede]] (2017–2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/facial-marks-in-a-dental-museum/|title=Facial marks in a dental museum|date=2015-09-26|website=The Nation Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> * [[Adebayo Simeon Bamire]] (2022–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=BREAKING: OAU gets new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Simeon Bamire|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/breaking-oau-gets-new-vice-chancellor-professor-simeon-bamire/amp/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=Vanguard Ngr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Obafemi Awolowo University Names Professor Bamire As New Vice Chancellor |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/obafemi-awolowo-university-names-professor-bamire-as-new-vice-chancellor/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=TribuneOnlineNG}}</ref> {{Div col end}} == Halls of residence == The Ile-Ife campus is built on about {{convert|5000|acre|km2}} on a site comprising {{convert|13000|acre|km2}} of university-owned land. Its halls of residence include: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Awolowo Hall * Angola Hall * Alumni Hall * Education Trust Fund (ETF) Hall * Adekunle Fajuyi Hall (FAJ) * Ladoke Akintola Hall * Moremi Hall * Mozambique Hall (Moz) * Murtala Muhammed Post Graduate Hall {{div col end}} The Male halls are Awolowo Hall, Angola Hall, ETF Hall and Fajuyi Hall. The female halls are Alumni Hall, Ladoke Akintola Hall, Moremi Hall, and Mozambique Hall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inside OAU |first1=Media |title=Top 5 Most Beautiful Female Hostels in OAU |url=https://www.insideoau.com/2023/05/23/top-5-most-beautiful-female-hostels-in-oau/ |publisher=Inside OAU |access-date=17 October 2023 |ref=Inside OAU}}</ref> The postgraduate hall, Murtala Muhammed Hall, is a mixed hall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Halls of Residence|url=http://www.oauife.edu.ng/administration/student-affairs/halls-of-residence/|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> == Students' unionism == {{More citations needed section|date=August 2023}} Obafemi Awolowo University is known as the "Jerusalem" of Aluta because of the antecedents of her students in vibrant and radical unionism over the years. The Student Union arm historically boast of a special kind of aluta where destruction of properties is not allowed during protest, popularly known as the scientific aluta. However, in the last few years, the radicalism of the union is gradually becoming history. The union has produced vibrant unionists and political leaders, including but not limited to the famous lawyer, [[Femi Falana]], Paul Alaje, Olorunwa Adeleke, and many others. The Students of the school also believe the school environment is one of the safest in the country, where any student can move around the school even at odd hours, without the fear of attack from anyone. In April 2022, a case of fraud came to light by the former president of the union, Dr Ibk, who was remanded by a court of law after stealing 700,000 shortly after the swearing-in of the new executives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stealing: Court remands Ex-OAU Student's Union President|date=14 April 2022 |url=https://punchng.com/stealing-court-remands-ex-oau-students-union-president/|access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref> The new executives came in shortly after the Electoral Commission led by Ajayi Oluwafemi (Efem Castro) from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the Chairman, where Akinbinu Foyin from Nursing served as the General Secretary, Olalekan Olatunbosun Onaopemipo (The Catalyst) from the Faculty of Education served as the Public Relations Officer and Osatoyinbo Opemidimeji from the Faculty of Sciences served as the Financial Secretary, with nine other commissioners from other faculties. == Sports == {{more citations needed section|date=April 2017}} The sports centre is located on the central campus and provides indoor and outdoor sports. The centre is equipped with modern facilities and the students participate in competitive sports such as those organized by the [[Nigerian University Games Association]] (NUGA) and [[West African University Games|West African University's Games]] (WAUG). Recreational facilities including basketball courts and table tennis in each of the halls of residence. The Staff Club, with its swimming pool, is available for registered staff members and their guests. The university's sports centre hosted the [[Nigerian University Games Association]] (NUGA) championships in 1970, 1984 and 2013.<ref name="OAU unveils logo, mascot for NUGA">{{cite news|last=OYELEKE|first=SODIQ|title=OAU unveils logo, mascot for NUGA|url=http://www.punchng.com/sports/oau-unveils-logo-mascot-for-nuga/|access-date=27 March 2014|newspaper=Punch|date=September 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221015/http://www.punchng.com/sports/oau-unveils-logo-mascot-for-nuga/|archive-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> The sports centre is equipped with an IAAD-compliant swimming pool, tartan track, volleyball court, tennis court, squash court, hockey pitch, two football pitches (including one with a covered pavilion), gymnasium and an indoor multipurpose sports court. == Notable alumni == {{See also|Category:Obafemi Awolowo University alumni}} === Government and politics === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * [[Adebayo Adelabu]], Deputy Governor [[Central Bank of Nigeria]] since 2014.<ref name="Central Bank of Nigeria Home ">{{cite web | title=Central Bank of Nigeria:: Board of Directors | website=Central Bank of Nigeria {{!}} Home | url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/aboutcbn/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mr.+Adebayo+Adelabu&Biodata=adelabu | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi]], co-founder African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)<ref name="Tribune Online 2022">{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Akinwumi Adesina]], President of [[African Development Bank]] & former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-28 |title=Nigerian Minister, Adesina, Elected President Of African Development Bank |url=http://saharareporters.com/2015/05/28/nigerian-minister-adesina-elected-president-african-development-bank |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Sahara Reporters}}</ref> * [[Femi Adesina]], Special Adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity<ref name="Global Patriot Newspapers 2021">{{cite web | title=OAU honours 60 former students at 60. Glad to be in the number – Femi Adesina | website=Global Patriot Newspapers | date=2021-12-04 | url=https://globalpatriotnews.com/oau-honours-60-former-students-at-60-glad-to-be-in-the-number-femi-adesina/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Oladapo Afolabi]], former Head of Nigerian Civil Service<ref name="Industrial and General Insurance Plc 2019">{{cite web | title=Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, CFR Director | website=Industrial and General Insurance Plc | date=2019-11-07 | url=https://www.iginigeria.com/about-us/the-board/prof-oladapo-afolabi-cfr-director/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Jimi Agbaje]], [[Lagos State]] Governorship candidate * [[Alexander Akinyele]], former Nigerian Minister of Information * [[Sarah Alade]], former Deputy Governor [[Central Bank of Nigeria]]<ref name="Tijani 2017">{{cite web | last=Tijani | first=Mayowa | title=PROFILE: Alade, the lecturer who had just 'one slight regret' in her 24-year CBN career | website=TheCable | date=2017-03-30 | url=https://www.thecable.ng/profile-alade-lecturer-just-one-slight-regret-24-year-cbn-career | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Christopher Omoworare Babajide]], Senator of [[Osun State]], Nigeria * [[Bisayo Busari-Akinnadeju]] * [[Babalola Borishade]], former Nigeria Minister of Aviation<ref name="Asadu 2017">{{cite web | last=Asadu | first=Chinedu | title=OBITUARY: Borishade, the man whom senate rejected thrice yet led 4 key ministries | website=TheCable | date=2017-04-27 | url=https://www.thecable.ng/obituary-borishade-man-senate-rejected-thrice-yet-led-4-key-ministries | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OAU Electrical Electronic Engineering: History In Brief|url=https://www.ifecitynews.com/2017/07/oau-electrical-electronic-engineering-history-brief/|last=Vutifuar_fdir|date=2017-07-07|website=IFECITY NEWS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> * [[Abike Dabiri]], former Member of the [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Abike Dabiri|url=http://www.abikedabiri.com/|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328135558/http://www.abikedabiri.com/|archive-date=2014-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Twitter Homepage|url=https://twitter.com/abikedabiri|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Members House of Representatives|url=http://www.nassnig.org/nass2/portfolio/profile.php?id=hon.abike.dabiri|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Kayode Fayemi]], former Governor of [[Ekiti State]]<ref name="THISDAYLIVE 2019">{{cite web | title=Kayode and Bisi Fayemi 30 Years and Still Lovebirds | website=THISDAYLIVE | date=2019-09-07 | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/09/07/kayode-and-bisi-fayemi-30-years-and-still-lovebirds | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Lucky Irabor]], Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=What to know about Lucky Irabor, Nigeria's new Chief of Defence Staff |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/438904-what-to-know-about-lucky-irabor-nigerias-new-chief-of-defence-staff.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> * [[Olusegun Mimiko]], former Governor of [[Ondo State]], Nigeria<ref name="Ondo Connects New Era 2014">{{cite web | title=Synopsis of Dr. Olusegun Rahman Mimiko (a.k.a. Iroko) – Ondo Connects New Era | website=Ondo Connects New Era | date=2014-06-24 | url=http://www.ekimogundescendant.org/synopsis-of-dr-olusegun-rahman-mimiko-a-k-a-iroko/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Lai Mohammed]], Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture<ref name="Edinburgh International Culture Summit 2020">{{cite web | title=Alhaji Lai Mohammed | website=Edinburgh International Culture Summit | date=2020-08-13 | url=https://www.culturesummit.com/people/alhaji-lai-mohammed/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Babafemi Ojudu]], Senator of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria * [[Olatunde Ojo]], Clerk to the [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|national assembly of Nigeria]] * [[Dominic Oneya]], former Governor [[Kano State]], Nigeria<ref>{{cite web|title=Standard Alliance Insurance (STDINSUR:Lagos)|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=61468921&ticker=STDINSUR:NL|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140328092236/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=61468921&ticker=STDINSUR:NL|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Olusegun Oni]], former Governor of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria * [[Fidelis Oyakhilome]], former Governor [[Rivers State]], Nigeria<ref>{{cite web|title=Oyakhilome, Jennifer saga: How NDLEA boss got the boot|url=http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/oyakhilome-jennifer-saga-how-ndlea-boss-got-the-boot/|author=Kayode Fasua|publisher=National Mirror Online|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328140410/http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/oyakhilome-jennifer-saga-how-ndlea-boss-got-the-boot/|archive-date=2014-03-28|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * [[Olagunsoye Oyinlola]], former Governor of [[Osun State]], and former military governor of [[Lagos State]], Nigeria<ref name="User 1951">{{cite web | title=Welcome | website=Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding | date=1951-02-03 | url=http://centreforblackculture.org/board-of-trustees/prince-olagunsoye-oyinlola.php | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> * [[Amal Pepple]], former Nigerian Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development and former Head of Nigerian Civil Service * [[Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu]], Former Minister of Communication * [[Oluremi Tinubu]], former First Lady and Senator of [[Lagos State]], Nigeria<ref name="Inside OAU Media 2022">{{cite web | title=Top 10 Most Influential OAU Alumni in Politics | website=Inside OAU Media | date=2022-10-05 | url=https://www.insideoau.com/2022/10/05/top-10-most-influential-oau-alumni-in-politics/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}</ref> {{div col end}} === Business === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col}} * [[Olajumoke Adenowo]], Nigerian architect and businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inspiringchangeng.org/speaker/olajumoke-adenowo/|title=Speaker bio, Inspiring Change Conference|date=2017|website=Inspiring Change conference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311010101/http://inspiringchangeng.org/speaker/olajumoke%2Dadenowo/|archive-date=March 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Bola Akindele]], entrepreneur, business strategist and philanthropist * [[Demola Aladekomo]], computer engineer, technology expert, entrepreneur and philanthropist<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 2020 |title=CHAMS Plc brings back Demola Aladekomo as Chairman following Dere Awosika's resignation |url=https://nairametrics.com/2020/03/10/chams-plc-brings-back-demola-aladekomo-as-chairman-following-dere-awosikas-resignation/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Nairametrics |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Ibukun Awosika]], chairman, First Bank Nigeria * [[Toye Sobande]], Business management consultant, strategic leadership expert, lawyer, author, public speaker, and trainer. * [[Yemisi Edun]], first female MD/CEO of [[First City Monument Bank]] * [[Abisoye Fagade]], Nigerian professional marketer * [[Jimoh Ibrahim]], [[lawyer]], Nigerian billionaire * [[Noah Ibrahim]], Nigerian Real estate entrepreneur * [[Dele Momodu]], Nigerian Journalist and Businessman and CEO of Ovation International Magazine * [[Oscar N. Onyema]], currently CEO of the [[Nigerian Stock Exchange]] *[[Tinuade Sanda]], currently Managing Director of EKO electricity distribution company * [[Funke Opeke]], MD Main One * [[Funke Osibodu]], ex-CEO of Union and Eco Banks * [[Femi Otedola]], Nigerian Oil Billionaire * [[Andrew Lucky Elerewe]], Nigerian Real estate entrepreneur {{div col end}} === Law === {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> * [[Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu]], current Governor of Ondo State * [[Yusuf Olaolu Ali]], lawyer, [[Senior Advocate of Nigeria]] * [[Fatou Bensouda]], Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague * [[Femi Falana]], Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer * [[Nkemdilim Izuako]], Nigerian Judge and member of the [[United Nations Dispute Tribunal]] * [[Toki Mabogunje]], Nigerian lawyer * [[Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta]], [[Commander of the Federal Republic|CFR]], Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria * [[Helen Prest-Ajayi]], Nigerian lawyer, writer and former beauty queen. * [[Adewole Adebayo]], Nigerian lawyer, former Presidential Candidate of [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)]] and founder of [[KAFTAN TV]]. * [[Karimot Odebode]], Nigerian lawyer and education advocate. {{div col end}} === Arts and media === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * [[2Baba]], Nigerian artist. He was given an honorary degree during his Fellowship award from Department of Music<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oauife.edu.ng/news-events/item/154-2baba-public-lecture|title=2baba Public Lecture|date=20 March 2019}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=link provided is insufficient|date=March 2019}} * [[Aderounmu Adejumoke]], Nigerian actor and filmmaker * [[Olusegun Adeniyi]], former presidential spokesman for the late President [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]] and chairman of the editorial board, Thisday Newspaper<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefutureafrica.com/menu/olusegun-adeniyi/ |title=Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman of the Editorial Board, ThisDay | the Future Project |access-date=2015-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618235959/http://www.thefutureafrica.com/menu/olusegun-adeniyi/ |archive-date=2015-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Kunle Adewale]], Nigerian artist and International Advocate For persons living Sickle Cell Anemia. * [[Stephen Adewale]], Nigerian Journalist, Chairman of [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)]] in Ondo State and Head of Station of [[KAFTAN TV]] * [[Toyin Adewale-Gabriel]], Nigerian literary critic, poet and writer * [[Roseline Adewuyi]], Nigerian French translator and gender advocate. * [[Funso Aiyejina]], Nigerian poet, short story writer and playwright, Dean of Humanities and Education University of West Indies * [[Ibiyinka Alao]], artist<ref>"[http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/061402_1.shtml Nigeria's World Best Artist Visits United States] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205110017/http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/061402_1.shtml |date=2009-02-05 }}." ''[[Diplomatic missions of Nigeria|Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, D.C.]]'' 25 April 2002. Retrieved on 3 January 2009.</ref> * [[Woli Arole]], Nigerian comedian * [[Asake]], Nigerian hip-hop musician and music artist <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/51305922?deferredFl=1 |website=www.deezer.com |access-date=2023-09-14 |title=Lonely At The Top}}</ref> * [[Biyi Bandele]], Nigerian novelist and playwright * [[Blaqbonez]], Nigerian rapper * [[Femi Branch]], Nigerian actor * [[Chinko Ekun]], Nigerian singer and rapper * [[Femi Euba]], Nigerian actor and dramatist * [[Dizzy K Falola]], UK-based Nigerian singer * [[Peter Fatomilola]], actor and playwright * [[Fireboy DML]], Nigerian singer and songwriter signed to [[YBNL Nation]] * [[Tade Ipadeola]], lawyer, prize-winning poet and author. President of PEN Nigeria * [[Lagbaja]], Nigerian artist * [[MC Lively]], Nigerian Comedian * [[Sam Nda-Isaiah]], chairman and publisher at [[Leadership (newspaper)]], Nigeria. * [[Wole Oguntokun]], lawyer, Nigerian playwright, stage and film director, theatre administrator and newspaper columnist * [[Steph-Nora Okere]], Nigerian actress. * [[Osonye Tess Onwueme]], Nigerian playwright, poet and Professor of Global letters * [[Adesuwa Onyenokwe]] * [[Seun Osewa]], founder of [[Nairaland]] * [[Muraina Oyelami]], painter, drummer and actor * [[Afeez Oyetoro]], actor and comedian * [[Yemi Shodimu]], Nigerian actor and Director {{div col end}} === Academia === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * [[Adenike Akinsemolu]], Environmental sustainability advocate, educator, author, a social entrepreneur, lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (Adeyemi College Campus) * [[Akintunde Akinwande]], Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts * [[Bolaji Aluko]], Professor of Chemical Engineering at [[Howard University]], [[Washington DC]] and was chair of its department from 1994 to 2002 currently Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, [[Bayelsa]] State * [[Karin Barber]], Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, England * [[Toyin Falola]], Nigerian historian and Professor of African studies * [[Adesegun Fatusi]], vice chancellor, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo state * [[Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe]], Professor and Head of Geology and Geophysics at [[Missouri University of Science and Technology]] * [[Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko]], Professor of [[Political Science]] and former [[Vice Chancellor]] of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko [[Ondo state]], Nigeria * [[Dele Ogunseitan]], Professor of Public Health at the [[University of California, Irvine]] * [[Folasade Ogunsola]], Professor of Microbiology former Provost of College of Medicine University of Lagos, currently Vice Chancellor University of Lagos * [[Funmi Olonisakin]], Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King's College London, United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://funmiolonisakin.com/|title=Prof. Funmi Olonisakin – Official Website of Prof. Funmi Olonisakin}}</ref> * [[Idowu Bamitale Omole]], Professor of International Relations and Former Vice Chancellor (Obafemi Awolowo University) * [[Teresa N. Washington]], Academic, author, and activist {{div col end}} === Royalty and society === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * Pastor [[Enoch Adeboye]], General Overseer, RCCG * [[Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo]], Traditional Ruler of [[Ondo Kingdom]], Nigeria * [[Felix Orji]], bishop of the [[Anglican Diocese of All Nations]] {{div col end}} === Technology === <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * [[Ernest Ndukwe]], is a Nigerian Electrical engineer and former chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. * [[Gbenga Sesan]], a social entrepreneur, information and communications technology professional {{div col end}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.oauife.edu.ng/ Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091109111044/http://greatife.net/ GREAT IFE Social Network for the Alumni, current students and staff] * [http://www.greatifealumni.org/ Great Ife Alumni Association, U.S.A. - Houston, Texas] {{Universities in Nigeria}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Obafemi Awolowo University| ]] [[Category:1962 establishments in Nigeria]] [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1962]] [[Category:Federal universities of Nigeria]] [[Category:Ife]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Osun State]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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