The Kegite Club formerly known as Palm Wine Drinkers Association is a fraternity in Nigeria. It was founded in 1962 at Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-ife , Osun State , Nigeria .
77-559: The Palm Wine Drinkers Association was formed by seven students in October 1962 as a social-cultural group at the University of Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University ) in Ife , Osun State , Nigeria . The club uses palm juices ( palm wine ) to access and promote African culture. The club's first chief was Olusegun Adesina, a professor at the university. Its first female member joined in 1968. In 1974,
154-451: A 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
231-688: 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. 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
308-464: A dynasty there, and sons and daughters of this dynasty became rulers of many other kingdoms in Yorubaland . The first Ọọ̀ni of Ifẹ̀ is a descendant of Oduduwa, which was the 401st Orisha . The present ruler since 2015 is Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ọọ̀ni of Ifẹ̀ who is also a Nigerian accountant. Named as the city of 401 deities , Ifẹ̀ is home to many devotees/votaries of these deities and
385-430: A fibre optic backbone, 23 intra-networked subnets and wireless access clouds ( WiFi ) distributed across the site. 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
462-464: A forested, sacred grove (igbo) that housed shrines at which the goddess Olokun was worshipped. Igbo Olokun in the city of Ile-Ife, in south-western Nigeria, was said to have a history of glass makers with unique manufacturing techniques in West Africa. Glass beads and associated production materials were found there during excavation. Analysis of the composition of the artefacts and preliminary dating of
539-472: A keen understanding of the human form and of purity, and is therefore praised as often being more effective than other remedies. Burnt pipes (or tuyere ), stone tools, broken calabash , decorated potsherds , and pottery (e.g., rimsherd, plane-sherd body, broken, and washed pottery) were excavated at Iyekere. Iron smelting, charcoal utilized in the process of smelting , and iron slags involved in pitting were also discovered. Iron smelting occurred in
616-507: A mean relative humidity of 75% to 100%. Ife is east of the city of Ibadan and connected to it through the Ife-Ibadan highway; Ife is also 40 km (25 mi) from Osogbo and has road networks to other cities such as Ede, Ondo and Ilesha. There is the Opa river and reservoir, that serves as a water treatment facility for OAU college. In Ifé, the dry season is muggy and partially cloudy, and
693-406: A palm nut in a hole in the newly formed land and from there sprang a great tree with sixteen branches, a symbolic representation of the 16 clans of the early Ife pre-urban confederation; Elu Merindinlogun , (Thirteen initial and 3 later ones). The usurpation of creation by Oduduwa, gave rise to an ever-lasting conflict between him and his contemporaneous rival Orisha, Obatala. This symbolic rivalry
770-576: A partner University to the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). 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. The central library, known as Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, (named after the second Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hezekiah Olusawanmi) consists of two multi-storey wings in
847-408: Is a mixed hall. 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
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#1732851555153924-413: Is a more modern series of buildings. The current Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, (born October 17, 1974) is a Nigerian accountant and the 51st Ooni of Ife. He succeeded the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade(Olubuse II) who was the 50th ooni of Ife, and who had died on July 28, 2015. Ife is well known as the city of 401 deities (also known as irumole or orishas). It is said that every day of
1001-401: Is a rural area with settlements where agriculture is occupied by most. Ife has an undulating terrain underlain by metamorphic rocks and characterized by two types of soils, deep clay soils on the upper slopes and sandy soils on the lower parts. Within the tropical savanna climate zone of West Africa. It has average rainfall of 1,000–1,250 mm (39–49 in) usually from March to October and
1078-577: Is about 218 kilometers northeast of Lagos with a population of over 500,000 people, which is the highest in Osun State according to population census of 2006. According to the traditions of the Yoruba religion , Ilé-Ifẹ̀ was founded by the order of the Supreme God Olódùmarè by Obatala . It then fell into the hands of his brother Oduduwa , which created enmity between the two. Oduduwa created
1155-511: 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. Consequently,
1232-488: 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. In 2023, 15th to 22nd December, the University hosted the West African University's Games (WAUG), where about twenty universities across Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana participated. That
1309-427: 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,
1386-420: Is its national (Nigerian) headquarters. The name Kegites is a combination of "keg", the "white juices" that come from palm tree, and "palm tree". Its symbol is the palm tree which produces palm wine and is evergreen, symbolizes never dying. Its colors are green, white, and brown. Green is the color of the palm tree leaves and life. White is the color of the palm tree's juice and stands for peace Brown comes from
1463-412: Is said to have invented bronze casting and is honored in the form of a naturalistic copper life-size mask. The city was a settlement of substantial size between the 12th and 14th centuries, with houses featuring potsherd pavements. Ilé-Ifè is known worldwide for its ancient and naturalistic bronze, stone and terracotta sculptures, which reached their peak of artistic expression between 1200 and 1400 CE In
1540-508: Is still re-enacted in the modern era by the votary groups of the two divinities during the Itapa New Year festival. On account of his creation of the world, Oduduwa became the ancestor of the first divine king of the Yoruba, while Obatala is believed to have created the first Yoruba people out of clay. The meaning of the word " Ife " in Yoruba is "expansion"; "Ile-Ife" is therefore in reference to
1617-497: Is the clearest month of the year, with a 50% average percentage of clear, mostly clear, or partly overcast skies. Around February 13 of each year, the cloudier period starts, lasts for 9.1 months, and ends around November 17. April is the month with the most cloud cover; on average, 86% of the town has overcast or mainly cloudy skies during this month. A day is considered to be wet if there has been at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation . In Ifé,
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#17328515551531694-463: Is the dry season. December has an average of 1.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the fewest wet days in Ifé. With an average of 25.4 days, September is the month in Ifé with the most rainy days. According to this classification, rain alone has the highest probability of all types of precipitation, peaking at 86% on September 22. Ife contains attractions like
1771-465: Is where they are routinely celebrated through festivals . Ilé-Ifẹ̀ is famous worldwide for its ancient and naturalistic bronze, stone and terracotta sculptures , dating back to between 1200 and 1400 CE. According to Yoruba religion , Olodumare , the Supreme God, ordered Obatala to create the earth, however on his way he over indulged in palm wine and got drunk. Thence, a contemporary Orisha to
1848-611: The 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. 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
1925-596: The National Universities Commission (NUC). It is the leading 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 . 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
2002-527: The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) and 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. The sports centre
2079-600: 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. In 1951, with
2156-479: The temperature is high all year round. The wet season is oppressive and overcast . The average annual temperature ranges from 66 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit , rarely falling below 60 or rising over 98. From January 22 to April 4, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding 91 °F, lasts for 2.4 months. In Ifé, March is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 92 °F and low of 73 °F. From June 14 to October 6,
2233-510: The College of Health Sciences— which are administered in more than 60 departments. The university offers undergraduate and 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. Obafemi Awolowo University has been
2310-565: The Edi festival for Moremi Ajasoro and the Ugbo with their Igare (Oluyare) masqueraders . Kings and gods were often depicted with large heads because the artists believed that the Ase was held in the head, the Ase being the inner power and energy of a person. Both historic figures of Ife and the offices associated with them are represented. One of the best documented among this is the early king Obalufon II who
2387-619: The Faculties of Arts, Education, Law, Administration and Social Sciences. 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
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2464-552: 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. 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
2541-492: The Ife region. The yield and efficiency were quite high as the iron smelting process yielded ore grade near 80 percent iron oxide , lean slag possessed less than 60 percent iron oxide, and no greater than the required amount of iron oxide in the slag was left for slag formation. While more excavation is needed to produce a more accurate estimate for the age of the smelting site, it can be approximated to likely being precolonial, during
2618-854: The Late Iron Age . Igbo Olokun, also known as Olokun Grove, may be one of the earliest workshops for producing glass in West Africa . Glass production may have begun during, if not before, the 11th century. The 11th - 15th century were the peak of glass production. High lime, high alumina (HLHA) and low lime, high alumina (LLHA) glass are distinct compositions that were developed using locally sourced recipes , raw materials , and pyrotechnology . The presence of HLHA glass beads discovered throughout West Africa (e.g., Igbo-Ukwu in southern Nigeria , Gao and Essouk in Mali , and Kissi in Burkina Faso ), after
2695-716: The Natural History Museum of Nigeria. Ife is home to a regional agricultural center with an area that produces vegetables, grain, cocoa , tobacco, and cotton. Ife has a few open markets, such as Oja Titun or Odo-gbe market with about 1,500 shops. In terms of development, the Ife central area of Ilé Ifè is more developed. The areas include Parakin, Eleyele, Modomo, Damico, and Crown Estate Area. These areas are characterized by modern houses, good road network, constant electricity and security. Ife has several universities that are well-known both in Nigeria and internationally; such as
2772-677: The Ooni acquired an international status the likes of which the holders of his title hadn't had since the city's colonisation by the British. Nationally he had always been prominent amongst the Federal Republic of Nigeria's company of royal Obas , being regarded as the chief priest and custodian of the holy city of all the Yorubas. In former times, the palace of the Ooni of Ife was a structure built of authentic enameled bricks, decorated with artistic porcelain tiles and all sorts of ornaments. At present, it
2849-584: 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. The university's staff has included one Nobel Laureate and six Nigerian National Merit Award winners and has pioneered kidney transplants in Nigeria. Nigeria's only Nobel prize -winner in literature and
2926-474: 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
3003-549: The Western government began preparations for the establishment of a university in the region. The decision to establish the University of Ife by the ruling Action Group party of the Western Region of Nigeria was in protest at the recommendations of the Ashby Report. 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
3080-526: The adoption of a new constitution , major changes were made to elected legislators and regional Premiers in the regions. 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. The commission
3157-423: 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. 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
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3234-459: 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 , ILO and 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
3311-676: The club started spreading to other schools in Nigeria. Its second chapter was the Federal College of Agriculture Akure in Ondo State Nigeria. Its name was changed to the Kegite Club in October 1986. As of 2024, it has more than 100 chapters, including branches in India, the United Kingdom, and Chicago, Illinois. Obafemi Awolowo University is its world headquarters. The University of Ibadan
3388-503: The color of the palm wine keg and stands for land and soil. The Palm Wine Drinkers Association's motto was "The basis of African unity and world peace in palm wine." That changed to "Unity in diversity" with the name change in 1986. Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University ( OAU ) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State , Nigeria . The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as
3465-520: 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) provides access to the modern languages building and the African traditional-designed structure housing the African studies department, a museum and an exhibition hall. Obafemi Awolowo University has 13 faculties and two colleges—the Postgraduate College and
3542-496: The cool season, which has an average daily high temperature below 84 °F, lasts for 3.8 months. August is the coldest month of the year in Ifé, with an average low temperature of 71 °F and high temperature of 82 °F. The average proportion of sky covered by clouds at Ife varies significantly seasonally throughout the year. Ile-Ife experiences 2.9 months of clearer weather, which starts about November 17 and ends around February 13. December
3619-451: The distinct glassmaking technology produced by the Yoruba persisted into the seventeenth century. The main city of Ife is divided into two local government areas: Ife East, headquartered at Oke-ogbo and Ife central at Ajebandele area of the city. Both local governments are composed of a total of 21 political wards. The city has an estimated population of 355,813 people. Latitudes 7°28′N and 7°45′N and longitudes 4°30′E and 4°34′E. Ile-Ife
3696-757: 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. Stephen Adebanji Akintoye served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974 to 1977. The Ile-Ife campus is built on about 5,000 acres (20 km ) on a site comprising 13,000 acres (53 km ) of university-owned land. Its halls of residence include: 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. The postgraduate hall, Murtala Muhammed Hall,
3773-486: The first faculty of pharmacy in West Africa , the first department of chemical engineering, and the first faculty of electronics components and electrical engineering. Its medical school started with an integrated curriculum and community orientation, which was later adopted by the World Health Organization , and a compulsory baccalaureate (BSc honours) before gaining entrance to the clinical school, but this
3850-555: The first widely accepted ruler and Oba of the second Edo dynasty that has ruled what is now Benin from that day to this. Oranmiyan later migrated northwestwards into the savanna plains to found the Oyo . Oyo later became an empire that stretched at its height from the western or right bank of the Niger River to the eastern or left banks of the Volta River . It would become known as one of
3927-460: The former, Oduduwa , took the items of creation from him, descended from the abode of the Orisha on a chain and cast the handful of earth on the primordial ocean. The earth rose and became a mound called Oke Ora. He then put a five toed cockerel on this primordial mound so that it would scatter the earth around, thus creating the land on which Ile Ife, the first city would be built. Oduduwa planted
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#17328515551534004-405: The incident and saying the ministry will treat the case with "utmost concern". 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. The initial plan was to build three communities. A central campus with a high density would host the academic and administrative structures,
4081-415: The keepers of the shrine because it is a sacred grove. Oduduwa Shrine and Grove: The shrine of the progenitor of the Yoruba race. Worshippers and initiates flood the place seeking blessings and paying obeisance to the originator of their civilization. Agbonniregun Temple: The grove of Ọrunmila , an Orisha. He is the Orisha of wisdom, knowledge, and divination. This source of knowledge is believed to have
4158-417: The likelihood of rainy days varies a great deal from season to season. The 6.6-month wetter season, which runs from April 7 to October 27, has a more than 45% chance of precipitation on any one day. In Ifé, September has an average of 25.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the most rainy days. From late October to early April, a period of about 5.4 months,
4235-402: The most powerful of Africa's medieval states, prior to its collapse in the mid 19th century. Ojoye/Oloye Ife ÌHÀRẸ – Outer/Town chiefs (Àgbà Ifẹ̀): MỌDÉWÁ – Inner/Palace chiefs (Ẹmẹsẹ̀): Outside Ife (Several) The Oòni (or king) of Ife is a descendant of the godking Oduduwa, and is counted as the spiritual leader among the Yoruba kings however he does not reign supreme over
4312-401: The myth of origin as "The Land of Expansion" (the word, Ile, as pronounced in modern Yoruba language, means house or home, which would make the name of the city mean "The Home of Expansion"). Oduduwa had sons, daughters, and grandchildren, who went on to found their own kingdoms and empires, namely; Ila Orangun , Owu , Ketu , Sabe , Egba , Popo and Oyo . Oranmiyan , Oduduwa's last born,
4389-502: The nearby kingdom of Benin which, like the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo , developed into a major empire. Bronze and terracotta art created by this civilization are significant examples of naturalism in pre-colonial African art and are distinguished by their variations in regalia, facial marking patterns, and body proportions. Ancient Ife also was famous for its glass beads which have been found at sites as far away as Mali , Mauritania , and Ghana . Igbo Olokun: Igbo Olokun used to be
4466-631: The nearby teaching hospital for intensive care. The health centre is divided into nine functional units. 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. The University Teaching Hospital
4543-437: 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. The university's move to the new campus at Ile-Ife began in January 1967. The campus at Ife had
4620-450: The ninth century CE, reveals the broader importance of this glass industry in the region and shows its participation in regional trade networks (e.g., trans-Saharan trade , trans-Atlantic trade). Glass beads served as “the currency for negotiating political power, economic relations, and cultural/spiritual values” for “Yoruba, West Africans, and the African diaspora .” In Osun Grove,
4697-536: The northern and eastern regions of Nigeria, and another federal university in the Lagos protectorate, 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
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#17328515551534774-413: The one below. 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
4851-497: The other descendants of Oduduwa . He is traditionally considered the 401st spirit ( Orisha ), the only one that speaks. In fact, the royal dynasty of Ife traces its origin back to the founding of the city more than ten thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ. The present ruler is Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II). The Ooni ascended his throne in 2015. Following the formation of the Yoruba Orisha Congress in 1986,
4928-430: The period around 1300 CE the artists at Ife developed a refined and naturalistic sculptural tradition in terracotta, stone and copper alloy—copper, brass, and bronze—many of which appear to have been created under the patronage of King Obalufon II, the man who today is identified as the Yoruba patron deity of brass casting, weaving and regalia. After this period, production declined as political and economic power shifted to
5005-535: The region. In 1961, a vote establishing the Provisional Council of the university was passed by the Western Regional Assembly. The final site chosen, a 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of land, was donated by the people of Ile-Ife for the proposed university. The first financial grant provided for the university was £250,000 from the Western regional government. On 22 September 1962, the university
5082-444: 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. The university pioneered the resuscitation and modernization of the traditional bronze-casting technology. It also pioneered the introduction of entrepreneurship education at the undergraduate level and this has now been adopted nationally and by
5159-411: The site puts the main timing of glass-working between the 11th and 15th centuries AD. The results of these studies suggest that glass bead manufacture at this site was largely independent of glass-making traditions documented farther afield, and that Igbo Olokun may represent one of the earliest known glass-production workshops in West Africa. The location is not divulged except on request and permission of
5236-456: The staff quarters with residential structures be dispersed for privacy, and students' residential halls were built. 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 consisting of the university's public structures: Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Secretariat, University Bookshop, Oduduwa Hall, and
5313-454: The subscription of over 1,000 journals in hard format. The library collection is accessible to users through 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 online Computers Library Corporation, Inc. of Ohio, US. The university library also enjoyed financial support from
5390-479: The university and faculties was similar to University College, Ibadan, and during its foundation, it established a relationship with the University of Wisconsin . Adverse political conditions within the region delayed the move from Ibadan to Ife. 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
5467-536: The year the traditional worshippers celebrate a festival of one of these deities. Often the festivals extend over more than one day and they involve both priestly activities in the palace and theatrical dramatisations in the rest of the kingdom. Historically the King only appeared in public during the annual Olojo festival (celebration of the new dawn); other important festivals here include the Itapa festival for Obatala and Obameri,
5544-478: Was headed by Cambridge lecturer Eric Ashby , a master at Clare College, Cambridge , and also included labour economist Frederick H. Harbison . The expectation of the commission's final report by the 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. Before a final report was submitted in October 1960,
5621-539: Was later abandoned. In 1975, a new military government introduced decrees making the University of Ife a Federal University. On 10 July 1999, members of the 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
5698-559: Was one of his father's principal ministers and overseer of the nascent Edo kingdom after Oduduwa granted the plea of the Edo people for his governance. When Oranmiyan decided to go back to Ile Ife, after a period of service in Benin , he left behind a child named Eweka that he had in the interim with an indigenous princess of Benin, Erinmwinde, daughter of the King (Ogie) of Egor , a neighbouring settlement to nascent Benin. The young boy went on to become
5775-473: Was opened to 244 students at its temporary facilities, the previous College of Arts and Sciences, Ibadan. Some of the new students were previously at the College of Arts and Sciences, and some staff were recruited from 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. The style of administration of
5852-508: Was recruited from the University of Ibadan . 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
5929-411: Was the second time the University hosted the event within the last 50 years. Ile-Ife Ifẹ̀ ( Yoruba : Ifẹ̀ , Ilé-Ifẹ̀ ) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria founded sometime between the years 500 BC - 1000 BC . By 900AD , the city had become an important West African emporium producing sophisticated art forms. The city is located in present-day Osun State . Ifẹ̀
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