The Hayford Alile Foundation on April 24, 2014 honoured two indigent students Mr Majueed Olufemi Ishola and Miss Olusola Eunice Odunsi with the sum of N200,000 each, to enable them continue their studies. The gesture is in line with Aare Afe Babalola Philosophy of educating humanity and creating an enduring informative society.Read More

The world congregated in Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), last week for the 29th Annual Conference of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) an event which saw an array of academics, University Administrators, the royalty and other crème-de-la-crème of the society.  The Conference was flagged off with a courtesy call on Ekiti State Governor, Dr....Read More

 The 29th Annual conference of the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities was successfully hosted and held in Afe Babalola University, (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State from 1st June to 5th June, 2014. The theme of the Annual conference was “Pathways to Sustainable Education in Nigeria”.Read More

The golden jubilee celebration and 33rd convocation ceremony of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo was rounded off with the decoration of Elder Statesman and Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN with the Distinguished Fellowship Award of the College.Read More

Mr Heinz Stockhausen, the managing director of Julius Berger Nigeria, visited the university and commended the Founder for the university’s massive facilities, extensive farm enterprise centre and the various monumental infrastructure he was able to put in place within four years of establishment.Read More

Shortly after breakfast tomorrow (May 22), another colourful feather will be added to the already well adorned cap of the Elder Statesman, Farmer and Educationist, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, when Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo will present him with its Distinguished Fellowship Award for his remarkable works as an educationist and as part of the...Read More

Reminiscences  |  Ayoola recalls Babalola’s early days at the Bar. That the Founder and President Emeritus of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, is rugged, dogged, determined, industrious, courageous and hard working with an uncanny knack for excellence is probably no more news. What may be new is the fact that he did...Read More

About mid-day next Thursday (May 1, 20140), yet another colourful feather  will be added to the already well adorned cap of Awards and Honours of Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, the Founder and President Emeritus of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). The new Award is the Africa Man of the year Award 2014 in Food Security...Read More

Penultimate Friday witnessed some reciprocation of commendation between the Founder and President Emeritus of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, and the visiting Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Prof. Sunny Iyuke. Whilst Iyuke commended Babalola for his demonstrable selflessness and avowed determination to...Read More

Despite the challenges facing public universities, many candidates still prefer them to the privately owned ones, NIYI ODEBODE and CHARLES ABAH report Only 18,667 of the over 1.6 million candidates who applied for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are seeking admission to the nation’s private universities, The PUNCH findings have shown. This shows that...Read More