There is no doubt that at some point in the recent past, Federal Universities in the country were once a place of acquisition of sophisticated intellectual edification. This was possible then because of many social, political and economic factors which are not necessarily taken into consideration in this essay. It cannot also not be disputed that these federal institutions are currently experiencing an electrifying decline in all ramifications. These universities...Read More
Come Sunday, April 27, 2014, the NUC accreditation team will berth once again at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), this time for the accreditation of the University’s Intelligence and Security Studies Programme. A March 24, 2014 letter signed by NUC’s Director, Quality Assurance, Prof. C.F. Mafiana, said: “I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated March 24, 2014…and to inform the Ag. Vice Chancellor that the Adhoc...Read More
It is a well known diplomatic exercise the world over for the Ambassadors of a country to occasionally visit home to brief that particular country and to share experiences with the home government. That exactly was the experience of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), when the executives of the university’s Alumni Association, who are currently observing the mandatory one-year NYSC program, returned ‘home’, i.e. ABUAD to give testimony as to...Read More
Posted by: Adegunle Olugbamila in Campus Life In what would appear yet another first for the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), the National Instruments (NI) Inc., a Texas, United States firm with a tentacle in South Africa, will soon establish a LabVIEW Academy in ABUAD. On take-off, the academy will be the first and only Centre of Excellence where ABUAD Engineering undergraduates and their peers from other universities in Nigeria...Read More
Posted by: Jide Osuntokun On Thursday February 6, I paid an unscheduled visit to Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti. My primary mission was to visit the founder, Chief Afe Babalola, somebody that I have tremendous respect for because of his exemplary life of determination and success. He is a man who built himself up by his boot strap. His formal education did not go beyond primary schooling at the Emmanuel...Read More
