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
Posted by: Seun Akioye He is known globally as a lawyer of repute and a philanthropist. Four years ago, he founded a university which, in a short time, has re-defined tertiary education in Nigeria. But few people know about his passion for farming. Seun Akioye went on a tour of Aare Afe Babalola’s farms and reports. He has maintained for over 30 years a rigid work routine, which many youths...Read More
