Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), the brainchild of Aare Afe Babalola, a frontline legal icon, has splashed N28.5 million on its students and some members of staff as a reward for their diligence, honesty and hard work. Babalola, who was assisted by former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Ekiti state Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Eniola Ajayi and the Vice-Chancellor of ABUAD, Prof. Sidi Osho, presented cheques to the...Read More

Determined to change Nigeria’s educational landscape in favour of functional reformatory education with world-class reading/instructional materials and promote intellectual excellence, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) launched two journal in the Ekiti state capital on Friday, June 21, 2013. The journals are the ABUAD Law Journal, the treasured baby of the College of Law and the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, put together by the university’s young multidisciplinary Institute...Read More

The Director-General of the Nigerian law School, Dr. Tahir Mamman, has described as exceptional and exemplary the giant strides Afe Bbabalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) has taken in its short period of existence. Mamman’s commendation is coming on the heels of tonnes of commendation and encomiums already showered on the three and half years old university by well-meaning personalities, including the Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, who described...Read More

When the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) decided to establish a University, he was crystal clear in his vision to establish a world-class university and reform education by example. While many other public and private universities were still struggling to find their footing on their temporary sites, the founder of ABUAD, known for his uncompromising industry and determination, set out to build his dream of a unique university...Read More

But for the royal intervention of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, and the  gubernatorial pleas of former Ekiti state Governor, Engr. Segun Oni,  the four-year old Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), a modern model Centre of academic excellence currently valued at N80 billion, would have been sited outside Ekiti state. The Founder of the university, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, who made the startling revelation when the COREN Pre-accreditation...Read More