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Meet New Governing Council (External) Members

The Governing Council is the highest-ranking organ of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. It is responsible for policy decisions, expenditure control and general management of affairs of the University. Recently, the Visitor to the University and Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, reconstituted the Governing Council and subsequently inaugurated the new members. The inauguration […]

Immediate Past Pro-Chancellor to Commission as-Sujood Mosque Sept 2

As-Sujood Mosque, the newly built ultra-modern mosque of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, will be formally commissioned on Friday, 2nd September 2022. The ceremony will be held at the mosque’s premises within the Main Campus of the University, Ago-Iwoye. Members of the University Muslim Community, including the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde, other Principal Officers […]

Akin Mabogunje lived a life of glowing impact – VC

The Vice-Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Professor Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde, has extolled the virtues of the pioneer Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Prof. Akin Mabogunje, who recently passed on. He said the life of the late renowned Geographer and erudite scholar was worthy of emulation. Prof. Olatunde said this when he led the University […]

New Equipment Underway for Laboratory-Based Programmes

Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye will, in the next couple of weeks, take delivery of new laboratory equipment to enhance teaching, learning and research in all its laboratory-based programmes, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde, has disclosed. He also said the Pharmacy programme, specifically, will benefit from the set of equipment underway.  The Vice-Chancellor made […]

Let’s Fight Nursing Brain Drain, VC Tasks NMCN

There is an urgent need to mitigate the issue of brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector, the Vice-Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Professor Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde, has said. To this end, the Vice-Chancellor called on the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) to come up with effective policies to address the prevailing exodus […]

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Curb Challenges to Nigerian Children’s Growth, Don Urges Govt.

A Professor of Paediatrics at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago-Iwoye, Prof. Musili Bolanle Fetuga, has advocated financial empowerment of families towards tackling the enormous challenges facing the growth potentials of Nigerian children. She said efforts must be made by the government at the state and national levels to address the various socio-economic challenges confronting families […]

OOU Outstanding Graduands get Automatic Jobs, N2M Cash …Abiodun pledges 1,600-bed hostel for Varsity

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has offered automatic employment to the two best graduating students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. Abiodun, who is also the Visitor to the University, equally announced One Million Naira each as additional reward to the two overall best graduands. He stated that the gesture was a token of […]

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How we made OOU globally relevant – VC

“Olabisi Onabanjo University has continued to experience sustained growth and development in the last 10 years and enjoyed the needed stability to achieve its tripodal mandate of teaching, research and community service, thus making the University, a University of First Choice for candidates seeking admission.” The foregoing statement formed part of the brilliant submissions of […]