Ikirun is situated within the tropical zone with latitude 07°55′North and longitude 04°41′E of the Greenwich Meridian. It has boundaries on the North by Inisha, on the South by Osogbo, on the West by Iragbiji and on the East by Eko-Ende. The town is surrounded by hills of Oke Afo, Oke Iba and Oke Amola.…

Iwo is a rich agricultural area with distance of about 45 kilometres from Ibadan and Osogbo. It has an area of 245 km² and a population of 191,348 making it the most populous Local Government in State of Osun by the 2006 Nigeria National census figures. Its agriculturally rich advantage makes it a major trading centre…

Osogbo the capital of Osun lies on coordinates 7°46′ North 4°34′East with an area of 47kmsq. According to the 2006 Population and Housing Commission Census, the city has a population of 156,694 people. Osogbo shares boundary with Ikirun, Ilesa, Ede, Egbedore and Iragbiji and is easily accessible from any part of the state because of…

There were over four thousand programmes across the entire universities with academic staff strength of about 77,000 in December 2020, The challenge has been in the explosion in student population and the number of aspirants seeking university admission. The total student enrolment in all Nigerian universities grew from over 2000 in 1962 to about 1.94…

Col Leo Segun Ajiborisha was the first Military Administrator of the State and he governed from August 1991-January 1992 when he handed over to an elected governor, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke who ruled from 1992 to November 1993. The civilian rule in the state was terminated when Col Anthony Udofia,( Dec,1993-Aug 1996), Col Anthony Obi (Aug…

Yoruba tradition has it that Ile-Ife in the State of Osun is where Olodumare started the creation of the world. It represents the beginning of life, the birthplace of civilization, the embodiment of all that we see or feel. Osun is the ancestral home of the Yoruba Race whether home or abroad. It is the…

Area:923,766 sq.km. Population:216 million (2022 estimate) Capital:Abuja Government:Three-tier structure – A Federal Government, 36 State Governments, 774 Local Government Administrations Currency:NAIRA and KOBO N1.00 = l00k (one naira = hundred kobo) Official Language:English Main Indigenous Languages:Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba Main Religions:Christianity, Islam, Traditional Main Commercial/Industrial Cities:Lagos, Onitsha, Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Aba, Maiduguri, Jos, Kaduna, Warri,…

Attaining the rank of full Professor in the Nigerian university system is metaphorically like a camel through the eye of the needle. The process is one of the most stringent in Africa and when global comparisons are made, the minimum standards are comparable to what obtains in older university systems in Europe and North America.…

Who is a professor? A professor is a university lecturer of the highest rank. How do you get professor title? The title is not an academic qualification but a rank in the university. The highest academic qualification rather is PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). Some tertiary institutions other than universities also give the rank of professor…

A professor is a university lecturer of the highest rank. The title is not an academic qualification but a rank in the university. The highest academic qualification rather is PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). Some tertiary institutions other than universities also give the rank of professor to their lecturers but in most cases it is universities…