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Afe Babalola raises alarm over unchecked proliferation of universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 8, 2025

Chief Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, issued a stern warning yesterday, stating that the unchecked expansion of universities could result in serious consequences if not properly regulated. The respected legal icon expressed worry that the ongoing practice of rapidly

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NMCN raises ABUAD nursing admission quota

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has increased the admission quota for the Faculty of Nursing at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, from 190 to 300 every session. Tunde Olofintila, Director of ABUAD Corporate Affairs, stated in a statement on Sunday that the news was given in a letter dated July 18, 2024, from Council’s […]

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Afe Babalola criticises substandard universities, claiming they are weapons against quality education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 21, 2024

The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has called the spread of substandard and mushroom universities the most serious threat to quality education in the country. He encouraged the federal government to close such universities immediately, otherwise, the country’s educational system would continue to

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Obasanjo exhorts universities in Nigeria to learn from ABUAD

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria, urged universities nationwide to take a cue from Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) on how to operate effectively. ABUAD has demonstrated a superb model of a 21st-century university with its global record of academic success, according to Obasanjo, who complimented the institution for its intimidating academic

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ABUAD achieves 94% pass rate in the 2023 bar exam

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 4, 2024

Law graduates from Afe Babalola Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) recorded 94% pass in the recently reported November 2023 Bar Examination, earning 21 First Class and 69 Second Class Upper Division. Tunde Olofintila, ABUAD’s Director of Corporate Affairs, stated in a statement on Sunday that the “remarkable improvement over the 2018 performance of ABUAD Law

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ABUAD mentoring 3 international universities and twelve others – VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

No less than 15 universities are receiving mentorship from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State (ABUAD), according to Prof. Smaranda Olarinde, vice chancellor of the university. She noted that considering ABUAD’s enormous accomplishments, the international and local universities’ decision to choose it as their mentor was not made by mistake. Speaking