Oyo State Government awards GCISGB as the Best School Governing Board.
The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Tuesday, 21st of November, 2017 at the University of Ibadan's International Conference Centre, awarded Government College Ibadan School Governing Board (GCI SGB) as the Best School Governing Board in 2017.
The award was in recognition of the outstanding contributions of the Government College Ibadan School Governing Board to the holistic development of education in Government College Ibadan, and the Pacesetter State at large.
It would be ..... Read More
Two GCI Old Boys receive Lead City University's Honoris Causa Degrees
Lead City University, Ibadan held her 10th Convocation Ceremony between Friday, 3rd of November, 2017 and Thursday, 9th of November, 2017 at the University grounds in the city of Ibadan with various activities lined up for each day. The grand finale of the Ceremony came up on Thursday, 9th of November, 2017 at Adeline, the University Hall with the conferment of Diplomas, Degree and Higher Degrees, Awards and Prizes
The Convocation Ceremony which had in attendance the Vice - President of the ..... Read More
Yerokun Olusegun (Grier, 1971) appointed as the Vice - Chancellor of Zambia Open University
Professor Olusegun Yerokun
|| Professor Olusegun Yerokun Vice Chancellor, Zambian Open University.||
|| PhD Soil Science. Michigan State University, M.S. Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University, B.S. Biology (magna cum laude). Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. ||
Prof. Oladipo Akinkugbe: Physician of global reckoning
Having been born to a chemist-father, who was also a people�s warder at church, it is no surprise then that Professor Emeritus Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, born in Ondo State on 17th July, 1933, grew up to become one of Nigeria�s foremost physicians.
Having graduated from the Government College, Ibadan, where he excelled in the sciences, he gained admission into the University College Ibadan in 1951 to pursue a career in medicine. After various achievements outside Nigeria as a medical ..... Read More
GCI Old Boys inaugurate multimillion naira projects in Alma Mater
The Alumni Association of Government College Ibadan, Government College Old Boys� Association (GCIOBA), yesterday inaugurated multimillion naira infrastructures to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the establishment of the institution.
The inauguration which peaked the 2017 annual reunion event also saw the conferment of the association�s national Merit Awards on some �Old Boys� for their contributions to various fields of human endeavours.
The projects included rehabilitation of the ..... Read More
The Guest Lecturer - Wale Babalakin (1971) and GCIOBA National President - Biodun Jolaoso (1964), at the 2017 GCIOBA Public Lecture.
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has commended the National Judicial Council (NJC) for its determination to sanitise the judiciary and ensure that judges are fairly treated.
To him, this will attract the best brains to the third arm of government and ensure orderliness in the judiciary for the benefit of the society.
Babalakin said this in Lagos yesterday while delivering a paper, titled: �Law and The Society�, as ..... Read More
GCI Scholar, Ogunnaike Babatunde (1966) - William L. Friend Chair and Dean of the University of Delaware's College of Engineering named to Chemical Heritage Board
||Engineering Dean named to Chemical Heritage Board||
Ogunnaike brings academic and industry experience to the Chemical Heritage Foundation Board of Directors
Babatunde Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Chair and dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering, has been named to the board of directors of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. His term extends until June 30, 2020.
The Chemical Heritage Foundation, based in Philadelphia, preserves scientific history and ..... Read More
GCIOBA-1991B Set Donates N1M to GCI Educational Board
Alumni of the Government College, Ibadan, Oyo State, known as Class-91B Set, have donated N1m to the school for infrastructural upgrade.
The set made the donation during its 20th anniversary, a statement said.
While presenting the cheque to the Chairman, GCI Educational Foundation, Mr. Yomi Jones, the set�s chairman, Alloysius Bazuaye, said the alumni were committed to supporting an infrastructural upgrade of the school.
While delivering the set�s anniversary speech, Bazuaye recounted ..... Read More
Adeyanju Gbenga (1973 Sept., Grier) appointed as the Ondo State Commissioner of Police
Mr. Adeyanju took over from Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison, who has been promoted to the position of an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).
Olugbenga Adeyanju, the new Commissioner of Police redeployed to Ondo State, assumed duties on Tuesday.
After meeting with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in Akure, Mr. Adeyanju addressed reporters and vowed to tackle sources of insecurity in the state. He said the police would work with other security agencies in the state to address herdsmen attacks, ..... Read More
GCIOBA-Ibadan Branch Awards Akin Orowale (1968) and University Press Plc.
The Ibadan Branch of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association also known as The Mother Branch or The Home Branch celebrated her 2017 Annual Luncheon on Sunday, 10th of September, 2017 at Felicia Hall of Jogor Centre, Ibadan.
The classy event held under the chairmanship of the Branch Chairman, Engr Olufemi Babalola (1975), was themed 'MADE IN NIGERIA: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPORT'. The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr Segun Awolowo ..... Read More