UI withdraws 97 students

The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has approved the withdrawal of 97 students for failure to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of the 2014/15 session.

The students were from seven faculties. The expelled students were at various levels, including final year.

A bulletin by the Registrar, Olujimi Olukoya, said some of the students had lapsed studentship. Three voluntarily withdrew.

It reads: “Senate at its meeting recently approved that the candidates whose names appear on this list should withdraw from the university for failure to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of the 2014/2015 session.”

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the university first in its latest 2015 ranking.

The first five positions were dominated by first generation universities- University of Lagos (second), University of Benin (third), Obafemi Awolowo University (fourth) and Ahmadu Bello University (fifth).

The ranking showed that the University of Ilorin is sixth and University of Jos (seventh).

Others are University of Port Harcourt (eighth), University of Maiduguri (ninth), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (10th), Lagos State University (11th) Federal University of Technology, Owerri (12th), Covenant University (13th), University of Nigeria (14th), Federal University of Technology Akure (15th), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (16th), Pan African University (18th); Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (19th) and Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola (20th).

The Vice Chancellor, Prof Abel Idowu Olayinka, said the university is working towards ranking among the top five in Africa in the next few years.

Prof Olayinka said the premier university is positioned to achieve the feat owing to its highly developed postgraduate school with the highest number of Masters and Doctoral students in Sub-Saharan Africa.