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OAU SLATES DIAMOND JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR JUNE

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Lawal Shereef The Obafemi Awolowo University has announced that she would be celebrating her Diamond Jubilee anniversary next month. The plans for the event which marks 60 years of the University's existence was released earlier today by the 60th Anniversary Celebration Committee headed by Professor Charles Ukeje of the Department of International relations. RELATED!! :  5 things peculiar with OAU you won't see elsewhere Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), formerly known as The University of Ife, is a Federal government owned institution situated in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The University was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife, it was later renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), the first Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was. The Diamond Jubilee Anniversary will be celebrated over a week fr...