Talk:University of Lagos

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[edit] Oldest University

I do not think that the Universities of Lagos, Ife and Ibadan were the three oldest universities in Nigeria. The University of Nigeria was the first, although Ibadan was much older as a College of London University. Bduke 07:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

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"The current student populationof unilag has changed. a presentation made by the VC in 2003 showed student population at 41,792 and alumni population at 80941".

If you can source this, edit the page to reflect the new numbers. Until you do, it belongs here not on the main page. --Bduke 08:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

not sure which university was created after ui but the fact is Universities of Lagos, Ife and Ibadan are all first generation universities along with others like Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.

I believe that technically the University of Nigeria was the first. The University College at Ibadan (founded in 1948) is really the first, but was only made a full university a little later than U of N. Many others were created just after independance. The reason for making the University of Nigeria first was it was the brain child of the then President. Their web site says "formally opened on 7th October 1960, as the climax to the Nigerian independence celebrations in the Eastern Region.". The University of Ibadan web site has much detail of the founding of the University College in 1948 but skips over the formal founding of the University in 1960. This page about the University of Lagos says it was founded in 1962 (this site agrees), so the University of Nigeria does seem older. Ife was also 1962 [1]. When I worked in a Nigerian University in the 1970s and visited many of them, it was always stated that the University of Nigeria was formally the oldest. --Bduke 22:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)