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University College Ibadan opens

University College Ibadan began teaching as Nigeria's first university institution.

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1948

University College Ibadan opens

University College Ibadan began teaching as Nigeria's first university institution.

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University College Ibadan began teaching as Nigeria's first university institution. Its early students entered civil service, medicine, scholarship, journalism, and politics.

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