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Obafemi Awolowo University
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a government-owned and operated Nigerian university, The university is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1962 as the University of Ife, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University in May 1987 in honor of Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), the first Nigerian premier of the Western Region of Nigeria who was also the university's founding statesman and first Chancellor.
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