"Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government owned university located 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 by the regional government of Western Nigeria, led by late chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909\u20131987), first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was."@en . . . "4.52278"^^ . . . . . "35000"^^ . . . "University of Ife"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Midnight Blue and Gold"@en . . . "For Learning and Culture"@en . . . . . . . . "200"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Urban"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Midnight Blue and Gold" . . . . . . . . . . . . "207"^^ . . . "7.51833"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Obafemi Awolowo University"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Obafemi Awolowo University"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Etsu Yahaya Abubakar"@en . . "University of Ife"@en . . "For Learning and Culture" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Obafemi Awolowo University Seal"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Obafemi Awolowo University"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "42476"^^ . "1050714407"^^ . . "Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government owned university located 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 by the regional government of Western Nigeria, led by late chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909\u20131987), first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "3476369"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1961"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "about 35,000"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7.5183333333333335 4.522777777777778" . . . . . . . . . . . .