{"id":16280,"date":"2026-11-12T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/nuc-approves-new-private-university-in-osun\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:46:12","slug":"nuc-approves-new-private-university-in-osun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/nuc-approves-new-private-university-in-osun\/","title":{"rendered":"NUC approves new private university in Osun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Universities Commission has approved and licensed Obokun University, Ilase-Ijesa, Osun State, Senator Francis Fadahunsi has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East Senatorial District, disclosed this in a statement signed by Omole Olusegun Omo-Osodi, Head of Media and Public Enlightenment in Fadahunsi\u2019s office<\/p>\n<p>The senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Industries, received the approval and licence on behalf of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cSenator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and traditional rulers in Ijesaland following the approval and licensing of Obokun University, Ilase-Ijesa, Osun State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fadahunsi commended Tinubu, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland; the Alas\u1eb9 of Ilase-Ijesa, Oba Jimoh Isiaka Ajarabiolu; and the NUC Executive Secretary, Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, for their contributions to the process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The statement also said the senator commended the university\u2019s Board of Trustees for its efforts towards securing the licence.<\/p>\n<p>On the institution\u2019s expected impact, the statement read, \u201cBeyond its educational benefits, the senator noted that the university would serve as a catalyst for economic transformation through employment generation, increased commercial activities, infrastructure development and other investment opportunities in Ilase-Ijesa and neighbouring communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Universities Commission has approved and licensed Obokun University, Ilase-Ijesa, Osun State, Senator Francis Fadahunsi has announced. Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East Senatorial District, disclosed this in a statement&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}