Igbinedion University
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Igbinedion University Okada is a private university in Nigeria
. Located at Okada Wonderland, a town beside Benin City
, Edo state
. The university was founded by Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, a millionaire, philanthropist and local leader.
The university operates on a collegiate system of tertiary education. It has accredited faculties and courses in Law, Medicine, Engineering and the Arts and Social Sciences. It has an enrollment of about 3500 students and is supervised by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae.
The University has in its few years of existence recorded several landmark achievements including being the first private university to produce medical doctors. In 2006, a student of the university, Mr Sunday Damilola Olawuyi obtained a First Class Honours degree in the highly competitive Nigerian Bar examinations, thereby making the university the only private university in Nigeria to have achieved that feat.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. Located at Okada Wonderland, a town beside Benin City
Benin City
Benin City, is a city and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately twenty-five miles north of the Benin River. It is situated 200 miles by road east of Lagos...
, Edo state
Edo State
Edo State is an inland state in central southern Nigeria. Its capital is Benin City. It is bounded in the north and east by Kogi State, in the south by Delta State and in the west by Ondo State.-History:...
. The university was founded by Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, a millionaire, philanthropist and local leader.
The university operates on a collegiate system of tertiary education. It has accredited faculties and courses in Law, Medicine, Engineering and the Arts and Social Sciences. It has an enrollment of about 3500 students and is supervised by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae.
The University has in its few years of existence recorded several landmark achievements including being the first private university to produce medical doctors. In 2006, a student of the university, Mr Sunday Damilola Olawuyi obtained a First Class Honours degree in the highly competitive Nigerian Bar examinations, thereby making the university the only private university in Nigeria to have achieved that feat.