AKIN ALABI ENCOURAGES YOUTHS TO LOOK FOR THE GAPS IN THE NATION AND BRIDGE IT.

Addressing the audience which was mostly youths at the 30th anniversary Luncheon/Gala night of the 1990 Set of Government College Ibadan, the Honorable representing OnaAra/Egbeda Federal Constituency, Oloye Akin Alabi told youths, including him, that there is a need to look for gaps that exist in the nation and bridge them. He explicated that youths of today do not need to wait till the Government provide jobs; he said they should engage themselves by solving the problems in their immediate ..... Read More

AWOSIKA URGES ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS TO LOOK BEYOND RESTORING THE LOST GLORY OF THEIR ALMA MATER

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The Vice Chairman of Troyka Group, Jimi Awosika, an Old Boy of Government College Ibadan (Swanston House, 1967, 2529), has told alumni associations to look beyond restoring the lost glory of their schools, he said they should rather extend their thinking above and beyond the stated quest of merely restoring lost glory, and must go beyond the past, for there is a future to be won. He made the statement at the 91st Anniversary Lecture of Government College Ibadan titled �The Role of ..... Read More

UI COUNCIL APPOINTS PROF. EKANOLA AS THE ACTING VICE--CHANCELLOR

The Governing Council of University of Ibadan has appointed Professor Adebola Ekanola (Powell, 1980), as the Acting Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan at its meeting on Monday, 30 November, 2020 on the recommendation of the School's Senate.

This came after the Ministry of Educaton through the National Universities Commission, told the Senate of the University to select one from among them to act as the Vice Chancellor of the school.

It was, as expected, a tough meeting but one ..... Read More

1978 SET DONATES 2000 NOTEBOOKS TO GCI

The 1978 Set of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association has donated 2000 pieces of exercise books to the incoming JSS 1 boys of Government College Ibadan.

The donation, courtesy of the Europe Branch of the Set; was presented on Friday, 6th November, 2020 at the Principal's office by the Set Chairman Segun Fatoki (1978) and the Set Assistant General Secretary, Dapo Adigun. The Chairman mentioned it that the Set is poised to supporting the Association in restoring the glory of the ..... Read More

LIKEMINDS OF 1991-JANUARY SET OF GCIOBA, AGAIN KITS UP GCI STUDENTS

As part of its tradition, the Likeminds of 1991-January Set of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association donated complete kits of school apparel to GCI boys.

The ten (10) beneficiaries of the project were indigent students who were carefully selected across the three schools based on their dire need for a total overhaul of their school apparels. Each apparel included a brand new GCI 2 shirts, 2 shorts,a brown belt, a school bag, as well as 12 pieces of exercise books.

While ..... Read More

SEGUN ONAYINKA (7437, Field, 1989) DONATES AN INTERACTIVE ICT CENTRE TO HIS ALMA MATER

Segun Onayinka, the immediate past Chairman of 1989 Set of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association has donated a state-of-the-art Interactive ICT Centre to Government College Ibadan, in honor of his late father, Gbegande Olusegun Onayinka (1291, Field) of the 1962 Set on Wednesday, 4th November, 2020.

The Commissioner for Education in Oyo State, Barrister Sunkanmi Olaleye, appreciated the donor for his kind gesture and his love for humanity, which made him think of giving back to ..... Read More

GCIOBA 2020 National Reunion

Sequel to the Covid-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world, the National Executive Council of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association has approved that the 2020 National reunion/91st Anniversary of the Association be held virtually.

The two major events approved to virtually hold are the Annual Public Lecture and Annual General Meeting, scheduled to take place on Saturday, 28th November, 2020 and Saturday, 5th December, 2020 respectively, both on the Zoom App platform.

The ..... Read More

YOUNG GIRL OF LATE THOMPSON OLUWOLE OGUNYINKA (1708, FIELD, 1966) INSTITUTIONALIZES SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS AT GCI

YOUNG GIRL OF LATE THOMPSON OLUWOLE OGUNYINKA (1708, FIELD, 1966) INSTITUTIONALIZES SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS AT GCI

Tuesday, 13th October, 2020 was a day of sheer bliss for the families of Ekun and Kolawole as their children in Junior and Senior School respectively were beneficiaries of the maiden Late Thompson Ogunyinka Scholarship awards.

The Young Girl of the late Old Boy, Mrs Olufunmilayo Ogunyinka described the Old Boy as a diligent student who wasn't just academically sound but ..... Read More

GCI Old Boys In National Life

Government College, Ibadan is a popular school in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. It is a school with a deep sense of History and Culture.

Decades ago, GCI was the elite school that all the kids of many eminent Nigerians attended. Apart from having produced prominent jurists. Architects, Engineers, Lawyers, and Doctors, many of these old boys made sure many of their kids attended the school too to keep up the tradition. And it is one school where all the students are given registration ..... Read More

Remembering the politics and times of Kolawole Balogun 1922 � 2002 (2)

In the fifties, WASU was a veritable nightmare for officialdom. The contribution of this body formed by a Nigerian from Abeokuta, Chief Oladipo Solanke, MA, BCL, to the socio-cultural and political awareness of African Nationalism-cum Pan Africanism is unquantifiably enormous. Kwame Nkrumah, Udo Udoma, Rotimi Williams, Bankole Akpata, Ayotunde Rosiji, Adenekan Ademola, Joe Appiah, Sobo Sowemimo, Willie Bosma Ademola Thomas, Femi Okunnu, Alao Bashorun, Jomo Kenyatta, Kojo Bostio, the writer, ..... Read More