Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- For the fifth year running, the University of Ilorin ranked as Nigeria's most preferred university by admission seekers in the country, data published by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has shown.

This year, the university had 78,466, which is about 6 per cent of 2021 admission seekers, jostling for admission into it, according to JAMB.

This perhaps explains why the university prides itself as "the university of first choice," and the continuous preference of the university may not be unconnected to the school's relatively stable academic calendar over the years as the school's staff did not embark on strike for years unlike other public Nigerian universities.

However, that streak may be on the ...