Nobel Laureate and six Nigerian National Merit Award winners, and has pioneered kidney transplants in Nigeria. Nigeria's only Nobel prize-winner in literature and the first African laureate, Wole Soyinka, served as Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Ife from 1975 to 1999. In 1999, he was appointed an Emeritus Professor of Dramatic Arts at the university. Stephen Adebanji Akintoye served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974 to 1977. List of Vice-chancellors Oladele Ajose (1962–66) Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi (1966–75) Ojetunji Aboyade (1975–78) Cyril Agodi Onwumechili (1979–82) Wande Abimbola (1982–89) C. Adeniyi Osuntogun (1990–91) Wale Omole (1991–99) Roger Makanjuola (1999–2006) Micheal Oladimeji Faborode (2006–11) Idowu Bamitale Omole (2011–16) Anthony Elujoba (as acting from 2016 to 2017) Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede (2017–2022) Adebayo Simeon Bamire (2022–present) Halls of Residence Ile-Ife campus is built on about on a site comprising of university-owned land. Its halls of residence include: Awolowo Hall Angola Hall Alumni Hall Education Trust Fund Hall Fajuyi Hall Ladoke Akintola Hall Moremi Hall Mozambique Hall Murtala Muhammed Post Graduate Hall The Male halls are Awolowo Hall, Angola Hall, ETF Hall and Fajuyi Hall. The female halls are Alumni Hall, Ladoke Akintola Hall, Moremi Hall, Mozambique Hall. The postgraduate hall, Murtala Muhammed Hall, is a mixed hall. Students' Unionism Obafemi Awolowo University is known as the "Jerusalem" of Aluta because of the antecedents of her students in vibrant and radical unionism over the years. However, in the last few years, the radicalism of the union is gradually becoming history. The union has produced vibrant unionists and political leaders, including but not limited to the famous lawyer, Femi Falana, Paul Agbaje, Olurunwa Adeleke, and many others. Recently, a case of fraud came to light by the former president of the union, Dr. Ibk, who was remanded by the court of law after stealing 700,000 shortly after the swearing-in of the new executives. The new executives came in shortly after the Electoral Commission led by Ajayi Oluwafemi (Efem Castro) from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the Chairman, where Akinbinu Foyin from Nursing served as the General Secretary, Olalekan Olatunbosun Onaopemipo (The Catalyst) from the Faculty of Education served as the Public Relations Officer and Osatoyinbo Opemidimeji from the Faculty of Sciences served as the Financial Secretary, with nine other commissioners from other faculties. Sports The sports center is located in the central campus, and provides indoor and outdoor sports.