This article is the second part of a detailed historical assessment of historical scholarship and training at the Department of History of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. It assesses the contemporary situations of historical scholarship and training in the Department vis-à-vis the personalities, programs/courses, and prospects and challenges of the Department over the years. It provides brief profiles of the current academic staff of the Department, the undergraduate and graduate programs and courses, as well as legacies of the founding fathers of the Department. It is shown in the article that the Department of History at Ife has excelled in all areas of historical scholarship and training in the last sixty years of its existence in spite of its challenges. The article concludes that the Department of History at OAU, Ile-Ife, has good potential for greater achievements in historical scholarship and training in the future.

The present study surveyed adult caddisflies in Ile-Ife to identify the species that contribute to the fauna of freshwater ecosystems of this area and to determine their seasonal abundance. Adult caddisflies were collected between June 2009 and November 2010 from eight sampling stations established at different locations using an improvised light trap. A total of 754 adult caddisflies that were collected represent six species in six genera and three families. The species identified are Dipseudopsis conformis Navas, 1931, Polymorphanisussimilis Ulmer, 1912, Aethaloptera dispar Brauer, 1875, Ceraclea njalaensis (Mosely, 1933), Pseudoneureclipsis mlangensis Mosely, 1939 and Cheumatopsyche digitata (Mosely, 1935). The Hydropsychidae was represented by three species belonging to three genera. The hydropsychid C. digitata was the dominant and most widely distributed species, occurring at all sampling stations with the highest frequency of occurrence (51%). On the other hand, P. mlangensis (Dipseudopsidae) was the least abundant with the lowest frequency of occurrence (0.8%).

Noctuid moths within and around the University of Ife campus were collected, using a mercury vapour light trap, from November 1976 to October 1977. In all, 338 individuals comprising 51 species were caught.

The moths were more abundant during the months of January, April, June and September while the lowest number was recorded in March. The calculated index of diversity tended to follow the same pattern as for abundance. The frequency distribution also shows that many more species were represented by two to five individuals than species represented by more than five individuals.

The possible underlying factors for these observations are discussed.