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Aboluwarin Oluwatamilore Grace After OAU KILONSHELE 's earlier report on the Great Ife Students' Union Director of Socials, Adegboye Olamilekan- Omo Alhaji's detention, OAU Management has reacted with a release, confirming his apprehension.  The release made aware of a group of students who were apprehended and suspected to be members of an illegal association capable of disrupting orderliness in the university community.  READ ALSO: SU Social Director Omo Alhaji Arrested, In DSS Custody According to the release issued and signed by Dean, Division of Student Affairs Prof. Isiaka Aransi.  "It should be noted that between 12th January and 20th January 2023, three suspected students namely: Agbeja Ibukun, Ayinde Tosin and Nurudeen Bayo of the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Biochemistry and Demography and Social Statistics respectively were invited and handed over to the Department of State Services for detailed investigation. On 27th January, 2023 one mor...

Olabode Oluwafemi   The Great Ife Students' Union Director of Socials, Adeboye Olamilekan famously identified as "Omo Alhaji" has been arrested and detained in the Department of State Services custody as disclosed to OAU KILONSHELE by a confidential source. The source further revealed he was stated to be a suspected member of a violent group which led to his arrest by the OAU security department and subsequently handed over to the DSS for further probe and investigation. According to a close associate of the DOS in a telephone conversation with OAU KILONSHELE who confirmed the incident, stated he was invited by the OAU security department on Friday where he was equally handed over to the DSS as they are yet to be formally addressed the reason for his detention.   OAU KILONSHELE 's efforts in reaching out to the Students' Union Public Relations Officer, Ogunperi Taofeek to confirm the incident yielded abortive, as he maintained mum desisting from engagement with o...

  In this exclusive interview, the Great Ife Students' Union Electoral Commission Public Relations Officer, Olatunbosun Olalekan narrates with OAU KILONSHELE journey prior the union reinstatement and its current state . "I personally made it a responsibility to resolve these crises before they got to this, I remember a top university official response when I mentioned the inability to pass and rectify the budget as one of the implications of the unsettled parliament and he asked, 'aren't their ways union official get funds without parliamentary approval?' It was at that point I knew it is over."    You were an official of the students' union electoral commission that ushered in the reinstatement of the Union. What was the struggle like? Being a member of the commission was one of my biggest feats during my course of study. The struggle came in handy with lessons on commitment, managing pressures, and protecting credibility. Summarily, it was adventurous, ...

Olabode Oluwafemi   "The jersey we used to play, we bought it with our money. Some of my players borrowed money to get their jerseys. The equipment we used in Lagos was given to us by our alumni. They borrowed us their kit bag. The school did not provide us with anything at all"   T en months after the 26th Nigerian University Games [NUGA] sporting competition held at the University Of Lagos, OAU athletes are yet to receive their allowances as revealed to OAU KILONSHELE . The NUGA games competition held March 19th-26th had OAU and other universities' athletic teams camped at University of Lagos, the school host for seven days.  Our correspondent from further investigation learnt some OAU athletes were partially paid N36,000 out of a total agreed sum of N60,000 allowance while others are yet to receive any sort of payment.  "We had an agreement, which was reached there in UNILAG that the school will pay each athlete N60,000.  Through a little form of protest, we ...

Aboluwarin Oluwatamilore Grace PHOTO: Aboluwarin Oluwatamilore/OAU KILONSHELE  Following OAU KILONSHELE report on the information that was passed across by the Dean DSA, Prof. Isiaka Aransi to the university community and hostel residents at large on the creation of two boreholes in each hall of residence, the words of the Dean DSA are already coming into play. As at the early hours of Monday morning, the vehicle conveying the borehole drilling machine arrived at Mozambique Hall and started work almost immediately. It is no news how bad the unavailability of water in the different hall of residents have been, the drilling of a new borehole will be a great relief to the university community and its residents. READ ALSO: WE ARE DIGGING TWO NEW BOREHOLES IN EACH HALLS OF RESIDENCE - DEAN DSA OAU KILONSHELE In an interview with the Chairperson of the Mozambique Hall of residence where the project kickstarted, Odediji Christianah, expressed  delight as to the new development and ...

Olabode Oluwafemi A part one Law student identified as Gloria Omoniyi, a resident of Mozambique hall got attacked along the bushy path located between Akintola and Fajuyi hall of residence towards the hours of Wednesday midnight. According to close friends of the victim, as confirmed by OAU KILONSHELE , she was on her way to the sports complex when the physical attack and theft were launched as she was equally injured while the perpetrator escaped through the bush with her mobile phone. As gathered by our correspondent who immediately reached out to the scene, the shout of the victim for help triggered Fajuyians and passers-by to pursue to capture the attacker as he made his escape through the bush which later proved abortive. The victim was immediately rushed to OAU health centre.

 Olabode Oluwafemi   T he water scarcity being experienced currently in the university community and the recent surface of a snake caught at Mozambique Hall drainage has made the hall executive council troop out in peaceful protest to the Division Of Students' Affairs building in the early hours of Tuesday. The demonstration scene began with the gyration of aluta chorus in the frontal view of the Dean of Students' Affairs office, Prof. Isiaka Aransi, as gathered and witnessed by OAU KILONSHELE correspondent who later made efforts to address the protesting students(HEC). Angola hall chairman, Timileyin Samuel questioned the management's silence after a public notice was disbursed to the university community informing them of the "mechanical fault" with the pumping machine at the dam assuring them of swift action and solution before dusk which later yielded futility as they were thrown into worrisome after 48 hours of the release. The Dean, Prof. Isiaka Aransi in h...

  Following the suspension of the Great Ife Students' Representative Council Speaker, Ajadi Toheeb, in a congress held at Afrika Amphitheater on November 30th and after a news report issued by OAU KILONSHELE interrogating the Judicial Council of the justification of the Speaker's Suspension after summoning a parliamentary sitting on December 1st respectively.  The Judicial Council in a court sitting presided over by the Lord Chancellor, Hon. Justice Abiodun Adesanya, alongside other six Justices, held on December 13th has ruled that the suspension of the Speaker is unconstitutional, illegal and void after he took legal action and redress. READ ALSO: IF THE SPEAKER FEELS HE HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY SUSPENDED, HE SHOULD APPROACH THE COURT - JUDICIAL COUNCIL   The Lord Chancellor further declared the reinstatement and resumption of Mr. Ajadi Toheeb as the Speaker with immediate effect and handling over all his entitlement. Earlier before this development, there has been series of ...

 Olatunde Olawale Political Science Students' Representative Council, Obafemi Awolowo University, hosted dignitaries, Lecturers and students in its first-ever parliamentary summit themed "Building the Nigeria dream: The role of the legislature and advantage of Policy Making" on Tuesday under the leadership of Hon. Oluwatobi Faturoti, the Political Science Students' Representative Speaker.  The PSSRC Speaker, Faturoti Oluwatobiloba in his welcome address gives all thanks to God for making the event a possibility and he reiterates the reason why youth especially students can no longer sit on the fence or take the back sit in the affairs that shape their lives. In his words "as students of politics and citizens of Nigeria, we cannot afford to be disinterested in the issues of nation building because in there lies our dream future ambitions and aspirations. So, therefore we can't continue to be feelings pessimistic but rather face the challenges by looking for la...

 OAU KILONSHELE   As we are aware that the students' union had its congress on Wednesday, which happens to be the first of its kind since the reinstatement of the Union after five years of prescription. The venue appears to be soaked in gross turbulence as majority of the students were seen protesting some actions of the President, Olayiwola Folahan at the congress. Such that, even Mr. President could not resist the chaotic scene as he escaped the venue devising the marathon means.  The new page doesn't seem to correspond with expectations of the average Great Ife Students as they were overjoyed, thinking reform-ation has come to their deformities, that salvation has come while they mount the hill of Arafa-t but it blatantly appears the union leadership is more centered in proving who is more capacitated through thwarting power to achieve their selfish interest than rather hold their fellow students' interest and welfare in esteem.  The Students Representative Counci...