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Sponsored: Ile-Ife marathon set to hold as registration closes on 31st
The Ile-Ife Heritage Marathon is back with her celebration and annual event of the second edition. Ile-Ife Heritage Marathon 2019 is also a proud partner of the African Marathon Challenge 2019 and is the first stop in this series of African Marathon Countries. The marathon is set to celebrate the second edition of her annual event, the unique warm and hospitable spirits of the people of Ile - Ife and showcasing the rich cultural heritage of the land. Challenge yourself to run in one or several of the events or participate by cheering on the runners. To register visit: www.fogadventures.com Note: Registration closes on the 31st of December 2018 Terms and conditions strictly apply _#IHM 2019.... Running The Cradle of The Yorubas_ Proudly supported by ACJOAU
OAU Students' groups blame university authorities over death of colleague.
Peter Oyebanji Students' groups in Obafemi Awolowo University have blamed the death of Abiodun Babatola, a 200-level student of the department of Management and Accounting, on the the school management. Recall that Abiodun Babatola was attacked by armed robbers in the wee hours of Saturday, 22nd of December in his girlfriend's hostel. Eye witnesses had it that Abiodun could have survived if not for the negligent attitudes of the university's health centre and teaching hospital. However, in the reports released by the Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University (ACJ, OAU) and the Students' Union Action Committee, both blamed the management for the death of Abiodun Babatola. The action commitee blamed the management as a result of the accommodation policy and the insensitivity to security. The accommodation policy adopted by the school management towards the end of last session has been a subject of constant criticism by students, especia...
Letter to my younger self by Adekambi Ademola.
Hey boy, how are you doing? I really apologise for taking this long to write you. It has been twelve years since you heard from me and I have to say,it has been a crazy ride so far but as I promised while I was leaving, I'll give you everything in details. Life is a whole different experience here and I have to prepare your mind for what it is to be grown. There are no taps on the back from mother in the morning to get you ready for the day,neither is there a plea from mother for you to eat. You have to do these things yourself without any supervision. Schooling is far from the usual. There are no school bells to tell you it is time to eat neither are there bells to tell you it is time to go home,you have to figure it out on your own. Assignments are not quantitative and verbal reasoning. Assignments are mostly done with a computer (it is a machine used to process data and has a screen like a television and has keypads like the one on father's phone,only ...
The Maverick ' Adebiyi Fatihat advises on how you can "play while you get paid" as a student.
Our Maverick for Week 9 is none other than Miss Adebiyi Fatihat, Founder of Crown Fashion House. Read full interview below. Intr: Hi Fatihat: Hi Intr: Could you please introduce yourself to our readers? Fatihat: I'm Adebiyi Fatihat A 400level student in the department of microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, founder of Crown fashion house Intr: it's great to have you here with us... So, our team has identified you as a Maverick... How do you feel about this? Fatihat: It is an honour Intr: Good to have you here... So, great ife community... How's been your experience so far? Fatihat: It has been fair enough, the struggle, the learning.... But i believe these things build great ife students Intr: (smiles) indeed they do Intr: kindly describe your extra curricular exploit to the readers. Like what you do aside being a student. Fatihat: I'm a fashion designer, i bring live into fabrics and also a fabrics dealer (double honour i guess )...
Della's Dairy to celebrate christmas party with the less privileged, calls for sponsorship.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME; The Children Christmas Party 3.0 is the third edition of our yearly outing programme where we celebrate the festive season with love, care, and joy with children from orphanages and less privileged families. We celebrate together with gifts, drinks, food, music, games and great fun! TARGET NUMBER: 200 children DURATION: A day TENTATIVE DATE: 15th December 2018 VENUE : ILE IFE, OSUN STATE EXPECTED OUTCOME We want to show this children love and no matter what background they come from, that they all deserve to be loved. We want to help provide them with basic amenities which they need but are unable to get like clothing, food etc SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS We consider your brand as a blessing to helping us put a smile on this children faces, making the world a better place to live for them... Your support and sponsorship in the program would go a long way in helping this children see a brighter future for themselves and the ability in them to fu...
ASUU strike continues as fifth meeting with govt ends in deadlock
Another meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on Monday night without an immediate resolution of the dispute. The meeting which held at the Federal Ministry of Labour was to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. At least four other meetings have been held between both parties before Monday’s since the strike commenced on November 4. While addressing journalists, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said the meeting has been adjourned to December 17. Mr Ngige said the federal government is taking all necessary steps to address ASUU’s demands. ”Cosidering the implementation of memorandum of action which we agreed to in 2017. Some of the areas have been well complied with but some have not been dealt with,” he said. Speaking on the issue of short fall in salaries of some federal universities’ lecturers, Mr Ngige said ASUU had given a list to the accountant genera...
The Elephants, The Lion and The Grasses; The tale of ASUU, CONUA and OAU Students By Ajose Gideon
• "There comes a time when silence is betrayal." - Martin Luther King Jr • "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr • "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr • "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe, you have to make it fall* - Che Guevara Ajose Gideon , A long time ago in the animal kingdom (just like George Orwell painted in his Animal Farm) , there was a disagreement between Mother Elephant and Father Elephant , the disagreement was based upon the sharing formula on who was to take the largest share when their children brought farm produce, this generated a lot of controversies and because of the greedy nature of Father Elephant, the family had to split. Fast forward to the day that the king of the Jungle (The Lion) decided to award one of the offsprings of the Elep...
Senator Murray Bruce's common sense; and why qualitative education must be made common By Gbenga Oloniniran
The 'general' view of certain phenomena abstracted as common sense is a product of human experience borne out of social evolution. Such senses will continue to be common and rational in so far they fulfill the requirement of the period. On the other hand, they cease to make sense once they no longer conform with the evolving realities. Before a perspective can be declared a common sense, it must have been tested and proven correct not by just an individual or ruling sect in the system, it must be widely accepted by the people. The Nigerian Senator from Bayelsa, in defense of federal government's position of underfunding, stated that privatization of state owned and Federal institutions of the country is the solution to incessant strikes and underfunding of education in general. He proceeded with somewhat criminal analysis that privatization method is capable of attracting investors and improving quality of education, and at the same time, that the fund meant for edu...
A letter to my other half by Akin-David.
The lies we tell to our own selves; It hurts the most. The truths we dare to tell us, They liberate. With a strong will of hope, and a feeling very close to desperation, I pick up my pen and tell this to my other half. The other half of me who is yet to come. The one who still waits to receive the final baton of my life and take the anchor. He’s the other half of me in ten, twenty or maybe two years. The future. The half of me I strongly hope in to succeed this present phase. I’m not the only one who should be writing this letter. Even you, dear reader, have yours to write. It’s a letter of reflection. Of accountability and hope in the future. It is relative in a way too. For some,their other half lies in years to come,and for others, decades might be the case. Without regards to the variation in the definitions of our future halves, I present to you my own letter. Dear Akin-David of the future, Good day man. What’s good? It’s me Akin of the present. I don’t ge...
182 bag first class as OAU holds 43rd convocation.
About 182 graduates will receive First Class degrees at the 43rd convocation of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, out of 13,492 graduating students. The chairman of the ceremonial committee, Oluseye Bolaji, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. Mr Bolaji, a professor, said that the convocation would involve graduates of the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions. He added that the event would hold between December 11 and 14. Mr Bolaji added that the convocation lecture entitled, “University Education in Nigeria: Revisiting the Ife Dream,” would be delivered by a retired professor of History and Second Republic senator, Banji Akintoye. The committee chairman also said exhibition of research activities carried out in the faculties and units of the university would be unveiled as part of the activities during the convocation. (NAN)
OAU: Medical students hold memorial Lecture to honour late colleague.
Oladele Adeola and Dansabe Kuni
OPINION: Melete killings: A reality check for Buhari's administration by Oladeji Olaniyan
"The desperate opposition party view it as a good opportunity to leverage on so as to increase their scorecard against the 2019 imminent election whilst the incumbent still reels out their usual lines of rhetorical statement." Some weeks ago, a major proportion of our dear country's defense hub was fatally crush by counter insurgents. A handful number of the Nigerian young soldiers were reported to have been sent to their unwanted early grave. The mainstream media led the trail of breaking the unforeseeable tragic news to the populace. Some of the reports reads that over hundreds of the military men lost their lives although the military, in their usual manner refuted the claim of the media houses without a substantial internal estimates. The timeline of the report by the Nigerian military is something left to be questioned, it more or less a brazen thing that an external body should have a more accurate and timely information about our military me...