Chocomilo Resumes, Appreciates OAU Students

One of the reinstated students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife who was suspended sometimes last semester, Pele Obasi Joshua a.k.a Chocomilo has expressed gratitude to God and the generality of Great Ife students for their support while he was suspended by the school authority.

Chocomilo who was part of the recognized students who gave submissions during the Congress of students, held the atmosphere at stand still as he spoke deeply from his experience while he served the suspension served him by the authority.

“I thank God and Great Ife students that I am back for academic activities”
“Man because of our interest and selfishness, 99% of human beings are not honest”
“Many hide in the position of activism to play politics”
He also used the opportunity to brief the Congress on the basis of his reinstatement. According to him, he submitted himself to police investigation following his suspension and after series of investigations, the Investigating Unit of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) handling the case concluded that he was not involved in the alleged abduction. Chocomilo however called on Great Ife students to continue to agitate with lawful means for the reinstatement of the remaining suspended and rusticated students.

Pele Obasi Joshua a.k.a Chocomilo is a Law student in his fourth year of study. He was deprived of opportunity of contesting for the post of Chairman of Awolowo Hall during the last Students’ Union elections on the allegation that he had an unresolved but unrevealed case with the school management. He was later suspended some weeks into this session for his alleged involvement in the abduction of one Mr Alabi Abeeb who was the Chairman of the Electoral Commission in the last Union elections. This allegation has since been quashed by the investigating authority which eventually led to the restoration of his studentship.

INEC Ad-Hoc Job: You Need To Submit Your Acknowledgement Slip Asap

Did you apply for any of the INEC Ad-hoc jobs at the upcoming 2015 General Elections and you are you still doubting if the much publicized submission of Acknowledgement slip and Admission Letter at the INEC office in your state is not real?

I am happy to tell you that it is VERY REAL! The submission is not only going on in Osun state. Other states' INEC offices have started to collect those documents from applicants too. States confirmed to have started receipts apart from Osun state include Ondo state, Lagos state, Oyo state and others.
Submission will be to the INEC office of the state you will be posted to work i.e the state you chose as your residential address while applying online. For instance, as a student of OAU, I live in Lagos and put down Lagos as my residential state while applying online, then I will have to submit to the INEC office in Lagos.

Goodluck peeps!

2013/2014 NASS OAU Scholarship Award

The National Association of Science Students(NASS), Obafemi Awolowo University chapter has announced a scholarship scheme for the students of the faculty of science.

In a notice pasted around departments of the faculty, the scholarship will be given to deserving students that perform well in the aptitude test to be conducted.

"There will be a Scholarship which is based on aptitude test.

Interested NASSites must fulfil the following requirements;

• Must obtain a form from his/her department executives and must be recommended by the President of the department.
• Must have paid his/her annual due of N500 (As a stalite)
• All fresh students of the faculty are eligible to write the aptitude test having paid their annual due.

Date of Exam: Saturday, 24th January 2015.
Venue: 1000 SLT
Time: 10:00am

For further enquiries, call  08164358429 or 08142289934

2014/2015 OAU Postgraduate Admission Application Closes January 31st

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State  invites applications from suitably QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION INTO Full-Time and Part-Time Postgraduate programmes of the School for the 2014/2015 Academic Session.

Note: Obafemi Awolowo University does not have any outside agent to help with the 2014/2015 postgraduate admission exercise. The use of such agent is at candidate’s own risk and candidates should desist from using third party in processing their applications.

THE PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE ARE:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD); Professional Masters (MBA, MPA, MIR, M.Arch. MM Psych, LL.M. etc); Masters with Research Thesis (M.Sc., M.A, M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree Programmes.

Duration of OAU Postgraduate Programmes.

(a)       Postgraduate Diploma Programmes
(i)   Full-Time – 2 Semesters
(b)       Master Degree Programmes
Full-Time Master Degree by Course work and Long Essay/Project -3 Semesters Full-Time Master Degree by Coursework and Research Thesis – 4 Semesters
(c)     Ph.D. Programmes
(i)       Full-Time Minimum Duration – 6 Semesters
(ii)      Part-Time Minimum Duration – 8 semesters (for Staff only)

OAU Postgraduate Programmes Admission Requirements.

(a)     Postgraduate Diploma Programmes
An Applicant for admission to Postgraduate Diploma of the University shall be: (i)     a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University with at least 3rd Class Degree. (ii)   a graduate of any other approved University with a minimum of 2^nd Class Lower.
(b)     Master Degree Programmes:
An Applicant shall normally possess not lower than Second Class (Lower Division) Honours Degree of the Obafemi Awolowo University or any other approved University.
(c)  Master of Philosophy Degree Programmes:
An Applicant shall possess first class or a very strong second class (Upper Division) with CGPA of 4.0 and above.
(d)  Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programmes
An applicant for admission to the Ph.D. Degree programme shall be: a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University or any other approved
University who possesses a Master Degree with research thesis and a weighted coursework average which shall normally be not less than 60 %(B+).
(e)       VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE
In addition to the admission requirements as published, ALL Candidates should please note that in accordance with the University regulations, they must satisfy the O’ Level requirements for matriculation into first degree programmes of the Obafemi Awolowo University, i.e. Five Credit passes at not more than two sittings including English Language and Mathematics (where required).
Applicants   are   required   to   be   prepared   for   a   short   test   if   their   Faculty/Department   of choice so desired.

OAU Postgraduate Admission Method of Application.

PURCHASE OF APPLICATION FORM SHALL   BE THROUGH ON-LINE   ONLY
Candidates can conveniently complete the application forms and pay by taking the following steps:
Step1:     Log on to our admission website http://apply.oaunetque.com
Step 2:   Create an online account, e-mail will be sent with additional details including a system-generated password.
Step 3: With the e-mail and password combination, applicants should sign in and accurately fill the pages of the application form.
Step 4.   Application processing fee can be paid using either ATM/Nigerian Debit Cards or the OAU Postgraduate Online application Scratch Cards (Details will be sent via e-mail).
Step   5.   Applicants   should   forward   the   following   relevant   documents   in   support   of   their applications in a Big brown envelope; (A4 Size) indicating at the back, the enclosed documents, Form number and name.
(i)       Photocopy of University Degree Certificate
(ii)       Photocopy of NYSC Discharge Certificate
(iii)     Photocopy of   O’Level Result
(iv)     The original transcript obtained from the Applicant’s University plus duly completed downloaded Obafemi Awolowo University Postgraduate College Transcript Label;     (i)-(iv) must be properly addressed to:

Admission Officer,
Postgraduate College,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife.
 
(v) Kindly note that another set of relevant documents in support of their application as specified in (i)-(iv) should also be forwarded to the Head of Department of their choice
 
Additional Information
An Application Processing Fee worth Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000) for Regular Programmes and Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) for Professional Programmes has to be paid before each application can be processed by the Postgraduate College. With the exception of about six programmes, all other programmes are Regular Programmes.

You will be required to specify the programme before making payment. Payment can be made using any Interswitch Debit ATM Card. You need to provide your Card Number e.g. 1111222233334444, the Card’s Expiry Date e.g. Jan 2010 and the four-digit PIN to make the payment. You can also purchase a NetQue Postgraduate Application Scratch Card from the banks (specified above) and use this to make the payment. On each scratch card, you will find a Serial Number and a PIN Code (the Hidden Code). To pay for the application form, enter these codes on the Payment Page (see the left menu).

OAU Postgraduate Programmes Other Information.

(a)  For additional information, visit the Postgraduate College Website at http://www.oauife.edu.ng/pgcollege

• Sponsors   such   as   employment   agencies,   Ministries,   Corporations,   Parastatals   and   Foreign Missions should advise their candidates to apply personally for application forms and multiple applications will lead to cancellation of all applications forwarded.
• Any candidate currently registered on a Postgraduate programme in this University and who applies for admission into another postgraduate programme without such a disclosure on the application form and who fails to duly withdraw from such a current programme with the approval of Senate, will automatically forfeit his studentship under the existing University Regulation.
• Applications without Transcripts will not be considered.

OAU Postgraduate Programmes Application CLosing Date.

Duly completed Application forms must be submitted online on or before 31 January, 2015.

• Any applicant whose original transcript does not reach us before the admission exercise begins will not be admitted.
• Successful candidates will receive their letters of admissions through their e-mail addresses supplied.

Credit: MySchoolGist

Students' Union Water Project Is A White Elephant Project -Mozambique Hall Chairperson

The Chairperson of Mozambique Halls of Residence, Miss Ashimolowo Jumoke has described the water project executed by the Central Executive Council of the Ibikunle-led administration in her Hall as a white elephant project.

As parts of projects earn marked for inspection by the Union officers during the Union's inspection tour, the completed water system installation in Angola Hall and the one located at the upper part of Mozambique Hall were inspected by teaming stakeholders of the Unions including press men. In what seems to be a deal gone sore between the Hall Executive Council(HEC) members of Mozambique Hall and members of the Central Executive Council(CEC), the Chairperson of the Hall repeatedly affirmed that the waster installation in her Hall has not lived up to its expectation as it does not serve any meaningful purpose since it has been completed.
"This is not serving Mozambique queens"

"It is only serving this floor (she pointed to the nearest floor to the tap)" She reiterated

The Union president, Ibikunle Isaac in his reaction expressed shock at the statement of the Chairperson. He debunked Jumoke's allegation and stated the refusal of the C.E.C to collaborate with her team to execute the project as her reason for saying such thing. To further substantiate his claim, he ordered that the person in charge of the installation should come around and switch it on. Water eventually gushed out of the tap even though when the tour train reached the point, the place was dry having scores of empty buckets around waiting to fetch.

Angolans too were not left out in the dissatisfaction expression as they complained that the water installation in their Hall has not been serving them well even when the Union President had tagged the project as just been a palliative measure to alleviate their sufferings when the water supply from the school dam ceases.

Students' Union Leaders Inspect Ongoing Projects

• Ibikunle-led administration inherited N1.4m from Fjay's tenure

• OAU Students' Union acquire 2 aluta jets

The 11th of January, 2015 was set by the administration of the Students’ Union to bring Press men/ladies and Student Stake Holders together for an interactive session on the projects embarked on and to inspect the projects. 

At the beginning of the interactive session, the Secretary General of the Union, Shittu Ibrahim Olatayo, stated the reasons for the pre-meeting to be for intimating participants about the projects and to let everyone know that there has been no embezzlement of the Union’s funds. He added that the amount of money the current Union administration expected from the University management totaled N18million being the cumulative dues for the three years in which the Union was proscribed. He however put the total amount of money generated in the current tenure from students’ dues between N6 and 8 million, and that the University management has released less than N5 million and it is on the basis of this that projects are been carried out. “There is nothing like N18 million anywhere in the budget we made”, he said.

The President, Ibikunle Isaac M., then took the podium to state the principles of leadership as accountability, transparency and promise of hope, all of which he claimed the leadership is working with, and without which the administration would be doing nothing. He further states: “The administration started with no cash especially during the struggle. There was problem of fund because there was a problem with the transfer of signatories from the previous administration. It was after the school fees increment struggle that N1.4 million from the Fredrick Joel administration was transferred to the administration. First instalment of N2.2 million to the Union was paid by the University Management after the budget was passed and on the 31st of December 2014, the second instalment of N2.1 million was released”.

The president also said that it was from the accumulation of these funds that several expenditures were carried out such as the Freshers’ party, the purchase of two buses (“Jet 2” and “Jet 3” of which “Jet 2” is yet to arrive), the purchase of DSTV for the SUB TV room, purchase of an additional television to the SUB, facelift of the SUB Conference room, the construction of pedestrian bridges between Akintola and Fajuyi Halls and between Fajuyi and Awolowo Hall (which are yet to be completed), and bore holes in Angola and Mozambique Halls. Other proposed projects include making available daily newspapers at the Students’ Union building, a 1,532 bedspace mixed students’ hall of residence (the point of this is however that the current administration wants to start the project for subsequent administrations to continue and complete), an OAU app in the nature of Facebook and LinkedIn is also been worked on and the developer confirmed that it is about 95% completed.

On the bridges, the Welfare Officer in the person of Ajewole Martins said the initial amount budgeted for the two pedestrian bridges was N305,000 but an additional amount of N20,000 was necessary to augment the payment. “On the bore holes, they are not the main source of water”, the president said, “they are just to help augment the school’s regular water supply”. The amount budgeted for the bore hole projects was N215,000 but as it is now, N280,000 has been spent and the contractor who did the work is still been owed, according to the administration.


Credits: ACJ Press Team & Lukmon Fasasi

Ali Baba Gifts OAU First Class Graduate N1m

January 1st, 2015 was a day to cherish for Oluwasegun Famisa, a first class graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, as he celebrated the new year with a gift of N1 million from popular Nigerian philanthropist, Ali Baba Akporobome.

The Electrical Engineering graduate got the cash reward for his outstanding academic performance during the January 1st Concert organized by the King of Comedy, Ali Baba, at the Eko Hotels convention centre.

Oluwasegun also got a job offer from the Executive Director of Heritage Bank, Mrs. Mary Akporobome, who is also the wife of Ali Baba.
The first class graduate expressed his happiness at the event and thanked Ali Baba for the gifts.

He promised to continue working hard in any environment he finds himself in order to be the best.

Ali baba concert winner

Top comedians like Omo Baba, Okey Bakassi, Bovi, Koffi, Funny Bone, AY, Princess, Helen Paul, Sheyi Law and a host of others made the event worthwhile with their rib-cracking jokes.

Also popular music stars like Tuface, Omawumi, Timi Dakolo, Dammy Krane, Sound Sultan and Tiwa Savage, kept the crowd cheering.



SOURCE: CAMPUS PORTAL NEWSPAPER