OAU Final Year Students Kick Over School Fees Payment Prerequisite For Bedspace Allocation

The final year students of Obafemi Awolowo University are currently annoyed and not happy at the institution's management over the school fees payment prerequisite tied to their application for accommodation this year.

In an investigation cum survey conducted by our reporter in Ile-Ife, Olanrewaju Samuel revealed that the final year students have being asked to pay their school fees before bedspaces can be allocated to them. This is against the normal tradition of the finalists getting bedspaces even before paying school fees and accommodation fee.

A final year student Toye said the action of the school management is uncalled for and not necessary, he wondered if the management thinks students will abscond after getting bedspaces. "It is a funny development" Toye opined. Another final year student who pleaded anonymity said getting the school fee has not being easy especially after the increase last year. "Where should I get N24,700 now?", "...at least I would not run away with my admission because of N3,090" he quipped.




The PRO-elect of the Students' Union, Ojedokun Emmanuel a.k.a Immanuel Kant who is also a finalist was of a similar opinion as he said finalists should be allowed to get bedspaces even before paying tuition fee. He feels nobody will abscond with the management's money. Kant said the elected Union officers are currently engaging the management in a view to reviewing the position of the university management soon.

Meanwhile, checks since the beginning of the exercise have revealed that students are finding it hard to access the e-portal for those that have even paid their school fees. For some, their payments are yet to be confirmed.

Floyd Mayweather Wins Manny Pacquiao In The Richest Fight In Boxing History

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was money once again in the richest fight ever.

Mayweather used his reach and his jab Saturday night to frustrate Manny Pacquiao, piling up enough points to win a unanimous decision in their welterweight title bout. Mayweather remained unbeaten in 48 fights with a win that cemented his legacy as the best of his generation.

Pacquiao did what he wanted to do, chasing Mayweather around the ring most of the fight. But he was never able to land a sustained volume of punches, often looking frustrated as Mayweather worked his defensive wizardry once again.

Two ringside judges scored the fight 116-112, while the third had it 118-110. The Associated Press had Mayweather ahead 115-113.

"I take my hat off to Manny Pacquiao. I see now why he is at the pinnacle of boxing," Mayweather said. "I knew he was going to push me, win some rounds. I wasn't being hit with a lot of shots until I sit in a pocket and he landed a lot of shots."

Both fought cautiously
The richest fight in boxing history — a bout that made Mayweather at least $180 million — wasn't the best. Far from it, with long periods where both fighters fought cautiously, looking for an edge.

There were no knockdowns, and neither fighter seemed terribly hurt at any time. Pacquiao landed probably the biggest punch in the fight in the fourth round — a left hand that sent Mayweather into the ropes — but he wasn't able to consistently land against the elusive champion.

The fight was a chess match, with Mayweather using his jab to keep Pacquiao away most of the fight. Pacquiao tried to force the action, but Mayweather was often out of his reach by the time he found his way inside.

"I thought I won the fight, he didn't do anything," Pacquiao said. "I got him many times with a lot of punches."

Punches never landed
A sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena roared every time Pacquiao threw a punch, but a good percentage of what he threw never landed. Mayweather often came back with straight right hands, then moved away before Pacquiao could respond.

Ringside punch stats showed Mayweather landing 148 punches of 435, while Pacquiao landed 81 of 429. The volume of punches for Pacquiao was a lot lower than the 600-700 he usually throws in a fight as he tried to measure his aggression against an opponent who was hard to trap.

Mayweather fought confidently in the late rounds, winning the last two rounds on all three scorecards. In the final seconds of the fight he raised his right hand in victory and after the bell rang stood on the ropes, pounding his heart with his gloves.

"You're tough," he said to Pacquiao, hugging him in the ring.

Five years in the making, the richest fight ever unfolded before a glittering crowd of celebrities, high rollers and people who had enough money to pay for ringside seats going for $40,000 and up. Before it did, though, it was delayed about a half hour because cable and satellite systems were having trouble keeping up with the pay-per-view demand.

They paid big money to watch two superstars fight for their legacies — and in Pacquiao's case his country — in addition to the staggering paydays for both.

Pacquiao had vowed to take the fight to Mayweather and force him into a war. His camp thought Mayweather's 38-year-old legs weren't what they once were, and that he couldn't be on the move the entire fight.

"He is moving around, not easy to throw punches when people moving around," Pacquiao said. " When he stayed, I threw a lot of punches. That's a fight."

But Mayweather proved them wrong, moving well and taking pot shots at Pacquiao. His only real moment of trouble came in the fourth round when Pacquiao landed his left hand and then flurried to Mayweather's head on the ropes, but he escaped and shook his head at Pacquiao as if to say you didn't hurt me.

In the corner between rounds, Mayweather's father, Floyd Sr. kept yelling at his son to do more. But Mayweather was content to stick with what was working and not take a risk that could cost him the fight.

"I'm a calculated fighter, he is a tough competitor," Mayweather said. "My dad wanted me to do more but Pacquiao is an awkward fighter."

Mayweather said that his fight in September against a yet-to-be-determined opponent would be his last before retirement.

The fight was expected to make Mayweather some $180 million and Pacquiao $120 million, depending on pay-per-view sales. The live gate alone was more than $70 million, and the bout was expected to easily smash the pay-per-view record of 2.48 million buys set in 2007 when Mayweather fought Oscar De La Hoya.


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Jonathan Approves New Chancellor For OAU

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a new chancellor for Obafemi Awolowo University and other federal public institutions.

The list of the new chancellors was contained in a statement signed by Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.

With this new development, the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar is the new chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The former chancellor of the university, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Usman has been made the new chancellor of University of Ilorin.

Below are the new chancellors and the university they are given.

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar - University of Ibadan
Emir of Kano Alh. Muhammadu Sanusi II - University of Benin
Obot Akara, Umo Adiaka - Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola
Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe - Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Sulaiman Adamu - Federal University of Technology, Akure
Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha - Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Tor Tiv, Akawe Torkula - University of Calabar
Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar - Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Abubakar - Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State
Asagba of Asaba, Chike Edozien - Federal University, Gashua.
Isuoha 1 of Ohaisu, Afikpo, Ezeogu Engr. Ewa Elechi - Federal University, Gusau
Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Michael Adejugbe - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
Igwe Chikezie Agubuzu - National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos
Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V - University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Obi of Obinugwu, Orju, Eze Cletus Ikechukwu Ilomuanya - Federal University, Birnin Kebbi.
Emir of Hadejia, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar Maje - University of Uyo
Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris - Federal University of Technology, Minna
Oni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade - University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Usman - University of Ilorin
Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammad Iliyasu Bashar - University of Port-Harcourt
Attah of Igala, Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni II - Federal University, Oye-Ekiti.
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu Gambari - University of Agriculture, Makurdi
Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu - University of Sokoto
Emir of Lafia, Alhaji Isa Mustapha Agwai - Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State
Shehu of Borno, Mustapha Umar El-Kanemi - University of Lagos
Amanayabo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Papa Prieye Diette Spiff - Bayero University, Kano
The Ibedaowei of Bomo Clan, King Joshua Igbugburu - Federal University, Lafia.
Olowo of Owo, Oba Victor Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi III - University of Jos
Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III - University of Maiduguri
Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba - Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Amanayabo of Opobo, King Dandeson Douglas, JEKI V - Federal University, Dutsin-Ma
Aku Uka of Wukari, Dr. Shekarau Masa-Ibi II - Federal University, Dutse
Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa - Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State
Emir of Anka, Mohammed Attahiru Ahmed - Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun.

"South Africa Forgets History Quickly And Hastily Tears The Page Of Brotherhood"

Foreigners must go because they get jobs than the land owners said the Zulu king was a wrong, too fragile thing to say of a leader. He made a generational mistake. The South African citizens have committed a foul really too great to be accepted, their government illogical and non-future minded. Because of this, we have never stopped crying, the regret has never stopped. In a country partly born out of the 27 years imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, a man respected, helped and desired by the whole world, this foul is too great to be accepted.

This has reflected that South Africa has neglected the fact of how she was born and where she comes from but should have respected the love and the strive that shifted Nigerians to their shore. South Africa has no great concern about what we could all achieve, about what the future holds if we could live together. South Africa has quickly forgotten their history and hastily tears the page of brotherhood. To this their brutal nature, it means Mandela’s ideal even born out of great pain made no meaning to South Africa. How too soon do South Africa forget the moment of apartheid, how too soon do a country neglect her history resulting to an unacceptable brutality towards fellow African brothers. Indeed an absolute misbehavior of South Africa towards Nigeria in recent times even to xenophobic level.

Once upon a time

Lived a continent a united fabric

Innocent like the soaring eagle

Just a jump across the wall

Our indefinable crude quality

Garnished with chronic wickedness

Country firing their friends

Even when our feet are tired

A continent got fueled by blood

An unanswered cry

Africa shutting down

A hope yet found in South Africa

Xenophobia in South Africa

Sometimes, we want to defend Africa, we want to argue for Africa against the whole world that a hope yet found in the past Africa’s generation has been born. We want to say Africa has a new ideal and proper tenets but sometimes too this is difficult to do when an unexpected country misbehave not just against herself but against the fellow black brother, when a man chopped off the other guy’s head, cut off his ear, maimed him or get him blind all because he was a foreigner working hard. We all fought for apartheid but what exactly can we call this imbecilic idea? But yet when the South Africa’s idea is truly ill, I can still say Africa has grown quickly and well beyond the ideas of brutality the South still struggles with, something like xenophobia.

This behavior of South Africa has tutored us so many things, enough to bring out our machetes and riffles against the country but the brilliancy of a continent that I AM MY BROTHER’S KEEPER that they had turned down must be upheld here in Nigeria. What they had forgotten is that brotherhood is greater than our joint singular passion; it is a joint force of love and peace but how too soon they forget good behavior.

Many Nigerians could have desired a true retaliation born out of right passion. I understand that pain, I respect it because it is real, because it is true and because it is right but must not be executed for the principle of love to get it true meaning. South African jobs were not stolen; they were given out of free will to deserved and fitting Nigerians, a highly respected idea that South Africa is great till the power in the ill words of the Zulu king broke through our audacity that South Africa is exceptional.

Xenophobia for this occurrence is not perfect if it is a concentrated feeling of dislike, it would be accepted as a simple bad idea but also being the fear of people from other country, it is not. When South Africa has conquered has real fear, the white domino, is the fear of Nigerians on their shore quite a real one as well? There is nothing to fear in a black Nigerian foreigner that has lived with you without war or chaos in South Africa if not the fear of elders like the Zulu king that are still bent on breaking down a hopeful future Africa is struggling to build, announcing that love can’t take us anywhere great. This is not xenophobia, it is more than xenophobia, it is real brutality without a perfect explanation, a reopened sore of a continent, a generational mistake but we must be calm.

Nigerians must keep that ideal that riffle is not the best answer or hatred is an answer but true friendship and the world must know that our potentials are best achievable only through this. Hoping South Africa is still great enough to accept her mistakes and apologize.


Opabunmi Babatunde Adesokan.
I am the future spectacle
opabunmibabatunde@yahoo.com
07036528702

Chinko Ekun Drops New Track 'Jen Le Yo' (Download)

YBNL Nation’s newly signed rapper Chinko Ekun has dropped a new track titled 'Jen Le Yo'.

Listen and Download here

Oladipo Olamide Emmanuel a.k.a Chinko Ekun is an undergraduate of Obafemi Awolowo University studying Law. He got signed on to the YBNL by Olamide earlier this year.

There Will Be No Strike During Our Tenure -OAU SU PRO-elect

The just concluded Students' Union election ushered in new executives for the Union, in this exclusive interview with Olanrewaju Oyedeji, the PRO-elect of the Students' Union has made his stance known on several issues, especially those as regarding welfare of students on campus.

The PRO-elect who is a student of Department of International Relations has said the Union under Comrade Akande Omotayo a.k.a TY is a diplomatic and progressive Union that is not interested in strike action or disruption of academic activities. He however expressed dissatisfaction on ways issues have been handled over time, regarding them as 'erratic approach to issues especially when jawjaw is needed'.

Ojedokun Emmanuel also known as Immanuel kant said during his campaign he did not have a manifesto, rather he has an action plan, part of which includes proper dissemination of information to students. Information dissemination he said will be brought to the departmental level and every PRO of every department will work hand in hand with the PRO of the Union, by doing this dissemination of information will be made more effective. The PRO-elect was also of the opinion that the Association of Campus Journalist, OAU Chapter is meant to be part of the Students' Union in her struggle, although he admitted that the any journalism body is meant to be neutral but still retaining objective reportage as a watchword.

He also revealed efforts being made by the emerging Union leadership to ensure students' participation in Great Ife radio. According to him, the university management is scared that the students may hijack the radio station but the Students' Union has allayed that fear, very soon students will be able to work with the radio. Kant said the Manager of the radio station, Mr Damola Crown has agreed to these having reached a compromise with the PRO-elect.

On suspended students, the PRO-elect said efforts are in top gear to ensure that the suspended students are reinstated but there are efforts to make them withdraw their cases from the court which will ensure the case been approached diplomatically. Also in the course of the interview, Kant insisted that there will be no strike during the tenure of the emerging Akande Omotayo-led Union leadership as the welfare of students will be paramount. He also said personal interest will not be his watchword.


Photo Credit: Ojedokun Emmanuel's facebook wall

OAU SU President-elect Writes Management On Final Year Accommodation

The Great Ife Students' Union president-elect, Akande Omotayo a.k.a TY has called on the Obafemi Awolowo University management to rescind their decision on the school fees payment prerequisite for final year students to be able to request for accommodation.

Apart from the meeting held between representatives of the CEC-elect and the management on thesame issue, below is an open letter written by TY.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

OUR FINAL YEAR STUDENTS ARE LAMENTING!!!

We write to address a very crucial development as regards the accommodation for final year students and express our dismay over the compulsion of full payment of school fees on our students before they can apply for bed spaces.

A similar and inimical development is the constraining of the incoming students to paying the exorbitant school fees before they can also apply for accommodation.

The constituent of students on O.A.U campus are children of proletarians whose parents work within the austere economic condition for the state governments and bankrupt multi-nationals.

Most state governments are owning their workers 3-6 months salaries, even the federal government is faced with dwindling and incessant fluctuation of oil price, yet our students whose parents are members of this unpaid working class and are not exempted from this national economic quagmire are still mandated to pay in full before applying for accommodation.

OUR APPEAL IS THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR BED SPACE PRIOR TO PAYING THE SCHOOL FEES, AT LEAST IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF RESUMPTION.

Our parents’ pockets have not recuperated from the astronomical increase in school fee which was shockingly and undemocratic-ally enforced on us against our audible refusal and the peaceful agitations.

Most students who can afford the immediate payment in school fees are those that can as well get a decent accommodation in town. The students who will be desperately needing campus accommodation are mostly the ones who may find it hard to pay school their school fees in the first few weeks of resumption.

We implore the university management to see to the reversing of the moralities for bed space application to the old status-quo where finalist can apply for accommodations without school fees payment.

We will as besiege for the demystification of the school fees regime that will be paid by students as constant alterations of school fees regime is observed on e-portal. However, the management should take cognizance of the proposed 3000naira reduction for last session and this session.

We will be much delighted if the management can oblige our simple request.

Thanks
OMOTAYO AKANDE
PRESIDENT-ELECT
STUDENTS’ UNION

For
GREAT IFE STUDENTS

ALUTA CONTINUA, VICTORIA ASCERTA!!!