"Great Ife Is Every Music Artiste’s Nightmare" -Olisa.tv

The Social image of the Obafemi Awolowo University has probably lost some points in the Nigerian music industry following the latest performance of the YBNL 'Sade' Crooner, Adekunle Gold, at the OAU Invasion which was held on Friday, 12th June 2015.

Adekunle Gold was the most anticipated performer of the night and some of the students were disappointed following his very brief performance. The disappointed students claimed that they did not enjoy the value of the money paid for tickets as his performance was too brief and some even related the incident to Kim Kardashian and the Darey's Love like a movie show in 2013.

 However, Event Promoter; Wale Applause, took to his twitter account to further claim that the DOS of the Students Union and some "Awo boys" went back to collect part of the money already paid to Adekunle Gold and blogs like radar.ng and olisa.tv have already started drawing inferences from this twitter release.

 The Leadership of the Union have not released any  official statement concerning the incident but a relieving fact is that Adekunle is not the first musical artiste to perform in OAU. In fact over the last two years artistes like Wizkid Oritshe Femi, Wande Coal, Burna Boy, Harrysong, Reminisce, Sean tizzle and even the indigenous Chinko Ekun  to mention a few have performed in OAU without making negative headlines and so it is perhaps a misunderstanding of some sort.

 We however hope that the parties involved (Office of the DOS and Adekunle) can come out to clear the air, sort their differences and move forward and the music industry does not get the wrong impression of OAU. It would also be imperative at this  juncture to admonish the Great Ife Students not to be so alutaristic especially when they are supposed to be having fun. 

P.S- Falz the BAHD guy was also in Ife yesterday at a different show.  

2015 Nigerian OSCAR To Hold In Lagos

This year's Nigerian OSCAR has been scheduled to hold in Lagos as students from virtually all tertiary institutions in Nigeria are qualified to nominate someone or get nominated.

An Award event which was held in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho in 2013 and 2014 respectively is a leading national award honoring excellence and the outstanding qualities of Nigerian students, both at home and in Diaspora.

In a Press Statement signed by the Senior Communication Officer, Oscar Nigeria Academy, Mr Ojekunle Alex, it was revealed that the award ceremony aims to recognise the success and vitality of 20 Exceptional Nigerians and over 50 Nigerian students.
"Our major aim is to set up a credible, unbiased platform where Nigerian students would be recognized for their outstanding qualities and achievements." the SCO added.

The organizer has however called on external and corporate bodies to partner with them and financially support them for the success of the event.

Nomination for the Awards from all Nigerian institutions is now opened. Visit www.oscarnigeria.org to nominate deserving students for free without hidden charges and no extra cost.

Ibiyemi Accepts EPC’s Judgement, Calls For Support

The EPC’s newly pronounced substantive Secretary General elect of the Obafemi Awolowo University Students’ Union, Awotiwon Ibiyemi has accepted the judgement of the Election Petition Committee returning him as the duly elected Union officer.

In an interview with the pressmen immediately after the judgement was delivered, Ibiyemi expressed satisfaction with the justice that has eventually prevailed at the end of the whole proceedings.

“I really don’t know, I cannot say I am happy, I cannot say I am sad but this is my own position; being a law student, all I demanded for was Justice to be done, though everything went along time where the eligibility was in question.”
Ibiyemi also dissociates self from the publishing of Oketooto Oluwaseun a.k.a Hon. Seun’s result on the Social media and on Punch newspaper. He said he does not have any link whatsoever with the publishing of his result. According to Ibiyemi, he was just fortunate just like every other Great Ife who saw the result posted on Facebook.

When asked if he sees himself integrating fully into the TY’s led administration despite the fact that the current tenure has gone a long way in planning especially, Ibiyemi said he only need to assume office to wow Great Ife students.

Awotiwon Ibiyemi however appreciated the generality of Great Ife students for their support so far and call for continued support to enthrone justice to the end.

Fisayo Soyombo Inter-University Essay Competition

“It is true that there is a worldwide economic recession. However in the case of Nigeria, its impact was aggravated by Mismanagement.”- Buhari (1984 maiden speech as the head of state).

His administration then was recorded as one of the best we ever had. 31 years later his statement still remains evergreen with a confirmation from a former president.

“Our economy should not have been this bad…When we left in May 2007, the reserve was said to have been raised to $35 billion. Today, that reserve has been depleted.”-Obasanjo talking about the state of the economy before 2015 elections.

“Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us” – Buhari 2015 (inauguration speech).

He is ready to use the magic wand again to stabilise the system and restore integrity in them. Is this possible in four years?

Don’t forget “I discovered that by sheer willpower, I could end the end long queues and price fluctuations in our petrol stations.”-Jonathan (2010 during campaign).This dream didn’t bring us goodluck as we still have long queues in our filling stations till May 29, 2015; a day he was bowing out off office.
***Will four years of Muhammadu Buhari lead Nigeria to a socio-economic prosperity?***

That is the topic for the first ‘Fisayo Soyombo Inter-University Essay Competition'.

Reply with your entry directly sent to mail@ucjui.com AND STAND A CHANCE TO WIN N100,000.

Essay must not be more than 1000 words.

The following details should be on the cover page: Full Name, Matric No, Department, Name of Univ. and functioning Phone number.

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PRO, Union of Campus Journalists’ University of Ibadan. (UCJUI)


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