Professor Adeyinka Adesina's Inaugural Lecture Holds December 8

This came to many students of Obafemi Awolowo University as a big surprise because they never thought it would be this soon, survey revealed.

Professor Olufemi Adeyinka Adesina, the Deputy Director, Centre for Distance Learning (CDL) and Professor of Mathematics will on Tuesday, 8th December, 2015 deliver his inaugural lecture at the Oduduwa Hall of the Institution by 5:00pm. The lecture is titled: 'A journey through the beautiful world of differential equation'..

Adesina before his appointment at CDL OAU was the Vice Dean, Division of Student Affairs (DSA) of the same university. The entire OAU Peeps crew members congratulate the Adesina family.

OAU Students Protest Poor Welfare Conditions & Rustication Of Ogunruku

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University held the campus to a stand still today following a massive protest to demand for an improved welfare condition of the students and reinstatement of Olawale Ogunruku.

The protest began as early as 7:30am at the AngloMoz car park where students started converging and eventually move in their thousands to other Halls of residence along the way to Academics. The students marched down to the Senate Building first where they were addressed by the Union President on the reason for the protest and to restate their demands.

After some hours at the Senate Building, the students having barricaded and grounded all vehicular movements moved to the school gate to lock it down and a congress of students held to determine the next line of action.

Details of the congress in a bit.

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Olawale Ogunruku's Name Does Not Exist In OAU Student Database - Management

Olawale Ogunruku's Name Does Not Exist In OAU Student Database - Management

The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University has once again responded to one of the demands of the Students' Union requesting for the the reinstatement of Olawale Ogunruku who has been rusticated since 2010.

In a Release from the Office of the Registrar, signed by the Registrar and Secretary to the University Council, Dotun Awoyemi, it stated that the name of the rusticated student does not exist in the student database of Obafemi Awolowo University.

"This name does not exist in the student database of Obafemi Awolowo University. However, since every bona fide student of this University has a Matriculation number, the Student Union may so wish to provide the Matriculation number of the so-called Olawale Ogunruku to assist in establishing the veracity of the demand of the Union."

The management however appealed to the generality of students to allow peace to reign and desist from any action that may lead to the elongation of the academic calendar or outright cancellation of one academic session.

Lecture-boycott: Students' Union Leaders Refuse Meeting With The Management

The leaders of the Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University has refused to attend a meeting with the University administration scheduled for Sunday, November 29 on the grounds that their attendance of such meeting would be a betrayal of their cause and frustrate the already planned lecture-boycott and protest.

The Congress of Great Ife students on Friday decided to embark on a lecture-boycott cum massive protest to press home for their demand on improved welfare of students and reinstatement of Olawale Ogunruku. Some hours after the Congress has decided, the Management having understood the impending disturbance invited the Union officers to a meeting which was allegedly requested by the Union leadership before now.

The Students' Union President has however said the Union leadership is likely to honour subsequent meeting invitation when many students will be aware. "In a sensitive period as this, meetings with the management must be well known to Great Ife students in the spirit of transparency. We want to inform the generality of Great Ife that subsequent meeting will likely be honoured after the students’ body is much aware of it. It must be said that we are open to negotiation throughout the period of struggle." he said.

As at the time of filing this report, all plans are in top gear as the students remain dogmatic about their position to protest their deplorable welfare conditions and any moment from now, the protest is expected to start.

OAU Student Caught Stealing During Service In NCCF

A final year student of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University who simple identified himself as Fela met his waterloo today as he was caught after he stole a bag belonging to a member of New Covenant Christian Fellowship (NCCF).

In the course of a dynamic Sunday service of the NCCF today at the Fajuyi hall cafe, Fela was at the back of the curtain separating the other end of the cafe from the auditorium planning and strategizing on how to steal from bags of innocent worshipers. It took the conscious effort of one of the members who was at the back of the auditorium to notice him which eventually led to his napping red-handed. Fela confessed to have taken some items from the bag but pleaded guilty.

Fajuyians whose attention were called when Fela was caught insisted that he be taken to the Fajuyi hall excos' secretariat for further investigations. Upon getting to the secretariat, he was admitted in with those concerned on the matter. The hall executives promised to get back to everyone after his case has been investigated which is still expected as at press time.

GEMSTONE Campus Connect Holds Value Based Leadership Training

By Farombi Oluwaseun

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University gathered in Eden, New Buca on Sunday for a training programme tagged ‘Value Based Leadership’ organised by GEMSTONE Campus Connect in OAU. The event started at about 3pm with each participant introducing themselves.

The speaker of the event, Daniel Otabor who is the National Coordinator of GEMSTONE Larders' Connect and also a Personal Assistant to Fela Durotoye; the seasoned motivational speaker started the training with differentiating between a nation and a country. In his disposition, a country represents a geographical area with many nations but a nation consists of people with the same heritage, belief and language. He described Nigeria as a country and the United State of America a nation though they do not have the same belief and language but they have the same purpose, mission and vision. He further stated that Africa represents Poverty in the midst of the plenty and to solve our problem in Nigeria, there must be a personal transformation before national transformation.

Obviously elated and encouraged by the event, David, a participant expressed delight as he confessed to have gained a lot in the programme and now knows that for Nigeria to be a better nation, it is a collective responsibility that begins with all of us. Speaking with the President of GEMSTONE Campus Connect, OAU Chapter, he said GEMSTONE is an acronym which stands for Generation that is Empowered, Motivated, Steered To Operate with Natural Excellence. He said the main motive of the programme is to train people on GEMSTONE’s message which is to ‘having Nigeria become the world's most desirable nation to live in by 31st December, 2025’.

Nigeria Of My Dream; The Role Of Youths - Adigun Olayemi

By Adigun Olayemi

I gett baffled with the current state of my country Nigeria. The job opportunities continue to decrease, roads are not the way they should be anymore, agriculture is depreciating day by day due to the non-cognisance of our governments. Not only these, public workers no longer get paid their salaries as at when due. The telecommunication sector is now a means of income to their owners only thereby allowing for all fraudulent acts to invade the sector at the expense of Nigerians. Maximum security is no longer the priority of the government of the day whereby allowing for incessant bombings and incessant kidnapping which scare foreign investors.

Food prices get on the high on daily basis paving way for the poor to get poorer. The education system has sporadically declined knowing that no Nigerian university is among the first 200 in the world. Electricity is another thing hampering our nation’s economic development. The National House of Assembly has turned to the home of several hybrids of wrestlers. What are we to do to all these things? What exactly is our government of the doing?

These questions and many more I keep asking myself. Nigeria has huge potentials to be the greatest nation on earth. Nigeria is blessed with abundant land to cultivate many crops for human consumption. The potentials are there in our teachers to make the students better. Youth have roles to play. We must influence people around us with the dream of a greater Nigeria. Nigeria youths must change their orientation of the country from bad to good.

They must start seeing themselves as the future leaders of this country whereas the future starts now. Passing through the higher institution must reflect in their activities for those that have the opportunity.
Nigeria has so many potentials like Chimanda Adichie who won the Orange prize, Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate winner and so on. They have all contributed immensely to the growth of the nation while they were in their youth days. Youths must stand to their feet to make Nigeria a better place to be.