"Stallites Should Note That There Is No Bedspace For Them On Campus..." -DSA

By Emmanuel Dominic

The special release by the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) on accommodation for students on Christmas eve addressed a sets of issues,  which featured -:

*  Students vacating the hostel

* SIWES Students seeking Accommodation,  and finally the brainbuster,

* Stalites not being able to ballot for hostels from the next session.

According to the release, the Division gave students till 31st of December 2019 to vacate the hostel, with their belongings,  as the loss of any property won't be accounted for by the DSA or School management.  

 The school recognized the need for students on SIWES, Teaching Practice and college of health sciences students who have legitimate academic/clinical reasons to stay behind. These set of students were instructed to go through their Head of Department or Deans for possible consideration. 

The last part and perhaps most interesting part of the release was that there shall be no bed space for stallites on campus henceforth, according to the release,

  "All stalites should note that there is no space for them on campus hence, there is no balloting of such for accommodation, for the coming session (2019/2020), as only freshers will be given consideration."

This would be the first time in recent years that this trend would be observed as both freshers and finalists used to be considered for the spaces in times past. Already reactions have begun to trail this release. While some believe it might be linked to the rumored reinstatement of the Students' Union, some others believe that the management might reconsider this stance later on. 

However, things seem on hold for now as most activities are now on hold till after the yuletide. 

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Larceny In The Moremi Hall Of Residence

By Emmanuel Dominic

Information reaching us at OAU Peeps news agency from a resident in Moremi hall of residence for female students, about a thief who has been reportedly breaking into their rooms,  stealing phones and other valuables.

There is unrest among the residents of Moremi hostel at the alarming rate of the reoccurring event. In an interview with a female resident, she explained that the thief who she revealed to be a guy broke into the hall around 4am this morning.

In her statement;

A girl saw him and shouted "thief" but he was not caught. He stole three phones at block G, room 305. When he was being chased he dropped two phones and went with one. And last two weeks too Wednesdays/Thursday morning too, they stole phones on G 208 too 8 phones in the middle of the night. So it's like it's same guy that came to do the job.

Residents believe that these thefts were done by the same person who they believe is a male student. We urge everyone living in Moremi hall of residence,  to be cautious and be more vigilant.

Election Pandemonium as Zachman Emerges As FSRC Speaker

The in-house election of the Faculty of Arts Students Representative Council was billed to start by 4:00pm. However, it didn't start until till about 9:00 pm as a result of pandemonium that ensued as a result of the credibility and the candidature of some English department honourable.

Two Honourables vied for the post of Speaker; Hon Hope from Religious studies and Hon  Zachman from English department.

At the end of the voting process, Zachman had 17 votes and Hope had 13 votes, in the process of counting, an overzealous person entered the election venue and another set of argument ensued until the school security was called in to restore normalcy the situation.

OAU Accounting Student Shines At Convocation With 4.98 Grade Point

The 44th convocation of Obafemi Awolowo University held from the 11th to 13th of the month. The glorious ceremony started with a lecture at Oduduwa hall. Lawal Oluwafemi who bagged a 4.98 CGPA of 5.0 was awarded got a cash price of 100,000 naira amongst many other gifts.

Commenting on the feat, he stated "I graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University as the Best Graduating Student 17/18 session with a historic 4.98 CGPA of 5.0. Was also the Best Overall 4 times in ICAN professional exams with 14 awards.BSc Accounting & 22 academic awards in 4 years. Can only be God!"

 It is worthy of note that this year a total of 7,209 students graduated, out of which 5,292 were undergraduates, while 1,917 are postgraduates. A total of 124 students in the institution graduated with first-class honours, leaving 1,795 students with second class honours (Upper Division), 2256 with second class (Lower Division), while 542 and 39 are graduated with third class and pass degrees respectively.

The ceremony was a success as many of the graduates came from different locations to celebrate.  And as the known culture, most came bearing food and drinks.

We at OAU Peeps wish all the recent graduates the best life has to offer. 

Three Deaths In One Week: Dark December In OAU (Full Report)

In less than two weeks, the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has recorded the death of three members of its academic staff. A little over a week ago, the death of Mr Nicholas Igbokwe was announced, less than a week after, the death of Professor Jerome Elusiyan who was said to be attacked by unknown gunmen, and the most recent is the death of Dr. Victoria Oluwaremilekun Adeniyi who reportedly slumped and died.

Dr. Victoria Oluwaremilekun Adeniyi, was the Head of Department of Dramatic Arts and was said to have recently directed the convocation play that enacted for two days, Friday and Saturday. 

She was reported to have slumped and died on Sunday morning at around 11am after church service in her residence. It was said that she did not show any sign of sickness. This tragedy struck in less than twenty-four hours Professor Ife Jerome Elusiyan of Paediatrics at the OAUTHC died.

The entire OAU Peeps Team sends out her condolences to all family and friends of the deceased. 

Another tragedy; HOD of Dramatic Arts, Dr Adeniyi, Reported Dead

The Head of Department of Dramatic Arts, Dr V. Adeniyi has been reported dead.

This would be the third lecturer lost to the cold hands of death within the last two weeks in the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.


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