OAU Student Launches Foundation, Provides Pads For Female Prisoners

A student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Abass Oyeyemi has launched a foundation, Reaching Minds Foundation which aims at working towards a better life for Nigerians including those in prisons.

The foundation on October, 1 visited Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode prisons to celebrate the independence day with the female inmates alongside with providing them with some Menstrual Hygiene materials that will last them some months.

According to Mr Oyeyemi, "the Nigeria Prisons as well as other prisons in Africa is characterized by poor funding, over congestion amongst many others anomalies which has resulted in the poor health status of many inmates."

"There are a lot of worries inmates at Nigerian Prisons are faced with. But there is none that engages our interest like that of Menstrual Health. Of course, there have been cries for criminal justice reforms all over the world, and developing countries are not left out."

"Such cries has given birth to First Step Act Bill in the USA, where it was signed to law that female inmates be provided with free menstrual products to protect their rights of dignity. Looking at this bill, one will wonder how a nation as developed as the United States of America is just recognizing the need for females inmates to be given free menstrual products in 2019."

He maintained that the world needs to come to reality to see menstrual hygiene products for inmates as a necessity and not a luxury or privilege of any kind which can be debated.

He further stressed that 'while the menstrual products we donated this year might not be able to serve the inmates for long term, we are however in talks with a reusable pad company to train and empower inmates on how to produce reusable pads on their own.The reusable pads will help promote a green society that's eco friendly", he said.

"Quite apart from the undisputed reality that menstrual hygiene products is out of reach for female inmates, another worrisome snag is the absence of regular water supply in prisons. It would be agreed by many that the absence of water and soap in the cleaning up of menstruating women could lead to a myriad of infections", the foundation Lead Director concluded

When reached the Project Director of the Prison, Salawu Faizah remarked, "It is safe to say we have invested some impacts in their lives and we won't stop doing it until the world is refined and everybody has access to equal opportunities. That they're in prison does not mean that they don't have dignity".

Awosika,Fireboy,T-Classic,First Bank Set To Storm OAU Tomorrow

By Farombi Oluwaseun 

The Commercial first bank of Nigeria is set to storm Obafemi Awolowo University ile ife tomorrow  4th of October 2019 with a program tagged
"Passion to Career,A Quest Undertaken".

The program which  set  to open minds of OAU students on self discovery and value creation and How best they can develop their Entrepreneurial mindset.
The program is a two-day event set to hold  4th and 5th of October.

Ibukun Awosika of First Bank will be driving the audience on how and the core values of self discovery and Value Creation and "what next after school"

The second day, as  continuation, will be a panel session and an entertainment galore as FireBoy and  T-Classic will be  present.

The Event is FREE and the venue set for the programme is Oduduwa hall,  While the time is as follows for each day:

October 4 :10am
October 5 : 9am

The University Management through a release has also  mandated every student of the institution to attend the programme.

The release reads, "This is to inform all students that First Bank of Nigeria is organising a programme expected to engage the university undergraduates on entrepreneurship and youth initiatives that would enable them become economically empowered and change agents.All students are enjoined to make themselves available for this programme as a matter of priority. Attendance is of utmost importance."

Lots of awesome gifts and prizes are in place to be won by OAU students.

Here is the link to register https://goo.gl/5W1jn1

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College of Health Sciences

Faculty of Administration

Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Environmental Design &Management

Faculty of Law(Lost NUC Accreditation).

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Technology

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Faculty Of Administration Releases 2019/2020 Admission Cut-Off Marks

OAU Peeps News Agency has confirmed the release of the 2018/2019 admission cut-off marks for the Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University.


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See below:

ACCOUNTING

Merit 66%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Merit 56%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Merit 58%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES

Merit 63%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

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Faculty Of Agriculture Releases 2019/2020 Admission Cut-Off Marks

OAU Peeps News Agency has confirmed the release of the 2019/2020 admission cut-off marks for the Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University.

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See Below;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Merit 50%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Merit 50%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

AGRIC EXTENSION AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY

Merit 50%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

FAMILY NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
LOST ACCREDITATION

CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION

Merit 50%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

SOIL SCIENCE

Merit 50%

Ekiti – 50%

Lagos – 50%

Ogun – 50%

Ondo – 50%

Osun – 50%

Oyo – 50%

ELDS – 50%

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Year Abroad Programme: What You Need To Know About OAU Foreign Languages Department

By Ganiyu, Ayanniyi

The department of Modern Languages (now Foreign Languages) was established into Obafemi Awolowo University in 1968 with French Language programme as its pioneer course.

Over time, German and Portuguese were introduced to meet the yearning demands of potential students.

Professor W. F. Feuser is the first professor and the pioneer head of department. The department had and still contributes massively to the nation and world at large through its products in the areas of diplomacy, mass media, ICT, Education, Research in languages etc.

The department of Foreign Languages belongs to the Faculty of Arts, OAU and it offers B.A Degree programme in which students must complete the four year programme as they spend their third year outside the University for the mandatory Equivalent Year Abroad Programme (EYAP) excluding some students  that combine courses (French & German, French & Portuguese, French and English) who may decide to go for their Language Immersion Programme(LIP) in part 4.

Since, the department has three (3) sections which are French, German and Portuguese, students of this department have only one academic session to be together in the department due to the mandatory Equivalent Year Abroad Programme (EYAP) or Language Immersion Programme (LIP) except for combining students who are not many, like 80%.

The Portuguese students do their LIP in Brazil, the German students do their LIP at Goethe Institute in Lagos (before in Germany) while the French students do their LIP at Nigeria French Languages Village (NFLV), Badagry - Lagos or in Benin republic (before in France).

The LIP was formerly sponsored by the federal government with the help of some foreign authorities, but now, students of this department sponsor their LIP themselves. Some students do delay their LIP due to some financial constraints while some students switch to other course in the same department or even move to other department in the university due to the same stated problem.

This is to be noted, some students of OAU and some outsiders do think that those students in foreign languages are not part of the university due to their year abroad programme in which foreign languages students are not frequently or at times not seen in the university during their LIP.

Mr. Daniel, a student in OAU (not in foreign languages) once queried his friend from the department of foreign languages in an OAU Whatsapp group that "Bro, have you graduated ?". Meanwhile the student that was queried got admission in 2016, the same year  the questioner got admitted.

Also, some students of this department who have dreams in University politics get less popularity or followers during their year outside the Campus which give them less hope in winning a political post, mostly when it comes to representing their great department.

All Languages students in all Nigerian Universities such as University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Ilorin, University of Nigeria, University of Benin also do this mandatory Equivalent Year Abroad Programme (EYAP) or Language Immersion Programme (LIP).

Day 90: Ike, Elozonam Evicted from BBN

By John, Beloved

Big brother housemates, Steve Ikechukwu and Elozonam Ogbulu have been evicted from the reality show after pulling the least votes.

This is coming after spending 90 days in BigBrother house.


The "pepper dem" edition of the Big brother reality show is getting more interesting as the housemates are gradually been reduced to the barest minimum.

Mike, Cindy and Tacha were the housemates up for eviction alongside the newly evicted housemates. However Cindy exit came on Friday morning during a surprise eviction

Recently controversial ex-housemate Tacha had set social media abuzz on Friday following her disqualification from the TV show.

It will be recalled that the reality series began on the 30th of June with approximately 26 contestants who were gradually disqualified as the competition moves closer to its end.


Two weeks ago, the top 10 players of show were unveiled following the eviction of the UK police officer, Khafi Kareem.


Mixed reactions from fans and viewers trailed social media as Tacha was unceremoniously sent out of the house few hours after a violent clash with a fellow housemate, Mercy.

However, the eviction of Ike and Elozonam brings the show to the final lap as viewers are  left with only six housemates including Mercy, Diane, Mike, Omoshola, Seyi and  frodd.