OAU set to organize the biggest virtual entrepreneurship event in Africa

For the fourth consecutive time, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife would join a host of world-class universities in organising a HultPrize On-campus Event that would produce ideas that would compete on a global stage. Last year, the organising community broke records by organising the bigger entrepreneurship event OAU campus had ever seen. This year’s team has... Read More

The Big 5: Obasanjo says he is “doubly qualified” to correct Buhari; OAU students cry out over incessant attacks | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The suspects are the man who reportedly hired the assailants and the one who is said to have pulled the trigger. The Nation reports... Read More

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December 17, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 17th of December

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Just In: Access Bank reportedly acquires Diamond Bank Just In: Sacked O.A.U. Lecturer, Professor Akindele pleads guilty to sex-for-mark allegation Here’s a full list of #TFAA2018 Winners

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December 17, 2018

Just In: Sacked O.A.U. Lecturer, Professor Akindele pleads guilty to sex-for-mark allegation

An embattled former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Richard Iyiola Akindele, dragged to court over his demand for sex from one of his students, Monica Osagie, has on Monday changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty.’ As reported by Punch. the prosecutor, Shogunle Adenekan said all parties in the matter have... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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August 14, 2018

Like OAU, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has dismissed a lecturer for sexual harassment

The war against sexual harassment in public universities in Nigeria has taken a good turn and it’s highly commendable. It all started few months ago at Obafemi Awolowo University when a professor of management and accounting at the university, Professor Richard Akindele was dismissed for requesting for sex from one of her female students who... Read More

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June 21, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] OAU sex for Mark: Professor Akindele bites the dust

After a long wait, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University has brought to an end the ignoble reign of a randy Professor Richard Akindele, accused a few months ago of coercing a student into offering sex for marks. Akindele like some of his colleagues should be preparing for retirement at the moment but his inability... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

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April 11, 2018

The Late 5: Buhari approves extension of VAIDS deadline, Trump tells Russia to ‘get ready for missiles’, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme to June 30. The approval for the extension of the deadline is contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina,... Read More

Featured

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April 11, 2018

This is why ASUU should be blamed for the OAU ‘sex for marks’ scandal

In the year 2016, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from Delta presented before the hallowed chamber of the Nigerian Senate a bill titled Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institutions Bill 2016. The bill which later got the support of 57 other senators as co-sponsors was literally killed before it could be properly considered and passed into law, in... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

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April 10, 2018

Richard Akindele wanted sex for grades, a problem too many Nigerian students face

Its been nearly 15 years since Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem released his now iconic second single ‘Mr. Lecturer’. The song was controversial for its time, telling for the first time, the stories of young Nigerian female students enduring sexual harassment from lecturers, professors and adhoc university staff. It was even more revolutionary because Eedris instead... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

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September 9, 2017

OAU suspends two SUG leaders over N3.8m fight

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has indefinitely suspended two students union leader over a clash. The students are Vice-President, Jacob Tosin Grace and Director of Socials, Adedayo Afolabi Emmanuel. It was learnt that the clash occurred while the union was deliberating on how to expend the sum of N3.8m released to the union by... Read More

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July 12, 2017

Opinion: Between EFCC and Former OAU Acting VC – When corruption becomes the bull

by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesimi Following the arraignment of the most recent former Acting Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Anthony Elujoba, on Friday the 7th of July 2017, there was the staging of a protest on Monday by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the institution in solidarity. Prof Elujoba... Read More

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July 11, 2017

OAU students, workers force court to reverse ruling on former VC

A Federal High Court in Ede, Osun State, has reportedly amended its earlier verdict for the detainment of former Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Vice Chancellor, Anthony Elujoba, in Ilesha prison. Premium Times reports that the reversal came after workers and students of the school protested and locked down the court barring the judge and others from... Read More

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May 23, 2017

Final year OAU student stabbed to death

by Omoleye Omoruyi A final year student of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been reportedly stabbed to death last week on Wednesday evening. Punch reports that Ayoola Ayorinde died on his way home, after his supervisor had approved the submission of his final year thesis. It was reported that Ayorinde died at the... Read More

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December 10, 2016

OAU announce death of first class graduate on graudation day

The death of a first class graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University was announced on Friday at the institution’s 42nd convocation ceremony. According to The Punch, the deceased Bibilari Elebuibon, who was the best in Yoruba Language in the Faculty of Arts, was said to have died in an accident in Osogbo, the Osun State... Read More

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December 5, 2016

[The Complaint Box] LAUTECH: Forever on strike?

by Okike Samuel After a long Thursday filled with uncertainty of what was going on in LAUTECH, the students had retired to their hostels holding onto a glimmer of hope that whatever storm was developing would soon be resolved. Examination season was just weeks away, yet, everyone could sense a tension in air, signs of... Read More

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July 28, 2016

OAU reopens after 2 months strike

Undergraduates and prospective students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife can now heave a sigh of relief as authorities of the institution have asked them to return back to school next Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Biodun Olarewaju, confirmed this in a press statement on Thursday. Activities in the university have been grounded for... Read More

The News Blog

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July 21, 2016

Professor Anthony Elujoba is Acting-VC of OAU

Professor Anthony Elujoba has been appointment as the new acting Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. His appointment was approved on Thursday by the University’s Senate. Elujoba, a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy emerges as the institution’s VC barely 24 hours after the Federal Government ordered the Senate of the school to use... Read More

The News Blog

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July 20, 2016

Opinion: Perfecting the collapse of hemorrhaging administrative order

By Olumide Awoyemi Following the directive of the Visitor that the university senate convenes a meeting to nominate an acting vice chancellor, I have found myself in a deep moral quandary as I reflect on the probable evolution of scenarios and their implications for the sanity of an environment otherwise consecrated for learning. It is... Read More

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July 19, 2016

Rejoinder: Obafemi Awolowo University, between Wumi Raji and Adediwura Alawode

By Lakunle Jaiyesimi It is no longer news that Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is in crisis, as reported by various platforms. Wumi Raji, an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts of the same University wrote that the University “is in deep crisis” and has a lot to say about it, http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/07/crisis-in-obafemi-awolowo-university-ile-ife/”. On the... Read More

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February 11, 2016

‘Arrest and prosecute our Vice Chancellor’ – OAU students cry out

Nigerian students, under the name Alliance of Nigerian Students Against Neo-Liberal Attacks (ANSA), on Thursday, called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies to investigate and prosecute the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Bamitale Omole, for misappropriation of the university’s resources The students stated this during a peaceful... Read More

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January 17, 2016

Over 100 undergraduates ‘renounce cultism’ in OAU, UI during Adeboye’s crusade

At the just concluded Campus Holy Ghost service, over 100 undergraduates of the University of Ibadan and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife were reported by Punch Newspapers to have renounced cultism. The report states that the number of students, who renounced their evil ways at the University of Ibadan were more than those recorded at the OAU.... Read More

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December 9, 2015

Opinion: The suspension of Great Ife students’ union and other pertinent matters

It usually surprise many people that, on their arrival at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, one of the first structures out of all the beautiful buildings on the campus, one come across is the Great Ife Students’ Union Building, also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa Building. The location of this monument itself is deliberate to remind the... Read More

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September 15, 2015

Policeman demands N15, 000 ‘motivation’ from victim to arrest robbers

Ayodele Oduniyi is a victim of armed robbery but his grouse is that the Police refused to arrest the robbers until he pays a certain amount of money. According to Oduniyi, a policeman identified as Fatai, from the Area M Police Division, demanded that he payed N15,000 bribe in order to take action and for ‘motivation’.... Read More

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January 31, 2015

OAU Centre for Distance Learning welcomes first set of e-students

by Kolapo Olapoju The Obafemi Awolowo University’s Center for Distance Learning (OAUCDL) today welcomed its pioneer set for the Online Distance Learning Programme. This was at the Matriculation Ceremony which held at the Oduduwa Hall of the OAU Main Campus. The OAUCDL Online Distance Learning programme is accredited by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and... Read More

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December 6, 2014

@ErasmusIkhide: Great IFE students are heroes for booing the bully President

by Erasmus Ikhide The students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU demonstrated at the weekend that there is a reason to hope for a better Nigeria. They demonstrated in certain terms that the sweeping and repressing dictator is gradually loosing his popularity by the day. It’s a clear signal of denunciation and outright rejection in less... Read More

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December 1, 2014

Afenifere blasts GEJ’s ‘belated efforts to woo Yoruba’

by Godwin Akanfe The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has criticised President Jonathan’s attempt to “woo the Yoruba nation” for the support of his re-election, claiming that it is already too late in the day. The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Kunle Famoriyo, described the “Yoruba Progress Summit” which held last Friday as an... Read More

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September 12, 2014

Ebola: OAU bars Liberian students from coming back to school

by S’ola Filani Following the controversy that generated from the case of one of its female students who was rumoured to have contracted Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the vice chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Bamitale Omole, has announced the ban of Liberian students in the institution. Addressing a press conference, on Thursday... Read More

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August 27, 2014

From Ikeja to Ile-Ife, we talk to students about why they are angry

by Adedayo Ademuwagun This year, there have been several student protests in the south-west concerning tuition, from Abeokuta to Ikeja to Ile-Ife. In Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, the struggle began at the start of the second semester in June. The university management increased tuition by more than double and students refused to accept... Read More

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July 30, 2014

Obafemi Awolowo University launches the first e-learning degree programmes in Nigeria

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Obafemi Awolowo University’s Centre for Distance Learning recently introduced the first eLearning solution of its kind in the country. Their eLearning solution is projected to increase the university student base drastically and provide opportunity for thousands of students to receive accredited undergraduate and post-graduate degrees each year. The program has... Read More

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OAU set to organize the biggest virtual entrepreneurship event in Africa

The Big 5: Obasanjo says he is “doubly qualified” to correct Buhari; OAU students cry out over incessant attacks | Other top stories

The YNaija Cover – the 17th of December

Just In: Sacked O.A.U. Lecturer, Professor Akindele pleads guilty to sex-for-mark allegation

Like OAU, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has dismissed a lecturer for sexual harassment

[The Injustice Blog] OAU sex for Mark: Professor Akindele bites the dust

The Late 5: Buhari approves extension of VAIDS deadline, Trump tells Russia to ‘get ready for missiles’, and other top stories

This is why ASUU should be blamed for the OAU ‘sex for marks’ scandal

Richard Akindele wanted sex for grades, a problem too many Nigerian students face

OAU suspends two SUG leaders over N3.8m fight

Opinion: Between EFCC and Former OAU Acting VC – When corruption becomes the bull

OAU students, workers force court to reverse ruling on former VC

Final year OAU student stabbed to death

OAU announce death of first class graduate on graudation day

[The Complaint Box] LAUTECH: Forever on strike?

OAU reopens after 2 months strike

Professor Anthony Elujoba is Acting-VC of OAU

Opinion: Perfecting the collapse of hemorrhaging administrative order

Rejoinder: Obafemi Awolowo University, between Wumi Raji and Adediwura Alawode

‘Arrest and prosecute our Vice Chancellor’ – OAU students cry out

Over 100 undergraduates ‘renounce cultism’ in OAU, UI during Adeboye’s crusade

Opinion: The suspension of Great Ife students’ union and other pertinent matters

Social Media Conference to hold in Obafemi Awolowo University

Policeman demands N15, 000 ‘motivation’ from victim to arrest robbers

OAU Centre for Distance Learning welcomes first set of e-students

@ErasmusIkhide: Great IFE students are heroes for booing the bully President

Afenifere blasts GEJ’s ‘belated efforts to woo Yoruba’

Ebola: OAU bars Liberian students from coming back to school

From Ikeja to Ile-Ife, we talk to students about why they are angry

Obafemi Awolowo University launches the first e-learning degree programmes in Nigeria

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