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Peter Oyebanji  Senator Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, on Wednesday, condemned the legislative arm of government over delay in budget passage in Nigeria. The federal lawmaker made his comments in the  lecture organised the National Students' Legislative Council (NSLC) hosted by the Faculty of Law,  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, to commemorate his 50th birthday. The event titled "Nigeria yesterday, today and tomorrow: The adequate effect of legislation on the Nigerian economic system" was attended by dignitaries like Comrade Dare Eluyemi, Honourable Folorunsho Bamisayemi of Ife South constituency, Vice Dean of OAU Faculty of Law, Dr Adeleke Olugbenga,  and some other speakers. Speaking at the event, Senator Omoworare noted that there is something wrong with the legislative arm of government. "If the legislative arm of government can hold on to the budget for months, then there is something wrong with th...

Education Television Nigeria Limited, Obafemi Awolowo University which has her tentacles spread across different institutions in Nigeria aims  at creating an academic platform where the voice of both students and lecturers will be heard, ease learning activities through the use of online video and also develop students who have passion for broadcasting to be a good resource for outside world.  Anticipate the official launching of first Educational Television across Nigeria Tertiary Institutions.  The theme "THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN PRESENT DAY NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM" And we all know that the technology plays pivotal roles in current educational system in the country. Let's all grace this launching  and see how our distinguished  speakers would dissect the issue with plausible benefits and advantage technology provides in present day educational system. Our Invited guests include: 👉 Special Guest of honour,  Mallam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Educ...

Peter Oyebanji The Accounting Students' Representative Council in the sitting held on Saturday, suspended three members of the executive council.  The suspended executives include the Public Relations Officer,  Osotimilehin Adegbolahan, the Sports Director,  Adewunmi Olalekan and the Librarian, Olajuwon Jeremiah Joy. In a report released by the council hours after a short broadcast released notifying the students of the suspension, the reasons for their suspension were explained. It started when Mr. Osotimilehin was told to refund and follow due process in expending an amount of N12,000 on the composition of the association's anthem. A motion moved according to a section of the constitution was then unanimously agreed to after the PRO was accused of disrupting the sitting. After the resolution, the Mr. Osotimilehin caused a commotion which led to contempt of the house. The PRO who has previously depicted this act was suspended for two weeks based on a motion adopted by th...

E-portal news. This is  to inform all undergraduate students that 2017/2018 Rain Semester Late Registration ends on Monday 29th October, 2018 by 11.59pm. The Printing of Course Form starts thereafter. Thank you.

Adejumo David He used to be the light. The shining star. The one who everybody wanted to be around. He was the ever smiling "father" Christmas. The instant girl's charm. He was bright and elegant. Bold and constructive in his approach to things. Maybe that was why. He was not afraid to be around people. He wasn't the one to stammer at the glance of a mermaid. He wasn't scared to answer the next available maths question in a class that has five of his most intense crushes deeply rooted in chairs few meters from his. Maybe that was why. He was the one to get things done. He was the one who executed almost everything that comes to mind to do. But that wasn't really why he was like that. He wasn't a star just because he saw himself as one. He was a star basically because he surrounded himself with people who constantly reminded him he really is. Of how priceless a jewel he is to them and to everybody that cares to take a bite of his awesomeness. He wasn't ...

Adeyemi Aishat [L-R] Akanho Olanshile and Komolafe Tolulope. Following the Faculty of Arts Students' Association (FASA) forthcoming election, the National Association of Philosophy Students (NAPS) had conducted a primary election amongst two students of the department aspiring for the presidency of the faculty. In the primaries held on Thursday, Komolafe Tolulope (Toluano) and Akanho Olanshile (Shile) contested during a Congress of students.  Mr Olanshile was later announced the winner of the election after polling 45 votes ahead of his opponent. According to the chairman of the committee, Akande Taiwo Oriyomi, the total number of vote was 250;  23 votes was void, Mr. Tolulope had 91 votes while Mr. Olanshile polled 136 votes.  OAU KILONSHELE correspondent gathered that  the election was held sequel to the decision of the department  to massively support a candidate for the forthcoming FASA election. In a conversation with both contestants, the two confirmed tha...

Alfred Olufemi In the wee hours of Thursday, a grey coloured Toyota Camry conveying five persons from New Bukka area of Obafemi Awolowo university to the school gate, somersaulted due to brake failure. According to an eyewitness account, it was  gathered that the car somersaulted twice along Road 1 of the school campus. Meanwhile, OAU KILONSHELE gathered that no injury was sustained and no life was lost to the bad occurrence but the car was damaged. When our correspondent visited the scene, the school security officers were present and it was made known that before the car can be allowed to be taken out of the school, a fine for the damaged flowers (Five thousand naira) has to be paid. One of the victims, who was identified as Osupa, stated that he came to visit his younger sister, who is a student. Another victim explained to our reporter that she was shocked and suspected that the brake of the car failed, which led to the vehicle somersaulting off the road. "I'm surprised an...

Alfred Olufemi, Peter Oyebanji Medical and Dental students in Obafemi Awolowo university, have objected to resolution of the Association of Provosts Colleges of Medicine (APCOM) to introduce Professional Training Fees for Medical and Dental students in Nigeria. OAU KILONSHELE gathered that APCOM, following a meeting held on September 18, approved N75, 000.00   for the 200 - 300 level students and N85, 000.00   for 400 - 600 level students per academic session as Professional Training Fees. It should be recalled that despite several protests staged by medical students in University of Ibadan's , the approved fees was adopted in the school in April. Meanwhile, in a meeting of Student Representatives and OAU College of health sciences administrators held on October 17, the Provost, T.K Ijadunola, stated that the 85,000 naira levy is as a result of financial challenges battled in federal colleges of medicine including OAU's. "The current training of medical students is bankr...

E- portal news The OAU-ICT driven Knowledge Park (OAK-Park), Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE), Obafemi Awolowo University in collaboration with Academy Halogen (a subsidiary of Halogen Security Company) recently held a one day symposium in Lagos, Nigeria with the central theme on Digitizing Nigeria. The symposium is a follow-up to an earlier one, held on March 14, 2018. Speaking at the event, the OAU Chairman of Council and Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi stressed the resolve of the University Council to create an enabling environment for academia-industrial partnership to thrive. In his own remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. E.O. Ogunbodede highlights some of the strides being made by the University consequent on the collaboration between the University and the Industry. The VC specifically mentioned the proposed pan of the University to establish a School of Media and Communication. The ACE Co-Centre Leader and Dean, Faculty of Technology, OAU, Prof. Sola Aderounmu introduced the...

Alfred Olufemi Despite past exploits in the sports world, the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has announced that none of the team sporting events will be participating in the 2018 edition of the West African University Games (WAUG) championship. WAUG, the Olympics Games of West Africa students and the most competitive games among West African students, is a two-week events scheduled for 0ctober 31 and the 2018 edition will hold in University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). The university has a vibrant sports culture greatly motivated by an expansive sports centre and having hosted 3 editions of Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) championships in 1970, 1984 and 2013. According to the Director of the university sports' council, Abu Adamu, in a meeting of all athletes held on Sunday, the team events were dropped as a result of financial constraints. "We tried our best for our athletes to participate as   some of the teams were earlier informed that they w...

   E-portal news On December 8, 2018, Obafemi Awolowo University will play host the world’s largest students’ competition- Hult Prize. Students at Obafemi Awolowo University are gearing up to make it to the finals of the Hult Prize – one of the top 5 ideas in the world featured in Times Magazine and dubbed the Nobel Prize for Students. With over 100,000 undergraduates and postgraduates from 150+ countries involved, the Hult Prize in partnership with the United Nations, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Hult International Business school is the world’s largest startup accelerator for the launch of for-good and for-profit business ideas emerging from universities around the world through pitching of business ideas, starting with each campuses hosting their respective On-campus competitions. The winner of the intra-campus event will automatically advance to compete in one of the 25 regional finals happening around the world. The goal is to reach the accelerator in New York wh...

Peter Oyebanji The students' union action committee of Obafemi Awolowo University has decided to make a move on regaining the consciousness of the students. In a meeting held on Friday, the committee, chaired by Gbenga Oloniniran, highlighted the fact that the rate at which students are becoming nonchalant about union issues is on the high side. A member of the committee, Samuel Oladunni, proffered that the action commitee, in a bid to raise the consciousness of the students, should start by pasting circulars and engaging students in different halls of residence. Mr. Oladunni's submission was backed by another member who included that the committee can increase students' participation in students' unionism by holding gatherings in halls of residence. He stated that that the gathering should start from Angola and Mozambique halls of residence. The committee arrived at the resolution that the resuscitation exercise will commence next week with immediate pubicity and also ...

 Dansabe Kuni A room in one of Obafemi Awolowo University's (OAU) finest hostel facility was gutted with fire on Tuesday evening and every properties in it got burnt. OAU KILONSHELE gathered that a cooking gas cylinder in one of the rooms in Alumni female hostel, caught fire at about 7:00pm on Tuesday and all efforts of students and fire service men to quench the fire was unyielding. Although no life was lost to the fire accident, properties and personal belongings such as; phones, laptop, food stuffs, beddings, bags, clothes, academic materials, and some household materials, were completely burnt down. In a visit to the affected part on Thursday, OAU KILONSHELE witnessed the relics of the burnt properties and belongings in the room, thus leaving the occupants with nothing, other than the clothes they wore and some with their mobile phones. While speaking with this newspaper, a student, Olarotimi Olajumoke, who stays close to the affected room, stated that four of the occupants of ...

By Peter Oyebanji I have seen a lot of articles about indecent dressing and look, all being nice but with huge respect, they have also been myopic. There has hardly been a thought of digging deep into the issue of indecent dressing, even some educated youths have conformed to the stereotypes about indecent dressing and look. I have always had the thought that the problem we have when it comes to branding a dressing or look indecent are the misconceptions about the word itself, it got confirmed this session after witnessing and being a victim of these misconceptions. Educated folks are hugely guilty of this, because there is a particular way in which they treat issues concerning indecent dressings like those stereotypes we have been fed with are facts. You’ll see lecturers sending students out of classes because of their own incomprehension, with the usual pride with which they put up. The thing about this is that it has gotten overly thanks to Armed forces, Lecturers, Parents, differen...

Alfred Olufemi The Obafemi Awolowo University sports' council has announced that the screening exercise for 2018/2019 admission through sports has been scheduled for October 22, 2018. According to the public announcement obtained by OAU KILONSHELE, all prospective candidates should please note that there is no restriction on any sport or anyone as it will be opened to all. Date - Monday, 22nd of October, 2018 Time - 9am Venue - Sport Complex, OAU Also, candidates are instructed to come with their JAMB result, O level result, Post UTME result and sports Kits. Candidates are to send in their Names, Numbers and Sports to the enquiry number for registration and also enjoined to come with a brilliant smile and high spirit as they do what they love best. However, only JAMB candidates that passed the Post UTME exercise with at least, 50℅ and Direct Entry students with Upper Credits, will be attended to. For enquires, contact Olami on 08060272762

Dansabe Kuni Former President  Olusegun Obasanjo has given insights on job opportunities for youths, particularly in the agricultural sector, as a way of bringing an end to the problem of unemployment in the country. The erstwhile President, while speaking at a job fair in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Thursday spoke on the topic; "unemployment in Nigeria: The Way Out".  He stated that there are job opportunities all around the country, especially at the agro businesses. "Being a sole business person in the agricultural business, I had discovered the great job opportunities in agriculture." Mr. Obasanjo owns one of the largest farms in Nigeria, located in Sang-Ota area of Ogun state with varieties of poultry, livestock and food products. As gathered by OAU KILONSHELE, one of Mr. Obasanjo’s farms was one of the sixteen businesses that were shut down for defaulting in the payment of the environmental development levy to the Oyo state government in September....

Peter Oyebanji Obafemi Awolowo University has started releasing cut-off marks for 2018/2019 admission and so far, different faculties have released their own Cut-off marks. OAU Kilonshele provides the cut-off marks in details. Faculty of Administration: Business Administration Merit - 61.7% Ondo - 58.7% Ogun - 58.5% Osun - 59.6% Oyo - 60.5% Ekiti - 56.0% Lagos - 54.5% ELDS - 61.7% Accounting MERIT - 68.8% Ondo - 65.2% Ogun - 66.0% Osun - 67.3% Oyo - 67.1% Ekiti - 65.1% Lagos - 60.3% ELDS - 52.5% International Relations Merit - 62.5% Ondo - 60.1% Ogun - 60.7% Osun - 60.5% Oyo - 61.2% Ekiti - 56.5% Lagos - 53.8% ELDS - 55.9% Public Administration Merit - 56.7% Ondo - 52.6% Ogun - 55.1% Osun - 55.2% Oyo - 55.5% Ekiti - 52.7% Lagos - 56.7% ELDS - 52.4% Local Government Studies Merit - 51.5% Ondo - 51.5% Ogun - 51.5% Osun - 51.5% Oyo - 51.5% Ekiti - 51.5% Lagos - 51.5% ELDS - 51.5% Faculty of Art Dramatic Arts Merit - 62.2% Ondo - 58.1% Ogun - 60.2% Osun - 61.5% Oyo - 61.3% Ekiti - 58.6% La...

By Gbenga Oloniniran Von The Nigerian government is yet to provide the most brilliant of her Professors of Economics, Finance or Commerce to defend the idea of 350,000 naira and above increment  in tuition fees and "Education Bank' idea as proposed to ASUU to be the panacea to the underfunded education sector. Economically, the question of student/parents affordability of the proposed amount is readily self-defeating and dead on arrival. Hence, the focus lens is on the 'educational bank loan' which seems to be the government's last card to be exhausted to support their agenda. By virtue of instance, a student would be meant to obtain a loan of 500, 000 naira amounting to 2million naira or 2.5million naira to complete a four to five year program in a tertiary institution. By the virtue of the self-defeating economic  affordability of this amount, an instance average of 60, 000 students out of about 70, 000 students of UNIBEN as example would be indebted of 120 billi...

OAU KILONSHELE  The Chairman of First Bank plc, Ibukun Awosika and the founder of Jobberman, Opeyemi Awoyemi, have been invited as guest speakers in the First Bank's sponsored entrepreneurship programme scheduled for October 5 and 6 at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. As gathered by this News agency, Tobechukwu Victor, popularly known as Peruzzi  and Aboriomoh Raymond, also addressed as Dremo, have been booked to perform at the 2-day event, which will hold in Oduduwa hall of the university. Speaking with  OAU KILONSHELE, one of the partners of First Bank plc in the programme, the President of Economics departmental association (NESAOAU), Gbolagun Ezekiel, stated that the 2-day event is free with lots of knowledge to gain. He said that the organizers are sure to give lots of food to the students to keep them far from being hungry as the programme will commence by 10am on Friday and 9am on Saturday. "Several gift items and souvenirs to be given out in both days and seve...

 OladeleAdeola So it's another year again, in fact, the 58th when Nigerians celebrate independence, freedom from colonialism. But the question remains the same over the years. Are we really free? What has changed since 58 years ago? Where exactly is Nigeria heading to? Was independence actually the best the nationalists that initiated and sacrificed for the fight had to opt for? Well, maybe it was what they thought will be the best for Nigerians. Before 1960, we were bound in the chains of colonialism from the white who preached good intentions in disguise of the evil they have in heart. They exploited the lands flowing with milk and honey, manipulated the leaders and followers have no choice than to succumb. They committed one of the greatest crime to humanity- enslaved us. Nationalists rose to change the story to make us independent and stand firm on our own. They fought relentlessly and even sacrificed lives to make us stand out as the  giant of Africa. The fight was not in...