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Another meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on Monday night without an immediate resolution of the dispute. The meeting which held at the Federal Ministry of Labour was to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. At least four other meetings have been held between both parties before Monday’s since the strike commenced on November 4. While addressing journalists, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said the meeting has been adjourned to December 17. Mr Ngige said the federal government is taking all necessary steps to address ASUU’s demands. ”Cosidering the implementation of memorandum of action which we agreed to in 2017. Some of the areas have been well complied with but some have not been dealt with,” he said. Speaking on the issue of short fall in salaries of some federal universities’ lecturers, Mr Ngige said ASUU had given a list to the accountant general’s office. ”We a...

• "There comes a time when silence is betrayal." - Martin Luther King Jr • "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr • "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr • "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe, you have to make it fall* - Che Guevara Ajose Gideon , A long time ago in the animal kingdom (just like George Orwell painted in his Animal Farm) , there was a disagreement between Mother Elephant and Father Elephant , the disagreement was based upon the sharing formula on who was to take the largest share when their children brought farm produce, this generated a lot of controversies and because of the greedy nature of Father Elephant, the family had to split.  Fast forward to the day that the king of the Jungle (The Lion) decided to award one of the offsprings of the Elephant Family, quarrel broke o...

Peter Oyebanji The department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife has suspended her students' association, Ife Architecture Students' Association (IFASA)  for misconduct by the students. This news agency gathered that the association was suspended sometimes in November for misconduct by the students. It was confirmed that the association was suspended pending the time that the investigative panel set up by the department will report their feedback. Speaking with our correspondent, the President of the association, Goodness Jesuola, confirmed the suspension and the reason for the suspension. "Yeah, the association was suspended. Reports got to the department that some of our students didn't conduct themselves properly in some of our past activities. So the department wants to investigate and give recommendations," he said. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that some students of the department were caught taking hard drugs which was one o...

The 'general' view of certain phenomena abstracted as common sense is a product of human experience borne out of social evolution. Such senses will continue to be common and rational in so far they fulfill the requirement of the period. On the other hand, they cease to make sense once they no longer conform with the evolving realities. Before a perspective can be declared a common sense, it must have been tested and proven correct not by just an individual or ruling sect in the system, it must be widely accepted by the people. The Nigerian Senator from Bayelsa, in defense of federal government's position of underfunding, stated that privatization of state owned and Federal institutions of the country is the solution to incessant strikes and underfunding of education in general. He proceeded with somewhat criminal analysis that privatization method is capable of attracting investors and improving quality of education, and at the same time, that the fund meant for education w...

Peter Oyebanji The Law Students' Society, Obafemi Awolowo Universit, Ile-ife has dissolved her  Students' Representative Council by a congressional resolution. Meanwhile, the election to usher in new SRC members has been slated to hold on Tuesday, 11th of December by 4pm at Old moot court. Recall that OAU Kilonshele reported  how the Gen Secretary and two other executives were reinstated in a congress after being indicted and punished by the SRC . The refutal of the decision by the SRC speaker was also reported by this agency. However, the society has dissolved the SRC and has also started the process of electing new honorables. This was made known in an article released by the electoral committee. "Pursuant to the constitution section 10(b) which says: Vacancies occurring however during the session shall be filled through bye-election to be conducted within a month of such occurrence." "In line with the provisions of the sacrosanct constitution of the Law Studen...

Peter Oyebanji The Speaker of the Law Students' Representative Council, Olawuni Tobi, has kicked against the resolutions reached in the congress that held on Thursday. At the congress, the impeached and suspended executives were reinstated unconditionally and also ordered the SRC to write an apology letter that will be published on a national newspaper and on all agencies on campus. It should be recalled that OAU Kilonshele reported how the General Secretary was impeached and how the Treasurer and Assistant General Secretary were suspended for one and three weeks respectively by the SRC. Their reinstatement by congressmen was also reported. However, in a conversation with our correspondent, Mr. Tobi revealed  that the resolution is against the LSS' constitution, rule of law and it's also undemocratic. "Have you heard it anywhere in the world that the parliament issued an apology letter for its resolution? No, it not done anywhere. It's as if you are telling the co...

The lies we tell to our own selves; It hurts the most. The truths we dare to tell us, They liberate. With a strong will of hope, and a feeling very close to desperation, I pick up my pen and tell this to my other half. The other half of me who is yet to come. The one who still waits to receive the final baton of my life and take the anchor. He’s the other half of me in ten, twenty or maybe two years. The future. The half of me I strongly hope in to succeed this present phase. I’m not the only one who should be writing this letter. Even you, dear reader, have yours to write. It’s a letter of reflection. Of accountability and hope in the future. It is relative in a way too. For some,their other half lies in years to come,and for others, decades might be the case. Without regards to the variation in the definitions of our future halves, I present to you my own letter. Dear Akin-David of the future, Good day man. What’s good? It’s me Akin of the present. I don’t get to write you all the ti...

PRESS STATEMENT As the ASUU strike continues, lecturers in Obafemi Awolowo University have been divided because of the factionalisation of the union in the University. The Education Rights Campaign while we do not encourage factionalisation, except when it is based on matters of principle of the struggle, decries the problems that the factionalisation has caused for the students of the campus. The long overdue strike to demand that the Federal Government honor an agreement that it willfully entered into to fund education is by all means justified on the principle of workers solidarity. The consideration of members of the CONUA to ensure stable academic calendar that students keep going to class and break the strike with the help of their worker members, is not only a betrayal of this principle but also a self defeating position. It is obvious that the students cannot be examined on the classes taken by the ASUU members who have decided not to come to class in compliance with the strike...

About 182 graduates will receive First Class degrees at the 43rd convocation of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, out of 13,492 graduating students. The chairman of the ceremonial committee, Oluseye Bolaji, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. Mr Bolaji, a professor, said that the convocation would involve graduates of the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions. He added that the event would hold between December 11 and 14. Mr Bolaji added that the convocation lecture entitled, “University Education in Nigeria: Revisiting the Ife Dream,” would be delivered by a retired professor of History and Second Republic senator, Banji Akintoye. The committee chairman also said exhibition of research activities carried out in the faculties and units of the university would be unveiled as part of the activities during the convocation. (NAN)

Peter Oyebanji The Congress of the faculty of Law students, Obafemi Awolowo University,  had  reinstated the General Secretary, Eluyera Dipo, the Treasurer, Adeagbo Folakemi and  the Assistant Gen Secretary, identified as Oladapo. The executives were reinstated unconditionally at a congress of faculty of law students held on Wednesday. OAU KILONSHELE learnt that after a sitting of the parliament last week, Mr. Eluyera  was impeached while Ms Adeagbo  and Mr. Oladapo were for one week and three weeks respectively on the basis of misappropraition of funds and for not availing to the LSRC's panel of investigation. Our correspondent gathered that Mr. Eluyera was indicted by the Law SRC on the basis of misappropraition of funds - a sum of ₦20,800, and was invited to the panel with four other executives which were, the president, the Public Relation Officer, the Assistant General Secretary and the Treasurer. According to the report released by the LSRC, the president ...

Alfred Olufemi Another meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on Tuesday night without resolving the lecturers’ dispute. The meeting which held at the Federal Ministry of Education was to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. At least two other meetings have been held between both parties before that of Tuesday since the strike began. The union embarked on the strike on November 4 over the poor funding of Nigerian universities and non-implementation of previous agreements by the government. Speaking with journalists after Tuesday’s meeting, the National President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said both parties are yet to reach a concrete decision. ”For now, we have started to discuss, we are yet to reach any concrete decision. Once we have more information, we will make ourselves available to the press,” he said. According to him, the meeting will reconvene very soon to continue negotiations. The...

Alfred Olufemi Despite partial compliance to the four-week old nation-wide strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of universities (ASUU), students have clamoured for a review of the Obafemi Awolowo University's academic calendar. The union of lecturers declared an indefinite strike action on November 4 over non-implementation of previous agreements by the federal government and demand for increased university funding. OAU KILONSHELE reported the controversy in OAU as lecturers, who are ASUU members, complied with the industrial action, while those under the aegis of Congress of Nigerian Universities' Academics (CONUA), a parallel union of ASUU, are against. "Our members are not under ASUU so they can't be part of the strike. We were not approached on the issue and cannot be part of the strike. Our members still respect statutory duties," CONUA chairman, Niyi Sumonu, told this media outfit. While academic activities have been put on hold in some departments li...

Peter Oyebanji The Accounting Students Representative Council, Obafemi Awolowo University has impeached the association's  director of socials, Oparinde Tobiloba Emmanuel popularly known as "Phardolee".   This  decision was made in a sitting held on Saturday after series of complaints by students as regard the unavailability of the department's jersey. Mr, Oparinde Tobiloba Emmanuel was impeached in line with article 7 section 3(a) of the association's constitution. In a report released by the representative council, it was stated that the decision was reached after evidences obtained showed that Mr. Oparinde Tobiloba was guilty of gross financial misconduct. "After the information and evidences obtained by the ASRC and the executive council  had been discussed, it became obvious to every member of the association present at the sitting that the D.O.S was guilty of gross financial misconduct." "Based on this, Honourable  Toxzyblack moved a motion fo...

Oladele Adeola and Dansabe Kuni The  Medicine Students News Agency held a memorial lecture in honour of Eyitayo Adeosun, a medical student who passed on in his final year on Saturday. Mr. Eyitayo was a lover of literature and the former Editor in chief of the Medivoice(Medicine Students News Agency). The event, which was also aimed at reviving the legacy and passion of the deceased, featured alot of students writers from OAU campus, especially those from the News agency. Other dignitaries present were Ayobami Adebayo, the author of "Stay with Me", Miss Adeosun, a family member of the deceased and a representative of the Dean Faculty of Clinical Sciences. The guest speaker, Dr. Dami Ajayi, stated that life is memorable when you live a legacy no matter your profession, discipline and life view. And that the beautiful thing about it all is that "there is an existence through literature. "Through Literature, we are meant to live over and over again in the memory of men ...

"The desperate opposition party view  it as a good opportunity to leverage on so as to increase their scorecard against the 2019 imminent election whilst the incumbent still reels out their usual lines of rhetorical statement." Some weeks ago, a major proportion of our dear country's defense hub was fatally crush by counter insurgents. A handful number of the Nigerian young soldiers were reported to have been sent to their unwanted early grave. The mainstream media led the trail of breaking the unforeseeable tragic news to the populace. Some of the reports reads that over  hundreds of the military men lost their lives although the military, in their usual manner refuted the claim of the media houses without  a substantial internal estimates. The timeline of the report by the Nigerian military is something left to be questioned, it more or less a brazen thing that an external body should have a more accurate and timely information about our military men than themselves, it...