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OAU SUG Announces Suspension of 50% Increase in Sundry Fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 23, 2024

The Student Union Government (SUG) of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has successfully secured a suspension of the proposed 50% increment in sundry fees. This decision comes after intense negotiations between the SUG and university management, aimed at easing the financial burden on students

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Oluremi Tinubu donates N1bn for restoration of OAU campus landscape

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 11, 2024

On Thursday, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the President’s wife, announced a N1 billion donation for the horticultural landscaping of the Obafemi Awolowo University campus in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Tinubu, who was visiting the university on Thursday for the unveiling of the 2.7-kilometre Senator Oluremi Tinubu Way, reminisced about the magnificent

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Rape and robbery victim not our student, says OAU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 28, 2024

On Tuesday, authorities at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, denied the viral news that one of their undergraduate students had been raped and robbed by a commercial motorcyclist known as Okada on the state’s Ife-Moro Road. The institution, through its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, issued a statement in Osogbo denying the news,

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Reckless driver kills final year student of OAU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 23, 2024

On Thursday, a reckless driver killed a final-year student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, casting a pall over the institution. According to Abiodun Olarewaju, the institution’s spokeswoman, the victim, a student in the Department of Foreign Languages, was on her way to the school to submit her project when she was knocked down while crossing

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6 universities receive accreditation for building programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 19, 2024

According to a communiqué released yesterday in Abuja by the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria‘s Registrar and Secretary, Adetunji Adeniran, six universities’ undergraduate building programmess have been approved for five years. The approved universities are Imo State University, Owerri; Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State; University of

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Why UNILAG and OAU can’t go below 200 admission cut-off mark — JAMB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has prohibited four Nigerian universities from admitting candidates who scored less than 200 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The UTME, which is conducted by JAMB, is the only acceptable examination for individuals seeking admission to Nigerian tertiary institutions. Though certain

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SGBV: Study reveals rampant sexual practices in ‘Ungoverned Spaces, Dark Spots’ of Nigerian tertiary institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 8, 2024

Despite increased advocacy and awareness of Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country, a baseline study conducted on the issue revealed that rampant cases of sexual harassment, rape, molestation, unprotected sexual activities, substance abuse, and commercial sex persist in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The study, conducted by a research team from Obafemi Awolowo

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OAU honours Yusuf Ali with research excellence awardScholarship

Angel Ojonugwa August 5, 2024

ILE IFE (Sundiata Scholar) – (Osun), The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has honoured one of its distinguished alumni, Prof. Yusuf Ali, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), with the academic research excellence award. The OAU Academic Research Excellence Awards 2024 (second edition) was held at the Oduduwa Hall of the university on Tuesday, in Ile-Ife. […]

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OAU SSANU joins nationwide protest over withheld salaries

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

ILE IFE (Sundiata Scholar) – Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch, on Tuesday staged a protest over non-payment of their four months withheld salaries. The Chairman of the branch, Dr Taiwo Arobadi, while addressing members during a one-day protest at the university Campus in Ile-Ife, said

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OAU amphitheatre ceiling falls, injures studentsOAU

Angel Ojonugwa May 20, 2024

ILE – IFE (Sundiata Post) – (Osun)A part of the ceiling of the Amphitheatre of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, collapsed on Thursday injuring eight students. reports that students were at the time of the incident receiving a morning lecture at the venue at Oduduwa Hall. The Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union […]

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Why certificate racketeering will be difficult to completely eradicate in Nigeria – Faborode

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 8, 2024

Prof Michael Faborode, former Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, has stated that it will be impossible for Nigeria to abolish certificate racketeering among Nigerian students studying at home or abroad. The don stated that he bases his opinion on the fact that most Nigerians, especially parents, now place greater value on negative things than […]

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OAU, FUTA SSANU, NASU branches comply with nationwide warning strike

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

Ile-Ife (Osun), Activities at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun, and Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), were on Monday paralysed as workers complied with the directive to embark on seven-day warning strike.reports that the seven-day nationwide warning strike was declared by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and

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FG suspends mining operations within OAU and surrounding areas over illegal activities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Mining activities within the university, its teaching hospital, and surrounding areas have been suspended indefinitely by the federal government, acting through Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr. Dele Alake, pending the conclusion of investigations into suspected illegal mining around Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching

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Nigeria loses N94 Billion annually on palm oil importation – OAU professor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

Prof. Kehinde Owolarafe of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife’s Department of Agriculture and Environmental Engineering disclosed on Tuesday that Nigeria loses an astounding N94 billion a year as a result of the importation of palm oil. During a one-day session on sensitization hosted by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osogbo, Prof. Owolarafe

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FUTA, OAU, FUT-MINNA get highest number of approved proposals in N5.1b TETFund research grants

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

The universities with the most accepted proposals for research grants from the N5.1 billion Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) include Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, and Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-MINNA). While 17 proposals were approved for FUTA, both OAU and FUT-MINNA had 16 proposals

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Fellowship alumni offers N1.6m scholarship to OAU students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

Over N1.6 million has been given by graduate members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Unification, a campus fellowship at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), to cover the cost of tuition for the school’s undergraduate students. The scholarship is for the 2022–2023 school year, the alumni stated in a statement on Monday. Through the Trustees of the […]

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OAU mourns as varsity loses past Deputy Vice Chancellor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The tragic death of Professor Christopher Olugbenga Ajila, the immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), has left Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, in mourning. Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, the Vice Chancellor of the University, described Prof. Ajila’s death as devastating. He said that Prof. Ajila was a well-known academic

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500-level student of OAU, Chisom Nwankwo dies in a car accident

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ILE-IFE (Osun) – The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), located in Ile-Ife, has announced that Chisom Nwankwo, a final-year student, died in a car accident on campus. The deceased was a Public Relations Officer at the institution and a student studying Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture said Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju on Tuesday in Ile-Ife. […]

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Next Edition of West African University Games to be Held at OAU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 2, 2023

The plans for Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, to host the upcoming West Africa Universities Games (WAUG) have been concluded. To ensure a smooth and successful sports festival, the institution has started renovating its sports facilities in advance of the event. The statement states, “WAUG, scheduled to commence on Friday, December 15, […]

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Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 1, 2023

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has released the admission list for the 2023/2024 academic session and it is made available on the school website. Interested candidates should check the admission list below to see if they have been shortlisted. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Admission list for the 2023/2024 academic session has been released. […]