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OAU Staff Protest Five Months of Unpaid Salaries, Unfulfilled Agreements

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2024

Members of the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday to demand payment of five months’ worth of unpaid salaries and outstanding arrears. The protest, held on the university campus, saw

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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 and ensuring a more affordable education for all. A statement was released […]

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OAU receives multimillion-naira CAD/CAM world-class laboratory

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 21, 2024

The Mechanical Engineering Department laboratory at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has received a digital makeover with state-of-the-art equipment worth millions to help engineers and innovators. This improvement was made possible by the efforts of fintech executive Tosin Eniolorunda, who refurbished the laboratory to function as a Computer-Aided

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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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OAU medical students provide free healthcare services to Osun residents

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 25, 2024

On Saturday, the Ifumsa Health Awareness Club, an organ of the Obafemi Awolowo University Medical Students Association, gave free medical care to residents of Osun State’s Ifewara community. This free medical treatment was part of the club’s annual community outreach program, which strives to provide basic medical services to the less fortunate in society. This

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Reckless driver kills final year OAU student

Angel Ojonugwa August 24, 2024

OSUN (Sundiata Scholar) – A reckless driver on Thursday killed a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, throwing the institution into into a gloomy state. The victim, a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was at the school to submit her project when she was knocked down while crossing the […]

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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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OAU Research Team to hold validation workshop on how to end sexual and gender-based violence on campuses on Tuesday

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 5, 2024

A dissemination/validation workshop on research on ways to reduce Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) at Nigerian tertiary institutions will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The research is being carried out by a team of Dons from the University, with Prof. Oluyemisi Obilade, former Vice-Chancellor of […]

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OAU announces 2024 admission screening dates and UTME registration process

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

Obafemi Awolowo University has officially announced the registration dates for its 2024 admission screening exercise, which includes both UTME and Direct Entry candidates. The university stated that prospective students who choose OAU as their first choice and received a UTME score of 200 or more, as well as DE candidates, are eligible. The enrolment period […]

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Colleagues of OAU zookeeper killed by lion hold memorial service for him

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

Colleagues of the late Olabode Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist in charge of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s zoological park in Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was killed by a lion in the garden, held a memorial service for him on Monday. Olawuyi was killed by a lion at the zoological garden on Monday, February 19, while attempting […]

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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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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. […]