Tag: OAU

A senior lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof Yinka Adegbeingbe, who was abducted on Sunday night near Ikire along Ife-Ibadan Expressway, has been released. Though details surrounding his release were still sketchy, Tribune Online gathered that he was in good condition and currently with the Police. The…

The Ooni of Ile-Ife, Osun State, has described as unfounded and illogical the allegation by the Obafemi Awolowo University that Ife indigenes poisoned the dam that supplies water to the university. The monarch of the ancient town, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, told PREMIUM TIMES that it is illogical for his people to…

A 26-year-old man, Oni Aro, who allegedly burgled a lecture theatre at the College of Health Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has been dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ile Ife. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, the accused committed the offence on November 2, 2018…

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have urged the Federal Government and the management of the institution to provide more accommodation for them on the campus. The call for more hostel accommodation follows reports of incessant robbery attacks on students residing off the campus. One of such…

The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Monday sentenced the former senior lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Richard Akindele, to six years for demanding sex to pass her student, Miss Monica Osagie. The presiding judge, Justice Maurine Onyetenu, passed the judgement after the former…

A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Arinola Olaiya, has emerged as the best graduating student in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences after obtaining 12 distinctions in her courses. The chairman of Ceremonials Committee of OAU 43rd combined 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 convocation ceremonies, Prof Oluseye Bolaji, disclosed this…

In its avowed commitment and zero tolerance against cultism and other anti social behaviors, the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has suspended six students of the Institution who confirmed their membership of a secret cult. It will be recalled that on Monday, 2nd of July, 2018, an…

By Sharon Fatogun   A former head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Professor Ademola Babalola, has been found dead in his residence. The remote cause of his death is yet to be known. His corpse was discovered some days after in…

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun on Thursday, struck out a case of alleged assault filed against five students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The presiding Magistrate, Ishola Omisade, struck out the case filed against Yedeji Samson, 20; Gbenga Oloniniran, 22, Jimoh Oladipupo, Adeniji John and Olajide Ademola…