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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State is billed to continue his advocacy for the restructuring of the country at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement, on Sunday, that Govenor Dickson would deliver a…
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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…
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By Editor An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday remanded a 32-year-old woman, Victoria Odion, in prison charged with theft of a Toyota Camry car pending her bail application. The accused is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. According to the prosecution, the accused committed…
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Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, literally stood still last Wednesday when the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, came for a Special Miracle Service, a crusade organised by the Obafemi Awolowo Campus Christian Mobilisation Committee in collaboration with the Lagere branch…
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade a female student’s poor result. The university also appealed to the student to come forward to make a formal complaint against the lecturer. The Public Relations…
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