^^^^

na so we see am oooo. HE/She don step up.

@Jarus
I dey fear too oo. Imagine Ropo Ewenla was a member of Pacesetter movement. But he was never the president of SUG.

pcicero:

@ kamali
Abeg, no twist history oo. Ropo Ewela was never the president of the SUG. We were in ANA (association of Nigerian authors) together. I learnt he contested but he never won. Carl was before Tony Fash. There was no SUG election after Tony Fash until Vakama's election.

@st.domain
Yes, I knew. I saw your earlier post.we were same set.

Pcicero,

I heard Carl was president I think he was impeached and he invited cultist into school to fight for him.

Maybe Ropo Ewenla was some form of interim leader before real elections was held which he contested and lost

ola_pluto:

In all our celebrations, let us remember Obafemi Awolowo. When others were using the money from oil boom to build empires and strengthen caliphates, he build Cocoa house, NTA and Great Ife! Today, how many universities can compete with OAU's infrastructure?

The bolded can only succeed in detracting from the excellent celebratory mood that we have all along been enjoying about this great university; you are the first poster to come up with a comment that obviously verges on an unnecessary, provocative ethnic baiting.

It is a shame that you could not sing all those praises of Awo's visionary leadership of his people, which was acknowledged by all and sundry, without casting any uncharitable aspersions on other peoples' leaders, whom may be equally respected and revered by their respective peoples.

The usual suspects above me!

My first semester at Ife- April 1997

Entered Ife on April 28, 1997.   Was in H-4 Angola Hall, popularly referred to as 24-Mechanised Division (as a room meant for 9 students was occupied by 24 students/non students). Burkina was in the next room H-5 ( he was 'chucked' and later came back before becoming SUG President)

I learned to eat hot food in Angola as eating was communal. Once you lifted the food off the stove, everyone descended on it with various sizes of spoons; unless you could eat hot, you would starve!

Also, you had no bed-space to yourself, you slept wherever you found space when you came back to the room at night, even if it meant on top of other guys (nothing like 'homo' then)

I still remember folks who would leave the room in the evening ostensibly to read at Ajose, BOOC, Health Sciences,etc but would later be seen to be sleeping by other room mates , yet they would come back the next morning pretending to have studied overnight- Igi Iwe-Eso Odo.

After just a few weeks, we had Aluta in  (protesting school fees increase, which led to attacking Omole's turkey-loaded fridge in his house followed by MOPOL invasion) and were sent home. Then only the Jambites were allowed to resume first, pay the school fees, before other students were allowed back.

Also remember, we were asked to bring our parent to sign guarantees we would not be involved in trouble- there was a galore of 'rented parents' from Lagere or even older-looking students getting paid to be 'parents'

Now if you understand all I have been describing was just 1st semester of my first year, you can understand why some of us can never forget Ife. It was more than a school!

Dear Fellow Great Ife,

There are more than one thousand experiences in OAU.

a. SE NA VERY  COLD BREEZE BECAUSE OF THE VEGETATION AND MOUNTAIN THAT SURROUND THE HOSTELS.
b. THE CONGRESSES AT THE AMPHI THEATER and the AROS AT THE CONGRESSES  ARE UNFORGETTABLE
c.  Will exam hold palaver?.
d. the high level of religiosity in the campus
e. Awo common room mojo (pornographic film crisis)
f. The ever calm nature of Faj boys and ever troublesome nature of  awo boys.
g.the bold nature and openness of Prof Roger Makanjuola (professor were) .
h. the giragira nature of some of professors

ALOMA! ALOMA!! ALOMA!!!

MY FIRST BREAK FAST MEAL IN IFE WAS C6 AT NEW BUKA AND I SPENT N2.50K. VERY DELICIOUS AND SATISFIED.

WITH A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN MUSIC "GOOD MORNING JESUS, GOOD MORNING LORD" I CAN NEVER FORGET THIS PRAISE AND WORSHIP SONG EVEN TILL 2MRW.

I MET MY FIRST JAMBITE BABE IN CHANNEL 10 WHITE HOUSE.

THANK GOD FOR ECU AND AGAPE LOVE FELLOWSHIP.

OH MY LATE FATHER I MISSED YOU. I CAN NEVER FORGET THE DAY YOU DROPPED ME ON MY RESUMPTION DAY AT OAU IFE AND U WISHED ME THE BEST. YOU SPONSORED ME IN ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD.

WHAT A FATHER, MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE. AMEN.

I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY AT FAJUYI HALL WITH KEGITE CLUB'S SONG CHANTING AND MARCHING ON LIKE SOILDERS AT 5.00AM. I THOUGHT THEY WERE CULT BOYS AND I WAS AFRIAD.

IF WE ARE TO SHARE IFE EXPERIENCES NL WILL BE OVERLOADED.

HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE GREATEST IFE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Qh_fyVHFw

The link show some of the beautiful structures at Ife and also contains the school anthem. Kindly help me embed it

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Even though i am a uniben alumni,i wish 'OAU HAPPY 50 YRS ANNIVERSARY' and many more years of fruitfulness.

Remember those days when Legacy (SUG President) would come on stage at Amphi during Aluta. and commandeer ALL students. He had a larger than life personality. The attempt on his life on July 10 was tragic.There was hardly a week without at least a few days aluta. Cant count how many times i trekked on road one after school was shut down.
The solidarity among ife students anywhere in the world is renowned. Ife guys always help each and protect each other.
Recall how Wale Omole was terrorized by the students.
Recall fetching water at the stream behind moz (aka motherless babies home) early in the morning. Omo, this was a special treat for us A|ngola hall (aka animal kingdom) boys as we got to see the ladies without make up and padded bras.
Recall a particular Amala joint at old buka
I was a cool guy but after staying in Awo, i was never the same. The ARO there is legendary.
I really miss that school and really look forward to a revisit.

Happy Birthday Greatest Ife

loma:

The usual suspects above me!

My first semester at Ife- April 1997

Entered Ife on April 28, 1997.   Was in H-4 Angola Hall, popularly referred to as 24-Mechanised Division (as a room meant for 9 students was occupied by 24 students/non students). Burkina was in the next room H-5 ( he was 'chucked' and later came back before becoming SUG President)

I learned to eat hot food in Angola as eating was communal. Once you lifted the food off the stove, everyone descended on it with various sizes of spoons; unless you could eat hot, you would starve!

Also, you had no bed-space to yourself, you slept wherever you found space when you came back to the room at night, even if it meant on top of other guys (nothing like 'homo' then)

I still remember folks who would leave the room in the evening ostensibly to read at Ajose, BOOC, Health Sciences,etc but would later be seen to be sleeping by other room mates , yet they would come back the next morning pretending to have studied overnight- Igi Iwe-Eso Odo.

After just a few weeks, we had Aluta in  (protesting school fees increase, which led to attacking Omole's turkey-loaded fridge in his house followed by MOPOL invasion) and were sent home. Then only the Jambites were allowed to resume first, pay the school fees, before other students were allowed back.

Also remember, we were asked to bring our parent to sign guarantees we would not be involved in trouble- there was a galore of 'rented parents' from Lagere or even older-looking students getting paid to be 'parents'

Now if you understand all I have been describing was just 1st semester of my first year, you can understand why some of us can never forget Ife. It was more than a school!

Omo, you brought rented parents from Lagere . Chei, I brought my old man from lagos. Why u no tell me na

I remember Moz 101 (though I carried it), summary dismissal, ile lodu, every attempted attempt or attempt to attempt, Prof Wale Omo ole, igi iwe eso odo, Victor mojo (Awo operator), River moremi (when there's water scarcity), e jade e jeka bura wo oo, won tun tide oo, ewa day (during Awo Hall week), afin Roger, yan yan (Vakama's trademark), Have u eaten? (the perennial loser), GP mi ti jo oo (my GP has gone down the drain), burnt offering, risky burger+ kunu @ aluta market, Dr Pepper (when Coca Cola n others were banned), oppressor, lai wowe, aro nights in Awo, parliamentary sittings with unparalleled erudition and political sagacity (maybe the National Assembly should come and learn how to debate), the powerful congress of the then 25,001 Ife students (I usually considered myself as the 25001th student lol). It's just endless.

@ dayokanu, you are right. I think he was interim leader after the lifting of the ban before elections. Were you @ New Buka with Kazo Dosumu, Kola Afuwape and I think Korede the night before the killings? I rememeber I was at Kazo's table before going to Awo Hall.

I am a fresher and as such I am very elated to be among those who'll celebrate our admission alongside Ife's golden jubilee this year.
Now, if there is ever a lesson for me to learn from this thread yet, it is: never get involved in school politics no matter the excitements and gains

Ahaaa, I forgot fork n fingers, harsh harmattan weather, motion ground (love garden)

pcicero:

Ahaaa, I forgot fork n fingers, harsh harmattan weather, motion ground (love garden)

memories, What about A la carte and Banwill?

Congrat oau

Banwill, was seen as elitist back then.

Greatest Ife.

My Matric number - 912***, graduated in 1998. and No i wasnt studying Medicine.

They were the best times of times; they were the worst of times. 5 years no Geology department graduate and Matric every year! lol,

Congratulations to ALL Great IFE products.

pcicero:

@ dayokanu, you are right. I think he was interim leader after the lifting of the ban before elections. Were you @ New Buka with Kazo Dosumu, Kola Afuwape and I think Korede the night before the killings? I rememeber I was at Kazo's table before going to Awo Hall.

I wasnt I went to play Cashy and dem chop my money, after that I went to ODLT to read when I started hearing shots

Greatest IFe, how many can remember, LANRE LEGACY AS PRO, TOMI OLAGUNJU AS SEC AND VAKAMA PRESIDENT.Vakama wrote his will when DSM frustrated him, Angel of Chemistry, Dr Soriyan, Baba Kokoro ( he was given bad water to drink and held hostage at Awo Hall without food for 24hrs), Wale Omole(baba white), Wande Abimbola, Tony Fashayo (Baba Fash), Dr Dipo Fasuna, Fabro, Lanre Legacy (presido) where is he now? Africa, Sec Gen, May his soul continue to hunt his murderers , Can you remember OVATION NIGHT (best show ever on any Naija campus), who can remember AKIN REVO with no or little, Bode Oteniya, superb poster, Saburi, my boy, Mr Speaker, can't remember his name fair in complexion, jazz man, Perfecta Club, Aisec, Ponmo tioka behind pharmacy, Iya egin, Valentine in Ife is anoda thing entirely, moz to PG, Alumni, Moremi, HAVE U EATEN, BURKINA BUSTA RHYME,

, I have mag coming out in Pix on great ife, watch out

@Pcicero

Ropo Ewenla was choosen as an caretaker president after Carl was impeached.But he tries to manipulate himself to become the president.Carl did not bring cultist.Then there were hardly cultist in Ife.Those that fought against Carl's impeachment were student(known).One of them was the bad police in 'One Bad apple' series of super story

pcicero:

I remember Moz 101 (though I carried it), summary dismissal, ile lodu, every attempted attempt or attempt to attempt, Prof Wale Omo ole, igi iwe eso odo, Victor mojo (Awo operator), River moremi (when there's water scarcity), e jade e jeka bura wo oo, won tun tide oo, ewa day (during Awo Hall week), afin Roger, yan yan (Vakama's trademark), Have u eaten? (the perennial loser), GP mi ti jo oo (my GP has gone down the drain), burnt offering, risky burger+ kunu @ aluta market, Dr Pepper (when Coca Cola n others were banned), oppressor, lai wowe, aro nights in Awo, parliamentary sittings with unparalleled erudition and political sagacity (maybe the National Assembly should come and learn how to debate), the powerful congress of the then 25,001 Ife students (I usually considered myself as the 25001th student lol). It's just endless.

@ dayokanu, you are right. I think he was interim leader after the lifting of the ban before elections. Were you @ New Buka with Kazo Dosumu, Kola Afuwape and I think Korede the night before the killings? I rememeber I was at Kazo's table before going to Awo Hall.

Correct! Greatest Awoite!!

Attending Ife was one of the best moments I still relish on. I never had plans of attending Ife however, my 1st day on a visit to Ife changed my mentality. It was on thursday 15th July, 1999 barely 5days after the killing of Africa. I went with 3 other friends and we visited Awo Hall together. Only Godknew how those guys knew we were not students as they started singing "College boys". I really loved the Aro and I felt the urge to be a student in the University and to live in Awo Hall.
My 1st application to Ife did not sail through mainly because I was having a change of mind to attend UNIBEN because of my mentality then however, my dad was still positive that I would get the admission the following year and so was my uncle (both of them are economist who finished from UI and Ife respectively) who believed I sure would get admitted the following year because he felt my interest in studying economics was good and besides, that was the department he finished from and some of the lecturers were his friends.Truly, the following year, I gained admission.
The most interesting part was the way people read in Ife and most times, I saw myself as an unserious students. My roommates at a point kept telling my friends that they should warn me because this is Ife but then, I had this believe that I sure would make a 4point which I calculated were all Bs and it was always working for me. I remember having to queue up to get course cards signed and course forms endorsed, having to queue up to be called in and arranged during test, living a communual life style in a room which has made it more easier to tolerate everyone etc.
The embarassing one that still amuse me are: The day Fabayo pulled me into Expy's office and asked me to kneel down because I was at the faculty and my shirt wasn't tucked in. I quickly tucked it in and when he asked why I did not do that earlier, I tried explaining to him that I was putting on a baggy combat but he wouldn't understand. Another is the day one of my lecturers slapped a part IV guy thrice. Then I was in part II and I wanted to sign a class so in our usual manner, we lined up outside the lecturer's office who was to sign for us and some others too wanted to sign another class uplstairs and they lined up outside the lecturers office. I still don't know what that guy did but it was unfortunate he couldn't do anything because he was taking a part II class as a final year student which speaks volume of his ability. Lastly, the day we did my 1st test in Part II and we were outside ODLT waiting to be called in and a guy with an analogue matric number was called in and Fabayo said "a ti ba aye e je de ibi ti a fe baje de, bi o ti ko nkankan, a ma fun e ni A lo te yi". I was scared to my marrows that a lectureer could say such. I look back today and I am happy I passed through the school but sometimes, I keep praying things get better than it used to be.

Thouggh am nt a OAU product,dis celebration reminds me of one Hamed Shittu. He was my tutor at d famous ADAMS COACHING TUTORS in d heart of Oshodi. Learnt he holds a record of d highest cgpa ever,dnt know how true sha.

The CGPA story i cannot confirm.But Shittu was really a brilliant student from his Mafograms day.His elder brother graduated from Computer Engr.Myself and his elder brother were same set in IFE.He used to come and meet his pastor friend in our room in FAJ.

Yeah still recall vividly that he was from Mafogram, while I was in Oshodi Comprehensive high. He was very famous then in the whole of Oshodi/Mafoluku. Where on earth is he now!

If you google his name,you will probably be able to find his current location.His elder brother is in the UK now.

I congratulate Great Ife, but more importantly, my colleagues - The Golden FYBs, The Golden Jubilants e no easy, logba yii.
We are the golden graduates the country is waiting for. Others don't take it personal no be me write history. FYBs, its our year, lets celebrate in style!

I remember what led to the burning of all of Carl's property at Awo then.I remember when Awo boys caught Rogers Makanjuola(Jnr) and his other secret cult members.I remember how prof. Makanjuola(then he was CMD,OAUTH) came to Awo cafe to plead on behalf of his son.I remember him crying and shouting "YOU ARE TORTURING MY SON" at Awo buttery during interogation.I remember the "E KARO SIR,SE EMA FASO" women and their early coming call at FAJ.

I remember the intrigues and politicking that led to the emergence of Tony Fash as the President of the student union.I remember Agoi and his vision of being the president of the student union.The same politicking came to emergence during the election of Legacy.I remember how of older student talk of the Aluta of Adeola Soetan(SHOW)

SeunAero:

Thouggh am nt a OAU product,dis celebration reminds me of one Hamed Shittu. He was my tutor at d famous ADAMS COACHING TUTORS in d heart of Oshodi. Learnt he holds a record of d highest cgpa ever,dnt know how true sha.

Hamed was my set. Extremely brilliant, but he does not hold the highest GPA record, not even for our set, or his department. Simeon Adeponle had the best GPA for the 2002 graduating set, and he was in the same class (Chem Engr) with Hamed. Hamed is done with his Msc at Imperial, and works for Chevron in Nigeria.