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moderators, I know FP is very sacred but if you can support the cause of OAU Students and the writer, it will be great

Dear Sir,

OPEN LETTER TO OAU VC, PROF BAMITALE OMOLE
Greetings to you sir, I hope this meets you well.
I am highly glad to write this letter addressed to your person as I have taken it upon myself to intimate you about some happenings on OAU Campus since I know you are not aware of such happening because I trust that if you were aware you would have taken swift action to rectify the issues am about to raise but I understand you,since even Buhari has no singular knowledge of happenings in Nigeria since he isn't so close to Nigeria, same with you sir, since you are not so close to students am not surprised that you have not done some important things.
I have also decided not to include my name not because am afraid but I do not seek cheap popularity from this article rather I want you to read and act.
Thank you in advance Our great VC.
Sir, I know you are not aware of the bad shape of hostels the inhuman conditions of living even after increase in school fee , I want to believe that you must have signed a huge amount towards renovation of hostels but those you sent the message to renovate must be the reason for the delay in hostels renovation, I recommend that you should personally pay hostels visit to see the ghetto conditions there.
Since you have a good working relationship with students I will implore that you should personally visit Awolowo hall, since a leader should at least check on his followers , am saying this because I believe for you to spend millions on the new senate building definitely we should expect a reciprocal improvement in hostels, atleast students paid almost 100000 naira expecting better welfare and we can see nothing now, kindly call your workers who you must have awarded hostel renovation to, to order, they are doing nothing.
I know you are not aware so I need to tell you, I trust that if you were aware you would have acted as every leader should.
Sir, I need to tell you that we don't have lecture theaters in OAU, since you increased the fee by almost 200 percent I think multiplier effect should have taken place but it took place badly as we are retrogressing, I want to tell you sir that our lecture theaters encourage mass failure, we have not seen any change since the increment, water, light now fluctuates.
All this things now go against financial ethics and economic principles, remember one of the reasons why you said the increment of fee was necessary is the fact that you think OAU needs modern facilities but they cost much, sir we have not seen the new facilities or perhaps those who should put them to use in our halls, labs, lecture theaters have refused to do that, sir why don't you instruct them to do so since you have the powers.
Vice Chancellor sir, also quality of lectures have dropped, even when we did not agree to fee hike you implemented it and now we are rather suffering damage than good .
I hope to see you acting soon at least now that I have told you what you did not know before, we should see change, if half of what will be spent on the titanic ship ( New Senate building) will be spent on hostels, I will be glad since students are also stakeholders on OAU Campus.
Thanks in advance.

Signed
Concerned Great Ife Student, Larrysam

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fynestboi

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Press Statement:
State of Education In Nigeria; A Gunless Boko-Haram

Over the years Nigerian Students have been grappling under the effect of constant strike actions, delayed future, lackadaisical behaviors of lecturers, lack of learning facilities, Mismanaging managers, egocentric leaders etc All this abnormalities can be said to be a reason for the decadence of a sector that is meant to be a sustaining factor of any country in the 21st century .

It is disheartening that over the years Nigeria has been accused of producing half-baked and below standard graduates, little wonder that no university can boast of been among the best 200 in the world, yet we call ourselves giant of Africa.
Nigeria is blessed no doubt with intellectuals but what has becloud our sense of duty is more of corruption than lack of resources. It is important to note that in the early seventies, learning was worth it all after all facilities were present and there was the right attitude to learn, then the word 'half baked graduates never existed'.


Our so called top and leading institutions are nothing but advanced secondary schools, some that still boast of quality only live in the glory of time past, the adage "in the land of the blind, one eyed man is always the king" applies fully to Nigeria. The current state of our lectures environment starting from hostels to lecture theaters are nothing but advanced prisons, the only difference between prisons and Nigerian hostels can be traced to freedom of movement, what do you say about 3000 students receiving lecture in a 500-seaters lecture theater?
What do we say about hostels that are not with good facilities yet lecturers live in luxury.

Our educational system has now come to the state where our lecturers don't bother to teach again, they leave students to their fates and to some people even lecturers of 21st century in Nigeria know nothing, hard but they maybe right.
Decadence in the education sector can be traced to mismanagement of little funds available for the sector especially in our higher institutions of learning,
Insincerity of government over the years is also responsible for the failure of this sector, it is disheartening that government has refused to properly fund education 'Nigeria's future' , any country that cannot invest in education has nowhere to go, has no future in the real sense.
It is very obvious that key stakeholders over the years have failed to go back to the drawing table to map out sincere strategies that will aid education sector, commonsensically one would have expected our renowned corrupt university, polytechnic, colleges of education and various institutes' management to understand that sinking the future of Nigerian education is like sinking the future of Nigeria.

In Nigeria, we have become comfortable traveling overseas to study and even pride ourselves in it, nobody is thinking of making Nigerian varsities worth coming sometime soon, political leaders easily boast of having their kids in England, when all they want is for their families to have qualitative education while Nigerian youths should not.
Probe of the Nigerian Universities management is undebatable at this point in time, they should be held responsible for not even handling the little funds at their disposal well, many institutions have increased fees but quality of education has failed to improve hereby going against law of economics and financial ethics .



WAY FORWARD
A review of our educational policies should be done, most of them do not fit into the present day realities
... An audit of accounts of all higher institutions of learning in Nigeria
.... A probe of higher institution(s) administrations in Nigeria
... A productive funding of the education sector in Nigeria
.... Engaging of student bodies on possible ways of revamping education sector in Nigeria
..... Review of learning curriculums in Nigerian varsities
.... A national tour of higher institutions of learning to ascertain the level of their decadence.


We believe in spite of all present challenges, Nigeria has a future.
God bless Nigeria.
Cc:
Nigerian Guild of Editors
Nigerian Union of Journalists
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Information
All state commissioners of Education
University Management(s)
Polytechnics Management(s)
Colleges of Education
Management (s)
Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
Non-Academic staff Union of Universities
National Association of Nigerian Campus Journalists
Economic and Financial Crimes commission



Signed
Olanrewaju Oyedeji
National Chairman, NANCE

Abdul Shehu
Secretary General

Akintola Lukmon
Head,support Team


NANCE Decries State Of Nigerian Education, Proffers Solutions

http://www.oaupeeps.com/2015/11/nance-decries-state-of-nigerian.html

#OAUpeeps #NANCE
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Fynestboi

CCC: chief seun Osewa

sukkot:
am sure siasia can afford it. he dont need the govt. pay the money siasia you stingy sucker

did u kidnap his mother ?
your comments looks like that of angry kidnapper.

Nigerian police will have to keep tabs on you

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moderators, you want make I take all of Una to court ni, se make I go boil stone before this thing will make front page koda na

macof:
the same south east that complain of sanitation and road problems on the news? U can lie

Instead of u to hold ur Governors responsible you are shielding them for ethnic resentment

moderators, you want make I take all of Una to court ni,
se make I go boil stone before this thing will make front page
koda na

cc:lalasticlala FP na

Olanrewaju Oyedeji




Mohammed Fawehinmi, eldest
son of the late foremost legal
practitioner, Gani Fawehimi,
has lambasted the governors
of Oyo, Ondo and Osun states
over their alleged failure to
develop the states.
He specifically demanded the
impeachment of the governor
of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi,
by the state House of
Assembly.
Mr. Fawehinmi stated this on
Thursday while delivering a
lecture at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Osun State.
The lecture, entitled “Youths
Impact in Free and Fair
Elections,” which was second
in the series, was organized in
honour of the legal
practitioner, who died in
September 2009.
According to him, the three
south west states have
remained at the same level of
decadence because of the
refusal of the governors to
make any meaningful impact
since the governors assumed
office.
“Oyo State is a shadow of
herself from what it used to
be,” Mr. Fawehimi said.
“Everywhere is very bad and
it is something that is
unbecoming, I clamour for
impeachment of Oyo state
Governor Ajimobi”
“Since he is incapable he
should be impeached from the
government. The last few
years in Oyo has been very
bad. I passed through the
place and I was unhappy.”
He also said there had been
no major improvement in the
State of Osun under Governor
Rauf Aregbesola, “except that when I got
to a part of the state I saw a new statue;
everything looks unchanged, nothing so
new or no improvement.”
He also accused Governor Olusegun
Mimiko for alleged “underperformance.”
Mr. Fawehinmi said but for the efforts
made by the students of the university,
his father would have died without
earning the title of Senior Advocate of
Nigeria.
According to him, it was the students of
the institution who awarded the late
lawyer the title “Senior Advocate of the
Masses,” that they now conferred on him
the prestigious title of SAN.”
He said, “My father would have died a
man without the apex title and would
have being robbed of what he deserves if
not for the effort of OAU Students.
“Nobody knows the role OAU students
played; it would have been miserably
painful for my family.”
Mr. Fawehinmi also accused OAU
management of falling below standard
and not paying attention to areas of needs
of the university.
He claimed that the institution had lost its
glory and could not boast of the standards
it was known for.
“I went to the hostels in your school
(OAU) and it is a shame. When I saw the
living conditions of students, it is even
dangerous for your health as students. It
is time to call the attention of the Federal
Government to the sorry state of this
school.”
The President of OAU Students Union,
Omotayo Akande, criticized the
administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari over its plan to pay N5000 to each
unemployed Nigerian youth.
He said, “We have lots of decadence in
the education sector that needs attention
and all the president can think of is
investment of over one trillion naira in
paying young unemployed graduates,
does he mean graduates are worth just
N5000? He is only compounding woes of
Nigerian youths.”

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/193491-gani-fawehinmis-son-slams-swest-governors-over-alleged-underperformance.html

www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/16/campus-editors-unveil-national-body-today/

Lukmon Akintola / Ile -Ife
Student Editors in Nigerian tertiary
institutions will officially unveil a national
guild of campus editors ’ association,
which is tagged National Association of
Nigerian Campus Editors ( NANCE ) on
Monday, 16 November .
The association which is aimed at having
a unitary voice among all campus editors
will be unveiled by 11 : 00 am across the
country and will mark a milestone in the
history of Nigerian campus journalism .
Speaking to our correspondent , Oyedeji
Olanrewaju , the Chairman of NANCE and
student Editor at Obafemi Awolowo
University , Ile- Ife , expressed gratitude to
the founders of NANCE for making it a
reality.
“ I ’ m so happy that NANCE has become a
reality, we have always thought of it but
today we are officially unveiling the
national body of this great association of
Nigerian campus pen -pushers .
“ Basically , NANCE is borne out of the
necessity to empower student journalists
especially editors who have been major
players in the media sector over the years .
It is also a major aim of NANCE that
campus editors all over the country
contribute their own quota to Nigeria ’s
development,” he stated .
Olanrewaju also noted that “ Today is a
historical day for all campus editors and
campus journalists . At different regional
offices and even the head office here on
OAU campus , a small ceremony will be
conducted to mark the official unveiling of
NANCE ” .
Also commenting on this memorable day
for NANCE members is Chukwu Daniel , the
Vice Chairman of NANCE and a campus
editor at the University of Lagos , who
commended NANCE as a great innovation
and also made it known that NANCE will
ensure unification among campus
journalists .
“ First and foremost , I will like to say that I
am very proud to be part of this great
innovation and I am equally proud to be
given the privilege to serve in this
capacity . The official unveiling that will be
done today is mainly to give NANCE the
widest possible publicity.
“ A lot of things contributed to the
formation of NANCE . Chief is the fact that
Campus Journalism has thrived beyond
what we use to have . Hence , the need for
coordination of all tertiary institutions in
the country becomes necessary. This will
not only add impetus and quality to
reportage of events across campuses , but
will also give us that one voice we have
always craved ” he explained .
It has been gathered that NANCE presently
has membership in 20 varsities which cut
across the six geo -political zones of the
federation .
NANCE head office is in OAU Ile -Ife , while
South-west regional office is situated in
University of Ibadan.
The North regional office will be situated in
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and South-
eastern regional office will be situated in
University of Nigeria , Nsukka , and the
South-South regional office will be situated
in University of Port Harcourt.

NANCE; CAMPUS EDITORS' OFFICIALLY UNVEIL NATIONAL BODY TODAY
LUKMON AKINTOLA

Student Editors in Nigerian tertiary institutions are all set to officially unveil a national Guild of campus editors' association, which is tagged National Association of Nigerian Campus Editors (NANCE).

NANCE, which is mainly aimed at having a unitary voice among all campus Editors, will officially kick-start operation today.

The official unveiling of NANCE will be done at all tertiary institutions in Nigeria today by 11am, and will mark a milestone in the history of Nigerian campus journalism.

Speaking with our correspondent was Oyedeji Olanrewaju, the Chairman of NANCE and a student Editor in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the crematory for making NANCE a reality and also made it known that NANCE is all set to contribute her quotas to the development of this country.

“Am so happy that NANCE becomes a reality, we have always thought of it but today we are officially unveiling the national body of this great association of Nigerian campus pen-pushers.

“Basically, NANCE is borne out of the necessity to empower student journalists especially editors' who have been major players in the media sector over the years. It is also a major aim of NANCE that campus Editors all over the country to contribute their own quotas to Nigerian development” he stated.

Olanrewaju also noted that “Today is a historical day for all campus editors and campus Journalists at large. At different regional offices and even the head office here on OAU campus, mini ceremony will be done to mark the official unveiling of NANCE”.

Also commenting on this memorable day for NANCE members was Chukwu Daniel, the Vice Chairman of NANCE and a campus Editor from University of Lagos, who commended NANCE as a great innovation and also made it known NANCE will do all it could to ensure unification among campus journalists.

“First and foremost, I will like to say I am very proud to be part of this great innovation and I am equally proud to be given the privilege to serve in this capacity. The official unveiling that will be done today is mainly to give NANCE the widest possible publicity.

“A lot of things contributed to the formation of NANCE. Chief is the fact that Campus Journalism has thrived beyond what we use to have. Hence, the need for coordination of all tertiary institutions in the country becomes necessary. This will not only add impetus and quality to reportage of events across campuses, but will also give us that one voice we have always craved” he explained.

It has been gathered that NANCE presently has membership of twenty varsities which cut across the six geo-political zones of the federation. NANCE head office will be situated in OAU Ile-Ife, while South-west regional office will be situated in University of Ibadan, the North regional office will be situated in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, South-eastern regional office will be situated in University of Nigeria, Nsuka, and the South-south regional office will be situated in University of Port Harcourt.

see more at

campustrend.ng/2015/11/coming-up-national-association-of-nigerian-campus-editors-see-details

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Fynestboi

PHDS Set To Hold In Ile-Ife


All is set for a glamorous worship event in Ile-Ife as Sanctuary of house ministries is set to hold a praise and worship program themed 'Thirsty'.
According to one of the organizers,the theme thirsty was borne out of the issue to ensure that people receive a new life from drinking from the water of life.
A visit to Ife area of Osun state showed that preparations are in top gear for a memorable event.
Speaking about the program scheduled for November 13th, one of the organizingpraised committee members said top praise ministers will thrill the audience to a memorable event which will also feature an album launch.
The main essence of the event is to worship God in a new way and dimension.
Also mood around the church has revealed lots of expectation from the event.

wow, laudable idea
great 1
@ lalasticlala, fynestboi
pls FP

standingtall:
hi guys,

I have been dating my fiance for 3 years now. In the beginning everything was cool until recently. About a month ago, I found condoms an, empty pack of condoms in his bag, I confronted him about it and he told me he saw the pack on the floor and he liked the colour of the pack so he picked it up.

I let it go because I didn't want to upset him since he started getting upset.

Fast forward to today, I was looking for change in his bag and this time I found 3 different brands of unused condoms in his bag.

I didn't say anything and I won't say anything. I am hurt and crying inside.I just don't understand what he wants again. I hate him so much right now.

Please my sisters, I need a coping mechanism until am safely far from him. Sorry about my epistle. I needed to let it out.

You have gotten several advice but mine is my thought
Am hoping you find it useful



You have sacrificed 3years dating him,you have done the introduction,the point is that you must have noticed some changes even before the introduction but you went ahead with it that will mean you believe in this guy



if you claim that he changed not long ago , what changed.him? Have u tried confronting him with the issue ?
You also have been scared of telling h what you feel about what you found ,you said something that annoyed me , tho am a guy any lady that isn't courageous I dislike

"you said, because he was beginning to get annoyed" and then? no relationship is perfect and its time you talk to him without fear, its obvious you love him

Walking out of the wedding because he is cheating and you have not found time to talk or look him in the face may haunu forever

pls don't take decisions out of emotions take it out of reality

Olanrewaju Oyedeji
Students in Nigerian tertiary institutions have called
for the resignation of the executives of the National
Association of Nigerian Students, NANS.
This came in the wake of an award of “golden man
of the year” conferred on Buruji Kashamu last week
by the apex students’ body.
Mr. Kashamu is the senator representing Ogun
East, whose election was quashed on Friday by the
National Assembly election tribunal.
In separate interviews with students, they described
the award investiture as “a complete show of
shame”.
The Public Relations Officer of Obafemi Awolowo
Students’ Union, Emmanuel Ojedokun, described the
award as a completely unnecessary move.
He said that, “the current set of NANS Leaders are
political jobbers who need to be shown the way out
if they fail to leave honourably.”
“Obafemi Awolowo University Students’ Union is not
part of the latest move by NANS,” Mr. Ojedokun
said.
Also speaking, a students’ representative from
University of Lagos, Tope Ojedele, who is the
president of the school’s press team expressed
disappointment at the action of NANS.
She said “The action of NANS is very questionable
especially looking at the integrity of Mr Kashamu.
The award is more like ‘cash and carry’”.
“We want the NANS leaders to resign, if they cannot
explain the reasons for the award since they may
have their own reasons.”
She expressed fear that the next set of NANS could
be worse.
Samuel Opeyemi, another student of Obafemi
Awolowo University, also condemned the award by
NANS.
“It is pitiable and laughable that national Association
of. Nigerian Students leaders have decided to drag
the name of the association into mud,” he said.
“If we as students have no integrity, I wonder what
the hope of Nigeria is. It is high time we had new
sets of leaders in the students’ body.”
However, a student leader of the University of
Ibadan and president of union of Campus
Journalists called for caution in condemning NANS
leadership.
“Even though the action of NANS is condemnable,
taking hasty steps in dealing with NANS leaders
may spell doom,” he said.
“The only thing we may want to do is to go back to
the drawing table so we can restructure NANS.
Moreover they may have their reasons for giving
the award to Kashamu. We need to listen their
reasons,” he said.
Reacting to the condemnation of the award, NANS,
through its South West General Secretary, Oloja
Olanrewaju, said the award was given to Mr.
Kashamu for his philanthropy.
“Buruji Kashamu is an untiring hardworking man
who has an exemplary and leadership style. During
the eight months unpaid salary saga in Osun state,
he supplied 5000 bags of rice and 1000 gallons of
kerosene, he has also supported democracy and
education that is more of why he emerged as a
senator in Nigeria that is why we think he deserves
the award,” he said.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/191303-nigerian-students-demand-resignation-of-nans-excos-over-kashamu.html

What do you think about the Hajj stampede; is it an act of God or man's lack of organization? Remember 717persons died in the latest hajj stampede,they are human and not Chicken,who is to blame;Act of God or Man's foolishness.
PLS lets share our views and send a message to the Hajj authorities,enough of the deaths! Cc @lalasticlala . Pls help with FP

Obafemi Awolowo University is set to hold Nigeria's first ever campus editors summit (CES) The summit which will bring together editors of campus news agencies is set to hold on saturday October 31st 2015. The summit will be facilitated by Association of campus journalists OAU under aegis of the institution's Guild of Editors. The summit is meant to improve effectiveness of editors in Nigerian universities,several top-notch institutions are expected at the maiden event .Read more at http://www.oaupeeps.com/2015/09/acj-oau-holds-maiden-campus-editors.html or http://www.lukmonfasasinews.com/2015/09/obafemi-awolowo-university-to-host-html?m=1 cc: fynestboi,lalasticalala

Cc: lalasticalala hope it reaches fp

The Ooni stool is in crisis as lafogido and Ogboru ruling houses head to court to contest the 1980 chieftaincy agreement which supports rotation ,read more about the latest development as reported by Clement Adeyi and Olanrewaju Oyedeji in Daily Sun .

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/ooni-stool-crisis-as-lafogido-ogboru-ruling-houses-head-to-court/

What will do if you find your friend smoking weed with your 1st class certificate?

What will you do if you find your friend smoking week with your 1st class certificate?

OAU ALLEDGED LECTURER DUPES STUDENTS
---- ACCUSED OF COLLECTING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE
----- SET TO FACE COURT ACTIONS
Olanrewaju Oyedeji,Ile-Ife




Akinyele Olushola Patrick is allegedly a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo university who claims to be from the department of architecture of the same institution, funnily Akinyele also claims to be from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and development studies (IFEDS OAU).
According to students who have fallen victims of his dubious acts, Mr AKinyele specializes in collecting money from prospective students of OAU under the pretense that they will be given straight admission if they pay him some amount of money totaling into hundreds of thousands.
Speaking with our correspondent a victim of Mr Akinyele , , Adeola Ofoetan said " Mr Akinyele has constantly duped students, before coming to Osun state , i have heard a-lot about him but did not believe , i can stand here to say i have continued blaming myself that i met mr Akinyele, he collected house rent from me but refused to pay the caretaker, instead of paying the caretaker he went ahead to tell her that he is the one paying my school fee at IFEDS, he told the caretaker that he is the one feeding me and the one that got me crying was when he said i have no parent but rather he adopted me from an orphanage, i am not an orphan, Mr Akinyele collected thousands of naira from me as school fee of IFEDS but i found out that school fee at IFEDS is just 14,000 naira, i trusted him that is why gave him everything,i plan to charge him to court for defaming me"
Also speaking with our correspondent Isaac Adeyinka another victim of Mr Akinyele said " Mr Akinyele is a dubious man, i trusted mr Akinyele with my education, he lied to me that IFEDS will be used for direct entry into OAU and it was a lie, IFEDS never even said so, he said that so he can dupe me, and i fell victim, i wasted two years without any gain, i even did not write JAMB because Mr Akinyele kept assuring me that IFEDS can be used as Direct Entry, many times also he has duped me financially".
Speaking in same vain, mr Samuel Daniel supported the claims saying he is privy to Mr Akinyele Dubious act.
Maria Oguntoye also condemned Mr Akinyele, she said the man almost ruined her educational career by collecting several thousands of naira, also , "he collected several thousands from my parents but duped us all i am still languishing in pain as my parents said i connived with him". " I also know of how he asks my friends to pay him some amount so he can help them bribe lecturers for favourable results, i just love to call on all unsuspecting youths to be careful of the man called mr Akinyele, i do not want anybody to experience what i am going through"
Efforts to speak with mr Akinyele proved abortive as he remained mute when asked about the veracity of the allegations, he said " I choose not to speak now

On the day of his shining, Osun State
Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was clearly taller
than his height. He exuded charisma, strength and power.
Not so any more it appears as the governor fights for his
political future with a combustible workforce breathing
down his neck, even as a vexatious impeachment threat
has just been lifted off his neck. Olanrewaju Oyedeji
takes a look at how the maverick “Aregbe” lost his high
ground and how he can regain it.
His emergence on the nation’s political scene was
initially not with any much high drama. After his days as
a student activist, the youthful ‘Mushin Boy’ found a
spot in the neo-emergent Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign
Organisation (BATCO) and was to contribute most
vibrantly to the campaign success of his principal,
Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Post-election, the Osun
indigene was to be rewarded with the very critical
position of Commissioner of Works in the Tinubu
administration. He was riding high.
Appreciating that all political power flowed ultimately
from very close interaction with the grassroots,
Aregbesola however continued to keep a very close hold
on the politics of Mushin and the extended BATCO
campaign organization. Another strategic thing he did
was to also remain most loyal to his principal, even as
Tinubu warded off blows from all sides. Funsho
Williams. Chicago-gate. Kofo Bucknor. Olusegun
Obasanjo. AD. Afenifere. It was a most stormy season
but Aregbesola remained the active and ebullient
supporter of Bola Tinubu all the way.
When the then fledgling Action Congress took the
decision to spread beyond Lagos and pitch for power
across the states of the South West and beyond, it was
almost naturally its youthful and battle tested Turks like
Aregbesola that were to be given flags to lead the battle
charge in their respective states.
At first, Aregbesola’s fight to displace the incumbent
PDP Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola seemed like a
David and Goliath conflict. Oyinlola was a battle-
hardened Army General who had run Lagos State, been a
solid plank in the dreaded Abacha dictatorship and was
already serving one term in office as Governor in the
state that the youthful upstart from Lagos was coming to
ruffle. But Aregbesola forged on and in one of the most
determined contests of that season was finally to be
declared winner of the April 14, 2007 governorship
election held in Osun state after three years of a grueling
and most protracted political and legal battle by the
Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan.
Indeed, the seeds of the present crisis go as far back as
the period of that election. In Osun state then it was just
typical that indigenes of the state were divided into
factions, a faction was loyal to the candidate of the action
congress while the other faction was loyal to Oyinlola.
For instance in the Ife area of the state, the indigenes
were basically in support of the People’s Democratic
Party candidate while indigenes of Modakeke preferred
to cast their votes for the Action Congress. Such was the
divide in the state then. This division can be traced to
various reasons, some of which included the part of the
state each candidate hailed from and there was even an
assumption that “it is natural and normal for indigenes of
Ife to vote for the PDP while Modakeke indigenes will
always vote for the opposition party.”
Read more at www.thedifferencenews.com/aregbesolas-fading-glory/

My problem with Nigerian Youths (1) by Olanrewaju
Oyedeji

In a country of over 150000000 persons one would expect a
thriving economy and with natural resources one would
expect a developed economy but Nigeria is not getting it right.
My message is to the Nigerian youth reading this, guy or lady,
see you are gifted and talented, well you may believe that
talents has heirachy but i disagree, the way you uilize your
talents determines who you are, Bill Gates isn't better than
you, he is only smarter. Nigerian youths are too reliant on
what the govt can offer not what they can offer i begin to
imagine where our ideas have gone, i am usually annoyed
when i read that a PHD holder is jobless, do you mean office
work? My dear PHD holder did you graduate with
corruption? Why can't you think of ideas just like the owners
of shell did before establishing it, won't you live if total does
not exist? Why are you been parasitic? Why can't you use your
wealth of experience to develop a new invention and employ
people, all what Nigerian youths know is theory, school hasn't
thought us practicals, America is where we run to, can't we
youths be productive? You say Buhari is bad and yet your
phone is worth 50k do you how much the 50k can become if
you invest it? You say Jonathan was a failure and during his
regime you bought a galaxy tab of 60k, not withstanding the
fact that you have a laptop worth 100k, do you know you can
employ 5persons with 60k while you start your business? Still
you update on your facebook status " i am tired of Nigeria,this
country is bullshit" my freind you are the bull shit in Nigeria.
American youths are the one making America great, Nigerian
youths spend heir money on unneccessary things and expect
that their standard of living be high .... To be contd

OAU releases Post-UME cutoff marks OAU MERIT CUTOFF 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR Accountancy/accounting 238.5 agric extension and rural development 202 agricultural economics 210 agric engineering 200 animal science 200 applied geophysics 200 architecture 221.5 biochemistry 230.5 botany 200 building 204.5 chemical engineering 240 computer engineering 240.5 chemistry 209 civil engineering 215.5 computer science with economics 232 computer science with maths 234.5 crop production and protection 200 demography and social statistics 200 dentistry and dental surgery 259.5 drama/dramatic/performing art 260.5 economics 269.5 education and economics 200 education and mathematics 200 education and music 200 education and physics 200 education and religious studies 200 education and Yoruba 200 education and biology 201.5 education and chemistry 200 education and English language 222 education and French 200 education and geography/physics 200 education and history 200 education and language art 200 education and mathematics/integrated science 200 education and political science 200 education and social studies 200 education fine and applied art 200 electrical electronic engineering 241.5 engineering physics 200 English language 269.5 estate management 243 family nutrition and customer science 200 fine art 222.5 food science and technology 234 French 210 geography 210.5 German 200 guidance and counselling 200 health education 200 history 210 home economics and education 200 industrial chemistry 222 international relations 217.5 law 284.5 linguistics and African languages 222 literature in English 240 local government administration 231.5 mathematics 222.5 mechanical engineering 249.5 medical rehabilitation 262 medicine and surgery 272.5 metallurgical and materials engineering 209.5 microbiology 213 music 220 nursing/nursing science 260.5 nutrition and customer service 200 pharmacy 256.5 philosophy 249.5 physical and health education 222.5 physics 240 political science 257 Portuguese 200 psychology 231.5 public administration 227.5 quantity surveying 230 religious studies 209.5 sociology and anthropology 246 soil science 200 statistics 204 urban and regional planning 229.5 Yoruba 203 zoology 200

Rites for Ooni: Ipetumodu Market booms as Ife traders
relocate - Daily Sun

From OLANREWAJU OYEDEJI, Ile-Ife

AKINOLA Market is a sparse trading post located along the
Ife-Ibadan Expressway in Ipetumodu, in the outskirts of Ile-
Ife, Osun State. It consist of a row of stalls where farm
produce such as yams, fruits, processed gari, palm oil and
snails are sold. For a long time, the small market had served
the needs of motorists and travellers along this route.
However, the market has been the beneficiary of the closure
of markets in Ile-Ife as well as the seven-day dusk-to-dawn
curfew imposed as part of rites of passage for the late Ooni of
Ife who was buried last Friday, as traders and residents of the
town have since relocated there for commercial activities. The
curfew did not extend to Akinola Market as Ipetumodu is an
independent neighbouring town to Ile Ife.
Traders found an alternative in Akinola Market, which they
have stormed in their numbers with their wares and produce.
Although it is quite a distance from their erstwhile comfort
zone and obviously costs more in terms of transportation to
get their stuffs to the new market, the Ife traders, some of
whom had earlier been patronising Akinola on its major
market days seem to have taken solace in the adage that ‘half-
bread is better than none’ rather than sit down idle at home.
Shoppers from Ife too had to besiege the market, saying they
could not afford to starve for the seven days the curfew would
last. A bus trip from Sabo and Opa (another area in Ile-Ife) to
Akinola costs N70 and N100.
When Daily Sun visited the hitherto scanty market, it was
bustling with activities. Traders attributed the boom to the
development in Ile Ife. Some of them who spoke with Daily
Sun confirmed that business have been good as they made
good profits from the large turnout of shoppers. Aminat a
trader said: “Yes, we thank God that we are getting better
returns. The Ooni of Ife is dead truly, but we are like chickens
in the hands of the Creator, we at Akinola market are reaping
the benefits of the Oro (rites) in Ife.”

Outrage over details of NITEL/MTel sale- TheDifferencenews.com
 Aug 19, 2015  Editorial  Business, Investment,
News, Nigeria, Top News   Like

By Olanrewaju Oyedeji

A storm is brewing at the moment with analysts
expressing outrage over the last-minute sale of NITEL/
MTel by the Jonathan administration to the hastily put
together NATCOM consortium led by the Chairman of
Skye Bank Plc, the Kogi-born Chief Olatunde Ayeni.
They have therefore welcomed the probe of the
transaction that was ordered by President Muhammadu
Buhari on Tuesday.
Pitching the sale figure of $252m (Two hundred and fifty
two million dollars only) against the $400m (four
hundred million dollars) paid in 2007 by the GSM-only
operator, Etisalat, the analysts are arguing that given the
sheer range of assets and attachments included in the
NITEL/MTel package, the NITEL/Mtel sale does have
all the trappings of a classical ‘sweetheart’ transaction.
It will be recalled that the Etisalat acquisition had granted
it a Unified Access License that related only to a mobile
license and spectrum in the GSM 1800 and 900 MHz
bands. This is more or less like a basic permit fee paid to
be able to operate in Nigeria.
On the contrary, the 2014 sale of NITEL, and its
subsidiary MTEL to the NATCOM Consortium came
with the very plum 0804 GSM license, over 500 new
sites built by MTEL, sundry GSM equipment deployed
to about 150 NITEL sites with towers, MTEL customer
offices, all NITEL sites nationwide, all NITEL properties
nationwide, the extensive NITEL optic fibre cable
network (both digital and analogue) and the submarine
cable that links Nigeria across the Atlantic to the outside
world popularly called SAT-3.
All of these are $148m less than the cost of just the
license Etisalat paid to NCC before they became
operational.
Equally distressing the commentators say is the fact that,
despite the sale, the Federal Government of Nigeria is yet
saddled with the costs of the existing liabilities of
NITEL/MTEL which had been currently estimated at a
princely sum of about N300bn.
There are also concerns over the transparency of the pre-
qualification/bidding components of the sale, with some
industry watchers signaling that it was not very open.
They also doubt the technical and financial capability of
the NATCOM consortium to turn around the company
for the better, given these posers as well as the fact that
nothing significant has really been heard from the
consortium since the acquisition.

‘Nigerians sharply divided over anti-
corruption war’ -Thedifferencenews.com
 Aug 19, 2015  Editorial  News, Nigeria, Politics,
Top News  Like
By Makinde Ayotunde and Olanrewaju Oyedeji
In a typical demonstration of the state of alienation in
which the Nigerian people have been held over the years,
alongside the gross divisions that remain in the polity, a
poll conducted across the country last week by The
Difference has revealed very sharp divisions in
Nigerians’ perception of the ongoing war on corruption
and its prosecution.
Of the total of 209 respondents polled, 73 representing
34. 9 percent affirmed that they not only want the war
continued and taken to its logical conclusion, they also
expressed their confidence in the incumbent president’s
ability to prosecute and win the war, hinging their
optimism chiefly on the fact that ‘he is disciplined and
has a military background.’
However, 71 respondents representing 34.0 percent of
those polled stated that they were not interested in
whether the Muhammadu Buhari administration
prosecutes and wins the ongoing war against corruption
in the country or not on account of their disillusionment
with the overall Nigerian political system..
Another 45 respondents, representing 21.1 percent of all
respondents affirmed most emphatically that in their view
there was no way President Buhari could win the war no
matter how hard he fought it and they adduced their
reasons for this. While some volunteered that their
conclusion was on account of their perception that the
war was presently being prosecuted in a selective and
jaundiced manner, others questioned the moral basis of
President Buhari undertaking the campaign in the first
place given their view that he had himself been helped to
power ‘by corrupt people!’
For the final 20 respondents representing 9.6 percent of
all that were polled, they preferred to remain in the
middle affirming that Buhari may yet be able to win the
war if all the variables were right.
The poll was conducted last week within the South West
zone of the country and it was administered through face-
to-face and social media interviews .
Meanwhile, the thought-provoking results of the poll is
coming even as there is increasing concern over the
increasing numbers of aides of former President
Goodluck Jonathan who are presently pleading ill-health
as an excuse for continuing to evade interrogation and
possible prosecution over alleged acts of omission and
commission they had reportedly been involved in during
the lifespan of the immediate past administration.
And in a country that has long been enmeshed in a crisis
of integrity, the fear is that going forward and as the
Buhari administration ramps up the pressure in the
ongoing war against corruption, many more hospital
alibis would show up on the table.
Among those who have allegedly pleaded ill-health at
this time is the former ‘Super minister’ of Petroleum
Affairs, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke who is reportedly
undergoing medical care in a United Kingdom hospital.
There is also Gordon Obua who is in an Abuja hospital
and Kingsley Kuku, an immediate past Special Assistant
to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Coordinator
of the Niger Delta amnesty office in the same Jonathan
era.
In recent times, a gale of dismissals and resignations has
visited major agencies and parastatals in the country.
These include the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, the Nigerian Maritime Safety and
Administration Authority, the Nigerian Customs Service,
the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation
and that of the Office of the National Security Adviser

Good evening Nairalanders, please help in answering this question: Can Buhari win the fight against corruption? Options are: A)Yes B)No c) Maybe D) I am no interested. Thanks as you bare your mind and choose among the options

There was this heated argument in my room yesternight and i need to understand more. Going into a relationship, what should be the major consideration? Is it if love exists or if culture permits d relationshp.
For instance, i knw a guy who loves a lady and dy av bin datn for 9months, the guy decided that marriage should take place with the lady since there is love, he however faced a huge challenge when his mum informed him that the lady he will marry should be a virgin, he must have been the one that deflowerd d girl if at all she isnt a virgin on marriage. The lady isnt a virgin, should virginity b a reasn to stop d weddn? All bkos of wat culture says, isnt love the most important consideration in a relationshp?
Should cultural valued be a reasn for brokn hearts

Themonster:
Sharap you Hopless bastard

PEJ is somebody's mum and she deserves some respect as a mother.

so you can insult someone's mother and want to go scot free?

nope it doesn't work like that

when you deserve respect, people will respect you bt if u misusd an oportunity shame is d end word. Former 1st lady may be frm ur village, she maybe frm ur lineage bt d reality is dat some mothers av lost dia worth and dserve just minor respect. Btw, bringn his mother into dis discuss shows aw rude and daft u mayb, am giftn u my 1st ever abuse since joining nairaland. People lyk should be lockd in a dungeon, nairaland may block me bt i shuld tel u zum truths. Y are we so blind wit emotions? Same Patience Jonathan was a reasn y Jonathan Ebele failed, dis same woman has bin a bad mother to all Nigerians wen she was the d numba 1 mothr in Nigeria. His mum maynt b d richst bt she is fulfild, nt all ladies will be wives of Presidnts. Yes his mum will not achieve disgrace like patience. Learn to use ur brain like a human bin, dnt u av a mother? Are u a product of incubator? Or were u bakd? If you can type thrash here caln sum1 a bastard bkos he advicd u dn u shuldnt even av a phone. Literate-illiterate