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100 OAU SLANGS AND MEANINGS
complied by lhezyzabeta
1.Ogba femi(femi's compound)---Oaucampus
2.Dobale--(prostrate- a tradition that performing artisite must fulfil before performing
3.Risky burger---fried egg and bread
4.Academics---lecture areas
5.Scabbash--- to pray in tongues
6.Prayo/spirikoko--- a religious person
7.Anglomoz--- love den between two freshmen hostels
8.Blocking--- The sight of a boy and girl together
9.Risky burger......a bread and egg meal
10.Aiye o po(inadequate space).....timeis necessary
11.Aro.... An annoying tease
12.School2...a particular area on campus
13.Aluta continua,Victoria asserts...end note of all announcement
14.No toasting--- a strong disagreement
15.Omo Awo--- guys who tease for fun
16.Faa aluta--- to cause pandemonium
17.Tan gboro--- commuter bus
18.Iwe--- an intelligent person
19.Broda sister wa o(and vice versa)--- welcoming address for a male in a female hostel
20.Baba na u o--- sarcastic/ ironic appraisal
21.Mr Moz--- frequent male visitor in female hostels
22.Moz101--- act of wooing fresh female students
23.Maa goo--- be smart
24.Won get mi--- to fail a course
25.Pam--- score
26.Igi iwe,ESO odo--- one who reads excessively but fails always
27.cest pon kaye--- nobody's business
28.Jacking--- act of reading
29.Jacko/iwe-stramol/jacko-mycine--- one who reads a lot
30.Department of bigbig books--- health sciences
31.Oau choiresters--- law students
32.FFO/Aj--- glutton
33.Fresher---new student
34.Town--- areas outside campus
35.Maximum shishi--- punishment for offenders
36.Floor O--- school's detention room
37.Porter--- security men
38.Jo o--- an excuse or a sarcastic plea
39.wooo Wooo--- go straight to the point
40.Department of EFCC--- faculty of science. Named after the grades the give most: E F and C
41.White house--- faculty of science
42.Yellow house--- department of mathematics
43.Omo mi(my child)-- an aquintance
44.ota lenu(peppery)--something accepted
45.shi(open)-- to fail/ to ignore
46.Quarters--- Staff areas
47.Omi Faborode--- tap water
48.Road 1--- main entrance to campus
49.Boss/egbon---a sophisticated person
50.spagewa--- a meal of spaghetti and beans
51.Concursion/ conkoki--- a hurriedly prepared meal or food lacking necessary ingredient
52.No animal/ without/ no protein--- meal without fish or meat
53.Alaaro--one who does aro
54.singist---a singer
55.humbility---extreme humility
56.Docki---med student
57.Orijo---material for cheating
58.Baskeh bo kot--- basket ball court used for scabbashing
59.Omo ibo--- non Yoruba
60.Hall--- student hostels
61.Death center---schoolclinic
62.Maintenance---female student off campus hostel
63.Kooro--- hidden places
64.Carpenter is a around--- popular carpenter
65.Gp de shake---low Gp
66.Gp make sense---high Gp
67.moremi100,200,300level--- floors in moremi hall
68.ekaro se ma foosho(good morning,wash your clothes)---dry cleaners
69.e-problem--schools eportal
70.Omisore oke,eeyan wa n s(omisore upstairs.some one is downstairs)--usually said in
Awo blocks to warn someone of pouring down
water from tops.
71.Ajose parole---night time out
72.sport's popcorn--- buttered popcorn
73.rishas car---airtime recharge card
74.indospag---meal of spaghetti and indomie
75.Alhaja/Hajia---female Muslim
76.afa---male Muslim
77.Oga---male fellowship executive
78.Mummy---female fellowship executive
79.Esko/Exco--- executive
80.Parade---take an offender round the school
81.ko Funny---boring performance or hardship
82.Amarachi---any wayward female
83.As e de hot---intense circumstance
84.La cram la pour,la pass la graduate--- slang used after a frustrated effort of trying to understand a course.
85.efficiency--- someone who is too unnecessarily involved in something
86.Corner--- one's portion of hostel room
87.ise to ta(peppery work)--- job well done
88.omo wa ni(our child)---popular person
89.Iwe factorial--- brilliant student
90.kawe yo/kawe ju(over read)- hypes for an unserious person
91.omo la toro iwe labi(we begged for a child,but begot a book)---brilliant person
92.Ose igberaga(periodof pride)---- resumption
93.Ife gbeyin(end of ife)--- exam period/ when provisions are finished
94.PDP,power,APC,change----a cheer for attention
95.Ogun malaria(malariadrugs)--- any drug at all,given by health center pharmacists
96.Laana---- to fail a course
97.won get mi(I have been caught)--- to fail a course/ get a grade least expected
98.Won fun mi ni 40E(I was given 40E)---- to score 40E
99.F and F---a popular restuarant in school called forks and fingers
100.Mi ole wa ku ,Alaye longba bsc(i cant kill myself,only the living attains Bsc)--- used after a frustrated effort in understanding a course/ after several hours of reading. Add yours,if you have any!

100 OAU SLANGS AND MEANINGS
complied by lhezyzabeta
1.Ogba femi(femi's compound)---Oaucampus
2.Dobale--(prostrate- a tradition that performing artisite must fulfil before performing
3.Risky burger---fried egg and bread
4.Academics---lecture areas
5.Scabbash--- to pray in tongues
6.Prayo/spirikoko--- a religious person
7.Anglomoz--- love den between two freshmen hostels
8.Blocking--- The sight of a boy and girl together
9.Risky burger......a bread and egg meal
10.Aiye o po(inadequate space).....timeis necessary
11.Aro.... An annoying tease
12.School2...a particular area on campus
13.Aluta continua,Victoria asserts...end note of all announcement
14.No toasting--- a strong disagreement
15.Omo Awo--- guys who tease for fun
16.Faa aluta--- to cause pandemonium
17.Tan gboro--- commuter bus
18.Iwe--- an intelligent person
19.Broda sister wa o(and vice versa)--- welcoming address for a male in a female hostel
20.Baba na u o--- sarcastic/ ironic appraisal
21.Mr Moz--- frequent male visitor in female hostels
22.Moz101--- act of wooing fresh female students
23.Maa goo--- be smart
24.Won get mi--- to fail a course
25.Pam--- score
26.Igi iwe,ESO odo--- one who reads excessively but fails always
27.cest pon kaye--- nobody's business
28.Jacking--- act of reading
29.Jacko/iwe-stramol/jacko-mycine--- one who reads a lot
30.Department of bigbig books--- health sciences
31.Oau choiresters--- law students
32.FFO/Aj--- glutton
33.Fresher---new student
34.Town--- areas outside campus
35.Maximum shishi--- punishment for offenders
36.Floor O--- school's detention room
37.Porter--- security men
38.Jo o--- an excuse or a sarcastic plea
39.wooo Wooo--- go straight to the point
40.Department of EFCC--- faculty of science. Named after the grades the give most: E F and C
41.White house--- faculty of science
42.Yellow house--- department of mathematics
43.Omo mi(my child)-- an aquintance
44.ota lenu(peppery)--something accepted
45.shi(open)-- to fail/ to ignore
46.Quarters--- Staff areas
47.Omi Faborode--- tap water
48.Road 1--- main entrance to campus
49.Boss/egbon---a sophisticated person
50.spagewa--- a meal of spaghetti and beans
51.Concursion/ conkoki--- a hurriedly prepared meal or food lacking necessary ingredient
52.No animal/ without/ no protein--- meal without fish or meat
53.Alaaro--one who does aro
54.singist---a singer
55.humbility---extreme humility
56.Docki---med student
57.Orijo---material for cheating
58.Baskeh bo kot--- basket ball court used for scabbashing
59.Omo ibo--- non Yoruba
60.Hall--- student hostels
61.Death center---schoolclinic
62.Maintenance---female student off campus hostel
63.Kooro--- hidden places
64.Carpenter is a around--- popular carpenter
65.Gp de shake---low Gp
66.Gp make sense---high Gp
67.moremi100,200,300level--- floors in moremi hall
68.ekaro se ma foosho(good morning,wash your clothes)---dry cleaners
69.e-problem--schools eportal
70.Omisore oke,eeyan wa n s(omisore upstairs.some one is downstairs)--usually said in
Awo blocks to warn someone of pouring down
water from tops.
71.Ajose parole---night time out
72.sport's popcorn--- buttered popcorn
73.rishas car---airtime recharge card
74.indospag---meal of spaghetti and indomie
75.Alhaja/Hajia---female Muslim
76.afa---male Muslim
77.Oga---male fellowship executive
78.Mummy---female fellowship executive
79.Esko/Exco--- executive
80.Parade---take an offender round the school
81.ko Funny---boring performance or hardship
82.Amarachi---any wayward female
83.As e de hot---intense circumstance
84.La cram la pour,la pass la graduate--- slang used after a frustrated effort of trying to understand a course.
85.efficiency--- someone who is too unnecessarily involved in something
86.Corner--- one's portion of hostel room
87.ise to ta(peppery work)--- job well done
88.omo wa ni(our child)---popular person
89.Iwe factorial--- brilliant student
90.kawe yo/kawe ju(over read)- hypes for an unserious person
91.omo la toro iwe labi(we begged for a child,but begot a book)---brilliant person
92.Ose igberaga(periodof pride)---- resumption
93.Ife gbeyin(end of ife)--- exam period/ when provisions are finished
94.PDP,power,APC,change----a cheer for attention
95.Ogun malaria(malariadrugs)--- any drug at all,given by health center pharmacists
96.Laana---- to fail a course
97.won get mi(I have been caught)--- to fail a course/ get a grade least expected
98.Won fun mi ni 40E(I was given 40E)---- to score 40E
99.F and F---a popular restuarant in school called forks and fingers
100.Mi ole wa ku ,Alaye longba bsc(i cant kill myself,only the living attains Bsc)--- used after a frustrated effort in understanding a course/ after several hours of reading

When you get there,ask of room ''M15''(that's where issues like that are being resolved)

Solexy96:
Simply take a bike and tell the rider you are going to Computer centre...
If not, make your way to the senate building(you should know where this is) along the main coming from the halls.
Continue down the road past the faculties of health(on your right) and biological sciences(on your left).
You'd get to the faculty of pharmacy. The computer centre(or lab) is opposite fac. of pharmacy.

Note: Ensure that you don't get to the school of postgraduate studies. It's beyond fac. of pharmacy and comp. centre.

Safe journey!

This is too expensive! Don't play prank on us again oooo,else ...

Ghydyon:
OSOGBO-The management of OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY extends the resumption of the new session 2014/2015 session to June 1st 2015 for fresh students and June 15 2015 for returning students. It was made known by the registrar of the school Dr Awoyemi through a press release in the early hours on Monday may 11 2015. The change was made necessary after the kidnap of one of her staff in the faculty of environmental design management EDM. it was gathered that this is the third time the management will come up with a new resumption date. Ifeoma a fresh student of english and education shows express her frustration in an interview with punch says she so much disappointed with the school after staying at home for a year. blessing who is a fresh student of sociology and anthropology cried at the hearing of the new resumption date.

source www.punchng.com/oau-extend-resumption-date






































































am sure some people will rush to click the link.dont die of heart attack oooo... lol


This part of what we call ARO in the great OAU.

HAPPY RESUMPTION IN ADVANCE

Well done,sister Arike. Is there hope,that bedspace will be re-activated for freshers? I just confirmed my payment yesterday,though the allocation page displayed,but I got a response,that 'no bedspace for your category' and there is another option which says 'don't display this on my page *paraphrase*' I later clicked on the later,because the former didn't allow me to carry on the online screening,

Ariyke:
Awo 6
Medical floor 2
Attic form 12 upward * can't really say*

Thanks,are you now telling me to chill for the 'report link'? Is it the same thing with ''summary report''? Because I can hear some guys here discussing it.

PlutoLA:
It seems bed space allocation over the internet has been stopped,the best bet on getting bed space is going to the school and seeing the DSA or someone with authority,I've requested nothing less than 60 times and still haven't gotten shiit. So that's what I mean by a miracle and then some
About the report link well I think yo have to have completed the registration to a certain degree before that link opens

Thanks brotherly, a fellow kindhearted said,I should click on 'don't display bedspace on my page' because when I clicked on it,it says 'no bedspace for my category' and I was unable to carry out any activity. I later clicked on it,as instructed,and I was able to start the online screening. The issue now is,will I be able to request for bedspace? Cos the link is now useless on my portal ?

adeshola1:
congrats bro.....now the next step

PlutoLA:
Clicking on it doesn't stop you from requesting for bed space
You'll still see the option to request on yr profile page
Tho getting bed space will require a miracle and a half

miracle,and a half? Please shed more light on it. The ''report'' link on my portal didn't pop up the page,any issue on that?

Thanks,but I don't have intention of staying off-k. Hope I won't regret of clicking on it?

PlutoLA:
Many of us got that bed space msg too,including myself
Next time the bed space stuff comes up just click on the option that goes like "Do not show this msg again"
You can always request for bed space later

I'm trying to request for bed space,but to my surprise I'm getting a response,that 'no more bedspace for your category'? What can I do,pls? Secondly,I tried to start online screening,instead of the screening page to pop up,I'm still getting bedspace allocation page. Some one should help me out on this,plsssssssss.

@last,my payment issues has been rectified. After taking the struggle to their twitter handle,a staff of the bank was sent to the computer center on my behalf. Alhamdulillah

That's why I'm restless,how did you go about yours*accommodation*? Because I prefer staying on campus to off-k .

EmBashir:
I live in Ede. And made my payment at Wema Bank Branch in Ede. Even on d issue, the manager in Ede hv sent me to the manager of their branch on campus. The trip i considered fruitless. The only thing abt which am most concerned is on securing ON-CAMPUS accommodation and I hv sought constructive alternative elsewhere... Meanwhile, i hv got nothing, whatsoever, to worry abt.

This is the response I do get from the e-portal,whenver I try to login:
Response
Access Denied. Main fees Due = 61700; Amt Paid = .
You are required to pay your Main Fees fully to Request for Accomodation and proceed to Online Screening, and Registration. If you have paid, it is yet to be confirmed by Bank''.

EmBashir:
I hv been to the computer center (M15) several times, all to no avail... Mark my statement. What the woman there will tell you is to go back to the bank at which the payment was made to repost the money for you. An action the bank will describe as 'impossible', claiming that reposting of the already posted money will require another payment. And who is ready to bear that??
I hv paid my last visit to Wema Bank yesterday and the manager showed me a number of affected students who are also waiting patiently to see what the consequence might be.
While I do not discourage ur intention of going to the school, am of the opinion that WE NEED to exercise a lot of patience.
The manager at the bank told me that the problem is btw the school and the banks, and necessary steps are underway to rectify the issue of delay confirmation of our payments. The fact remains that 'MANY students are affected'. Just keep ur evidence of payment well well

is this what you always get as a response?

This is the response I do get from the e-portal,whenver I try to login:
Response
Access Denied. Main fees Due = 61700; Amt Paid = .
You are required to pay your Main Fees fully to Request for Accomodation and proceed to Online Screening, and Registration. If you have paid, it is yet to be confirmed by Bank''.

EmBashir:
I hv been to the computer center (M15) several times, all to no avail... Mark my statement. What the woman there will tell you is to go back to the bank at which the payment was made to repost the money for you. An action the bank will describe as 'impossible', claiming that reposting of the already posted money will require another payment. And who is ready to bear that??
I hv paid my last visit to Wema Bank yesterday and the manager showed me a number of affected students who are also waiting patiently to see what the consequence might be.
While I do not discourage ur intention of going to the school, am of the opinion that WE NEED to exercise a lot of patience.
The manager at the bank told me that the problem is btw the school and the banks, and necessary steps are underway to rectify the issue of delay confirmation of our payments. The fact remains that 'MANY students are affected'. Just keep ur evidence of payment well well

I sense iota of truth in what you posted,but if by friday there is no development,I will go on monday. Your post suits the informations have gathered so far. Where do you stay,if I may ask.

EmBashir:
I hv been to the computer center (M15) several times, all to no avail... Mark my statement. What the woman there will tell you is to go back to the bank at which the payment was made to repost the money for you. An action the bank will describe as 'impossible', claiming that reposting of the already posted money will require another payment. And who is ready to bear that??
I hv paid my last visit to Wema Bank yesterday and the manager showed me a number of affected students who are also waiting patiently to see what the consequence might be.
While I do not discourage ur intention of going to the school, am of the opinion that WE NEED to exercise a lot of patience.
The manager at the bank told me that the problem is btw the school and the banks, and necessary steps are underway to rectify the issue of delay confirmation of our payments. The fact remains that 'MANY students are affected'. Just keep ur evidence of payment well well

Jst droped Ameer call now,he said,I should travel down to campus,that he has made enquiry,and they asked me to come along with the transactions receipts. When you get to campus,ask anybody to direct you to computer centre*INTECU*then locate M15. Gracias!

Tomibyte:
Guys if I were to go to oau to complain about dis unconfirmed payments,which office do I go to?

I was informed on this platform,that going to Ife won't solve the issue,than to exercise patience,if not for that,I would have stormed Ife this morning. I have sent a mail to the bank,and I was told,they've being investigating what went wrong in the proccess.

Tomibyte:
Guys if I were to go to oau to complain about dis unconfirmed payments,which office do I go to?

Ok,boss. What if hostels allocation close,and it's yet to be confirmed?

ueskman:
coming to Oau all because of d confirmation s worth it..Buh I doubt if u would be allowed to enter d Senate building not to talk of listening to your complain... if you're lucky to sneak in, u 'll b told what FELASTIKA said.... just chillax man...it 'll certainly be confirmed.

Paid on 23rd of april,and I reside in lagos. I have sent a mail to the headquarter of the bank *first bank*,but the woman said,I should go to ife to fastrack the confirmation.

felastika:
I know its hard to sit back and do nothing,but going to ife won't solve it,they will ask you to go back to the bank...when did you pay and where do you stay?

Thanks man/ma'am,jst left the bank hall now,after heated debate with the branch manager was askd to storm ife.

felastika:
Don't panic,it will be confirmed,just make sure you're not alone...I had same problem last session,had to wait for like 6days,I wasn't alone tho,our payment was confirmed at the same time, the funniest part is,my roommates had same probs,that's why we ended in same room...go back home and keep checking Eportal.

You meant the cashier later reposted the money?

fudo7:
nothing really. buh I really think you should go to the bank Where you paid and stay there with the one on charge until you confirm it yourself that your payment has been confirmed...... cuz my has been confirmed th0...... my advice, go very early before the bank opens.... go in to the person immediately the bank opens.... be the first customer the person sees.....I know cuz that's what I did

Hello,please any development,as regards unconfirmed payment?

fudo7:
I already reached conclusion on what to do 'bout how I was screwed over the acc. thingy..... staying off-campus.... it's gonna be crazy hectic buh what choice do I have sef

You can bookmark the link,for any update,as regard your request. Thanks.

LuckyLadolce:
Fantastic! I will like to attend your english classes.. that's, if you have one, or if you can be giving me online tutorials I will really appreciate it. please can you drop your contacts here or send it via email? Thanks.

8. “Lame duck.”A lame duck is an elected official who is still in office but not slated to continue either because he or she chooses not to seek re-election or because of constitutional term limits. It is also used to refer to an elected official who is continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office, such as President Goodluck Jonathan now. But even after President Jonathan declared that he would run for president in 2011, I read stories and commentaries in Nigerian newspapers that described him as a “lame duck.” Someone also wrote an article in 2010 describing Plateau State governor Jonah Jang, who hadn’t served out his first time yet and who indicated he would seek a second term, as a “lame duck.”
Perhaps, people are deploying the extended meaning of the term that denotes a disabled or ineffectual person. But this can be confusing when it’s used in an election-related context since the term has a fixed meaning in electoral politics.
9. Impeach.Nigerians understand the word “impeach” to mean “remove from office.” But that is not what it means. To impeach a government official is to formally charge them with a wrongdoing. After impeachment, they will be tried and either acquitted (if they are not found guilty) or removed from office (if they are found guilty).
So, in 2006, Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose wasn’t just impeached; he was impeached AND removed. Ten years earlier in America, Bill Clinton was impeached BUT acquitted. Removal from office is not the only outcome of impeachment, as the Clinton example showed
source: http://www.farooqkperogi.com/2015/04/common-election-related-grammatical.html

3. “Results of elections/victory upturned.”This error takes several forms, but the operative word here is “upturn.” Nigerian journalists write “upturn” when they should write “overturn.” These two words are completely unrelated. To overturn is to rule against or to cancel officially. “Upturn,” however, is never used as a verb in the sense of “reverse” or “overturn.” When “upturn” is used as a noun, it usually means an upward movement or improvement in business activity, etc. (Example: There has been an upturn in the economy). The opposite of upturn is downturn. Americans prefer “uptrend” to “upturn” to denote boom in business activity.
When “upturn” is used as an adjective (that is, when it is rendered as “upturned”), it is traditionally used in two senses. The first is as a synonym for “turned upside down” and the second is to describe the position of a person's nose. When a nose is described as upturned, it means it is turned up at the end. So it is more proper to talk of election results or electoral victories being “overturned” by the courts.
4. “Running neck to neck.”The correct form of the idiom is “neck and neck.” An abiding feature of idioms is grammatical fixity. That is, you can’t arbitrarily change the syntactic properties of idioms. “Neck and neck,” which means inconclusive as to outcome or just even in a race or comparison or competition, can also be rendered as “head-to-head” (maybe that’s where the “neck-to-neck” error comes from) or “nip and tuck.” For the sake of variety, or what stylisticians call “elegant variation,” I hope our journalists will try out these alternatives. I am sick of seeing “neck-to-neck” mentioned in every story about close electoral contests.
5. “Shoot-at-sight order.”In reporting the post-election communal upheavals, our journalists habitually describe government’s orders to shoot recalcitrant rioters as “shoot-at-sight” orders. But the correct rendering of the idiom is “shoot on sight.” Another alternative, which I actually prefer because of its unequivocalness,” is “shoot to kill.”
6. “Electioneering campaign.”This is a tautology, i.e., a useless repetition. Both “electioneering” and “campaign” mean the same thing. I think the source of the error is the mistaken notion that “electioneering” is an adjective that modifies “campaign.” But electioneering is a noun, NOT an adjective. It simply means “political campaign,” the campaign of a candidate to be elected. So it is sufficient to just write about “Goodluck Jonathan’s electioneering for the office of president” and spare us the verbal superfluity of an “electioneering campaign,” which actually adds up to “campaign campaign”!
7. “Contest an elective position.”This is not exactly an error; it’s only an archaic usage. In contemporary Standard English in both America and Britain, “contest” is now scarcely used as a verb to mean compete for an elective office against other candidates. The more usual words are “run” and “vie” (in American English) and “stand” (in British English).
When “contest” is used as a verb, it is often to indicate that something is being made the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation. So Americans would say, “General Buhari ran for president in 2011 and contested the outcome of the election.” Britons would say, “General Buhari stood for election to the office of president in 2011 and contested the outcome of the election.” But Indians, Pakistanis, and citizens of other former British colonies still use “contest” the way we use it in Nigeria.

Most of the material in this week’s column was initially published on May 1, 2011. It is still relevant today, particularly because several people keep sending me questions that are already answered in the article. I have updated the article and added a few more examples.
1. “Casted votes.” In 2011, I listened to Channel TV’s live stream of the governorship elections and heard educated Nigerian pundits talking about votes that had been “casted.” Similarly, in an April 16, 2011 story titled, “Jonathan votes in presidential election,”Vanguardwrote: “Goodluck Jonathan has CASTED his vote in today’s presidential election at his Otuoke ward in Bayelsa.” Similarly, during the live broadcast of the announcement of the results of the last presidential elections, several of INEC’s returning officers, who are professors, repeatedly talked of the “total number of votes CASTED.”
Cast is an irregular verb that doesn’t change form to reflect the change of tense. Its base form is “cast,” its past tense is “cast,” and its past participle is still “cast.” It shares the same pattern as “put” (who says “putted”?), “let,” “cut,” “hurt,” etc. So “casted” is wrong for the same reason that “putted,” “letted,” “cutted,” “hurted,” etc. are wrong. The error arises, I think, from the fact that “broadcast,” another irregular verb, can correctly be rendered as “broadcasted,” although theAssociated Press Stylebookfrowns at the use of “broadcasted” as a past tense of “broadcast.” I take off points from my students’ essays if they write “broadcasted” because we use theAssociated Press Stylebookas our guide. Nevertheless, the use of “broadcasted” as the past tense of “broadcast” enjoys widespread acceptance. In other words, while “broadcasted” is an acceptable alternative for “broadcast,” “cast” remains “cast” irrespective of its tense.
2. “Guber race,” “Guber polls,” “Guber candidates,” etc.Nigerian newspaper headline writers invented the word “guber” as the short form of “gubernatorial,” a chiefly American English term that means “related to a governor.” Unfortunately, the word has gone from headlinese (i.e., the peculiar English of newspaper headlines) to everyday speech in Nigeria. But even Americans who use the word “gubernatorial” in their political lexicon don’t have a short form for it. That leaves Nigerians as the only people in the English-speaking world who use “guber” as a stand-in for “gubernatorial.”
This wouldn’t have been a problem except that in American English “guber” is an informal word for facial pimple. It’s also jocular medical slang for tumor.
From my point of view, “guber” is needless linguistic ghettoization. The word was invented not by popular or even elite Nigerian linguistic creativity (because no occasion calls for it) but by newspaper copy editors desirous of shortening the word “gubernatorial” in order to fit headline space. I know how that works because I was once a news editor. “Guber” was first used byThisDay, which has become something of a trendsetter in Nigerian newspaper journalism in the past few years.
But "gov," the standard abbreviation for "governor," "governorship," and "government" in all varieties of English, could easily replace "guber" since "governorship" is, in fact, the more usual word than "gubernatorial" even in American English. Plus, "gov" actually saves more space than "guber."
So the invention of "guber" is the product of intellectual laziness and lack of imagination. To be continued...

May 17th,31st for freshers,and stalites respectively.
Source; http://www.oauife.edu.ng/2015/04/new-resumption-dates-announced-for-20142015-academic-session/

godofOrijin:
Oau resumption date is shifted again to 31st may,owing to the fact dat the management wants to renovate some dilapidated structures, http://oauife.edu.ng/resumption

Yea,the new date is now 17th of this month.

adeyinka101:
Hello people in the house, i heard our resumption date has been postponed, true or false

Have already sent a mail to the bank headquarter @ Marina,if I'm not satisfy with the reply,then I will storm the bank. Thanks a lot.

OAUTemitayo:
Tell them to repost the payment at the bank. It should solve the problem

So,you meant I should contact OAU,or the bank?

OAUTemitayo:
Only them can explain.

Thanks. Will do the same on monday.

missyaii:
I explained everything to him nd in my presence he sent a mail to d manager at ife and he was asked to repost d money. ....dey did it twice before it was confirmed. I stayed at the bank till d payment was confirmed

What did the branch manager ask you to do?

missyaii:
I encountered d same prob o...buh myn was solved after I met d branch manager.....