Lion eats varsity staff during meal time

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) community was on Monday thrown into mourning after a lion at the school’s zoo killed a veterinary technologist Olabode Olawuyi. According to the school’s spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju, the victim who has been in charge of…

NNPC Ltd’s CEO Mele Kyari champions academia-industry alliance for energy security and sustainability

Mr. Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), has emphasised the imperative for collaboration between academia and the Oil & Gas Industry to tackle the challenges of energy sufficiency and sustainability.…

OAU former VC, Prof Cyril Onwumechili, dies at 91

The Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, say they received, with a heavy heart and deep sadness, the news of the passing of the fourth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Cyril Onwumechili, at 91. This is contained in a…

Police arrest suspects for beating OAU student to death

Suspects accused of the murder of a final-year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Okolie Arinze, have been handed over to the police. OAU spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday, in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The deceased,…

23-year-old man nabbed for raping, killing victim in Ogun

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old man, Ikenna James for raping and killing his 29- year- old neighbour, Oluwatoshin Adefisayo, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University. The suspect, who lives in the same compound with the…

OAU student: Court remands Hilton hotel owner, Adedoyin, others

An Osun State High Court on Thursday remanded in a correctional facility the owner of Hilton Royal Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and six others arrested in connection with the death of a Master’s degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University,…

*I no longer have anything to do with bandits – Gumi (Sun)*Lagos optimistic about 2022 hajj (Tribune)

I no longer have anything to do with bandits – Gumi (Sun) Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said  he no longer has anything to do with bandits following their declaration as terrorists by the court. On November 25, an…

Sexual harassment: Why OAU victim is yet to graduate – source

Fresh facts emerged on Saturday that Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is yet to award sexual harassment victim, Monica Osagie, a master’s degree because she has not fulfilled the necessary requirements. The university claimed that Osagie failed a Mathematics course which…

*LAWMA worker falls, dies on duty (Punch)*Sanwo-Olu commissions four-floor 110-bed MCC, others In Badagry (Independent)

LAWMA worker falls, dies on duty (Punch) An official of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mr. Nasiru Saheed, on Saturday, fell from the machine he was operating and died on the spot. The PUNCH gathered that the LAWMA employee died…

5 reasons we are obsessed about Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi

A 26-year-old lady once wrote a poem out of curiosity about what her life would be when she eventually turned 80. Would she have impacted lives? Would she have built a legacy? How would she be celebrated? If there was ever…

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