The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has emerged winner in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Nigeria ethics challenge. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, and Covenant University (CU), Ogun State won the second and third positions respectively. The CFA Society Nigeria is an annual University Ethics Challenge, with First Bank of Nigeria as the primary sponsor. The 2024 edition marked …

Man’s three basic needs or necessities are generally given as food (including water), clothing, and shelter. Food (including water) is needed to keep body and soul together and give us the energy required for our daily activities. Apart from air, food (including water) is the most basic – and important – of man’s needs. Water appears more indispensable to the …

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday, announced the death of a final year student of the Department of Foreign Languages, Esu Ema. Ema was reportedly killed by a driver, identified as Lasisi Sodiq, near the campus of the institution. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, said the deceased …

FG SUSPENDS MINING ACTIVITIES WITHIN OAU AND ITS ENVIRONS Pending the conclusion of investigations into suspected illegal mining around the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC) Ile-Ife, Osun State, the Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of mining activities within the academic institutions, and their environs. After a meeting with OAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. …

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has been thrown into mourning following the death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, the veterinary technologist, who has been in charge of the zoological garden for over a decade, was attacked on Monday by a nine-year-old male lion when he …

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Great Ife Alumni Association, Dallas branch, United States of America (USA) has awarded 52 students of the institution with N10.4 million scholarship for the 2023/2024 academic year. The event which took place at the Oduduwa Hall of the university had in attendance top members of the university management, led by the vice chancellor, Prof. Simeon Bamire. …

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday, announced adjustments to the fees that students of the institution will be required to pay for the upcoming academic session. This decision, according to a communique released by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju was taken by the Senate at its emergency meeting held on Wednesday. …

Music icon Innocent Idibia (well known as 2baba) has spoken on why he built a multi-million music studio at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun. According to 2baba, during a breakfast chat organised by “The 2baba Foundation”, he built the studio as a way of reciprocating the gesture shown to him by the university with his conferment as a fellow …

The Head of the Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Grace Akinola said on Friday that plans were ongoing for the establishment of OAU Business School. She said the school was being processed alongside the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme and would commence after Senate approval. Leading …

The legal firm of human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has written to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba requesting information on the brutal killing of one Ahize Chizoputam Okoli, a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. Okoli, a 500-Level engineering student, was gruesomely killed by some students on 21st April 2023, at the …