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ELECTION HAS GONE, POLITICKING MUST BE BURIED... BY HON. MAN PEA

ELECTION HAS GONE, POLITICKING MUST BE BURIED "By: Hon. Man Pea_" While avoiding interminable fits of tergiversation, I cannot but acknowledge the imperishable saying of an icon, Chris Hadfield, who said in his words that 'Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter.' It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. However, it can be said to be the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. This is to categorically tell you all that your resounding 'successes' at the just concluded Department of Science and Technology Students Association election is never the end, but in fact, the very beginning of a series of life albatrosses, which either ends with ...

OAU : reason behind the fire outbreak reveals

OAU: FIRE OUTBREAK IN AKINTOLA HALL By Ananwureyi Ohine Joy There was a fire outbreak in Akintola Hall of residence in the late hour of Thursday. 25th January. At about 10:15pm, a fire broke out in Block W1, room 102. Our findings reveal that the fire outbreak was as a result of gas explosion. According to an occupant of the room interviewed after this ugly incident who pleaded anonymity, she said: "A gas cylinder with a bad burner caused the fire outbreak. One of my roommates who allegedly owns the gas cylinder was cooking but the gas cylinder caught up in flames due to it not going off after cooking". As at the time of the outbreak, the room was caught up in flames and smoke filled the room. Most of the occupants of Akintola hall rushed out to find out what caused the uproar. Some were even seen scampering for safety amidst the commotion. The fire was put out by the combined efforts of the firefighters who showed up immediately and the efforts of students who used sand...