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Treasure Olawunmi Bayode , is attempting to set a new Guinness world record for ‘The Longest Reading Marathon (Read Aloud).’ According to tweets on his Twitter page, he plans to read for 120 hours straight with only two hours break every 24 hours. Bayode began reading at 1:30pm on Monday reading Carnivorous City by Toni Kan. The marathon is ongoing at the You Read Library, Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba in Lagos. “I have always loved to read good materials right from when I was in secondary school.,” he wrote on Twitter. “I am doing this for the culture! For the reading culture. I am doing this for the youths; to remind them that education is the bedrock of development. “I am doing this for Nigeria – for the world know we’re a great nation – and yes, we do have libraries!” On Wednesday, he had already read for 48 hours. “48 HOURS and counting!!! I started from Monday (13:30 GMT + 1), now we’re here! I am still o...

Over thirty national and international institutions set to storm OAU for ICJC'18 1. GPU School of Journalism and Digital Media, (Gambia) 2. UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (Lagos State, Nigeria) 3. LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY (Lagos State, Nigeria) 4. RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC *(Ondo State, Nigeria) 5. FUTA (Ondo State, Nigeria) 6. AAUA (Ondo State, Nigeria) 7. Addis Ababa University, (Ethopia) 8. FUNAAB (Ogun State, Nigeria) 9. OOU (Ogun State, Nigeria) 10. TASUED (Ogun State, Nigeria) 11. MAPOLY (Ogun State, Nigeria) 12. OGITECH (Ogun State, Nigeria) 13. FCEABK (Ogun State, Nigeria) 14. RHODES UNIVERSITY, (South Africa) 15. UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN (Oyo State, Nigeria) 16. LAUTECH (Oyo State, Nigeria) 17. The Poly Ibadan (Oyo State, Nigeria) 18. The Poly Saki (Oyo State, Nigeria) 19. Federal School of Statistics *(Oyo State, Nigeria)* 20. Africa University College of Communication, *(Ghana)* 21. FUOYE *(Ekiti State, Nigeria)* 22. EKSU *(Ekiti State, Nigeria)* 23. Fed. Poly Ado Eki...

Kwara state university (KWASU), Malete, has unveiled doctoral degree programme in advanced military studies (IAMS) to prepare students for intellectual solution to war, crime and conflicts in African nations. Speaking at the launch of the IAMS in Malete at the weekend, the director of the institute and former head of political, policy and planning for the consolidation of democratic governance of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Dr Ademola Araoye and Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdulrasheed Na�Allah, linked security tensions in parts of Nigeria to neglect of military intellectualism. Professor Na'Allah, who said that crime could be eliminated in the society through intellectualism and not by merely buying more guns, added that "We have neglected high level of intellectualism and critical thinking in the elimination of crimes in the society. Nigeria should develop enough intellectual power to resolve security challenges in Nigeria". The vi...

The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos has expressed the desire of the University to have closer ties with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the area of Research and Development (R&D). The Vice Chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Development Services, Prof Folasade Ogunsola, made this known when she led a team from the University to pay a courtesy call on the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on 22 February 2018. The visiting Vice Chancellor, who used the occasion to congratulate the NAF on the recent induction of its first indigenous operational Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), stated that the visionary leadership of Air Marshal Abubakar was, without doubts, contributing meaningfully to national development. While noting that the military drives R&D globally, Prof Ogunsola stated that the University of Lagos also possesses required competencies and would love to partner with the NAF to achieve the desired techno...

OOU Ago Iwoye Matriculates 5912 Students By Ogundokun Doyinmola  Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State Nigeria on the 23rd February 2018 matriculated 5912 students for 2017/2018 session. Prof. Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde, the Vice-Chancellor of the school while speaking to the new students implored them to have zero tolerance for cultism. He advised them to make use of the newly introduced entrepreneurer training for the students as the country Nigeria has today moved to a position where graduates are meant to be labour employers and job employees. He stated that email address has been generated for all students of the school to communicate with lecturers, submit assignment etc in order to utilize the school's functional ICT service. He further made a breakdown of the number of students admitted in each falculty: Faculty of Administration - 227 Faculty of Art - 461 Basic medical science - 470 Faculty of Education - 1121 Faculty of Law - 210 Faculty of Pharmacy...

As part of activities of repositioning the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for global relevance, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. E.O. Ogunbodede has signed an MOU with Towson University, Towson, US. TU is the second largest public university in the state of Maryland with a nationally rated Cyber Security programme, designated by the National Security Agency/Department of Homeland Security of US as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education in 2002 and in Cyber Operations in 2013. TU is one of only 19 institutions in US to receive the NSA/DHS Cyber Operations designation. The TU team led by were on campus between 17th January – 21st January, 2018 in order to establish a strong partnership between Towson University and Obafemi Awolowo University; especially in respect of the OAU Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) project. At the signing event, the VC expressed optimism that the MOU will signal an onset of an active, mutually benefitting collaboration between the t...

International Campus Journalism  Conference, 2018 Association of Campus Journalists, OAU Criteria for the nominations 1. The best News Agency in campus Editorial must have had an editorial published in a newspaper or the Agency's website between Jan 1 and December 31,2017, which (Link) must be sent to  acjoau2015@gmail.com 2. The reporter must be an undergraduate and must be reporting for a well known media house both within and outside Campus and have his/her  recent work published (Link) sent to acjoau2015@gmail.com 3. His/her article must have featured in at least one magazines and also published in a newspaper or News Agency official website. This must be forwarded to acjoau2015@gmail.com for confirmation. 4. The journalist must be a graduating student in the year 2016/2017 academic session and have his/her and most have contributed to the development of campus journalism in one way or the other. 5. Most influential campus journalists must be known for good c...

PROCEDURES FOR ALLOCATION & OCCUPATION OF BED SPACE The Division of Student Affairs wishes to inform all Students currently residing in the Halls of residence to remove all personal belonging including their sleeping matrasses as soon as the University goes on vacation at the end of the 2016/2017 academic session. The Division will not be responsible for any loss or damage of property. No Student is permitted to occupy in any room until the official allocation of such room is made. Allocation of Bedspace Final Year , Part 2 / 3 and Fresh Students will be allocated bedspaces by the ePortal on a first come-first-served basis Occupation of bedspace Upon successfully allocated a bedspace, you are required to carry out the following within one month: Payment of all appropriate fees including accommodation fees (Please do not pay accommodation fees if you are not successful in getting a bed space as no refund will be made for such). Print 3 copies of "Bedspace Clearance Form...

Relevant Internships are more valuable than GPA. This is something that no one will tell you while you’re in school. Not your professors, advisors, and surely not your parents. What parent wants their child to have poor grades? None of them. But parents are perfectly fine with having a child with great grades and no job. In this article, I show and prove to you why your parents, friends, professors, and society is wrong for thinking that internship and job experience isn’t as important as grades. Let me start off by telling you a story. I tell this story soooo often because it directly proves my point of internships being more valuable than good grades. “I was waiting in a room to be summoned for my interview. The position was a Software Engineering internship that “claimed” they only hired juniors. At the time, I was a sophomore with a semi-decent GPA (I won’t tell you what it is, but it was below 3.3) and one internship. There was another s...

By Olaiya Lateef k The management of Obafemi Awolowo University just 'upturned' accommodation timetable which was earlier slated to commence with the allocation of bed space for non final year students, but the latest timetable says, the final year students are the first set of students to apply for accommodation .

Earlier today the news about the arrested SSANU leaders filled the air, the Joint action committee, Unilag chapter announced the release of the leaders via its Twitter handle @Unilag-Jac. The tweets go thus "@unilag_ Jac is pleased to announce the release of its leadership Comrade Adefolalu and Adekola has been released with intervention of our legal team and Mr. Falana (SAN) . We sincerely appreciate efforts from both individuals and groups who made it fruition".

The leader of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), University of Lagos chapter, Prince Oriwaye Joseph Adefolalu was this morning arrested by security operatives from the SCID, Ikeja allegedly at the instance of the Vice – Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Prince Waye Adefolalu who was the Chairman of the institution’s SSANU between 2003 and 2009 has been at the forefront and has been part of the negotiation team, in the lingering conflict between the school authorities and the unions in the premier institution. According to family source, the security operatives, numbering over 12 who came in three vehicles with special plate numbers invaded his residence around midnight and held the members of his family hostage, until he was forced to open the door. “They came around midnight and surrounded the entire house. Initially, he did not want to open the door. We were all inside and some of the landlords in the environment came out. The ...

✍🏻 *by Ayoola Ojo Oswa (NUESA Financial  Secretary) and Ayoola Adekunle Isaiah (NUESA General Secretary),  2016/2017 parliamentary session.*    *14/02/2018.*   *It is no longer news that the recently installed signpost at Faculty of Education by the Socrates led Reformation Crew has ignited and triggered series of controversy, witch-hunt and character assassination ranging from overestimation of project cost to embezzlement of funds, hence this release to clear the committee members.*    _The journey of the controversial project started around November 2017 when the president, Socrates setup a five man committee (the general secretary, financial secretary, the deputy speaker, miss NUESA and the president himself) to execute the project. A whooping amount of #150,000 was approved for the signpost and #10,000 for it's installation._   *Even though the president setup a committee charged with the responsibility of  delivery t...

RELEASE FOR RETURNING STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PROCEDURE FOR 2017/2018 SESSION The Division of Student Affairs wishes to inform all Students currently residing in the Halls of residence to remove all personal belonging including their sleeping matrasses as soon as the University goes on vacation at the end of the 2016/2017 academic session. The Division will not be responsible for any loss or damage of property. No Student is permitted to occupy in any room until the official allocation of such room is made. 1. Prospective FINAL YEAR students in all faculties (except Clinical Sciences and Dentistry) who are interested in residing in the halls of residence in during the 2017-2018 academic session are to apply for available bed spaces via the e-portal as from 8pm, Friday, 16th February, 2018. 2. NON-FINAL-YEAR RETURNING students in all faculties (except Clinical and Dentistry) who are also interested in residing in the Halls of residence during ...

#ICJC2018: ACJOAU To Host Oluwo of Iwo The Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is set to host the Oluwo of Iwo, HIM, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi for the 2018 edition of International Campus Journalism Conference. The monarch confirmed his presence during a courtesy visit by the delegates of the ICJC on Friday. Oluwo expressed his satisfaction in the programme as he enjoined youth to continue to represent the nation well against all odds. The ACJOAU is well known for her outstanding development towards campus journalism aims to bring all pen pushers across the world institutions together as all student journalists are invited to the conference scheduled to hold in Africa most beautiful campus. Theme: The Proper Use of Media: An Elixir To Terrorism Attacks in Nigeria Date: 10th of March, 2018 Venue: Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the registration for 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE), until Feb. 11. The Board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, the extension came after the Board made a “decision albeit with great hesitation to accommodate candidates who failed to register between the two months window period.’’ He said that the decision was arrived at after the window period ended at midnight of Tuesday, February 6. “The failure of these candidates to register is unfortunate and the Board hastens to add that this culture of impunity would not be tolerated henceforth. “Indeed penalty will be imposed for late registration from next session. “UTME candidates are therefore strongly advised to take advantage of the extension to register as request for ...