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The Faculty of Arts Students' Association Compilation of the courses to register for all freshmen in the faculty of Arts. 1. DRAMATIC ARTS Core Courses. *DRA 101* *DRA 103* *DRA 105* *DRA 107* Restricted Electives. *PHL 101* Choose one between EGL 101 and LIT 101. 2. MUSIC Core Courses. *MUS  101* *MUS  111* *MUS  121* *MUS  131* *MUS  141* *MUS  151* *MUS  161* *MUS  171* *MUS  173* Restricted Electives. Choose one between PHL 101, YOR 101, REL 101. 3. LINGUISTICS AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES B .A LINGUISTICS MAJOR Core Courses. *LIN 101* *LIN 103* *LIN 105* *LIT 101* *EGL 101* Restricted Electives. Choose one from the following REL 101, PHL 101,DRA 107, MUS 111 B.A YORUBA MAJOR Core Courses. *YOR 101* *YOR 103* *YOR 105* *EGL 101* *LIT 101* Restricted Electives. Choose one from the following REL 101, PHL 101,DRA 107, MUS 111 4. FOREIGN LANGUAGES (There are different programmes in the departme...

Below are the reasons why Obafeni Awolowo University is a great school; 1. The only University in Nigeria whose students  are capable of influencing national policies.  Examples: i, Ife/Ibadan expressway was dualized  in the early 1990s due to agitations of Ife  students after an accident claiming students'  lives; ii , Ife students led the Ali-Must Go struggle  of 1978 against FG's obnoxious policies on education iii The national clampdown on cultism in all Nigerian institutions was triggered by Ife students in 1999. 2. Ife Varsity enjoys the best welfare facilities  among public universities in Nigeria. Good roads, water, constant electricity, very conducive learning environment. 3. The only Nobel Laurette in Nigeria won it as Ife  lecturer. Wole Soyinka. 4. A good percentage of Ife products are highflyers in their chosen professions. 5. Ife is the most progressive university in Nigeria.  It is only in Ife that a fumbling serving ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that candidates who are already matriculated students of any tertiary institution are not allowed to site for UTME. He made this know during a phone conversation with newsmen on Monday. According to him, “Students with matriculation numbers of universities are not eligible to sit for the UTME. If they are not satisfied with their chosen disciplines, they can ask for transfer.” On the issues of extension of deadline due to hitches, he said, “We registered 600,000 candidates in 10 days and if we go on at this pace, it means we would have registered 1.2million in 20 days. We want Nigerians to be patient and every eligible candidate will be registered by April 19, when the registration will close.” Click HERE  to write or advertise here

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Wednesday said the board may reduce the timeline for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) from three hours to two hours. Similarly, Use of English that used to have 100 questions will be reduced to 60 questions while the other subjects will be reduced to 40 questions each. He further stated that question papers will be uploaded five minutes to the examinations in order to check malpractice and questions leakage. He made this known during the Strategic Planning retreat on Supervision and Evaluation of 2017 UTME examinations. Write and Advertise

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has stated that it has so far registered 600, 000 candidates for the 2017 UTME across the country. Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations JAMB, made this known today in an interview with newsmen. He emphasized again that JAMB will not be extending the registration deadline. According to him, some applicants were seeking extension of the UTME registration deadline due to irregularities in the ongoing registration process but measures are on ground to ensure the regulated platform could help candidates to get registered before the end of the month and to prevent irregularities in registration. ****** Click to advertise here According to him, it is wrong for any person to also think that there is inadequacy in the number of centres stipulated to register candidates for the UTME. “There is no such delay as alleged by some candidates, the issue here is that plenty people are registering for the UTME at the same time. “The i...

About OAU, Ile-ife Obafemi Awolowo University is a federal government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Ile-Ife. Established in 1962 as The University of Ife. The University is situated on a vast expanse of land totaling 11,861 hectares in Ile-Ife, Osun State, southwest of Nigeria. Right from the start, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU), has continuously proven its academic, administrative, research and community service supremacy over and above other universities in Nigeria. Why this is so is explained in the points below as compiled by Nigerian Bulletin: 1. Students Unionism: Of all student unions in Nigeria, OAU student union stands out. Its slogan Great IFE means: Great Intellectual Fighters for Emancipation. The ivory tower boasts of vibrant union and fearless national activists. Examples include: Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, Bamidele Aturu, among others. While other schools has Students’ Union Gove...

The Nigerian army has said a confessed Boko Haram terrorist belonging to Mamman Nur’s faction of the terrorists’ group, Bulama Kailani, has surrendered himself to troops of 145 Task Force Battalion, 5 Brigade, at Damasak. This was disclosed in a statement by Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Sani Kukasheka Usman. According to Usman, the surrendered terrorist was at Serial number 253 on the Nigerian Army’s Wanted Boko Haram terrorists poster produced recently. He further disclosed that Kailani stated that his motive for surrendering was based on his despair over the lies and falsehoods peddled by his commanders. Similarly, the Army spokesman said that troops of 158 Task Force Battalion of 5 Brigade in Maiduguri have arrested two suspected Boko Haram terrorists carrying out surveillance on Kareto and Dangalti villages following reliable tip-off. He said preliminary investigation showed that the arrested spies were on research mission to facilitate possible Boko Hara...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has observed with great concern that some Nigerian universities are running unapproved postgraduate programmes, leading to the award of Masters and PhD degrees. ....... Click Here to advertise on the page The Commission has also observed that some Parastatals and Institutes are awarding these same Postgraduate degrees, either on their own or through unapproved affiliations with Nigerian and foreign Universities. Such practices are not only unethical, but also antithetical to time-tested quality assurance best practices. The qualifications/awards resulting therefrom are not recognized. The Commission hereby notifies the general public that only the following universities have approval to offer postgraduate programmes at the Masters and Ph.D levels in Nigeria; Federal Universities : 1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi 2. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 3. Bayero University, Kano 4. Federal University of Technology, Akure 5....

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave vice chancellors a marching order to expel students with less than 0.5 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) from next academic session.                                                                              President Buhari Such students, he said, are unserious elements that should not be accommodated any longer in higher institutions. The President also cautioned governing councils and managements universities against muzzle-flexing and ego-tripping, which he said had thrown affected universities into avoidable crises. Buhari spoke at the 31st convocation of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). He further assured his administration was committed to the 2009 agreement entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Are: 1. Thee Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt 2. Thee Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. The Statue of Zeus atOlympia, Greece 4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 5. The Mausoleum atHalicarnassusthe 6. Colossus of Rhodes 7. The Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt The Seven Wonders were first defined as themata (Greek for 'things to be seen’ which, in today’s common English, we would phrase as 'must sees’) by Philo ofByzantium in 225 BCE, in his workOn The Seven Wonders. Other writers on the Seven Wonders include Herodotus, Callimachus of Cyrene and Antipater of Sidon. Of the original seven, only the Great Pyramid exists today. GREAT PYRAMID AT GIZA The Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed between 2584 and 2561 BCE for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (known in Greek as `Cheops') and was the tallest man-made structure in the world for almost 4,000 years. Excavations of the interior of the pyramid were only initiated in earnest in the late ...

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University has released the list of admitted candidates for the 2016/2017 academic session online. How to Check Your Admission Status 1. Visit http://eportal.oauife.edu.ng/admissions.php 2. Enter your admission Year and JAMB Registration Number in the spaces provided. 3. Click on the submit button to access your provisional admission status. Acceptance Fee Payment Procedure Admitted students will be required to make payment ofa non-refundable acceptance fee of N20,000.00. They are to proceed to the University’s e-portal via  http://eportal.oauife.edu.ng from Monday, 13th March, 2017 to print the RRR invoice for payment of Acceptance Fee. Candidates are required to pay appropriate charges as indicated in any branch of banks that accept Remita payment. Return to the e-portal after payment to complete registration. OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF FRESHMEN Candidates who have been offered admission should upload their credent...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has officially resumed work at the national secretariat of the party. Addressing the Imo State PDP delegation who paid him a visit in Abuja, Senator Sheriff said the party is in its current leadership mess because of the imposition of candidates against the wishes of the people. He, however, stated optimism that he would return the party to the people. On their part, the delegation led by Senator Hope Uzodinma pledged to mobilise the support of party members from the southeast region. It appears  the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State which reinstated Sheriff as the PDP Chairman  has continued to trigger more controversy within the party. This time, the chapter of the party in Kaduna state seems to have been divided over Senator Sheriff’s supporters and those in Senator Ahmed Makarfi’s camp. Members of the state working committee unanimously thr...

With effect from this year (2017), candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, said in Abuja on Tuesday. The organisation also said it had concluded all restructuring and reforms and is now set to commence the sale of its application document in March. The restructuring exercise will now allow for only one choice of public university in which new registration platform will now be first choice, second choice, third choice and fourth choice and not most preferred, preferred choice. A statement by the spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the agency had taken time to add value to the services it have been offering to Nigerians for over three decades. According to him, the restructuring was aimed at expanding the opportunities available to candidates since almost all the public universities do not consider candidates on the second choice list bec...

January 23, 2017 – Council flags off the processes for the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor January 26, 2017 – Advertisement of the vacancy for the post of Vice-Chancellor in approved newspaper(s) in Nigeria and in the University Bulletin. Suggested Newspapers are: The Guardian The Punch The Tribune The Nation The Vanguard Daily Trust March 9, 2017 – Closing of the advertisement/deadline for submission of Applications. March 14, 2017 – Special Meeting of Congregation to elect two representatives on the Search Team March 15, 2017 – Senate Meeting to elect two representatives on the Search Team March 17, 2017 – Special Meeting of Council to elect Chairman of the Search Team March 20, 2017 – Search Team commences operations April 20, 2017 – Search Team concludes assignment and forwards its report to the Council. April 21, 2017 – Council meeting to shortlist candidates. April 24, 2017 – Letters of invitation through DHL with pre- paid reply for interaction...

PRESIDENT IBIYEMI - 1515 JK - 970 T.COOL - 86 HARVICS - 161 DR IBK - 2698 (Winner) OYO - 199 HON. IBK - 995 VICE PRESIDENT ANNADIVA - 2050 EMERALD - 4052 (Winner) THEMMY. T - 536 SECRETARY GENERAL BERNARD P - 592 EPORTAH - 1456 FYNESTBOI - 2469 (Winner) RAY - 2019 ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY EMERITUS ARA - 761 KAY - 869 SIEWEN - 3762 (Winner) VICTOR - 940 PUBLIC RELATED OFFICER O'ZIK - 723 VON - 1889 ZUMA - 3849 (Winner) FINANCIAL SECRETARY YELLOWBANTY - 2430 OMISAKIN - 4018 (Winner) WELFARE DIRECTOR KI - 338 EFO - 2898 (Winner) EMPEROR - 1595 BRAIN - 1588 DIRECTOR OF SOCIALS LAMBA - 5576 (Winner) CHAVW-LEE - 797 DIRECTOR OF SPORTS ERINTO - 881 COACH OREE - 1735 OLUWAMICHAEL - 3633 (winner) The voice of the students really showcased. #OAUDECIDES #SUELECTION #2017

Success is the achievement of One's aim or goal. Life can be define in various ways, some include the following: Life is the state that follows birth, and precedes death; the state of being alive and living. Life is the period in which one (A person, an animal, a plant, a star) is alive. Life the period of time during which an object is recognizable. "Life is like a swimming pool in which one is limited to the area which one swims" Ganiyu Ayanniyi M. Life is assumed to me as not _complete_ if we don't realize our dreams and live a memorable lives. For our lives to be of good memory, one need to take important decisions or do some prestigious things (Legacy) that will make one to be remembered even after one's death or exit. The following include some Basic Tips of Life that will help one Morally, Physically, Spiritually, and Emotionally Sound to confront all hindrances on the way towards Success or achieving one's goal. 1. PRAYER: It is believed...

Cameroon  on Sunday emerged champions after defeating Egypt 2-1 in the final of the African Cup of Nations. The Indomitable Lions came from a goal behind to defeat their opponent and win the tournament for the fifth time. Arsenal midfielder, Mohammed Elneny, had given the Pharaohs the lead in the first half and Egypt were looking good for an astonishing eighth African title. However, the tables were turned in the second half when just before the hour-mark, Nicolas N’Koulou got the equaliser for Cameroon before Vincent Aboubakar sealed victory with his 88 th minute strike.