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  • BREAKING: Tinubu swaps leadership at federal universities in Oye-Ekiti, Lokoja

    BREAKING: Tinubu swaps leadership at federal universities in Oye-Ekiti, Lokoja

    In a move aimed at enhancing diversity and national cohesion in university administration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate swap of pro-chancellors and chairmen of the governing councils at two federal universities.

    A statement issued on Wednesday by the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, who previously served as the Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja, has been reassigned to Federal University, Oye-Ekiti.

    Meanwhile, Engineer Kayode Ojo, formerly holding the same position at Oye-Ekiti, will now take on the role at Lokoja.

    The reshuffle, according to the statement, underscores President Tinubu’s commitment to fostering balanced representation and effective management in Nigeria’s tertiary education sector.

    “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate swap of the Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of the Governing Councils for the Federal University Oye-Ekiti and Federal University Lokoja.

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    “In this reshuffling, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, currently serving as the Pro-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, will take over at Federal University Oye-Ekiti.

    “Engineer Kayode Ojo, who previously held a similar position at Oye-Ekiti, will assume the role in Lokoja.

    “This strategic change is part of President Tinubu’s initiative to foster diversity and national cohesion in the management of the country’s universities”, the statement said.

    The leadership adjustments at the two institutions are expected to promote collaborative growth and reflect the administration’s broader efforts to strengthen governance in federal universities.

  • Fuoye crisis: SU seeks justice for slain, injured colleagues

    Students Union(SU) of  the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has called on government and civil society organisations to join hands with them to seek justice for victims of September 10 crisis.

    The Nation earlier reported how two students of the institution- Oluwaseyi Kehinde and Joseph Okonofua, were killed by the police during a protest by the students over poor electricity in Oye and and Ikole Ekiti campuses of the institution.

    Many other students were also injured when the protesters took their grievances to wife of the Ekiti State Governor Erelu Bisi Fayemi who coincidentally was in town to carry out her empowerment campaign. The protest turned violent after a police officer attached to Mrs Fayemi’s convoy slapped one of the students.

    The state government has paid a condolence visit to the bereaved families, participated in their funeral ceremonies, and footed the bill of the injured.

    However, the school management, state government and National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) will make their reports available on the incident this week.

    SU President, Awodola Oluwaseun, lamented that Nigeria practises injustice instead of independence.

    He said:“As the nation celebrates  the 59th  anniversary of our nationhood, it should be the day we celebrate our nation’s comfortable means of livelihood and secured sense of security, but what do we have here?

    “Where is our sense of security and assurance safety if extrajudicial killings of our innocent brothers and sisters continue to go unpunished?

    “Fuoyeites (FUOYE students) have not forgotten the evil perpetrated against us. However, we still appeal to both federal and state governments because of our civility, to seize the moments of the Independence Day in availing the deaths of our comrades.

    “We also use this medium to appeal to all mother union-National Association of Nigeria Students, National Association of Polytechnic Students, National Association of Academic Technologists, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Academic Staff Union of Universities, among others, to ensure justice to the martyrs.”

  • Six FUOYE students get scholarship

    Six students of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) have been awarded scholarship in the 2018/2019 academic session by SEYEM08, an American-based Foundation.

    The recipients were: Adejumo Oluwapelumi Oluwaseyi; Adisa Peter Ayotomiwa; Babatunde Titilayo Precillia; Omokayode Samuel Opeoluwa; Vincent Ufuoma; and Yormenkpeh Samson Oluwatosin.

    This was conveyed in a letter presented to the institution’s Dean of Student Affairs, Dr Dosu Malomo.

    It was learnt that the recipients were selected after a competitive essay test the foundation conducted in January and supervised by officials from the Students Affairs division of FUOYE.

    Speaking to CAMPUSLIFE, Ayotomiwa, a 300-Level undergraduate of Geophysics, said he was joyful when he heard he was shortlisted.

    He said: “I am a beneficiary of SEYEM08 foundation. My joy knew no bounds when I saw my name in the list. If I hadn’t been on the list, I don’t know what would have happened to my studentship.”

    Babatunde Titilayo Priscilla from FUOYE’s Department of Public Administration said the scholarship has prevented her from dropping out from school.

    She said: “I was very happy when they gave me the scholarship. I am a hustler; and denying me this scholarship could make me drop out of school.”

    Oluwatosin from the Department of Theatre and Media Arts, also said but for the scholarship he would have left school for a year.

    He said: “I also benefited from the SEYEM08 Foundation. I’m very grateful and will continue to be because if I was not awarded the scholarship, perhaps I’ll have to miss exams again which may earn me an extra year. May you continue to flourish in abundant blessing.”

    Speaking to CAMPUSLIFE, the Foundation’s Chairman, Mr. Olayemi Adedoja, said the gesture was to help young people realise their potentials.

    He said: “The goal of the scholarship is to encourage indigent students that all they need to be successful is to believe that with God all things are possible. All we are doing is just to give back in our little way to encourage potentials.”

    The Dean of Students Affairs, Dr. Dosu Malomo, thanked the foundation for its gesture. He advised the recipients of the scholarship to make judicious use of it.

    He said: “First, I want to thank this Foundation for reaching out to some of our students in FUOYE who are struggling with their school fees by granting them scholarship.”

    “I believe this is a gesture that cannot be forgotten by the recipients of this year’s scholarship award because the foundation has gone so far to save students’ future.

    “Second, let me congratulate the recipients of this year’s scholarship award. I want them to put in their best to their studies for it is the only way to reciprocate this gesture.”

  • Police arraign student for being in possession of Indian hemp

    The police on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old student of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ishola Oluwaferanmi, in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of five wraps of Indian hemp.

    Oluwaferanmi, whose address was not given, is charged with possession of Indian hemp.

    The Police prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okunade, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 17 in Oye -Ekiti.

    Okunade alleged that the defendant was caught in possession of five wraps of Indian hemp by the school security.

    He said that the defendant was handed over to the police by the university management.

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    The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of  Section 5 of the India Hemp Act Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.

    Okunade urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the case file and present his witnesses.

    After the charge was read to him, the defendant pleaded not guilty.

    Defece Counsel, Mr Olatunde Olayemi, prayed the court to admit his client bail.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with one credible surety in like sum.

    Adegboye adjourned the case until May 24 for hearing.

    NAN

     

  • APC won’t buy votes to win, says Fayemi

    Ekiti State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will never buy votes to win any election.

    He spoke after voting with his wife Erelu Bisi at Ogilolo ward 11, Unit 009 Oye Local Government Area of the state.

    Fayemi arrived the polling booth around 11am and voted after receiving voting rules and regulations from the election officials. .

    Speaking with journalists shortly after casting the ballot, he expressed absolute confidence the APC will coast to victory without engaging in any anti-democratic means.

    The governor stated that there was nowhere in Ekiti where cases of vote buying were reported, describing his party as law- abiding.

    “Just check round, there was no place where votes were being bought. APC is a law abiding one and that we shall maintain.

    “Whoever says we are doing that here must be believing in hearsay”.

    He applauded the security arrangements, pointing out that democracy had come to stay with people allowed to make their choice of leaders without any fear or threat.

    The governor praised the voters for their massive turnout despite postponement by INEC, saying this has shown that electoral process is maturing in Nigeria.

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    “With the feelers I am getting, the postponement doesn’t affect us negatively here in Ekiti.

    “People trooped out massively to exercise their franchise, I am happy about that.

    “INEC staff arrived at the polling units early, this also added more credibility to these elections”.

    Senator Ayo Arise after voting in his country home at Oye Ekiti, said the threat issued by President Muhammadu Buhari helped in putting electoral robbers at check.

    “We are really grateful to President Buhari for that we threat. It has helped in bringing sanity to the system,” he said.

  • Ekiti 2018: Fayemi’s billboards destroyed by suspected thugs

    People suspected to be political thugs have vandalized a billboard of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in Oye-Ekiti.

    The billboard located at Ayede junction in the town was destroyed during a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally held on Tuesday.

    Sources in the community alleged that the billboard was destroyed by hoodlums led by a local government chairman who stormed the place in a Toyota Hummer bus.

    The action sparked tension in the town as some APC members wanted to launch a counter-attack but were prevailed upon by their leaders.

    But the state APC Chairman, Chief Olajide Awe, accused Governor Ayo Fayose of complicity saying “Fayemi’s billboard was vandalized when he (Fayose) led the PDP rally to the town.”

    Read Also: Ekiti 2018: Fayose, FUOYE VC trade words over alleged ‘rigging’ plot

    The APC boss said while the party has been appealing to members for calm, a repeat of such would not be tolerated again.

    Awe said: “Fayose destroyed it with his thugs; we are taking action on it. I have told our members in Oye to be vigilant. In a situation where the governor exhibits that, it is uncalled for.

    “It is abnormal, I have told our party members to be calm, we are taking action including judicial action against those who participated in the destruction of the billboard.

    “Fayose was there at the rally at Oye town and the rally was organized by the PDP and the chief security officer of the state was there. What further evidence do you need?”

    But the PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, accused the APC chair and members of his party of attempting to blackmail Fayose.

    Adebayo said: “We don’t habour hoodlums in our party, it is APC that harbours hoodlums and you can see it from their recent congresses.

    “PDP is a party of peace, our rally in Oye that day was peaceful and the governor and our members were not responsible for the destruction of the billboard.

    “APC should search its ranks for those who destroyed the billboard if ever it was destroyed because I am hearing it for the first time. Governor Fayose knows nothing about it and our members know nothing about it.”

  • FUOYE tasks SUG on good leadership

    FUOYE tasks SUG on good leadership

    The authority of the Federal  University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), has charged the institution’s pioneer Students Union Government (SUG) to exhibit good leadership style and support the university management to enhance development.
    The vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, gave this charge on Monday at the inauguration of the SUG executives at the university’s auditorium, Oye-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti.
    According to the vice-chancellor, leadership carries a great degree of responsibility and leaders can only function effectively with the support of their followers.
    “There should be a functional relationship between leaders and followers as leadership cannot be an island.
    “As you are inaugurated today, do not stay too far from the ‘market’; that is the students you are leading; imbibe the spirit of a responsible leadership.
    “Maintain a peaceful and conducive learning atmosphere between the management and the students you are leading.
    “Listen to your followers’ agitations, especially those ones, who will bring about the desired development,” Soremekun said.
    He, however, told them that he operated an open door policy, in which he was prepared to deliberate with people on developmental issues at all times.
    In his address, the pioneer SUG president, Mr Taiwo Fasakin, promised to partner with the university’s management and other organisations to foster development during his tenure.
    He pledged to make the good use of the vice chancellor’s open-door policy to ensure that students generally and the university management enjoyed a good working relationship as well as sustain a conducive academic environment.
    Present on the occasion were, the university’s Acting Registrar, Mrs Oyeyimika Fasakin and Dr Dosumu Malomo,  the Dean, Students Affairs among others.
    The high point of the event was the presentation of the Students Hand Book to members of the SUG by the vice-chancellor.
  • FG names varsity after Adebayo

    FG names varsity after Adebayo

    The Federal University, Oye Ekiti, has been re-named Adeyinka Adebayo University, after the late military governor of the defunct  Western Region.

    Acting President Yemi Osinbajo stated this  at the funeral service held for the late elder statesman at All Saints Anglican Church, Iyin-Ekiti on Saturday.

    According to Osinbajo, the decision to honour the late Adebayo was as a result of his exemplary leadership qualities and his astute belief  in the peaceful existence of the country.

    The acting President recalled how the deceased technical advice to the then military government helped to put the federal  troops  ahead of the  rebels  during the 1967 civil war.

    He said were it  not for the bravery and exceptional military professionalism exhibited by Adebayo, Nigeria would probably not be a united nation today.

    In his sermon preceding the burial, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh, said though the exit of Adebayo at 89 may be sad and unpleasant to many, death was  a necessity that no mortal could  avoid.

    Okoh, who was represented by the Dean, Church of  Nigeria and Archbishop of  Ondo Province, George Lasebikan,  said it was saddening that many Nigerians were desperate to acquire wealth at all cost.

    He urged Nigerians to  change their attitude to life and  embrace humility and contentment for the nation to move forward.

    NAN

  • VC raises alarm over overstretched facilities at Federal University, Oye Ekiti

    VC raises alarm over overstretched facilities at Federal University, Oye Ekiti

    Prof. Kayode Soremekun, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, on Friday lamented the increasing number of students seeking admission to the university.

    Soremekun said the management was taking steps at solving the challenges to both human and infrastructure and cope with the surge.

    The vice chancellor spoke while presiding over his first and the 6th matriculation ceremony of the university.

    He said it was his delight that the number of those seeking placement in the institution had doubled since he took over mantle of leadership about a year ago.

    Soremekun, however, said his major concern was the limited facilities which the students had to contend with, but added that the university was taking pro-active measures to tackle the challenges.

    According to him, a total of 3,000 new students were admitted, making it the highest since the university was established by the Federal Government few years ago.

    He listed areas where efforts were being made to improve facilities on campus to include water, medical, lecture rooms, hostels as well as alternative power supply through solar arrangement.

    “We are curtailing the surge by building more laboratories and expanding our frontiers in the area of basic facilities

    “In realisation of the fact that government alone cannot shoulder all responsibilities in the education sector, we are also setting up a Revenue Generation Board to assist us in shoring up our internal revenue base.

    “The board, when in place, will help explore opportunities in areas such as bakery, water production, distance learning, consultancy as well as post graduate programmes, among many others,’’ he said.

    Soremekun enjoined the newly matriculated students to face their studies squarely by shunning all social vices.

     

  • Civil servant commits suicide over unpaid salary

    Civil servant commits suicide over unpaid salary

    A senior civil servant with Ekiti State Government, Mr Tope Afolayan, has committed suicide over alleged unpaid salaries and his inability to pay his huge debt, a reliable source confirmed.

    Afolayan, a native of Oye- Ekiti, the headquarters of Oye Local Government Area of the state, worked in the Office of the state Accountant-General.

    The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Afolayan, a level 10 officer, who died on Thursday, was survived by a teacher wife and three children.

    The source added that Afolayan was found hanging from the ceiling of his house, located on Peace Avenue, Olorunda, Ado-Ekiti.

    The source said the deceased was a final year student of Law at Ekiti State University (EKSU) and an interpreter in a branch of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ekute area of Ado-Ekiti.

    The source said Afolayan, who had been buried, did not leave any suicide note.
    The source added that the deceased had consistently complained to friends about the non-payment of his accumulated salary arrears.

    He was said to have attributed his inability to pay his debts and perform his financial responsibility for the upkeep of his immediate family on the non-payment of his salary.

    “Although he didn’t leave any suicide note before hanging himself he had been very moody and heartbroken for a couple of weeks before the incident happened.

    “He had been complaining about the debts he owed which he was unable to defray because of non-payment of the arrears of salaries.

    ‘’In fact, he was among the last batch of applicants for car loan given by government last year but his name did not come out.

    “We are shocked by Afolabi’s death because nobody thought he would go to that extent, we are still mourning his death,’’ the source said.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP. Alberto Adeyemi confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    Adeyemi said that the incident was reported at New Iyin Road Police Station in Ado Ekiti.