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              Taiwo Adelusi & Phebe Ojewande  The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) electronic portal (OAU e-portal), which was recently replaced by a new one in April, has sparked mixed reactions among students, in less than a week after its upgrading.  While the upgrade was intended to improve digital infrastructures, several students argue that the new e-portal introduces fresh challenges alongside its improvements. This report compares both the old and new OAU e-portal, examining their features, limitations, and the experiences of students. For nearly two decades, the university’s former portal served as the primary digital hub for students. This system was developed internally by the university’s ICT expert and it was one of the “in-house” university e-portal in Nigeria.  The old e-portal handled key aspects of the student life cycle including course registration, hostel balloting and also dissemination of info...

            Adedoyin Onajobi  The Department of Physics football team has been crowned the champion of the 2026 OAU Supremacy Cup, after defeating the Department of Business Administration, in the one legged final round of the competition, held today, Thursday, 30 April., with the winning team presented medals, awards, and a cash prize of #250,000. After an intense and thrilling performance from all the competing departments, the grand finale of the 2026 OAU Supremacy Cup, also known as the OAU Champions League, was held today at the OAU Training Pitch 1.   The league, which commenced on Tuesday, 7 April, was wrapped up with an electrifying performance from the finalists, the Department Physics and Business Administration. In just 13 minutes into the game, an early goal was scored by the Physics side by the center forward, Precious, giving them the lead and courage to win the competition.  With great passion, the ...

             Adedoyin Onajobi                            The second leg of the OAU Supremacy Cup semi-finals took place on Monday, 27 April, at the OAU Training Pitch 1. The match witnessed outstanding performance, tension, drama, and decisive moments. In the first leg, Animal Science and Physics played out a goalless draw, while Business Administration secured a narrow 1–0 win  over Mathematics, courtesy of a goal from Damilare. Meanwhile, the second leg brought more intensity, as Physics and Animal Science settled for a draw in an intense encounter, with an aggregate score tied at 1–1, the match was decided by a penalty shootout, where Physics edged past Animal Science 7–6 to hitch  their place in the final. Similarly, in the first leg between the Mathematics and Business Administration Department, the Mathematics side was defeated with a 1-0 win. ...

            Adedeji Fawas  The  Intelligentsia Foundation, an initiative of David Ogunlade, held the maiden edition of her Leadership Conference, themed “Redefining the Standard for Leadership,” at PIZA Events Centre, Ile-Ife. The conference brought together prominent leaders in different industries, as well as leadership enthusiasts from different universities, including Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) amongst others, aimed at orientating and building students in raising global standards and impacts.  The main speakers present at the event includes a member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewumi Adeyemi, the Lagos State Youth Ambassador, Bolaji Williams, the Founder of 4Herfrika, Ademide Ademola, and the Founder of Nexus Africa, Ebenezer Ogunbode. The convener, David Ogunlade,  started wi...

            Michael Olawuyi & Fawaz Adedeji  It was a tense Tuesday morning at Obafemi Awolowo University, as students took to the streets, effectively barricading the Campus Gate in “ an orderly and non-violent protests.”  The Great Ife Students trooped out en masse to challenge the atmospheric situation of new anti-students transportation policy to disapprove of persistent existence of long queues that has resulted in a state of pandemonium in the University community. Recall that the ICONS Organization reported that, the Union, on their resolutions of the Congress held yesterday at Awo Hall, was to stage a peaceful demonstration today at campus gate, with campus gate blockage until our demands on the new transport system are met. Reacting to this, the management warned that the students should know that the protest and barricading the entrances leading to campus is a “criminal action,” since it infringes on the liberty of moveme...

             Michael Olawuyi & Blessed Elemikan ‎At exactly 5:46 p.m. on Monday 27 April, the atmosphere of the emergency Congress held at the Awo Hall Cafe was quite intense, following the opening prayer by Congressman Velocity and Longman, and an apology from the Union President for starting slightly behind schedule. This was immediately followed by a poignant moment of silence for a recently deceased Part 4 student of the College of Health Sciences, the focus then shifted rapidly to the living and the hardship students now forcefully endure daily, as a result of the new transport system. ‎Although there were mentions of the current Awo Hall evacuation crisis and the death of the medical student formerly mentioned, the central theme of the Congress was the transition from a boycott to a demonstration. Congressman Tolu suggested a peaceful protest for Tuesday morning, to compel the management to take student demands seriously. The Unio...