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          Adedoyin Onajobi & Hikmat Babatunde  Excitements gripped the university community, sequel to the OAU badminton team achievements at two-day shuttle showdown badminton tournament, held at the OAU Indoor Sports Court located at the Department of Kinesiology and Health Recreation (KHR), between Friday 30 and Saturday 31, January, as university badminton team clings top honours across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events in the tournament. Activities on the first day were initially scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., however, the event was prolonged till 3:30 p.m., as a result of delay in arrival of some expected institutions, and failure to meet financial demands, from one of the invited institutions. READ ALSO: http://theiconsorg.blogspot.com/2026/01/oau-set-to-host-inter-versity-badminton.html The tournament featured intense matches in Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s and Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles, with several games keepi...

            Kehinde   Ayodele The newly constructed bus-stop on the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife campus, undoubtedly reflects a significant development, that further enhanced the radiance of the campus in the afternoon, however, the bus-stop does otherwise at night, as the newly constructed bus-stop is clothed in darkness at night. Recall that the ICONS Organization, recently reported the rehabilitation of the OAU bus-stop, designed to improve mobility and providing a structured bus-stop and plausible road networks, within the university. The rehabilitation, facilitated by the Nigerian First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, makes the bus-stop the most visible developments on campus in recent days.           day view of OAU Bus-stop. Following its rehabilitation, observation of the newly constructed bus-stop revealed that, during the day, the aesthetic flowers, paintings, and properly demarcat...

            Fawaz Adedeji  The Faculty of Arts, one of the pioneer faculties in the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Thursday, January 29, held the second edition of its distinguished alumni lecture, which featured the cerebral homecoming of a 1985 graduate of the Department of History, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Editorial Board of The Nation Newspaper, Sam Omatseye, at Oduduwa Hall. Amongst those present in the event is the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebamiji, the Executive Governor of Osun State, represented by the State Commissioner for Education, Diipo Eluyemi, Ekiti State Secretaries, Traditional Rulers, amongst other dignitaries. While giving his free will message, the chairman of the event, Governor Oyebamiji, who was not an alumni of the university, recognized the immeasurable impacts of the prolific writer and evergreen journalist with the Nation Newspaper, affirming that there is no doubt i...

            Precious Ojo Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have recently raised concerns over the useless state of the white marker boards in some of the classrooms in some faculty and departments building. “Good-for-nothing,” as fondly called by some students, implied that the white marker boards in some of the classrooms are just there without functioning appropriately as expected, due to numerous factors like permanent marker stains and fragments, which makes them unfit to use. Despite the recent renovations done in the Faculty of Administration Extension building, especially in the classrooms, the white marker boards are unfit for lectures, as a result of the different stains of permanent markers imprinted on it, making it difficult for lecturers to write on it.  Muiz Sogola, a student from the faculty of administration, expressed frustration on the board's condition, noting that lecturers could not use the board wh...

        Abiola Iyelomo & Ezekiel Ogunniyi  The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University's and its Student on Thursday, 29th January welcomes the first lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, with great heartfelt to the unveiling of the CNG buses and tricycles, which she promised earlier at the 48th convocation of the university, where she was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration on 14, December, 2024 alongside other notable figures.  The official notice of the commissioning was announced through the office of the register in a release, notifying  students and staff of the event which was held at the university main football pitch (Main Bowl). The event was graced with the presence of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, amongst other dignitaries. Kicking off the event, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, welcomed the students and guests, noting that the CNG-po...

                Adedoyin Onajobi  The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife is set to host the shuttle showdown badminton, a two-day inter-tertiary badminton tournament involving five universities, aimed at promoting unity and raising the profile of the sport in the South-West region of Nigeria. The competition, as scheduled, will be held at the OAU Indoor Sports Court, in the Department of Kinesiology and Human Kinetics (KHR) with institutions like Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Ilesha (UNILESH), Fountain University, University of Ibadan, and one other university who is yet to acknowledge the invitation, expected to participate.  Organisers noted that the tournament is driven by a long-term vision to build a lasting legacy for badminton, while providing a competitive platform for emerging student-athletes. Events to be contested include the men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, as well as...