Veterinary medicine has increasingly been recognised not merely as the care of animals but as a discipline that bridges human, animal, and environmental health, playing a crucial role in food safety, security, and sustainable ecosystems.
A keynote speaker, Dr Ibrahim Arasi said this during the first physical meeting of the University of Ibadan Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association Worldwide.
At the event held at the Faculty Auditorium in Ibadan, Dr Arasi highlighted the significance of the veterinary profession, noting that addressing global challenges, including public health, disease prevention, and environmental sustainability, requires the expertise and commitment of veterinarians.
Commending the Alumni Association, the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Dr Babalola Olugasa, said the group prioritised mentorship, innovation, and the development of emotional intelligence among the next generation of veterinary professionals.
A key moment of the event was the presentation of lifetime achievement awards to Dr Olumide Adegbile (1975 set), Dr Samuel Adewumi (1983 set), and Dr Sadiku Rasaki (1990 set), recognising their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the veterinary profession.
Some individuals who have significantly impacted the field were also honoured.
The Alumni Association donated twenty five million naira towards a solar installation and Wi-Fi infrastructure at the faculty, aimed at supporting ongoing and future research projects.
The University of Ibadan has commenced its Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening for candidates seeking admission into its twenty-one faculties for the 2025/2026 academic session.
The Computer-Based Test (CBT), which began on Monday, August 25, is being held at the university’s 1,500-capacity Distance Learning Centre CBT facility.
The exercise is scheduled to run for three days, concluding on Wednesday, August 27.
A total of 14,000 registered candidates are expected to participate in the screening, which is being conducted in four batches to ensure smooth operations.
Radio Nigeria correspondent observed that medical personnel from the University Health Services, Jaja Clinic, were on standby to attend to any emergencies during the exercise.
Safety officers were also present to maintain crowd control and ensure the safety of candidates and their parents or guardians, who waited patiently within the CBT centre premises.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Peter Olapegba, along with other principal officers, teaching, and non-teaching staff, were on-site to monitor the conduct of the screening.
It is no longer news that the federal government declared a 2-day public holiday to celebrate the end of Ramadan, but only some fun-seekers took advantage of it to visit recreation centres, malls and eateries in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Our correspondents who monitored the situation at the Zoological Gardens of the University of Ibadan, Agodi Gardens, and malls in the metropolis report that the turnout of fun-seekers was very low.
At the Zoological Gardens of the University of Ibadan, a few fun-seekers were seen purchasing tickets to access the facility.
Some children, including Adekunle Yusuf, Ayobami Aremu, and Iretomiwa Awe, who were seen having fun in the facility, said they were thrilled by the sight of the various animals on display.
Two parents, Alhaji Abidemi Olaniran, and Mr Kazeem Adeniran said the relaxation and exposure of the children to the live animals was very important to their wellbeing regardless of the economic challenges in the country.
The situation was also the same at the Agodi Gardens, where a few fun-seekers arrived with their loved ones to relax.
One of them, Mr Sanusi Abdulkadir, said the public holiday allowed him to unwind with his family.
A corps member, Miss Kemi Gbadeyanka, said she was at the relaxation centre to enjoy alongside her friends.
Also, at some of the popular malls in Ibadan, only a few fun-seekers were seen shopping.
Some of the shoppers who were dressed in their religious attires said in spite of the challenging economic situation, it was still necessary to celebrate the end of the end of Ramadan.
Also, traffic was light on some of the major roads around the metropolis.
Major roads such as Challenge, Aleshinloye Junction, Apata, Dugbe, UI and Ojoo were devoid of the usual traffic congestion.
An agricultural Communication Professor at the University of Ibadan, Kuta Yahaya has concluded the third phase of University of Ibadan 45th University Lecture at the Trenchard hall of the institution with options and recommendations that will solve the problem of food shortage in Nigeria.
The first two lecture series had earlier provided a fundamental insight to the root causes of of Nigeria’s food crises and lessons that could be drawn from Nigerian states and developed countries already making headway in the sector.
Two options highlighted by Professor Yahaya were nutrition intervention which he said has to do with generating locally sourced crops and improving them to meet international standards while harnessing livestock to boost the nations Gross Domestic Product.
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He maintained that poultry, swine farming, ranching and pasture hold greater potential in not only meeting Nigeria’s food demands but increasing employment opportunities for Nigerian population.
“Swine farming system provides large range of benefits including food security, employment opportunities and ecosystem. Therefore, if we must improve productivity, the private sector must focus more on enhancing animal efficiency, through genetic preservation, improved feeding system practices and precision farming..
“With increasing population and the the need to ensure food security, ranching provides an indigenous root to de-escalate food insecurity with potential to tap into the export market to enhance the GDP”.
Professor Yahaya noted that the crop and livestock sectors suffered setback due to over reliance on crude oil, dependence on food importation, lack of funds and infrastructure, influence of industrial agriculture and multinational corporations as well as shift in climate change among other factors.
Professor Yahaya explained that policy intervention such as President Bola Tinubu’s Livestock Reform Implementation Committee, had been attracting foreign investors to the country.
“Mr Vice chancelor, the role of the Presidential Livestock Reform Implementation Committee has been extensively dealt with in the past presentation where Professor Jega was in attendance. They have already attracted key international trading partners”
Among the numerous recommendations given by the Agricultural Communication Professor are leveraging on technological innovation, empowering Nigerian women and youths in local and mechanized farming, promoting livestock business, provision of infrastructural facilities, land tenure reform, investment in transport and storage infrastructure, strong and coherence agricultural policy and community involvement in smart agricultural practices
In an interview, some notable Nigerians at the event including Professor Ibrahim Babangana said the lecture was in-depth and thought provoking with up to date recommendations on Nigeria’s food sovereignty.
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Also speaking on the lecture, the Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, said Nigerian youths should see agriculture as a venture beyond food provision.
” We have youth population. So it is important for us to be able to harness and tell them that agriculture is no longer the agriculture they used to know. That agriculture is business. Agriculture can bring money into their pocket and I think that is the direction we need to go”
Commenting on the lecture, the Director General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, represented by the Zonal Director, FRCN Ibadan Zonal Station Mr Dominic Mokikan said food sufficiency would be achieved in Nigeria when recommendations proffered by the lecturer were fully implemented.
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“He started by telling us where we got it wrong and at the middle he told us the state of affairs at the moment. In this final phase, he took us to where we should be and how to get there by making lots of recommendations which I believe if the government keys into and implements, our story will be different”.
The University of Ibadan 45th lecture entitled, “Decolonizing Food Security in Nigeria” kicked off with the first phase held on Thursday, the 6th of March and second phase on Thursday, March 13.
It was rounded off with the third phase on Thursday, the 20th of March 2025.
Adapting mechanized farming for food production, encouraging research and partnership, and implementing agricultural policies have been emphasized as the major factors that would help Nigeria achieve food security.
Professor of Agricultural Communication at the University of Ibadan, Kuta Yahaya, stated this during the second phase of his three-phase lecture for the Institution’s 45th lecture, held at the Trenchard Hall.
In the lecture entitled: Decolonization as a Golden Key to unlock Food Security, Professor Yahaya said the government needed to diversify food sources, promote social safety net, encourage collaboration across sectors and enhance the policy framework, as well as eliminate farmers-herders conflicts.
The Don noted that the challenges militating against food security in Nigeria include double taxation, insecurity, cattle rustling, and finance.
He commended President Bola Tinubu’s Agricultural Policies which he said are being felt in the country’s food sub-sector.
The Professor of Agriculture stressed the need for the government to learn from Niger, Borno, Osun and Oyo States that had initiated and transformed agricultural practices to business ventures.
He said the government needed to partner developed countries as done in Niger state which partnered China and can now boast of a mechanized farming system engaging male and female youths in the agricultural value chain.
In his response, the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Bago said the lecture adequately addressed numerous challenges food security is grappling with in the country.
The third and final phase of the lecture, “Multi-Sectoral Options in the Decolonization of Food Security in Nigeria,” will take place on Thursday, March 20th.
The University of Ibadan, UI, is set to commercialise its innovation, research outcomes and knowledge for national development.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration at the University of Ibadan, Professor Peter Olapegba, stated this while receiving a team from the United Kingdom on a courtesy visit to the institution.
Speaking on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, Professor Olapegba appreciated the visiting team for coming, noting that given its antecedents, the University of Ibadan was the right choice for collaboration in academic research and innovation in Nigeria.
Professor Olapegba said the institution had set up a committee to commercialise the many patents and intellectual properties of experts and researchers from its different departments and faculties.
He further disclosed that the University of Ibadan, in the past 76 years, had established the nexus to use the generated knowledge for the benefit of communities in Nigeria and globally.
Professor Olapegba reiterated that UI was willing to partner public and private organisations to commercialise its research products to promote more strategic qualitative research.
Leader of the visiting team, Dr Joanna Scales, said their organisation, Innovate UK, is funded by the UK government to support research and innovation in the United Kingdom and internationally.
According to Dr Scales, Innovate UK is in the process of developing a programme; “The Climate-Smart Agricultural Partnership” which would involve collaboration between the UK, Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria with the aim of promoting smart agricultural practices in Africa to improve food production in the two partner African countries.
She added that Innovate UK seeks to build networks, and promote opportunities in the cocoa, oil palm, cassava value chains, pests and disease management, agroforestry, and to also identify challenges and encourage knowledge sharing between the four countries.
It was a befitting farewell for the first female Professor of Classics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Professor Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi as both town and gown gathered to bid her goodbye at all the programmes held in her honour.
Earlier on Friday at the Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, family members, colleagues from the academia as well as friends and well-wishers filed out in their numbers to pay their last respects to a towering figure in the field of Classics.
At the funeral service held later at the Christ Jubilee Church, Occupy World Outreach Ministries (OWOM) Oke-Ayo, Ring Road, Ibadan, the pallbearers lifted her brown casket which had on it a wreath of flowers, and her insignia of office as the Ỳeýe Èkólérè of Ondo Kingdom into the Church sanctuary for the last time.
In a message titled “The Biblical concept of Death and Resurrection” the Preacher, Apostle Nicholas Osameyan noted that for Christians not to experience the Resurrection to death but rather the Resurrection to life, it was important for them to give their lives to Jesus Christ, live right and also prepare for death.
While describing the deceased as a great daughter of Africa and a true and committed child of God who gave so much for the cause of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Apostle Osameyan advised everyone to live a life of impact.
While giving his tribute, the International President of the church she attended for about thirty years, Occupy World Outreach Ministries, OWOM, Apostle Victor Amosun recalled her many sacrifices and impact especially as Head of the Children’s Ministry, referring to her as an Educational missionary.
Others who extolled the sterling virtues of late Professor Folake Onayemi included a Lecturer of Classics from the University of Ghana, Legon, an institution where she helped resuscitate the Department of Classics as a visiting Professor between August 2009 and December 2010 as well as August 2013 to July 2014 and August 2018 to July 2020.
In his remarks on behalf of the Nigeria Academy of Letters, Professor Solomon Oyetade described her death as a great loss to the body to which she contributed immensely.
In her emotion-laden tribute, the sister to the deceased and former staff of Radio Nigeria, Ibadan, Dr Omolola Tosan Akinwole said she would miss the true love of a sister who was not only a sibling and friend but a mother too.
Also in attendance at the funeral service were chiefs of the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Adesimbo Kiladejo who represented the monarch.
Born Folake Oritsegbubemi Akinwole to an Ondo Father, Festus Akinwole Olapetun and an Itsekiri Mother, Patricia Akinwole on 4th October 1964 in Ijebu-Jesa where her father was a teacher at Ijebu- Jesa Grammar School in the old Western Region.
For her primary education, she attended Mount Olives Primary School Bodija and later Sacred Heart Primary School Odo-Ona both in Ibadan
She attended Our Lady OF Apostles Grammar School, Mary Way, Odo-Ona, Ibadan from 1975 to 1980 and thereafter Federal School of Arts and Science, Ondo from 1980 to 1982. She gained admission into the University of Ibadan in 1983 and graduated in 1986 with a Second Class Upper Division Degree in Classics.
Professor Onayemi began her academic career at the University of Ibadan in July 1994 as an Assistant Lecturer and Rose through the ranks to become a full professor on the 1st of October, 2008. Upon attaining this post, she became the first black woman Professor of Classics in Africa, South of the Sahara.
She distinguished herself as an eminent literary scholar whose works have shown deep insights into Classical and African cultural evolution. She wrote and published books, poetry collections and several peer-reviewed journal articles.
Professor Folake Onayemi organised talks and Outreaches for Youths, with particular attention to making them impactful and balanced adults who can make the right choices in their lives, homes and society. She also loved many aspects of the African/Yoruba culture, among which is the “oriki”. She was in fact fond of rendering the oriki of her lineage
In recognition of her outstanding academic achievements as the first Female Professor of Ondo origin in the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, she was conferred with the honorary chieftains title of Ỳeýe Èkólérè of Ondo Kingdom by the Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom, Oba Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo on the occasion of his 70th birthday and 15th coronation anniversary in November 2023.
Professor Onayemi belonged to many associations and learned societies such as the Nigeria Academy of Letters, Classical Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Representative, and the International Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies among others.
Professor Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi( Nee Akinwole) died on the 14th February, 2024 and is survived by siblings, children and grandchildren.
Oyo State Government wants Nigerians who studied abroad to return home after acquiring knowledge for the betterment of the country.
Governor Seyi Makinde stated this at the maiden International Study Abroad Forum held at the Thomas Oritsejolomi Hall, International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan.
Represented by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abdulwaheed Adelabu said there was nothing bad for Nigerians to travel overseas to study, but the knowledge acquired should be at building their society.
Governor Makinde explained that Nigerians have consistently input to countries around the world’s gross domestic products,(GDPs), through education however urged education stakeholders in the country to provide a suitable environment for students while scholarships, and fellowships, among others, should be prioritized.
Commenting, Vice Chancellor, the University of Botswana, Professor David Norris stated that Africans should switch away from strengthening its challenges rather than embrace the quest for breeding solutions through globalizing education.
If Naira must be saved from imminent collapse, there is an urgent need for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Federal Government to rescue it from the hands of powerful operators making transactions of the Foreign Exchange in the Parallel Market.
A foremost Professor of Economics, Sam Olofin stated this while delivering a Public Lecture with the theme “Recent Developments in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market: Issues, Options and Way Forward” organized by the Nigerian Economic Society and held at the CBN Lecture Theatre, University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Professor Olofin said, the Operators of the Foreign Exchange in the Parallel Market seemed so powerful that they were operating as visible hands, saying their motives of some of them were for selfish profit-making to the detriment of the Nation’s Economy.
Speaking, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Olayemi Cardoso who was represented by an Official, Department of Monetary Policy, CBN, Dr Usman Opanachi maintained that, the Apex Bank was doing everything possible to strengthen the Naira, emphasizing that the excess demand for forex in Nigeria is a legendary problem.
A Discussant, Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Tope Fasua appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the current administration and the gains ahead would be in the interest of all and sundry
Earlier, the President, the Nigerian Economic Society, Professor Adeola Adenikinju advised the Federal Government to consult with the Nation’s Economists on the challenges bedevilling the Economic Sector for better results.
A 200-level student of the faculty of law, university of Ibadan, Faith Adegoke has allegedly molested a teenager within the campus.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the 17-year-old student of the same institution went to study overnight alongside other girls in preparation for her next paper when the incident happened.
The victim had moved to another corner to rest when the suspect pounced on her‚ held her neck and sexually molested her.
While narrating her ordeal‚ the victim said, she woke up to see the suspect having canal knowledge with her but, as she tried to scream‚ the suspect held her tightly on her neck.
However, a student walked in and saved the situation by chasing away the alleged suspect, as the victim sustained injuries on her neck, and lips, due to a bite as well as her private part.
Reacting to the incident, the Public Relations Officer, at the University of Ibadan, Dr Joke Akinpelu said thorough investigations would be carried out on the matter and the suspect would be punished accordingly.
In a statement, the Student Union President‚ of the Institution, Samuel Samson‚ says Faith Adegoke had been barred from coming anywhere close to the student union building until further notice.
Mr Samuel restated the student union’s commitment to ensure all students’ security and safety.
Tertiary institutions have been challenged to come up with research proposals on innovations that would reduce the burden of poverty in Nigeria
Speakers at the experiment of Nutri-Active baby food, locally produced through a Tetfund research grant at the University of Ibadan threw the challenge in their various speeches at the event.
The Tetfund principal investigator of the intervention project, Professor Kuta Yahaya, said the initiative aimed to reduce malnutrition, poverty and child mortality in Nigeria.
Professor Yahaya noted that with the introduction of NutriActive Baby food, mothers can now feed their babies wholesome and nutritious food without breaking the bank on imported foods.
The Director General of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Dr. Mohammed Bulama, in a keynote address, said the intervention project was apt in tackling the escalating cost of children’s upbringing, noting that the early years of life were pivotal in shaping the health, growth and development of the Nigerian child.
Represented by the Zonal Director, Radio Nigeria, Ibadan Zonal Station, Mr. Dominic Mokikan, Dr. Bulama urged adults to eat right to prolong their life expectancy.
Our correspondent, Dayo Adu reports that the Nutriactive baby food is a complementary food for infants, an intervention project of the research team from the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan.
The baby food is formulated through the combination of plant-based local grains with 23 nutrients capable of enhancing the rapid development of babies from six to twenty-four months displayed in different combinations of rice, soya beans, orange, fresh potato, banana and dates with no preservatives and additives.
The infants accepted the food, prepared and tested on babies by their mothers at the maternity unit of the University of Ibadan Health Services.
Two mothers, who relayed their experiences while feeding their babies with the food, lauded the initiative by the University’s research team.
Earlier in his speech, while unveiling the Nutriactive baby food, the Vice Chancellor, of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, of Administration, Professor Peter Olapegba stated that the university was focusing its research on solving national multi-sectoral problems, calling on the government to invest in the mass production of the baby food for local consumption and export purposes.
The President of the Nigerian Economic Society, NES, and expert in Petroleum Economics, Professor Adeola Adenikinju says low investment in the nation’s energy sector portends great danger for the economy of the country in the future.
The Professor of Petroleum Economics at the University of Ibadan, UI, lamented that divestment by international oil companies, IOCs, is taking a toll on the economy of the country.
The former Director of the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law, CPEEL, UI, stated this in an interview with journalists in Ibadan.
He said vandalism, oil theft and other challenges were hampering the sector’s contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Professor Adenikinju who is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) stated further that Nigeria was losing a lot of money, adding that from the last four quarters, the oil sector has been contributing negatively to Nigerian economic growth.
He said: “You have to break the issue in the oil sector down. At the off-stream where you do production, until recently, there has been a lot of volatility. There was a time when we were doing one million barrels per day because of security, pipeline vandalism, oil theft and so many challenges that were going on in the sector.
“Nigeria was losing a lot of money. In fact, from the last four quarters, the oil sector has been contributing negatively to Nigerian economic growth.”
“The oil GDP has been negative and as I have mentioned in some other meetings, we should not normalize that. We shouldn’t accept that. That’s not the way to diversify the oil sector; it is not by losing money. It is caused by the oil sector growing. So, we need to address that.
“There is also something like divestment in the sector, the multinational oil companies are not investing much again, either because of the challenges of some of them trying to move away from hydrocarbons to other energies that are greener or because of some of the security challenges that they have and maybe because of the fiscal system that we have. So, we don’t have enough investment. Investors are not coming into the sector and in fact, we may not have the full effects until later, because when you do investment, it takes years before that translates into production.”
“So, the low investment that we are having now, we may not start to see the impact until much later when the existing production fields start declining and we are not able to replace and expand what we are doing.”
“So, we have those kinds of challenges and the unfortunate thing is that when we shut in or shut down or not producing enough oil, that also affects gas, because most of the gas we produce in Nigeria is associated gas, in fact, for some time, NLNG was not able to meet the quota of gas because the oil sector is not producing the required quantity and that was affecting the amount of gas that was available for the NLNG’’.
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has stressed the need for responsible leadership and citizens in order to build a peaceful and developed society.
Professor Zulum stated this while delivering a lecture entitled “Leadership and Citizenship: meeting Contemporary Social Challenges in Nigeria” at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan.
The Governor who attributed the current “JAPA” syndrome in Nigeria to the failure of leaders to meet citizen’s expectations noted that leaders must be well-prepared, strategic, transparent, accountable and active.
Professor Zulum who explained that his administration undertook the root causes of insurgency in Borno State said education and security were considered as priority by his regime.
The Governor who said Nigeria is endowed with vast human and natural resources emphasized the need for more well-educated citizens who would meet the demands of current socio-economic realities in Nigeria.
While calling for improved funding of academic institutions by the government, and exploration of alternative sources of funding by universities, the Borno State Governor said restructuring universities in Nigeria and conducting more research that would translate ideas into solutions must be taken into consideration.
The Governor challenged all and sundry to be responsible by drawing inspiration from past leaders who led an exemplary life.
Earlier in an opening remark, Professor of Social Health Psychology, University of Ibadan, Peter Olapegba said Borno State which was earlier the center of insecurity crises has overcome security challenges through resilience and purposeful leadership of the governor
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan Professor Kayode Adebowale who said the lecture was thought-provoking said the governor initiated 556 projects and was not only able to complete 75 percent of the projects most of which were core education projects but was able to wither the storm of insurgency which he said has become a history today.
Periodic review of curricula in the education sector is vital, to meet the challenges of the new global realities.
A guest speaker, Professor Kehinde Kester of the Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan stated this while delivering a Lecture entitled: “Nigerian Economy: Reimaging Education System for the Fifth Industrial Revolution”, as part of activities marking the 2023 Press Week of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council held at Dapo Aderogba Hall, Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Professor Kester said the current curriculum had been in use for a long time and needed to be reviewed to conform to global best practices of education.
In his message to the event, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris who was represented by the Director, Public Relations and Protocol, Mrs Omolara Esan called on Nigerians to support the present administration in the country, saying the current policies would be favourable to all in no distant time.
Declaring the event open, Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, represented by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade commended the journalists in the state for their unflinching support to the government and bridging the gap between it and the public.
Earlier, the chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council, Alhaji Demola Babalola called on the public and government to see media as friends who would always keep promoting the unity of the country, adding that journalists would not relent in educating, informing and enlightening the society as parts of its constitutional roles.
Present at the event were, renowned broadcaster, Dr Yemi Farounbi who was the chairman on the occasion, former chairmen of NUJ, Oyo State Council including the Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Ibadan, Mr Adewumi Faniran and journalists across the state.
A lecturer in the Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, Dr.Francis Amenaghawon says the real meaning of words would be distorted or lost if local translators are not vast in the art of language.
Dr. Amenaghawon who stated this on the occasion of International Day of Translation, maintained that listener or viewers of local programmes might be misled if contents were wrongfully translated
He, howeve,r urged media owners to invest in training and retraining of local content producers and presenters as words are constantly evolving.
While corroborating Dr. Amenaghawon’s assertion,a Yoruba translator at a radio station in Osogbo, Osun State, Mr Abiodun Opasina, explained that searching for the right words to transpose some English terminologies to local languages could sometimes be challenging.
Some residents in Ibadan, who spoke with Radio Nigeria, commended the works of local translators in keeping the public informed through their dexterity tasked them to do more.
The respondents urged content providers in print and broadcast stations to always consider their ardent local listener or viewers when organizing their programmes planning conference so as not to leave them out. Moyinoluwa Afolabi
A tech developer, Michael Mekulehi has charged Nigerian youths to shun cybercrime in their quest to attain financial and academic success.
Mekulehi gave the charge while delivering the 2023 Matriculation Lecture of the University of Ibadan.
Mekulehi, A first class graduate in Mechanical Engineering of the university, who spoke on the topic: “Integrity in the Technology Age“, explained that a data obtained by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, in 2021, two hundred and eleven thousand, seven hundred and thirteen fraud cases were recorded while about two billion naira were lost by commercial banks to cybercrime.
The Ondo-born tech developer, who noted that Nigeria was ranked high in cybercrime, encouraged the students to deploy their energies and times on Artificial Intelligence skills which was in high demand globally to break even in their pursuit for financial freedom.
He advised them to be proactive, embrace principle of time management, synergize and combine skills with, and embrace positive criticism so as to be a force to reckon with in the scheme of things.
In his address to the matriculants, Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan Professor Kayode Adebowale, who spoke through the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Professor Aderonke Bayeroju, admonished the students to strive for excellence and be law abiding in their sojourn in the citadel of learning.
Professor Adebowale, enjoined the three thousand nine hundred and eighty-three matriculants to take their studies seriously saying any student without seventy-five per cent lecture attendance would not be allowed to write exams in the school.
Nutritionists have called on parents, particularly mothers to engage their children while preparing meals that are nutritious to the body.
They made the call during the food fair exhibition, Kids Nutri-Garden Vacation School organised by the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Speaking in the programme which was the 6th edition, the Coordinator of the Programme, Dr. Shirley Ejoh said the children would exhibit confidence and knowledge to make healthy life choices by supporting their parents while preparing food.
In a remark, the Acting Head of Department, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Dr Oluyemisi Folasire noted that the ability to appreciate the hygienic environment where food is being prepared is a lifetime opportunity that enhances healthy eating to live a long life.
Some of the kids who participated in the holiday programme said, they achieved garden-enhanced nutrition education which includes vegetable gardening, healthy cooking, and food demonstration activities.
The exhibition afforded the kids an opportunity to showcase what they had learned in creative ways.
Dignitaries at the occasion include the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategy, University of Ibadan, Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose, a Professor of Psychiatry, Olayinka Omigbodun, Deputy Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Professor Fatai Adeniyi and parents of the participating kids.
A professor of Mass Communication and Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, Professor Umar Pate has advised Theatre Arts practitioners to take advantage of the massive opportunities in technology to drive the sector.
Professor Pate, who gave the advise while delivering a lecture at the opening ceremony of the 60th anniversary, Theatre Arts Department, University of Ibadan, said harnessing full opportunities in the world of technology was the only way to make the sector relevant and ensure economic security.
He believed that every sector is in transition with emerging challenges and opportunities, hence the need to include courses relating to technology, economic and gender security in institutions’ Theatre Arts curriculum.
Professor Pate, who said the creation of a new Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, was a welcome development for the theatre art industry, urged the minister, Mrs Hannatu Musawa to synergize with major stakeholders.
Corroborating, chairman on the occasion who is an alumnus of the department, Otunba Deji Osibogun decried the decline in the acceptability of stage play and advocated for the return of children theatre practice to make the industry more interesting to younger ones.
Earlier in a welcome address, the Chairman, University of Ibadan Theatre Arts Department 60th Anniversary, Professor Duro Oni said the department was proud to produce students who have become heads of tertiary institutions and others who are making exceptional impacts in their careers.
The opening of a four day event which is expected to end this Saturday with an award ceremony had in attendance the alumnus of the department across the country.
The management of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has directed its staff to work for three days a week.
The institution made this disclosure through a special release signed by the institution’s Registrar and Secretary to Council, Ganiyu Saliu,
It explained that the decision was taken in view of the recent removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol.
It lamented that salary earners who have to commute to work every working day are faced with an aggravation of the condition, given the attendant hike in transport fares and cost of living.
The release added that after a careful consideration of the situation, management of the institution has recommended a temporary work schedule adjustment for members of staff.
He maintained that the senate of the institution, at its meeting held on Thursday, 3 August, 2023, considered and approved the decision, which took effect on Monday, 14 August, 2023.
The statement added that people on essential duties are exempted from this adjustment.
It urged staff members to maintain commitment, open communication and cooperation towards ensuring free workflow, including working from home where and when necessary, asking deans, directors, heads of departments and units to work towards a smooth implementation of the intervention.
Heads of tertiary institutions have emphasized the need for collaborative efforts of stakeholders to ensure sound academic background for Nigerian students especially at the lower level of education.
They made this known during courtesy visits embarked upon by Premier FM Ibadan delegation led by its General Manager, Mr Adedamola Tinubu to the managements of University of Ibadan and The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale who decried the low standard at the basic stage of education, attributed lack of effective communication among students to people’s dying reading culture and addiction to social media.
Represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Professor Ezekiel Ayoola, the vice chancellor urged Radio Nigeria Premier FM to sustain its educative and enlightenment programmes
While commending Premier FM management for the courtesy visit, the U.I VC hinted that the university was ready to partner the radio station on the university of Ibadan forthcoming 75th anniversary.
Similarly at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, the Rector, Prof Kazeem Adeniyi expressed the institution’s resolve to collaborate with premier FM in the area of building capacity of students and technical exchange.
Earlier, General Manager, Premier FM Iyagunku, Ibadan, Mr Adedamola Tinubu who x-rayed the enormous strength of Radio Nigeria, with emphasis on it National and Zonal coverage said the purpose of the visit was to solidify the standing relationship with the institutions and seek partnership on areas beneficial to both institutions.
Oyo State Government in collaboration with a non- governmental organization , SOS Village, Nigeria have set up a 30-member Technical Working Group (TWG) to come up with guidelines for alternative care for vulnerable children in Oyo state.
The Technical Working Group was inaugurated after a two -day capacity building for stakeholders on Tuesday at the University of Ibadan hotel
Members comprises state government officials from the Ministry of Women Affairs And Social Inclusion , Health, Education, Local government as well as representatives of civil society organizations and the Christian and Muslim community in the state.
Others include representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp, Nigeria Immigration, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficked Persons (NAPTIP)
The permanent secretary, Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs And Social Inclusion Mrs Grace Oderinde who is the Head of the Committee enjoined members to ensure that the right policies that will bring relief and hope to venerable children in the state were put in place.
Oderinde while describing as deplorable and pathetic, the living conditions of vulnerable children in orphanages charged the group to fashion out appreciate alternative care programmes and as being done in advanced countries of the world for these categories of children.
In an interview, Oderinde described the seminar as an eye-opener for everyone to see the need to bring children in orphanages into families so they too can have better care and have a good life.
According to her, Instead of looking for a house girl or boy, imagine if every family picked one of them and they care for them as if they are their biological child, our society will be better today.
The permanent secretary assured that bottlenecks usually experienced in the processes of child adoption is being reviewed, urging couples who are looking for ‘fruits of the womb’ to adopt a child in any of the orphanages rather than die of stress or emotional trauma adding that a child raised in a family would exhibit Better behavior when they grow up than those raised in orphanages.
She also commended the effort of the SOS. Village, Nigeria for coming up with the programme aimed at providing a guideline for alternative care for vulnerable children in the state.
The Deputy National Director, SOS Childrens Village, Nigeria, Ayodeji Adelopo told newsmen that the objective of the two -day training has become necessary as a result of the need to improve and put in place quality alternative care in the state
“It is to ensure that children who do not have the privilege of living with their families and who are being looked after receives quality care and also to define a range of alternative care so that according to the United Nations guideline on alternative care, the principles of necessity suitability are considered in placing children on alternative care
Speaking on behalf of the Civil Society Organizations in Oyo state, the State Coordinator, Association For Orphans and Vulnerable children in Nigeria(AONN) who also doubles as the Founder and Executive Director of FRONTIDA ZOIS Initiative (FZI) ,Mrs Petra Ogunfowokan , maintained that so many vulnerable children in the state lacks access quality education, nutrition and good shelter .
“We have street children concerns , issues around protection, children exposed to abuse, all forms of violations against their rights and these are burdens in our hearts. Most of these concerns are as a result of poverty at the household levels. “she said
Representatives of the Christian and Muslim faith at the event, Pastor Leye Adefioye, who is also the President, Rest Anchor Total Child Parenting Association Foundation and Alhaji Suleiman Abanise representing the Muslim community in Oyo state said the training will provide an umbrella advantage for vulnerable children to have relief from all stakeholders such as government, Civil Society Organizations and even religion bodies.
The SOS Village is an international non-governmental organization spread across 137 countries of the world including Nigeria with passion for the welfare and care for vulnerable children across the globe.
Government should strengthen community policing to ensure prompt response to distress and emergence call from citizens under threat.
The General Overseer, Men of Issachar Vision Incorporated, Ibadan, Reverend Samson Ajetomobi, made the call at the funeral service of the slain University of Ibadan professor of Forest Economics and Urban Forestry, Issac Ọpẹyemi Ajewole.
The cleric, who noted that late Professor Ajewole was killed by his assailants within his community, commended the police for ongoing efforts to fish out the killers to ensure justice to the family.
Reverend Ajetomobi said the state of insecurity required intentional strengthening of the Nigeria Police as this would enable the Force to pursue the goal of vibrant community policing across the country.
The Men of Issachar Vision General Overseer observed that the few decisions so far taken by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration had given a hope to Nigerians and ensure a sense of hope.
A closed friend of the deceased, Professor Olukayode Ogunsanwo, who recounted his last moment with the late Professor Ajewole on the evening he was killed, called on the security agencies to ensure that his friend did not die in vain.
The funeral service was well attended by family, friends, colleagues and associates including the University of Ibadan Community led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale to pay last tributes and bid him farewell.
Professor Ọpẹyemi Isaac Ajewole popularly known as Iroko was killed on June 5 on his way to his residence at Ojoo area by armed men suspected to be hired assassins.
Until his death, the sixty-one year old late Professor Ajewole was a lecturer in the Department Forest Economics and Urban Forestry at the University of Ibadan.
He hailed from Igbara-Oke, Ondo State and survived by wife and two children.
A professor of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Professor Dhikrihulai Yagboyaju says the Nigeria’s democratic system is moving steadily towards consolidation.
Professor Yagboyaju made this known while speaking with Premier FM on the sidelines of this year’s Democracy Day celebration.
He said with the past experiences on previous elections and transition of governments since 1999, it was obvious that the nation’s democratic setting is getting more organized.
Professor Yagboyaju also called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to ensure that the sacrifices of heroes of democracy are not jettisoned, by ensuring the delivery of dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
He equally appealed to the legislature and judiciary to uphold the principles of democracy in the discharge of their duties.
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, there is a need for the judicial arm of the government to truly remain independent and deliver judgements that promote press freedom in the country.
A senior lecturer at the Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, Dr Francis Amenaghawon stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria on this year’s World Press Freedom Day in Ibadan.
Dr Amenaghawon explained that the judicial arm of government which remained the last hope of the press and the common man still lacked freedom and this had not given way to press freedom as expected in the country.
The don lamented that men of pen profession who were still being gagged owing to authoritarian governance that failed to acknowledge citizens’ right to information, still approach the same government for assistance.
Dr Amenaghawon appealed to journalists in the country to eschew the culture of relying on the government for funds so as to fully exist as the fourth estate of the realm.
The theme for World Press Freedom Day 2023, set by UNESCO, is “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all other human rights”.
