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ANXIETY GRIPS IFE PEOPLE OVER EARTH TREMOR REPORT

A cross section of Ife indigenous have expressed their fear that Ife and its neighboring communities may be in serious danger in the near future if the activities of the miners are not quickly checked especially as the latest tremor occurred just some 108 to 113 kilometers away from Ile-Ife.

Some prominent and highly placed individuals in Ife are notorious for being behind indiscriminate mining and gruesome plundering of Ife land without an iota of consideration for people's lives, properties and well being.

Though many of these individuals have been indicted on allegations bordering on criminal cheating, breach of trust, forgery and receiving under false pretense, amongst others, and one would expect a government that has so much adumbrated on her resolve and determination to fight corruption to act positively and set a good example since no one is above the law.

The fear of possible earthquake was further heightened by the report which stated that the fault mechanism along Ifewara-Zungeru Trans-current Fault system due to Interpolate seismic was deduced and the fault system is active.

One of the people interviewed, Prince Olalekan Eluyera decried the silence of the Osun State government over the issue of mining in Ile-Ife and its environs. “if you pass though Ilode and also visit Ifewara and the nearby villages, you will see the level of environmental damage these foreign miners have caused while digging for minerals. We daily live in fear of earthquake because these people have really dug deep into the earth in search of minerals.”

Another landlord in the Ilode part of Ife, Elder Kunle Omisakin also criticized the manner which miners conduct their businesses. “These foreign miners go about their businesses with no recourse to other peoples’ properties or the level of damage being done to the earth. Most of the things they do here and get away with, no foreigner can do it in their countries. One cannot blame them, the blame rests squarely on the government which has refused to act and their collaborators who are intent on selling off the common heritage of Ife people to foreigners.”

It would be recalled that there had been different outcries in Ile-Ife and the environs in the past over the activities of miners and the attendant effect on the lives and properties of Ife people of the ancient community.

 The latest anxiety being expressed was caused as a result of the preliminary report on the 5^th of June earth tremor which was signed by Professor Adekunle Abraham Adepelumi, a professor of Geophysics from the Department of Geology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

The report titled: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE 5th JUNE, 2021 EARTH-TREMOR RECORDED AT THE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA stated that

 An earth-tremor of low magnitude occurred in Nigeria at 11:11:25.6 am (GMT) on 5^th June, 2021. The origin time is 11:11.08.2 am (GMT) (Figures 1 to 3).

 The estimated epicenter distance (D) is placed between 108 and 113 km away from the measuring station at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

 The S wave particle motion generally trends N – S and NE - SW (Figure 4). This suggests that the wave is traveling perpendicular to the particle motion. Hence, the epicenter is somewhere along the NW-SE direction of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

 Using Single Station, the epicenter is roughly placed closed to Omu-Aran. Kwara State at Latitude (Y) 8o06’18.0’ N, and Longitude (X) 4o59’20.4’ E (Figures 5 to 7).

 The estimated focal depth is 15.0 km.

 The Moment magnitude (Mw) is 2.6 on the Richter scale.

 The Local magnitude (ML) is 2.4 on the Richter scale.

 A normal fault mechanism along the Ifewara-Zungeru Transcurrent Fault system due to INTERPOLATE SEISMIC was deduced. This suggests that this fault system is still active.

 The fault that caused the Earth-tremor has a Stress drop of 5.9 bar.

 

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OUI VC Calls for Synergy among Universities

 

Prof Ogunwole and Prof Aribisala

 The Vice Chancellor,  Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Prof Benjamin Segun Aribisala has emphasised the need for synergy among universities especially in the area of research and teaching in order to find solution to the common problem the entire world is facing today.

 Prof Aribisala stated this during a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor, Bowen University, Iwo, Prof Joshua Olalekan last week as part of his visit of universities in Osun State.

 He declared the readiness of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu to collaborate with Bowen University, Iwo in all areas as may be mutually beneficial to both institutions in particular and the Nigerian educational system in general.

The Vice Chancellor also addressed the students of the university during their midweek service held at the university chapel.

Quoting from Daniel 1:8, Prof Aribisala in reference to the message delivered by the University Chaplain titled: “Sustaining the Glory of God” noted that it takes conscious effort to sustain God’s glory. He charged the students to make conscious decision to live uprightly and abstain from all forms of sin and immorality.

He tasked the students to put God first in all they do, abstain from sins and immorality and be hard-working to be able to achieve successes in life and fulfill their destinies.

The Vice Chancellor, Bowen University, Iwo, Prof Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole who received Prof Aribisala and his entourage in company of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof Oluwatosin Atobatele as well as other top officials of Bowen University described private universities as the future of the university system in Nigeria.

He also called for better cooperation and collaboration among Nigerian private universities and declared the university’s readiness to partner with Oduduwa University in areas of mutual benefit.

The Vice Chancellor,  Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Prof Benjamin Segun Aribisala was accompanied on his visit to Bowen University, Iwo by the Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies, Prof M.K.O Alimi and the Provost, Ramon Adedoyin College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dr (Mrs) Evelyn Fatokun

From d left, DVC Bowen University, Prof Atobatele, VC, Prof Ogunwole, VC OUI, Prof Aribisala, Provost, Ramon Adedoyin Coll. of Nat nd App Sc, Dr Fatokun nd Provost Postgraduate Coll. Prof Alimi

Oduduwa University Students to resume January 18

 

Students of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu-Ife North Local Government are to resume on Monday, 18^th of January 2021 for academic activities in continuation of the 2020/2021 session which commenced in November 2020.

A statement signed by the Registrar of the institution, Dr. (Mrs.) Adeline Adeyemi said this is in line with the federal government’s directive that all schools are free to resume on 18^th of January 2021.

The statement added that all precautionary measures to curb and prevent the spread of Covid-19 had been put in place by the University management.

Part of these measures is making sure that all staff, students and visitors adhere strictly to the Covid-19 safety procedures and protocols, among which are checking of temperature at the school’s entrance, constant washing of hands, using of face mask at all times as well as keeping and observing of social distance.

Therefore, each student is expected to come with at least 5 face masks, (strictly white or cream colour) and a minimum of one hand sanitizer which would be checked at the point of entry to the University premises on resumption.

According to the statement, the University Clinic had been upgraded and equipped with equipment and facilities to be able to cope in any case of emergency. This is aside from procuring a tunnel which automatically sanitizes and checks temperature at the school entrance, placement of hand-washing and sanitizing equipment at strategic places around the institution premises.

The statement also said the 2020/2021 first semester examination will still hold between 15^th and 27^th of February 2021 as earlier scheduled while the mid-semester examinations will take place between 25^th and 30^th of January 2021.

The statement added that payment of school fee is compulsory before the date of the mid-semester examinations.

 

 

If You Don’t Recognise the Police, You Will Be Forced to Recognise Hoodlums and Thugs - Adedoyin

The Maye of Yoruba land and the founder and Chancellor of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu-Ife North Local Government, His Royal Eminence, Dr. Abdulrahaman Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin has emphasised the importance of the police in the maintenance of peace and security in the society.

Dr. Adedoyin made this observation while playing host to Osun State new Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode at his Maye Castle of Peace residence in Ife.

While declaring his love for the police work, the Maye declared that if “you don’t reckon with the police you will be forced to reckon with hoodlums and thugs.”

He recalled how he started as an home lesson teacher and the blessings of God he has enjoyed over the years to sense of fulfillment he now feel as the founder of five tertiary institutions viz: Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Our Savior’s University of America, Unique Citizens University (College) Accra-Ghana, The Polytechnic, Ile-Ife and Oduduwa Polytechnic, Lagos.

Adedoyin used the occasion to announce a N2 million scholarship award to an officer of the Nigeria Police of the Commissioner’s choosing to study a degree course at Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu

Earlier in his speech, the new Commissioner of Police while acknowledging several assistance Adedoyin had rendered to the Ife Division of the Nigeria Police and Osun Command as a whole, described the police job as a noble profession.

He noted that his posting to Osun State is like a homecoming as he once served as the Area Commander for Ife Zone in 2016 but spent only 3 months as he had to be redeployed as a result of his promotion to an Assistant Commissioner of Police.

The CP promised to put in his best to ensure that crime is reduced to the barest minimum describing Osun State as relatively peaceful when compared to other neighboring states.

He congratulated the Maye on his many successes and achievements and prayed that God continues to strengthen him to do more.

Also speaking at the event, the Chairperson, Board of Trustees of Oduduwa University and the Yeyemaye of Yoruba land, Chief (Mrs) Iyabode Adedoyin emphasised the need for all to continue to pray for leaders at all levels.

While praying that the new Commissioner of Police achieves successes in his new job and even further, the Yeyemaye advised that the officer of the Nigeria Police exercise a lot of restraints in the course of their duties especially when dealing with youths.

The Chairman of Ife Central West Council, Barrister Bisi Oladosu, who accompanied the new Commissioner of Police along with his Ife Central counterpart, Mr Eluyera Elugbaju, in his own speech described Dr Adedoyin as a pride to all Ife people in view of his numerous achievements especially in the area of education.

He recalled that Olawale Olokode made great impact in Ife Zone during his 3-month stint in 2016 as the Area Commander and the people are delighted to have him back this time as the new State Commissioner of Police.

The new state Commissioner of Police was accompanied on his visit to the Maye Castle of Peace by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge of the Mobile Police, the Area Commander, Ife Zone, Bode Akinbamilowo, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, and all the Divisional Police Officers in Ife Zone among other officers.

On hand to receive them were the Vice Chancellor, Oduduwa University, Prof. Benjamin Aribisala; the Registrar, Dr (Mrs) Adeline Adeyemi, the Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies, Prof M.K.O Alimi as well as the members of the Maye in Council.