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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MAYE DOLES OUT 100MILLION NAIRA SCHOLARSHIP

MAYE DOLES OUT 100MILLION NAIRA SCHOLARSHIP

His Royal Eminence, Dr Ramon  Adedoyin

The Maye of Yoruba land and Chancellor of Oduduwa University, His Royal Eminence, Dr Ramon Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin in his characteristic philanthropic gesture has declared his intention to grant one hundred million naira scholarship to 50 applicants of Yoruba origin every year.

The business mogul and philanthropist, made the revelation last week in a chat with The Informant Newspaper.

According to him the scholarship which is at the rate of 2 million naira per candidate will cover tuition for the entire degree programme for successful candidates at Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government for the course of their choice.

The Maye who said all sons and daughters of Yorubas are eligible for the scholarship called on all first class traditional rulers in Yoruba land to avail themselves the gesture by nominating their subjects for the opportunity.

Maye of Yoruba land

He noted that many frontline traditional rulers whose candidates are currently enjoying such scholarship include; the Ooni of Ife, the Alaafin of Oyo, the Oluwo of Iwo and the Apetu of Ipetumodu among others.

He disclosed that qualified indigent students of Yoruba extraction can also collect the scholarship forms from any of the organisations that belong to the Adedoyin conglomerate.

Oduduwa University currently runs 19 degree programmes spread across Ramon Adedoyin College of Natural and Applied Sciences (RACONAS), Ramon Adedoyin College of Engineering and Technology (RACOET), College of Management and Social Sciences and Oba Okunade Sijuwade College of Environmental Design and Management to which the successful candidates may be admitted.

 

“YOU ARE A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A GOOD MUSLIM” - ADEDOYIN TELLS OUTGOING NBTE BOSS

 

“YOU ARE A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A GOOD MUSLIM” ADEDOYIN TELLS OUTGOING NBTE BOSS

Dr Ma’saudu Kasaure, mni

The Executive Chairman and founder of the first federal government approved private polytechnic in Nigeria, The Polytechnic, Ife, His Royal Eminence, Dr AbdulRahman Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin has described the outgoing Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, Dr Ma’saudu Kasaure, mni as a humble, respectful and humane person who can be described as a true example of a good Muslim.

Dr Adedoyin stated this in a goodwill message to the Dr Kasaure who will be completing his tenure as the Executive Secretary of the NBTE on the Monday the 5^th of October after a ten year stint at the Board.

He described the Executive Secretary as a very progressive Nigeria whose tenure at the board has brought significant changes to the face of technical, vocational and innovation education in the country.

He noted that under Dr Kasaure’s leadership, the NBTE had risen to a total of 131 Polytechnics, 33 Colleges of Agriculture, 50 Colleges of Health Science and Technology, 31 Specialized Institutions, 152 Innovation Enterprise Institutions, 79 Vocational Enterprise Institutions and 119 Technical Colleges, adding that from 2007 to date, government has granted approval to 56 private polytechnics, 152 Innovation Enterprise Institutions and 79 Vocational Enterprise Institutions in addition to Colleges of Health Sciences and Technology

The renowned educationist who disclosed that he had been relating with NBTE for about 25 years

Dr AbdulRahman Adedoyin

added that the NBTE under the leadership of Dr Kasaure has been encouraging the establishment of more private polytechnics and Innovative Enterprise Institutions in order to diversify and expand access for prospective applicants

He noted that over 56 curricula have been reviewed from 2016 to date while some curricula were also developed in new and emerging fields including HND Explosive Ordinance, ND/HND Railway Engineering Technology, HND Aviation Management, ND Cement Engineering Technology and HND Mechatronics Engineering Technology in the Board’s quest to ensure demand-driven curricula under Dr Kasaure’s leadership.

While enjoining the outgoing Executive Secretary to continue to keep in touch, Dr Adedoyin who is also the Chancellor and Founder of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government prayed that God will continue be with him and direct him on his next endeavor.