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By Olamide Samson Olalekan  Angry youths of Iwo town, in Osun State of Nigeria, have set the office of the Special Anti Robbery squad,  housed in the premises of the  Police Area Command Office, on fire in the early hours of Friday 24th of August, 2018 The action of the angry youths came as a reaction to the alleged killing  of one Mr.  Babatunde Nafiu by operatives  of the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad. Babatunde is said to be a student of Osun  State Polytechnic,  Ire. He is also the son of a prominent politician in Iwo Land,  Alhaji Nafiu.  According to an eye witness who pleaded anonymity, 'The SARS operatives claimed Babatunde was a yahoo boy. He was gunned down just for this reason.' It was reported that the Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Adewale Akanbi,  went to the scene of the event to plead with the angry protesters, but his presence and appeals could not stop the angry protesters.  As at the time of filling this repor...

By Olamide Samson OLALEKAN | The Department of Adult Education and Life Long Learning, in the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, organizes first of its kind Skills Fair in the history of Obafemi Awolowo University.  The skills fair, which serves as a continuous assessment for the students offering DCE 403 with course title, “Organizations and Administration of Adult Education”, was held on the 3rd of August, 2018 at the Faculty of Education basement.  It encompasses various vocational trainings which includes tie and dye, soap making, bead making, bow tie, lapel, make up and gele, barbing, wig making etc The skills fair was not only attended by students from the faculty of education, but also had in attendance lecturers in the faculty, students from other faculties and even persons from outside the University.  The Dean of Faculty of Education, Prof. M. A. Adeleke, also witnessed the Skills fair. He commended the efforts of the lecturers in charge of the co...