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 By: Samuel Iyiola "Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners".  —  Benjamin Banneker   Cultism has emerged as one of the most damaging and dangerous trends now harming Nigerian students' life. These organizations' actions have resulted in the suffering and death of many innocent persons. They became painfully popular and infected the country's educational institutions like a dangerous virus, destroying the lives of young people through heinous acts such as torture, fraud, painful inscriptions on the bodies of new members, voodoo rituals, murders, drinking of human blood and urine, use of hard drugs, intimidation of bystanders, armed robberies, kidnapping, and so on. What is cultism? According to Steve Bruce (1995), the cult is a ‘loosely knit group organized around some common themes and interests but lacking any sharply defined and exclusive belief.' While Oxford Advanced Learners' Dicti...

  By: Samuel Iyiola The Management of the Osun State Polytechnic, (OSPOLY) Iree, has announced the Christmas and New year break for both the students and staff of the institution. This was declared in a memo signed by Mrs F.O Apara on Thursday, 23rd December, 2021. "The institution management has graciously declared Friday 24th December, 2021 to Monday, 3rd January 2022 as Christmas/New Year break for members of the Community." The memo stated Moreso, the essence of the break as stated in the memo is to allow both the staffs and the students enjoy their Christmas and New Year festive season. Furthermore, the memo also stated that the institution will be re-opened on Tuesday, 4th January, 2021.

By: Jackson Ajah, Isaac Adeoye The Immediate Past (I.P) Chairman of Students Union Association (S.U.A), Osun State Polytechnic (OSPOLY) Iree, Comrade Falana Johnson fondly known as Pappy Jay has advised the newly appointed S.U.A Executives not to let their respective offices divert them from academic pursuits. Pappy Jay disclosed this today, 22nd December 2021 during an interview with the NEB Journalists, following the inauguration program of the new S.U.A. executives and Faculty Executives in the Koko Campus. "My advice to the new Chairman and Executives is that they should not allow their offices to control them instead they should be humble and impartial," Pappy Jay stated. In a similar vein, he advised the new S.U.A Chairman and other executives to carry out their responsibilities in a humble manner.      According to him "I do tell those that come to interview me that; I was not on this seat as the S.U.A chairman yesterday, but here today as the SUA chairman, to...

  By: Samuel Iyiola The Former Editor-in-Chief (E.I.C ) of Namacos Editorial Board, Mr Ajayi Folaranmi R. popularly known as Enigma has commended the efforts of the outgoing executives of the board at the Koko campus, Daily Part-Time program, today. He gave the words of commendation during the launching of NEB Magazine and the handing over to the new set of leaders which was officially done by the 2019/2020 E.I.C, Alo Anthony on the 2nd of December, 2021 at the Koko campus. "I commend the outgoing NEB Executives who broke a long term record this year, we have regained the lost glory," Folaranmi stated. He also admonished all the new executives to embrace campus journalism and encouraged them not to rest until society becomes liberated. "We should not be at rest when our society is not at peace". He stated. However, 2019/2020 E.I.C,  Alo Anthony declared Iyiola Samuel O. as the new board's Editor-in-Chief while Lambe Elizabeth as the Sub Editor of the board and m...

  By:  Ridwan Olanrewaju  The Management of Osun State Polytechnic Iree,(OSPOLY) has officially announced 27th November 2021 as the date for the commencement of the Second-Semester Examination, 2020/2021 academic session for the students of National Diploma I Daily Part-Time. This was made known in a memo released today, Thursday, 18th November, 2021 and signed by Mrs M. V. FANIYI For the directorate of part-time. According to the official memo, "This is to inform ND I Daily Part-Time Students that the Second Semester Examination for 2020/2021 academic session has been scheduled to hold on the 27th November 2021." Moreover, the school management urged DPT ND1 Students who have yet to pay their tuition, to pay the fee before the commencement of the exams. "You are therefore enjoined to pay your school fees before the commencement of the examination." The school management also urged ND1 DPT students to print out and sign their exam clearance before the start of the s...

  By: Isaac Adeoye The Director of Daily Part-Time Program, Osun State Polytechnic Iree, Alhaji Babalola D.Y, has urged DPT students of National Diploma 1 to sign their exam clearance before the start of the next second-semester examination to avoid any problems during the exam process. He made this known today, 17th November 2021, Hall 4 at the Koko Campus of the institution, when he was advising the students about the upcoming examination. According to Babalola," The essence of coming to school is to partake examination and go home successfully " Furthermore, he said that it is the joy and prayer of a parent to see his or her child be successful in the future, "our parents at home are praying for our success." However, he condemned the students of the Mass Communication Department about their behaviour towards lecturers, "you have been behaving so animalistic."

By: Philip Adepoju, Ridwan Olanrewaju  The Students of the National Association of Mass Communication (NAMACOS), Osun State Polytechnic Iree has rejoiced as they won the just-concluded interdepartmental debate competition organised by the Student Union Association (SUA). The debate had earlier started on Monday while today,17th November 2021 was the grand finale. The NAMACOS President, Hon. Omilana Opeyemi expressed his gratitude by thanking the NAMACOS executives and Namacos Editorial Board (NEB) executives for their many sleepless hours over this achievement and termed the triumph as a great success in his administration. Moreover, the Editor-in-chief (EIC) of NEB Olanrewaju Ridwan A. disclosed that "this glory has been lost from the department more than 3 years back, but we thank God we regain it today." "We are very grateful to all NEB Predecessors especially the 2019/2020 set led by EDM Alo Anthony; it is a great pleasure to be your products. The memory has been rec...