Nasels Communication Bureau (NCB)

My Dear Good People of Osun, As I step aside today following the conclusion of the four-year tenure you freely gave me, I thank God and I thank you for your support, cooperation and prayers over the years. I recall how the journey began four years ago; how by your belief in me and your conviction in the plans and programmes of our Party, you exercised your right to vote for me. Motivated by God’s promise, my conviction, we promised that we would serve you with steady heart and hands. We promised that we would hit the ground running once we assume office. We gave our words that we would put you first and run a people-centred government. We pledged to uphold the best ideals befitting of an Omoluabi. As we draw the curtain on this first tenure, We are convinced that we neither reneged on our promises nor disappointed you. We kept faith with you and maintained fidelity with our electoral promises. It was our wish to continue to serve you but we are constrained by the outcome of the July 16...

To start with, it is sacrosanct at this point to condemn the inscriptions of ‘peace and leadership centre’ on the walls of the Students’ Union Building. There’s no peace where there is relation to injustice, because peace in it’s real sense is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice. Therefore, the ‘Peace and leadership centre’ must be removed with immediate effect. Great Ife students’ union is a pressure group, not an NGO nor a charity foundation. Those into such activities amongst the executives should not mix it with the ideas of the union. Speaking of justice the Great Ife Students Union Building was named after Ken Saro-Wiwa whose lasts words were “…the struggle continues” to symbolise the on going fight for an egalitarian society where the resources of the nation will be used to cater for the needs of all be they small or great; young or old. Those last words of his resonates with the popular Latin slogan we use on the campus: Aluta continua! That is why it is suc...

NCB:  Good evening Lev. It’s nice to have you here. Lev:  The pleasure is mine. NCB:  For the sake of generality, pls introduce yourself. Lev:  I’m by name Olugbade Majeed Abiola, popularly known as Majeed Lèv. From Faculty of Education, Arts and Social Science Education (Education and English). I’m in Part 3, a member of Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and OAU Students’ Union. NCB:  Your sobriquet, Lèv doesn’t sound and appear like African’s. How did you come about it? Lev:  Smiles, the name is actually part or short form of my former username on Facebook, ‘Lèv Memoriosissimus Wordsmith Abiola. The Lèv part is gotten from a Russian writer, Lèv Tolstoy-author of War and Peace who I enjoy reading his literary works. NCB:  Wow! What an antithesis! “War and Peace.” You stand for both right? Lev:  Probably, war is one of the best way to achieve peace. NCB:  Hm! How long have you been in politics and what exactly inspired you? Lev:  Ac...

With great sorrow, I write this, for I have made the difficult decision to remain silent for the sake of reticence. However, it is important that we document what has befallen our rafters, for the sake of future generations and for the sake of clarity. We cannot allow our stories to be told by rapists, as has happened so often in the past. We refuse to accept the notion that Africans are barbarians, as was conjectured by Herodotus of Halicarnassus, one of the earliest historians who gave a distorted history of Africa. This led to a misinterpretation of African history. Herodotus described Africa as a continent of barbarians, inhabited by humans with four legs who were animal-like and devoid of culture or religion. Joyce Cary’s “Mister Johnson” also contributed to the disparagement of African history by presenting a confusing and distorted picture of African society. This is just one example of the many derogations that have caused African writers to frown upon non-Afri...

NCB: We have here, one of the top officials in GISU. The Financial secretary, Mr Oluwasegun Joy whose appellation is known as Legbeti. It’s nice to have you here Legbeti. Legbeti: Particularly, we don’t like the Union being referred to as GISU, Great Ife Students’ Union is okay. That GISU Sounds somehow. I am glad to be here. NCB: Wow, I think it has always been so but it’s fine. Thank you for the correction. Your name, Legbeti, takes me back home (Ondo). Have you lived in Oyemekun before? Legbeti: lol! I am particularly not from Ondo state but it’s a part of me already. I have stayed there throughout my life until I came to Ife. NCB: I see. How did you come across the name? Legbeti: I am from Edo state and it doesn’t still change the fact that I am omo won l’Ondo. NCB: Really? Coincidentally, I was born in Ovia south. I think we have something in common and you have to pay me for this😂. Legbeti: Legbeti is my family name and not my nick name. My dad decided to use our Gran...

NCB: We have here with us, a Tutor, an Award winning Literary writer, an ardent lover of Wole Soyinka, the only OWIWI that shrieks. You’re welcome Owiwi🤝 OWIWI: Thanks for having me NCB: Let’s start from your nickname, Owiwi. How did you come about this name? OWIWI: Owiwi is the Yoruba word for an owl. The bird is symbolic. For me, it represents a whole lot of things. It represents wisdom and foresight. Its nocturnality also attracted me to the name. And the rhythmic repetition of “wi” in the word also appeals to me. Besides, Owiwi sees, observes when no one else is watching; when every other person is in deep slumber. NCB: It symbolically means you’re a sage! OWIWI: Maybe. NCB: Tell us about yourself and your background. OWIWI: My name is Ridwan Olanrewaju Adedeji. I am from Oluponna, an agrarian community in Ayedire Local Government, Osun State. I am my parents’ first child. I blog, read novels, and do some little writing. I am at the moment of this interview a final year...