STATE OF OUR CULTURE
By Olanrewaju Samson (dhops)
One of the notable things that distinguishes Nigeria from other countries around the world is her rich cultural heritage which is in no doubt one of Africa’s finest. Culture can be said to be the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group.
There
are over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria, such of which are the Tivs, the Kanuris,
the Ijaws and so on, each with distinct cultural heritage and beliefs, for
example, the Ijaws put their newly born children in a river and if the child
comes back, then, the child is considered not to be a bastard. Nowadays, such
traditional beliefs and ways of life have been replaced with the introduction
of the western culture by the foreigners which has wiped out almost every sense
of Africanism in an average Nigerian .Though, there are some acts which are considered to be barbaric by our newly-acquired religion -Christianity and Islam. Moreover, these white people never see anything good coming out of the blacks (Africans), maybe that is why a white blackberry phone is more costly than the black one.
In
the Yoruba tradition, a girl must be a virgin before getting married,
otherwise, she’ll be considered to be a slot. Nowadays, the reverse if the case
- a girl must be “tested” and will even go through some stages of “examination”
even before getting married.However, the introduction of the western culture cannot be resisted as everything we do revolves around them. Inasmuch as we depend on them, our own cultural heritage shouldn’t be so underestimated to the level it is presently.
Our
traditional attires which has, formerly, been relegated to the background has
now been given attention in recent years, as companies and organisations now
give their members of staff the opportunity to put on their native attires. Ankara
fabrics are now making it and has become a good venture of business both locally
and internationally. Moreover, as progress is being made towards our local
wears, the rate at which our local languages are dying is so alarming that many people find it hard to speak their
mother tongue.More efforts should be made towards reviving our cultural heritage which may be difficult in this present age, but we should try and emulate some of which correlates with our “newly-acquired religion” which has become our grund norm of existence towards the way we perceive things.
AN INTERVIEW WITH BIBY
Can we meet you?
My name is Abimbola Anthonia Ologun, a.k.a Biby. I am the first daughter in a family of seven.Where are you from?
I am from Ondo state, Iwaro Oka, Akoko South-West precisely
What
level are you in?
I am in LLB 3Tell us about your educational background
Well …. I attended Sea-Bird International Primary School, Port Harcourt and later had my secondary school education at Rahinna Model Secondary School, Abuja. And by the grace of God, I am a law student of this prestigious institution, Obafemi Awolowo University.I learnt you are vying for a post in the LSS, can you tell us what post you are vying for?
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What makes you think you are eligible for the post you are going for?
The most important thing is having a dream and going after that dream. I have a dream, I believe in God, I believe in myself and I know I have what it takes to make a change in the LSS.Have you had any leadership experience before?
Yes. I was the health prefect in my secondary school and I also represented my school in some quiz competitions.What is your philosophy of life?
Determination, hardwork with the backing of God - will surely lead to success.What are your views about the faculty?
I see the faculty of Law as a place of intellectual minds, best brains, and a place that inspires people to bring out the best in them.What makes you think you can perform being an introverted person?
Because I believe in myself and God and I also admire Susan Cain who is a self-proclaimed introvert and a former corporate lawyer turned writer. This points to research that shows introversion – the tendency to be more reserved and reflective is associated with many positive benefits including creativity, innovation and perseverance, and contrary to popular belief, it is often introverts not extroverts who make the best leaders because they listen well and have great emotional empathy skills useful for getting the most out of your team. Thank you.Who is your favourite lecturer?
I like all my lecturers, but my favourite is Dr. Orifowomo who is the current Head of Department, Jurisprudence and Public Law.What are your hobbies?
I love meaningful conversations, reading, I love making friends also.HOLU’S CORNER
Olumuyiwa Bada (HOLU)
Welcome to the 1st Holu’s Corner on the Golden Advocates Editorial Board. The Holu’s Corner is a corner where major issues in the English Premier League are discussed.
Capital
One Cup
The league cup (capital one cup)
formerly Carling Cup returned with a lot of surprises as it is known for. The
struggling Aston-Villa defeated the league champions Manchester City in a
highly-tensed match. The match ended 4-2 after extra-time in favour of Paul
Lambert’s Aston-Villa. That wasn’t the only shock, as Leads United also
defeated highflying Everton 1-0. In other results, struggling Liverpool held
West-Brom to one goal a-piece (1-1), thanks to Nuri-Sahin. 
Oliver Giroud
started his scoring journey for Arsenal as he went on defeating Conventry 6-1.
Manchester-United defeated Newcastle 2-1 and Premier League title owners, Chelsea
defeated Wolves 6-0. The draw for the round of sixteen has been made and we
have some interesting ties to look out for. Man. Utd takes a trip to Stamford
Bridge as they take on Chealsea; Arsenal FC. takes on Reading FC. while Liverpool takes on
Swansea which will see their manager take on his former side.TERRY TERRY TERRY!!!
I was shocked on Sunday
(23rd of September) when I read of John Terry’s decision to quit the
English national team. It is a well-known fact that Terry has been at loggerheads
with the English (Football Association) after racially abusing Q.P.R defender Anton
Ferdinand in October 2011. Terry claims the F.A made his position “untenable.”
Although, Westminster Magistrate Court cleared him of racial abuse of the QPR
defender, the English F.A. went on to give him a four- match ban and a fine
of €220,000. As a passionate football
fan, I think the punishment is quite cheap, as the F.A ought to hand him a ten-
match ban to curtail racism in the
E.P.L. Last week, some low-life supposed Chelsea fans racially insulted our own
John Mikel Obi on twitter and this forced him to close down his twitter
account. Racism is bad and WE MUST SAY NO TO RACISM IN FOOTBALL.
TITLE
CONTENDERS OR PRETENDERS
A lot of my friends have been asking for
my opinion on an issue I hold in high esteem, i.e. Arsenal’s title credentials.
Arsenal is currently playing great football and it reminds me of the invincible
era. But I think it’s to early to write them off or call them contenders.
Although, Arsene Wenger has worked on his team’s weakness which is the defence
and they have a super creative midfielder in Santi Carzola. I think Arsenal’s
problem over the past three to four seasons has been injuries on their key
players at crucial moments of the season. With Jack Wilshere back and other
first team players, I say write off Arsenal at your own Peril. MY TEAM OF THE WEEK (WEEK 4)
I will use a 3-5-2 formation and my team consists of players who played remarkably during the weekend (week 4)
GOAL KEEPER – ASMIR BEGOVIC (STOKE)
DEFENDERS
LAURENT KOSCIELNY (ARSENAL)
RAFAEL (MAN – UTD)
ASHLEY COLE (CHEALSEA)
MIDFIELDERS
MAROUNE FELLAINI (EVERTON)
SANTI CARZOLA (ARSENAL)
RAHEEM STERLING (LIVERPOOL)
STEVEN GERRARD (LIVERPOOL)
JUAN MATA (CHELSEA)
STRIKERS
DIMITAR BERBATOV (FULHAM)
RICKIE LAMBERT (SOUTHAMPTON)
Till we meet next week, I say have a nice week.
ROAD SAFETY ON OAU CAMPUS
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, 25th
of September, 2012 that officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) stormed
the campus. They were dressed in mufti with only vests bearing the emblem and
name of the security agency to notify the people and students of their
presence.Their target area was the road which lay in front of the Senate building. This area of operation also extended to the road leading to the staff quarters, as well as the two major bus-stops which were located on the opposite lanes of road 1.
A quick interview with one of the
officials revealed the reasons behind the unanticipated checkpoints. The officials were to stop and check if the road
users were law-abiding and traffic conscious. Headlights, driving licenses, vehicle
particulars, seatbelts, etc of each passing automobile belonging to both
commercial and private users of the road were all inspected. They unmistakably
intended to pass a note of warning to the road users that the eyes of the law
is close by and watching and would not hesitate to reprimand or rebuke
offenders and above all, ensure overall safety on the road. Olushegzy
CASHLESS POLICY, N5000 NOTE, A FORTUNE
OR A MIS-FORTUNE FOR NIGERIA
It is highly disconcerting to find out that our erudite economist and governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has refused to pay attention to the simple and fundamental principles of Economics. It is noteworthy to state unequivocally that the Cashless policy and N5000 note proposition did not go through the rudimentary process of successfully answering the three pertinent and invaluable economic questions –What to produce, How to produce and For Whom to Produce. Out of the blues, it was announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) proposes to introduce a N5000 note and Cashless policy. For me, the two above propositions are a misfit and misfortune in a developing country like Nigeria.
Furthermore, it is egregious to discover that such a
sensitive policy like this has not been warmly received by Nigerians because of
the monumentally poor enlightenment Nigerians have, most especially, the
“common man.” What to produce is available, how to produce may be available,
but the third crucial question (For whom to Produce) has not been adequately
considered. Nigeria has a dense population of over 150 million people where
there is averagely a substantial number of people who are aware of the current
economic trend. A research was conducted on the efficacy of the Automated
Teller Machine cards and evidently, Nigerians are ill-informed and don’t have
an idea of what it is, let alone its operation. From
the aforementioned, the effects this Cashless policy and introduction of N5000
note and conversion of some lesser notes to coins will have an inimical effect
on Nigerians. Nigeria practises democracy and as such, the desires of the
people should be considered first above others. How many market women will
receive a credit card or cheque in exchange for delivery of tomatoes? A student
who gets N5000 as monthly allowance will now receive a note? Of course not! Aside that, the implementation process is illegal. Currency is an exclusive legislation for the Federal Government and not for the CBN governor and his cooperative allies. According to Sections 4 (1 and 2) of the 1999 Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and Section 8 (2) of the CBN Act of 2007, the Senate pointed out that the National Assembly is a required participant in the process of introducing new currency; although, the CBN has the power of minting coins and producing new currencies, but this is to be done under the supervision of the legislature.
As a matter of fact, the whole idea is contradictory. “In cashless economies, high bills or currency notes such as the proposed N5000 note is not required, as transactions are conducted from the payer to the payee’s accounts without any need for physical exchange or handling of cash by any of the parties…” Senator Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North) Arising from this fact and the massive repugnance of Nigerians to these propositions, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, with respect to the resolution of the House has grounded the implementation to a halt, until investigations are concluded within four weeks. By and large, in view of the foregoing, I can summarise that we can only save the economy, if the people are enlightened. We should learn to stop copying laws used in other countries. Nigeria is a unique country that deserves unique laws will satisfy the wants of her own people uniquely.
Fagade Samuel LLBI
SHOCKING REVELATIONS AT ODUDUWA HALL
“FALANA GBO TIRE, TARA ENI LAA GBO” – FALANA.
An
epoch-making event took place last Wednesday 26th September, 2012 at the
ever-green Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University. It was the 7th
Annual lecture in honour of Mr Yusuf Olaolu Ali (S.A.N) with its theme as:
Challenge of Sustaining Security in Nigeria Today. Some of the crème de la crème of the legal profession
were present, such as Prince Adetokunbo
Kayode (chairman of the occasion) former Attorney-General of the Federation,
Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Guest Speaker, Mr
Femi Falana (S.A.N), among others. 
Besides, he said that when it was time for religious festivals,
billions of naira are spent on rams
and other irrelevancies. In summary, he said, in his incisive lecture, that the
resources that were supposed to be used for the betterment of our society are
unlawfully squandered to the detriment of their populace. After the lecture
ended with a story, an artistic portrait was presented to the honouree, Mr.
Yusuf Ali (SAN) by the president of the L.S.S as a token of appreciation. The event did not have the luxury of time, so, immediately, the 30th edition of The Advocate Journal was launched under the anchorage of the chairman of the occasion. Also, the Law ICT centre in the Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Law Library, O.A.U was commisioned in honour of the colossus (Yusuf O. Ali, SAN).
LLB 1 “AROIST” WINS BLACKBERRY PIN
The
hilarious guys from the “castle of great men” had their Awo week last week.
They started off from Mozambique hall, on another day of the same week, Moremi
hall and rounded off on Friday, 28th
September, 2012 with a night of “Aro.”
As usual, they did their thing their own way, by way of singing, chanting,
insults, etc which they call “Aro.” Aderibigbe Abass Babatunde volunteered to
compete with the Awo guys that Friday night. In a brief interview, he confessed
he was initially intimidated, but later, he gained confidence.
Against
all odds, the Ede-based budding lawyer won the competition in the famous Awo
Cafeteria where O.A.U students massively attended, as students love to witness
this dramatic display. The Angolan (Abass), after he swept the Awo boys off their feet by
receiving a prize upon winning the “Aro” competition – a Blackberry pin without
the phone and N5 for subscription. However, in Abass’ view, he observed discrimination at the Friday event. When he came out to compete, the Awo boys almost sent him back calling him a “small boy from Angola” who knows nothing. “But, during the competition, they knew the stuff I was made of,” said Abass confidently.
THE GAME KICKED OUT OF LIL’ WAYNE’S
BIRTHDAY PARTY
US rapper Jayceon Taylor aka The Game was kicked out of fellow rapper Lil’ Wayne’s 30th birthday party which took place last night (Friday September 28, 2012).
TMZ reports that Game was hanging with Chris Brown, Sean Kingston, and Wayne when 211 approached him and started ‘talking trash.
The Game wasted no time in punching 211 and a fight broke out and eventually, both rappers were kicked out by security.
Two days before the fight, The Game mocked familiar foe 50 Cent’s SK energy drink calling it ‘nasty s**t’.
culled from NET
JETZ
10 MISTAKES WOMEN MAKE
ABOUT MEN
MISTAKE #1:
Betting
Your Love Life On His "Potential"Do you know any women who want the man they're dating to behave differently? Of course you do. And just like me, I'm sure you have friends who date guys who don't have much going for them or who don't treat them very well. Somehow these women always have an excuse for the guy's shortcomings. What's going on here? It's actually very simple.
Women (and men) don't base their choices of men on how “nice” or “good” someone is to them day-to-day. Women choose the men they do because they feel a powerful GUT LEVEL ATTRACTION for them. And guess what? Some women will continue to put up with a guy that doesn't treat them very well. Sometimes for months or years...But why in the world would a woman do that!
Well, to put it simply, they confuse the strong attraction they feel for the guy with a deeper “connection”. Women who do this are doomed to end up in failed relationships with the “wrong” guys. How do I know? I do because I've seen it at least a hundred times...And because I've been this guy in the past myself. Thinking back on past dating and relationships I've had, I was selfish and didn't offer much. I'm amazed the women put up with me. But they did...all the while hoping that I would somehow change. The women I dated hoped I'd change.
The only thing they saw in me that led them to want to keep me around
was the “potential” they saw in me to share my feelings and communicate with
them. The potential for something better and the potential for me to change and
be a better lover, boyfriend, companion or whatever...The truth was, I was
hopelessly bad at these things at the time. And more importantly, I wasn't even
at a place in my life where I knew how to or was interested in developing a
deep and committed relationship - with ANYONE.But deep down these women believed that if they tried hard enough, that it would make up for what was lacking. They believed that I could become someone else with them.... and that this would be easy for us both. Talk about a losing battle. It doesn't make a lot of “logical” sense...But until you accept that lots of women do this AND that YOU could be doing it on some level, you'll NEVER have the success with men that you choose and want.
Culled from www.pariswoman.com
JETZ
LIVING A LIE
I feel the
tears fighting to come out
My heart is
heavy I am down
I thought I was
at peace
That my life
was soaring
But I guess I
have been deceived
It’s a mess, a
facade
Because
something lurks beneath
I try to smile
But it’s all a
deceit
What should I
do?
I realize too
late that am confused
My life is
indeed a mess
Where’s my
pillow?
I wonder where?
I need it now
Everyone smiles
as they walk by
And it dawns on
me
I have that
same smile
It dawns on me
again
Everyone’s life
is a mess
Probably worse
than mine
TEGA 
