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Monday, November 29, 2021
[Special Report] C1 emerges Champions of the Rotimi Alli Zik
Inter-floor Tourney
The final of the Barrister Rotimi Alli Inter-floor competition held on Saturday, 27th November with C1 emerging the undisputed champion.
A quick first half brace set the tone as C1 defeated C3 3-1 to claim ultimate victory. Two quick first half goals were enough to swing momentum in the direction of C1 as they registered their intent from the very first minutes of the match. Although C3 tried to fight their way back into the match with a goal of their own, their effort was undone as C1 capitalized on awareness of C3’s defense to register a third goal and seal the victory.
In the third place match that took place on the same day, B2 defeated C4 with five goals to four on penalties to claim the third place, after they held each other to an intense 3-3 draw.
Jamiu Kareem of C1 emerged as the highest goalscorer and most valuable player of the tournament, after scoring twelve goals in the course of the tournament. In an interview with him, he dedicated the awards to the glory of God and his teammates and coaches who believed in him.
In another chat with Mr Oluremeta Ifeoluwa George, who emerged as the best coach in the tournament after leading the C1 to title, praised the hardwork of his players and said despite most of them being part of the Zik Hall team, that it was their dedication and not leaving anything to chance that led to their victory in the tournament.
In another chat with Zik Hall Sport Minister, Mr Akande Peter was happy about the success of the tournament, despite all the challenges they faced in the organisation of a successful tournament. He also spoke on the absence of the competition’s Patron, Barrister Rotimi Alli, who was represented by his wife and children, because he was out of the state as of the moment and the Hall Warden who was represented by one of the Assistant Hall Wardens in the person of Barrister Dr P. Oke.
He also spoke on why the final match of the tournament was brought forward as against the normal tradition of organising it during the Hall week, citing the invitation of OAU’s Awolowo hall, who have been invited as guest in a novelty match against Zik Hall, scheduled for the upcoming Hall week.
The Rotimi Alli Zik Hall Inter-floor is sponsored by Barrister Rotimi Alli, an alumnus and former Sports Minister of Zik Hall, as he helps to keep the Zik Hall traditions moving forward. There were awesome prizes for the participants, as the winner, C1 clinched cash prize of fifty thousand naira, while the runner up went home with a sum of twenty thousand and the third place team got a sum of ten thousand naira for their efforts.
Zik Hall, the most prominent Hall among the Halls in the University of Ibadan has since time immemorial been on the apex of pecking order in terms of academic excellence, vibrancy, oneness and popular participation, all encapsulated into the true and unwavering philosophy of ZIKISM.
It would be strange or preposterously ludicrous to a stranger or first-time passer-by that for just no obvious reason, an individual having studied to stupor, would emanate from the Hall’s reading room, climbing the topmost floor just to shout “IWE LE MI OOO“; indeed very comical.
There are times when for no just reason and this shares attributes of exemplification with the former, a Zikite would shout at the top of his voice ‘MO FE JEUN OOO’. I particularly look forward to this exact comic inducing phrase with great expectation because the resultant is other Zikites answering him in very non sequitur and funny phrases; you’d hear replies like: ‘LO JE AYE E’, ‘LO JE IKU’, LO JE INOMONOMONO (which literary translates to ‘go and eat electricity’). One true characteristics that stands Zik Hall out is the propensity for everything to be done in unison and oneness.
It’s only in Zik and believe me you can’t find it elsewhere, where everything is regarded the opposite.
When power supply arrives, you hear everyone scream at the top of their voices ‘E MU INO LO O’
When the Hall is ridded of power supply, you may still hear the same ritualistic phrase ‘E MU INO LO O’ I do wonder, and ask myself often times in very hard fits of laughter, predominantly, questions such as ‘WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? WHICH LIGHT ARE THEY SAYING SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY?‘
It is also not grotesque and new in Zik where on very theatrical-looking occasions when window panes are broken, you hear funny and ludicrous voices emanating from every vertices of the Hall like spiky elephant grasses sprouting thick, reeling insults and banters at whoever caused the incident.
Well, everything is all a joke and one of the very smart and interesting ways for Zikites to relieve themselves of stress and the very tasking workload of studying. We also form new relationships amongst ourselves and strengthen existing ones as positive by-products.
For me, I believe Zik is the Hall worthy of being allocated to and spending a significant time of my studying in UI. After all, spending my time away from my family to study in UI has not been bad because here in Zik, my brothers are not different from my typical family. There’s no depression in Zik because every impression is depression-killing.
Whoever stays true to ZIKISM no go suffer.
N.B: You will have to pardon me, I’m not good with using Yoruba.
Zik Hall, the most prominent Hall among the Halls in the University of Ibadan has since time immemorial been on the apex of pecking order in terms of academic excellence, vibrancy, oneness and popular participation, all encapsulated into the true and unwavering philosophy of ZIKISM.
It would be strange or preposterously ludicrous to a stranger or first-time passer-by that for just no obvious reason, an individual having studied to stupor, would emanate from the Hall’s reading room, climbing the topmost floor just to shout “IWE LE MI OOO“; indeed very comical.
There are times when for no just reason and this shares attributes of exemplification with the former, a Zikite would shout at the top of his voice ‘MO FE JEUN OOO’. I particularly look forward to this exact comic inducing phrase with great expectation because the resultant is other Zikites answering him in very non sequitur and funny phrases; you’d hear replies like: ‘LO JE AYE E’, ‘LO JE IKU’, LO JE INOMONOMONO (which literary translates to ‘go and eat electricity’). One true characteristics that stands Zik Hall out is the propensity for everything to be done in unison and oneness.
It’s only in Zik and believe me you can’t find it elsewhere, where everything is regarded the opposite.
When power supply arrives, you hear everyone scream at the top of their voices ‘E MU INO LO O’
When the Hall is ridded of power supply, you may still hear the same ritualistic phrase ‘E MU INO LO O’ I do wonder, and ask myself often times in very hard fits of laughter, predominantly, questions such as ‘WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? WHICH LIGHT ARE THEY SAYING SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY?‘
It is also not grotesque and new in Zik where on very theatrical-looking occasions when window panes are broken, you hear funny and ludicrous voices emanating from every vertices of the Hall like spiky elephant grasses sprouting thick, reeling insults and banters at whoever caused the incident.
Well, everything is all a joke and one of the very smart and interesting ways for Zikites to relieve themselves of stress and the very tasking workload of studying. We also form new relationships amongst ourselves and strengthen existing ones as positive by-products.
For me, I believe Zik is the Hall worthy of being allocated to and spending a significant time of my studying in UI. After all, spending my time away from my family to study in UI has not been bad because here in Zik, my brothers are not different from my typical family. There’s no depression in Zik because every impression is depression-killing.
Whoever stays true to ZIKISM no go suffer.
N.B: You will have to pardon me, I’m not good with using Yoruba.
A mini world war is ongoing presently in the Baluba Kingdom as some zikites have been badly wounded through the fight they involved in so as to mark their territories. This war got a positive reflection of reality through the impacts of a man called Barrister Rotimi Alli, a Zikite during his undergraduate days in the University of Ibadan, he gave it all it takes to make the war come to pass annually.
The Barrister Rotimi Alli inter-floor competition has been ignited with the smoke of its flame rising up in the air for the past few weeks, Zikites on each floor furnished out Zikism as they grouped themselves together so as to aim and shoot at the target price.
However, some missed their targets along the way resulting in automatic disqualification. Although, the preliminary stages were basically featured with first and second leg which resulted in the disqualification of some floors,the IPM(Morriz) got hit at this stage despite his master class moves for his team, the powerful Ronaldo of C2( Marvellous) proved them as beginners likewise the wise cancelo of this same floor, Ikpi Kelvin sealed them to the cloud of weakness as they were severely flogged.
However, this floor also got their own dose from B2 as they were also beaten 5 goals to 1 at the quarter finals. Sebastian's interest and support for B2 is so strong that he started calling on God to intervene for the floor to win their match. It all started when Kester released the semi final fixtures in which B2 was drawn against C3. He got discouraged when he saw the fixture as C3 has been a threat in the game as well. He later commented " B2 to win, my God does not flop". At the end, hmm hmm, Should we say he is not serving the living God OR God "shenk" him. Anyway, that is left to him as B2 lost in a penalty shootout to C3.
The floors in Block A were wiped off in a flood like motion as they were beaten in an exponential degree, the beating is not from earth. The wing of the D blockites got trimmed off as they were also beaten severely despite stealing Skinny all in the name of virtual transfers, Kester must be arrested for this(joking) as a single dime wasn't paid for all the transfers he claimed.
Bello Shaggi also proved that he is not only good at chasing thick girls up and down as he conceded a goal and scored at the same time in a match. The final match would soon light off as C3 will show their ferocity against C1, B2 and C4 will also compete for the third place. Let's see if God will answer Sebastian's prayer by compensating B2 with the bronze medal or HE pulls the initial stunt again. Thanks.
[#ExamsInProgress] Strengthening your biological Defence in
the 'Zikest' Way
If you have been to the Health Center (Jaja Clinic) during the exam period, you would agree with me that it is the time of the semester that the clinic witnesses the most attendance. This is not unconnected with the fact that there is a lot of changes in the activities of the students during this critical time of the semester. This is the time that students want to boost their low or maintain their high CGPA. So, it is not surprising seeing many people indulging in various forms of rigorous academic exercise during this time.
In this piece, we are going to look at how you can strengthen your immunity (immune system) and prepare your biological body for this rigorous activities. This is necessary so that you will not fall victim of being among the visitors of JAJA in the exam period.
To start with, what is immunity?Immunity is the capability of multicellular organisms to resist harmful microorganisms. The system that does this in human body is the immune system. The main parts of the immune system are: white blood cells, antibodies, the lymphatic system, the spleen, the thymus, and the bone marrow. So, human immunity is the capability of human body to resist harmful microorganisms (infections). As it is known, pathogens are the cause of all the diseases. So, if you can strengthen your immune system, then you can become invincible for the pathogens.
How then can you medically and scientifically strengthen your immunity. Scientifically, one of the ways to strengthen the immune system is by taking balance and nutritious diet.
Vegetables, fruit and proteinous food should be the major constituents of your food during this exam period. Vegetables are known scientifically to provide essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that are necessary for good health.
Carrot, is scientifically known to be reach in vitamin A. Vitamin A is needed for good eye sight and to prevent sight loss. So it will be beneficial to ensure you include such in your weekly food timetable. Especially during the exam period that you’ll have to stretch and stress your eyes beyond normal. Also, Proteins are the backbone of the body’s defence systems, antibodies, enzymes and hormones. Proteins are made up of amino acids that play a role in forging immunity. Immune cells that are benefited by protein include leukocytes, cytokines, phagocytes which are necessary for normal immune function and stave off the infection.
Exercise is also pivotal in strengthen the immune system. The tendency is to stay all day in the room throughout the lecture free weeks. No, you shouldn’t do that. By taking regular exercise, your raise your body temperature during the exercise.
This is able to prevent the growth of microorganisms and keep you healthy. Exercise slows off the release of stress hormones. Some stress hormones increase the chance of illness. Exercise is good but you should not over do it. Especially during this critical period that time is the most precious and limited resources that you have. However, taking daily 20 to 30 minute walks is enough to get you the benefit of the exercise.
Also, get adequate sleep. Studies show that people who don’t get quality sleep or enough sleep are more likely to get sick after being exposed to a virus, such as a common cold virus. Lack of sleep can also affect how fast you recover if you do get sick. During sleep, your immune system releases proteins called cytokines, some of which help promote sleep. Certain cytokines need to increase when you have an infection or inflammation, or when you’re under stress. Sleep deprivation may decrease production of these protective cytokines. In addition, infection-fighting antibodies and cells are reduced during periods when you don’t get enough sleep.vHowever, you shouldn’t not oversleep. Knowing very well that this is exam period.
In the final analysis, you need to prepare your body for the upcoming stress. Eat balance diet and not just any how food. Take regular exercise during the lecture free weeks and sleep moderately. With all this, you can be guaranteed that you will be medically fit all through the rigorous days and you will not have to sit endlessly in JAJA with a view to seeing doctor.
Saka reinstated, still Banned from Contesting for Political Position in
the Hall
The embattled Social Minister of Nnmadi Azikiwe Hall, Mr Marizu Miracle (Saka D’barber) has been reinstated to office.
Recall that ZikPress earlier released statements on the investigation by the legislative council, where Mr Saka was found guilty of acts ranging from misconducts and misuse of office, which eventually led to his suspension by the Hall Management Council (HMC).
However, it was gathered that in a meeting which saw the Hall Warden meet with members of the Executive Council and principal members of the legislative council, the Hall Warden gracefully reinstated Saka to his position as social minister.
All efforts to reach Mr Emmanuel Otumala, the speaker of the Legislative Council, to confirm the reinstatement and know if the Social Minister was able to meet all conditions required for his reinstatement proved abortive, as he didn’t reply any of the messages sent to him.
However, in a chat with the Hall Warden, he confirmed that Mr Marizu Miracle has been reinstated to office, he noted that he is still precluded from contesting for any political position within the Hall, as his reinstatement was purely based on humanitarian grounds.
Day Nemesis Caught up with Gala, Zik Hall’s Prime Theft Suspect
Dusk descended on November 6 in Zik Hall like any other evening. Fans of Manchester United were still reminiscing the Red Devils’ defeat at the hands of Manchester City earlier in the afternoon, some Zikites had returned to their books and others were savouring the final breeze of another weekend. However, the course of events that evening was going to change when at about 10:00 pm the shout of ‘thief’ rent the air.
The shout was first heard from the top floor of C block while other Zikites picked it up. As stated by some eye witnesses that evening, the alarm was not taken serious at first but the shout persisted into a convincing theft alarm. The suspect had struck in Room C63 and was escaping quickly from the top floor amidst the raised alarm. Realizing he was being awaited by someone on the ground floor, whom Zik Hall’s Chief Security Officer later confirmed to be a defence team member, he backtracked and hid himself awhile.
When he came out soon after, he ran into a familiar face on C block’s first floor but he swiftly switched character and joined in raising the alarm shouting thief with others. This suspect blended with the crowd and smartly misdirected others towards the Zik-Tech bush path in pursuit of an imaginary thief. He and a few others followed the path and he seemingly escaped in the guise of tracking the theft suspect. No one suspected a thing.
Coming behind was the victim and a few others who remained in pursuit. They, including the Chief Security Officer split up at the Tech road intersection where some of them ran into Abefele, the intra-campus security unit. The latter being informed of the pursuit raced off in their van hoping to catch up with the escaping thief with no success. When catching the thief seemed bleak, those in pursuit returned to Zik Hall where a small crowd had converged to ascertain the identity of the theft suspect.
The victim who had apparently seen the thief went on to describe him properly to the others. At that point, it was realized that the theft suspect was none other than one who had joined in raising the alarm. He had been seen on C block’s first floor by a fellow student in his department, he had also been seen by another Zikite in his department but none of them knew at the time of his temporary escape that he was the suspect being pursued. This theft suspect is none other than Adesina Ridwan Kolapo, popularly known as Gala, a student of the department of Agricultural Engineering, a Zikite and in fact had served as a floor representative in the 2015/2016 session.
The Victim’s Story
Adebayo Salaudeen (Bayo), an occupant of room C63 and a 100 level student of the department of Computer Science was the victim that fateful evening. He said, “I fell asleep around 8:00pm after watching movies for a while, I had placed my laptop on the chair and my phone was beside me, my roommates were not around. I remember that at around 9:30pm a friend of mine came visiting and I remember bolting the door after he left. I woke up suddenly about 30 minutes later and noticed a dark figure beside me, I asked, who are you? and he ran out. I noticed my laptop and wallet were missing and took after him, shouting ‘ole’ ‘ole’. I chased him to the third floor but he had mixed up with others before I could catch up with him. I with Bello Shaggy, Eben and some others pursued him towards Tech but couldn’t find him. I later on confirmed his identity to the others.”
How Gala was Caught
Back in Zik Hall, after his identity had been revealed, attempts were made to contact him since he was well-known. In a phone conversation with him asking for his whereabouts, he said he was in Bello Hall’s reading room, he later altered his statement and said he was at Chemistry department reading. He was asked to come back to Zik Hall and was met by the Chief Security Officer, the Defence Minister, the victim and a few others at around Zik River.
When challenged he denied being in Zik at the time of the theft, saying he had been at Chemistry department for over an hour. This turned out to be contradictory as the theft was only 25 minutes ago as confirmed by the Chief Security Officer. Also, he had undoubtedly been seen in Zik Hall by more than one eye witness at the time of the theft. His inconsistent statements heightened the suspicions against him though he persistently denied his involvement.
To further confirm the suspicions, the interrogating group observed his wet and dirtied trousers which he explained to have been from his ablution for prayers that evening. The more reasonable explanation was that he had gotten his trousers soiled and wet from hurrying through the waterlogged Zik-Tech bush path.
Gala was brought back to Zik for further interrogations, he however stuck to his story and would not confess to the theft even in confidence with fellow Muslim brothers and other familiar persons. After a series of back and forth, he confessed to have been the thief. He further revealed the location of the gadgets stolen that day. At around 12:30 am, early Sunday morning, the interrogation had become protracted and Abefele came to whisk him away in cuffs. However, before then further shocking revelations were made.
Not the first time Gala would strike
One of the interrogators collected Gala’s phone to discover any trace to the theft. Upon searching through his WhatsApp chats Gala’s bubble got burst. Several evidence of transactions with gadget buyers were unearthed. The discovery also revealed pictures of stolen devices, phones and laptops which were linked to previous theft occurrences in Zik Hall. The picture of a TECNO Spark 5 was discovered and was recognized as belonging to a theft victim in A23 whose phone went missing on 1st November. Another victim from A Block identified his HP Laptop which went missing on 5th November, just a day before the latest incident.
-One of the Victims’ gadgets sold by Gala -Picture retrieved from Gala’s phone
Kolade, an occupant of C55 was also astounded to realize he was another of Gala’s many victims when his laptop was discovered among the stolen and sold items. Kolade’s laptop went missing on the evening of September 5. His laptop alongside his roommate’s wallet went missing that evening. The wallet would later be found in Independence hall and recovered by the owner.
-One of the Victims’ gadgets sold by Gala -Picture retrieved from Gala’s phone
Apparently, Gala had built a theft enterprise in Zik Hall off the losses, tears and emotional wounds of Zikites. He self-manages a covert network with buyers of stolen property. From the transaction evidence on his phone it was realized that when Gala strikes on a certain day, negotiations for sale commence the following day to dispose of the stolen item asap. The availability of his buyers was evidenced in a chat with one of them that reads, “anything for me today?” More to the pains of the victims, the transactions further revealed that he sells the stolen devices at ridiculous prices. One laptop he sold went for the price of N15,000. Kolade’s N 160,000 laptop went for N 40,000, a mere quarter of the original price.
Gala’s Theft Schemes
Upon further investigations, it was discovered that Gala operates with predetermined methods. On the night Kolade’s laptop was stolen, he said minutes before the theft, someone had come asking for Wole. No “Wole” was an occupant of the room at any material time. Another occupant of room C54, beside Kolade’s also confirmed that someone asked for Wole in his room too. It was minutes after the inquiry for Wole at Kolade’s room that Gala struck. Linking both incidences, Michael in room C56 corroborated that on the same night someone also came asking for Wole in his room. He had clearly seen the person asking, confirming that his description matched Gala’s. In other places, report of someone asking for AY or Wale has also been received with the constant fact that no such persons occupied those rooms.
Another of Gala’s schemes is to enter a room and meeting the presence of the occupants, he would ask about a first aid box he had left in that room claiming to be a former occupant. OJB in Room C42 confirmed such inquiry. Also, in Bello Shaggy’s room, C72, one of his roommates confirmed that someone had come asking for a first aid box as well sometimes back. He was able to confirm Gala’s identity as matching the person asking.
Victim’s Dilemma
Bayo, the victim on the night of November 6 confirmed the recovery of his laptop. Investigations revealed that Gala had hid it somewhere at Chemistry department before he returned to Zik Hall that night. Bayo however laments that his wallet containing his student ID card, KDL card, Zik Hall ID card and a sum of N 10,000 was yet to be returned. Bayo had hoped to use the money for his personal upkeep during the exam period. Similarly, Kolade, whose laptop went missing on September 5 reiterated how destabilized he was by the loss. He said he had numerous on-going projects on his laptop including other freelance works he does to make earnings. Kolade speaking with ZHPO vituperated that the theft suspect be served according treatment and not be simply left off the hook. Presently, Gala has been released from Abefele’s custody pending the prosecution of his case.
