Tedder, Social Sciences Emerge Winners of JawWar Rise of Legends

Lord Tedder Hall and Faculty of The Social Sciences have on Wednesday, 26th of February, 2024 emerged as the champions of the latest edition of Jaw War.

The finale which was held at International Conference Centre ICC also featured the national university competition and a Rookies Oratory contest.

Social science defeated Law by 80.87% to 78.87% while Tedder defeated Idia with 81.06% to 79.5%.

In the national oratory competition, Obafemi Awolowo university was fourth runner up, Lead city university was third runner up, University of Ilorin was second runner up, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology was first runner-up while University of Ibadan emerged as overall winner.

For the individual awards, Ola-Stephen Favour from faculty of the Social Sciences emerged as the overall best speaker. The award for overall best speech was shared between Ola-Stephen Favour and Sakeenah Kareem, from faculty of arts. Yahya Dorcas also from faculty of the social sciences was awarded the most outstanding speaker. 

Overall Best Finalist and overall best male speaker awards went to Akande Omobobola James from Tedder/The Social Sciences. The overall best speaker for this year's JawWar finals was Akande Omobobola James, Yahya Dorcas was first runnerup and Adebayo Abdulrahman was second runner-up.

 In the rookies oratory contest, Naomi Akintunde from Faculty of Arts was second runner up, Bolarinwa Israel from Indy hall was first runner-up while Uwhokorie Faith from Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall emerged overall best rookie speaker.

The theme of this year's JawWar is ‘Africa’s Travails and Triumphs; Moving Forward and Learning From The Past’. 

UIDECIDES’25: Zik Hall Chairman Removes UCJUI Reporters, Threatens Press Over Accommodation

Shortly after the UCJ’UI report on the Zik Hall warden’s election mobilization messages, the chairman of Hall, Fabiyi Oluwadamilare Caleb, removed UCJ’UI reporters from the ‘issues Affecting Zik Hall WhatsApp group’ and issued a warning regarding their accommodation prospects.

A screenshot from the group chat shows the chairman stating, “Any press wey dem born well make e dey find accommodation next year,” suggesting that Campus journalists covering the hall could face difficulties securing a bed space in the next academic session.

Another message from a group states “Una wey snitch, your end is near ooo.”

UCJUI reached out to Fadaca Oluwadamilare Caleb for comments but as of the time of this report, he is yet to respond.

The situation took another turn after the announcement of the election results, upon which, Covenant Odedele, popularly known as Visionary, was declared the winner and President-elect. Following the announcement, residents of Zik Hall forced UCJ’UI reporter out of the hall.

This raises concerns over press freedom and intimidation within the hall.

Credit: UCJ ELECTION WATCHROOM