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src="/web/20160820020927im_/http://africanoutlookonline.com/images/stories/ilere6.JPG" style="width: 320px; height: 214px; float: left;"/>Uncle Speed celebrates Nigerian Village </span></span><span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Kids‏" data-scaytid="1"><span style="font-size: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Kids</span></span>&rlm;</span></strong></h1> <p>  </p> <h3> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 205);"><strong>By <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Olaiya" data-scaytid="2">Olaiya</span> <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Tolufase" data-scaytid="4">Tolufase</span></strong></span></h3> <p> <b><span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ilere" data-scaytid="6">Ilere</span>, <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ondo" data-scaytid="10">Ondo</span> State:  An emerging children’s entertainer, Uncle Speed celebrated 27 village kids of St. Augustine Primary School Annex when he took them on a free excursion, in commemoration of the Children’s Day, from <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ilere" data-scaytid="8">Ilere</span> (a village in <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ondo" data-scaytid="12">Ondo</span> State) to the National Museum in <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Owo" data-scaytid="14">Owo</span>, giving them so many exciting freebies on their return home.</b></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160820020927/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/education/4419-uncle-speed-celebrates-nigerian-village-kids" title="Uncle Speed celebrates Nigerian Village Kids">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div>  </div> <div class="span6"> <div class="item column-2" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160820020927/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/education/4351-olabisi-onabanjo-university-a-case-study-in-the-deplorable-state-of-nigerian-universities"> OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY: A Case Study in the Deplorable State of Nigerian Universities</a> </h2> <ul class="actions"> <li class="email-icon"> <a href="/web/20160820020927/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=simplycity2&link=2446be870c3ad25f17be407e47cf29e31b1d3941" title="Email" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','width=400,height=350,menubar=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" rel="nofollow">Email</a> </li> </ul> <h1> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 224);"><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 100, 0);"><img alt="" src="/web/20160820020927im_/http://africanoutlookonline.com/images/stories/olabisionabanjouniversitylogo.gif" style="float: left; width: 321px; height: 303px;"/></span><span style="font-size:40px;"><span style="background-color:#006400;"><span data-scayt_word="OLABISI" data-scaytid="1">OLABISI</span></span><span style="background-color:#006400;"> </span><span style="background-color:#006400;"><span data-scayt_word="ONABANJO" data-scaytid="2">ONABANJO</span></span><span style="background-color:#006400;"> UNIVERSITY:</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:40px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0);"><strong> A Case Study in the Deplorable State of Nigerian Universities</strong></span></span></span></h1> <p>  </p> <p> <span style="color:#ffffe0;"><strong><span style="background-color:#4b0082;">By <span data-scayt_word="Ogunjimi" data-scaytid="3">Ogunjimi</span> James <span data-scayt_word="Taiwo" data-scaytid="4">Taiwo</span></span></strong></span></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>The information made available to the outside world is that <span data-scayt_word="Ogun" data-scaytid="5">Ogun</span> state government has declared free education in primary and secondary schools. Yes, that's true. 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