Ibadan Civic Centre Opens - Unveils logo July 28

The newly established Ibadan Civic Centre recently hosted a dedication and prayer session to mark part of its opening activities. At a brief but very impressive gathering, clerics prayed for the centre and dedicated it to the glory of God.

Extensive prayers were said for the success of the establishment while supplications were also made for the founder, for long life, joy and fulfillment for the entire centre's management and staff. In His remarks, the Chief Imam, Anwar-Islam movement of Nigeria, Ibadan Mission, Alj. A.F Shiyanbola who presided over the prayer session paid homage to the founder of the establishment and commended his foresight, philanthropy and sense of service, he said founding the centre portrayed Chief Kola Daisi as someone who wanted to leave a monument for coming generations rather than being concerned with immediate temporal matters.

Guests at the event were later taken on a prayer tour of the facility at the centre, in attendance were: Alhaji Lekan Ajani, Chief Aiku (SAN), Mr Joe Eyitayo, Chief O.B Daisi, High Chief Owolabi Olakunle, High Chief Omowale Kuye, Alhaji Diti Oladapo, Chief Biodun Salami, others were Chief Mrs. Akinola, Alhaja S. Adekola and Dr.& Mrs. Roberts.

Meanwhile, the official unveiling of the centre’s logo and facility tour has been scheduled to hold Tuesday, July 28 , 2009 at the centre.


All is now set for the official logo unveiling and facility tour of the first world-class civic centre within Ibadan main city, Ibadan Civic Centre, a monument built by business mogul, philanthropist and great Ibadan son, Chief Daisi. The centre is located in Agodi/ Gate, a distance of less than 200 metres from the Government House, Agodi.

The aim of putting up the centre, according to the Ibadan Civic Centre’s General Manager, Yemi Omosanya includes creation of a world class recreation/events centre to service the residents of the city, South West and Nigeria in general. The centre, the GM disclosed further, would ultimately provide revenue to fund the KDF foundation, a Foundation which will in turn provide for the less privileged in priority areas such as health and education”.

The services of the centre are directed largely to corporate clients in such areas as seminars, conferences, and product launches, symposia, theatre acts and also high profile weddings, birthday parties, concerts and so on.

Main features of the centre include the Agbeke Hall which is on the ground floor and consists of a 2,000- seater venue that is exquisitely decorated for high class events. It comes with banquet chairs and tables with a stage. Also included is a backstage changing room and adequate toilets for males and females. There is also a 3- units-400-seater conference rooms on the upper floor with each of them having their own conveniences for males and females. These are ideal for smaller crowd functions like engagement parties and others.


There is a car park space for 500 cars inside the premises with armed and private security round the clock. There is a 250KVA generating set and a 150KVA Generator for back up. A private transformer is also available. The centre is manned by well trained and courteous staff adept at the business at hand and concerned mainly with customer satisfaction. The architectural uniqueness of the edifice draws from its Roman style design, columns and chandeliers. Important dignitaries are expected at the Logo unveiling and facility tour

Oyo Assembly wants international status for Ibadan airport

The Oyo State House of Assembly has passed a motion calling on the Federal Governmernt, through the state government, to upgrade the facilities at Ibadan airport to an international standard.
Hon. Lekan Ganiyu, who moved this motion said the upgrading will boost business activities in the capital city and neighbouring states of Osun, Ondo and Ekiti.

He also said, this will gradually translate to an improvement of commerce within the environs.

Hon. Afeez Jimoh, representing Irepo/Olorunsogo Constituency urged the mover of the motion to meet with their colleagues at the National Assembly to move the same motion at the national level in order to facilitate the motion.
Supporting the motion, Hon. Fadipe Jimoh said the state government should call on the Federal Government to do something about the issue because it has been due for upgrading.

Speaking to newsmen, Hon. Lekan Ganiyu said he moved such motion because there are some airports in Nigeria that started operation with Ibadan airport and those airports had been upgraded, citing the example of Kano, Kaduna and Port Harcourt.
He said if the airport is upgraded, it will facilitate the generation of revenue and will provide jobs in the state.
Meanwhile the state House of Assembly has summoned the chairmen of the 33 local governments in the state to give accounts of their stewardship in the last six months.

The council bosses are to forward accounts of both their income and expenditure within the period to the House through the clerk, within the next two weeks, the Assembly ordered on Tuesday.
Moving the motion at the sitting of the House, Hon. Olatunde Saheed said this has become imperative to ensure probity and accountability under the democratic dispensation.
In his contribution, Hon. Abiola Ayorinde, representing Ibadan North II said the accounts of their stewardship should be made known to the public, citing a Quranic verse to support his statement.


According to him, the House should call the chairmen to defend their stewardship and explain how they spent public funds.

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Between Chicago and Ibadan

There seems to be interesting coicidences between Chicago in the United States and Ibadan city in Nigeria Chicago is the capital city of mid west America and Ibadan, the political capital of south west Nigeria.

Chicago was crucial to the development of jazz music in the United States and Ibadan, highlife music in Nigeria. Interestingly, one of the highlife greats in Ibadan was known as Roy Chicago.Frank ~Lloyd Wright and Demas Nwoko in Chicago and Ibadan, respectively, have both been described as defining entirely new architectural identity for their countries.

Chicago is the home of the skyscrapers and Ibadan is the Nigerian home of the Cocoa House. In Chicago, you have the Loyola University, while in Ibadan you have the Loyola College.Chicago and Ibadan have the newspaper houses, the Chicago Tribune, and the publishers of the Tribune Group of newspapers respectively and they are both the largest newspaper houses in Chicago and Ibadan.In Chicago, you have Enrico Fermi, credited with winning the Second World War for the U.S. President Harry S. Truman and relatedly in Ibadan, you have Obafemi Awolowo described as the Chief Strategist of the Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, during the Nigerian Civil War.

In Chicago, you have Oprah Winfrey, the most powerful American woman and in Ibadan we have Folake Solanke described as Nigeria's most powerful woman. They were both born on the 29th day of the month. Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, and Solanke on 29th March, 1932. They have both been associated with broadcasting. They are both pioneers, Winfrey, first African-American woman billionaire and Folake Solanke, Nigerian's first lady Senior Advocate of Nigeria and first non-Caucasian president of Zonta International (with headquarters in Chicago).

James Abram Garfield, classicist, lawyer and president of the United States, who was assissinated, got his nomination as presidential candidate in Chicago and relatedly, James Ajibola Ige, classicist, lawyer and one time Nigerian presidential aspirant, also assassinated, lost his nomination for post of presidential candidate in Ibadan.

Excessive laptop use linked to infertility

Many men do not know that sitting for a long time and excessive use of laptops could have serious effects on their fertility levels. Experts say there are salient factors that may contribute to infertility

“An optimum temperature of between 35 and 36 degree Celsius is needed to produce healthy sperm and so conditions that raise the temperature would not ensure production of quality sperm
in moderation.” Mean


LAPTOPS are becoming increasingly common among young men wired into to the latest technology, but the heat from these computers can affect sperm production and development, making it difficult for them to father a child later in life
LAPTOPS Experts have said habits like placing a laptop on one’s lap can cause damage to the sperm and as such more attention be paid to its excessive use, especially in young men
The combination of heat generated by the computers and the posture needed to balance the
equipment on the lap, leads to raised temperatures around the scrotum. Men naturally sit with their legs further apart to keep the testicles at an ideal temperature and for greater comfort
However, when working on a laptop, they will adopt a less natural position in order to balance it on their laps, which results in a significant rise in body heat between their thighs

While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, experts said that behaviour patterns that were established early on and exposure to chemicals that are toxic to sperm production may impact their ability to become a dad later in life
The finding published in the journal, Human Reproduction involved 29 volunteers aged 21 to 35
It found that sitting with the thighs together to balance a laptop caused scrotal temperatures to rise by 2.1C
But when the laptop was in use, average temperatures rose by 2.6C on the left of the scrotum and 2.8C on the right

The study found that within the first 15 minutes of using a laptop, scrotal temperatures had increased by 1C (33.8F)
Even though experts do not know the exact frequency and time of heat exposure that would lead to reversible or irreversible changes to sperm, they pointed out that frequent use of laptops over years without sufficient recovery time between exposures may cause irreversible or partially reversible changes in male reproductive function
a doctor, an urologist said there were lots of toxic pollutants and chemical substances that could affect body tissues, including sperm quality and production
According to him, the testes are organs that produce rapidly dividing
cells and in the course of doing this, exposure to environmental toxins and chemical substances that affect cell division can affect it, causing some genetic changes in the cells
He declared, “Things like smoking, use of hard drugs, coffee intake and alcohol had been implicated in infertility in men. My approach to them in the management of patients with infertility problem is to preach moderation in their usage. We do not yet have conclusive evidences or causatives and effect type of research linking these substances to infertility problems and so the best way out is for them to do all
in moderation.” Another doctor in his own view, said there was no need doubting the fact that too high a temperature in the genitals of a man, will affect his fertility level
“The testes are actually outside the body to reduce the effect of heat on them. You will find that in a cold environment, the testicles shrink and go further into the body, whereas in the warm environment, this may not be so,” he explained
An optimum temperature of between 35 and 36 degree Celsius is needed to produce healthy sperm
and so conditions that raise the temperature would not ensure production of quality sperm
Meanwhile there are evidences to backup the fact that sperm counts have dropped by almost a third in a decade and that about 40 per cent of fertility issues are attributed to males. Infertility is already a major health problem in both the developed and developing world, with up to one in six couples requiring specialist investigation or treatment in order to conceive. The reasons are unclear, but drug use alcohol, smoking and obesity are factors. Pesticides chemicals, diseases like diabetes and radioactive material have also been linked to decreases in fertility Scientists found that sperm from diabetic men have greater levels of DNA damage than sperm from men who do not have the disease. Sperm DNA damage impairs male fertility and reproductive health
Dr Ishola Agbaje, a research fellow in the Reproductive Medicine Research Group at Queen’s University, Belfast looking at the implication of diabetes on infertility problem in men said that “the increasing incidence of systemic diseases such as diabetes may further exacerbate this decline in male fertility.” A possible relationship between men’s diets and the quality of their semen has long been a discussion point, too. There are evidences that suggested that intake of fruits and vegetables can help preserve semen quality. Spanish researchers declared that men who eat large amounts of meat and full fat dairy products have lower seminal quality than those who eat more fruit, vegetables and reduced fat dairy products
The study was carried out among 61 men, 30 of whom had reproductive problems, while the remaining 31 acted as controls. Among the couples with fertility problems coming to the clinic, the men with good semen quality ate more vegetables and fruit (more vitamins, folic acid and fibre and less proteins and fats) than those men with low seminal quality
Chemical exposure also causes male infertility According to a research carried out by scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, men working as painters and decorators who are exposed to solvents such as glycol ether have a 2.5 fold increased risk of having a low motile sperm count compared to men with low exposure

In additional to chemical exposure men who had undergone previous surgery at the testicles or who undertook manual work were more likely to have low motile sperm counts, whereas men who drank alcohol regularly or wore boxer shorts were more likely to have better semen quality

Meanwhile, existing research into male fertility by some experts has recommended tips to protect fertility
These include: •Avoiding hot tubs •Wearing boxers instead of briefs •Exercising moderately (one hour, three to five times per week) to avoid excessive weight gain •Avoiding exercise that can generate heat or trauma to the genital area •Eating well and having good night rest •Staying hydrated and limiting caffeine to no more than two cups per day •Refraining from smoking