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Teaching the Tongue: How One Medical Student Is Bridging the Language Gap in Healthcare

In this week editon of spotlight, meet Akintola Ayodeji, a student who grew up speaking Yoruba on a farm before he ever sat in a classroom. Now a medical student at the University of Ibadan, he is using that foundation to solve a problem he watches play out in hospital wards every day. He speaks with the IndyPress about the Learn Yoruba Initiative, why language is a medical issue, and what it takes to build something from scratch.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Academic Struggles of Students in OAU and UI 

Federal institutions once regarded as the hope of the common man and symbols of Nigeria’s academic pride now mirror the decay creeping through the nation’s public education system. A close look at the big names in the circle, University of Ibadan (UI) and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), reveals students battling rising tuition fees, crumbling lecture halls, overcrowded classes, and a teaching culture stifled by rushed lectures and vanishing continuous assessments.