A Special Edition of The FORE 2025/2026 Academic Session
ABOUT THIS EDITION
The FORE is a compilation of IndyPress weekly publications every academic session. This special edition brings together stories covering student welfare, institutional accountability, campus politics, public affairs, health, business, sports, entertainment and other issues affecting the university community.
Through reports, investigations, editorials, features, fact checks, opinions and creative works, this collection documents the issues that shaped campus life during the session. It reflects IndyPress’s commitment to informing the public, scrutinising institutions, amplifying student concerns and contributing to conversations on issues of public interest.
1. EDITORIALS
The Wages of Industrial Strike in Our Universities
https://indypressui.org/2026/05/14/the-wages-of-industrial-strike-in-our-universities/
Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis: The Way Forward
https://indypressui.org/2026/06/05/nigerias-insecurity-crisis-the-way-forward/
2. EXCLUSIVES AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS
Jaja Clinic: More Than a Decade of Concerns, What Has Changed?
https://indypressui.org/2026/10/01/jaja-clinic-decades-of-concerns-students-still-raise-questions/
Reporter’s Diary: Inside the UCH Emergency Unit (I)
https://indypressui.org/2026/06/08/reporters-diary-inside-the-uch-emergency-unit-i/
EXPOSED: How UI SU President Deboye Flouted Constitutional Procedure to Endorse NANS Aspirant
EXPOSED: For N50M, UI’SRC Flouted Constitutional Safeguard, Inducts Oyo APM Politician Into Students’ Representatives Council
3. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Four Months Later, UI SRC Silent on Alleged Financial Misappropriation Against AGS Fidelia Eseile
‘Lawlessness’: How Faculty of Law SRC Disregarded LSS Court Order in ‘Olaoye Hikmat v. LSRC’ for Five Weeks
Ignored Leaking Roof in UI Faculty of Agric LLT May Get Worse
https://indypressui.org/2026/10/05/ignored-leaking-roof-in-ui-faculty-of-agric-llt-may-get-worse/
Indy Hall Corridors Plunged Into Darkness as Faulty Lights Remain Unreplaced
Six Months After, Outstanding Indy Hall T-Shirts Remain Undistributed
Stagnant Water, Poor Road Conditions Raise Concerns Near Tafawa Balewa PG Hall
Uncleared Refuse Persists Around Indy Hall, Awo Road, Others Despite Complaints
4. FEATURES AND SPECIAL REPORTS
SPECIAL REPORT: The Academic Struggles of Students in OAU and UI
https://indypressui.org/2026/05/08/special-report-the-academic-struggles-of-students-in-oau-and-ui/
Shelter or Struggle?: The Reality of Off-campus Living for UI Students
Left in Dark: Erratic Electricity and Its Impact on UI Students
https://indypressui.org/2026/04/09/left-in-dark-erratic-electricity-and-its-impact-on-ui-students/
Between Rumours and Reality: Of Security Concerns in UI Off-Campus Communities
Months of Waiting: Inside UI Students’ NELFUND Refund Struggles
https://indypressui.org/2026/06/26/months-of-waiting-inside-ui-students-nelfund-refund-struggles/
6. POLITICS
Will the 13th UI’SRC Assembly Be For or Against Students?
https://indypressui.org/2026/03/25/will-the-13th-uisrc-assembly-be-for-or-against-students/
For the Incentives: When Benefits Undermine Student Interests
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/30/for-the-incentives-when-benefits-undermine-student-interests/
7. FACT CHECK
FULL REPORT: Did UI Activate Admission Website for Underage Post-UTME Screening Exercise?
FACT-CHECK: Claim that Police Disrupted Peaceful Protest in Bodija is Misleading
8. HEALTH
Recurring Refuse (I): Inside the University of Ibadan’s Waste Management Crisis
https://indypressui.org/2026/07/19/recurring-refuse-inside-ui-waste-management-crisis/
Recurring Refuse (II): Why the Awo Dumpsite Was Moved, the Reforms Expert Says UI Need
Chasing Perfection: Students, Body Image, and the University of Ibadan Gymnasium
9. OPINION
The Bandit We Don’t See: Fear and Misinformation
https://indypressui.org/2026/06/18/fear-the-real-bandit/
‘Item 7 is Guaranteed’: PR, Value and the Economics of Campus Attendance
Why Music Has Become a Coping Mechanism for UI Students
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/19/why-music-has-become-a-coping-mechanism-for-ui-students/
10. BUSINESS
Between Lectures and Orders: How UI Students Turn Skills into Income
11. SPORTS
RECAP: UI, UCU Emerge FASU Afro-Varsity 3×3 Basketball Tournament Champions
Little Foxes that Beset Our Game: The Issue of Timing (I)
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/19/little-foxes-that-beset-our-game-the-issue-of-timing-i/
12. ENTERTAINMENT
The Business Side of Entertainment: How UI Students Turn Talent Into Income
13. INTERVIEW
‘Fear Is the Real Examiner’ — MTH 102 Top Scorers
https://indypressui.org/2026/04/01/fear-is-the-real-examiner/
14. SATIRE
Àpà: The Chief Destroyer
https://indypressui.org/2026/04/20/apa-the-chief-destroyer/
Reintroducing the Agba Scholar of UI
https://indypressui.org/2026/07/07/reintroducing-the-agba-scholar-of-ui/
15. NEWS
UI Mgmt Trains Hall Personnel, Students on Fire Safety Ahead of Gas Use
“You Need to Embody Your Work,” UCJ’UI Alumnus Charges New Inductees
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/20/you-need-to-embody-your-work-ucjui-alumnus-charges-new-inductees/
CSM Urges UI Mgmt, NDLEA, Others to Probe Alleged Smoking, Substance Use on Campus
APM’s Odidiomo Summit: ‘Refrain from attending or participating in the Programme’ – UISU President Cautions UItes
UI3: Court Strikes Out VC’s Injunction Application
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/14/ui3-court-strikes-out-vcs-injunction-application/
JAW WAR: Kuti Celebration Sparks Tension at Indy Hall
https://indypressui.org/2026/09/13/jaw-war-kuti-celebration-sparks-tension-at-indy-hall/
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