The University of Ibadan is set to commence her convocation and Founder’s Day ceremony this week. “The 74th” quantifies just how old the institution is; it goes to show how much it has grown and how far it has come, despite several challenges and setbacks. On the more humorous side, […]
Dear Reader, It is rare in the history of circumstances for everything we ever thought terrible to happen at the same time. From lateness on the rent, and overload at the workplace, to emergencies back home, it’s all enough to make adults plop on their behinds and be justifiably tempted […]
“If it is from Ibadan, it must be of outstanding quality.” This is one phrase that members of the management of Nigeria’s premier University like to echo at every slight opportunity they have to pass a comment about the prestige of the institution. Unsurprisingly, this tradition of blowing the trumpet […]
But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away- The Holy Bible In this republic, a lot of things happen during the night when Katangites fall asleep. The definition of ‘things during the night’ in this context is largely dependent on […]
‘’Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow’’ – Mary Tyler Moore With the memory of the festivities of the holiday firmly behind us, being nothing but a backwards glance revisited for the purpose of remembrance, a new reality has fully set in. School has resumed! Now, that exclamation means […]
“When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton […]
“Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop where few have dared to go.” – Steve Jeffer What happens if a situation is approached with the same method, over and over again? It is quite simple; the results of such attempts would be inevitably the same. […]
Culture is easily contractible; it takes one person to perform an act, and then the act spreads like a fire, catching all members of a clan, till it becomes the clan’s tradition. In no time, the people define this act as “our act”, “how we do things” or “the norms”. […]
“Time slips away like grains of sand never to return again.” — Robin Sharma Time; stealth in its ways, and quick to slip by. Among us, no one is powerful enough to stop the march of time or slow it down. We either kill time or we save time. Sometimes, […]
If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do? — The Christians’ Holy Book Laws are fundamental to the continued existence of any one group. It is in relation to this that the maxim, “where there is no law, there is no crime” was generated. The reason? Simple: […]
