On 21 September 1961, the then Minister of Education and University of Ibadan alumnus, Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, was on the university campus to make a historic official opening of a new hall of residence — the third male hall of residence and the fifth of all University of Ibadan halls. As […]
Editorial
Change: Inevitability, Adaptability, and Gratitude
Change is an over-flogged issue in many quarters, and the fact that it has left a sour taste on Nigerians’ mouths does not help matters when talking about concepts such as this. Nonetheless, one of the fundamental features of the phenomenon is that is is inevitable; it is bound to […]
University of Ibadan Website: the Urgent Need For the University to Evolve
Ifesinachi, an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan, is yet to (technically) pay her tuition and technology fees; she no longer has the fees. Mind you, it is not because she squandered them on some bungee jumping adventure; no! She did not give it to the Mr. Romeo in […]
That You May Not Be Tsunamised
If the current semester were to be physical, diligent hawkers would have peddled their wares on corridors in halls of residence, calling willing (or unwilling) to get chilled Tsunami. Away from the hilarity of this popular phenom is the truth that lies in how representative it is of the reality in […]
The Imminent Semester Exams: Asking the Questions that Matter
Ojú ló pẹ́ sí, àmọ́dún ò jìnà – Yoruba proverb The semester exams are here; to put it more aptly, the semester exams are nearly here. Tempted as you might be to wave this off, let us remind you that this is the eighth week of the mandatory thirteen weeks […]
The Nigerian Education System: The North, the South, and the Brains that Do Not See Growth
Photo credit: Tech Cabal In the one year since the pandemic chose our planet for its deadly visit, Nigeria has played host to different trends. From a deluge of live senatorial drama, to a president who gained fame as a genuinely bad boy, the country has been rocked by its […]
University of Ibadan Students’, Frustrated Hopes for A Promised Support and Data-Consuming Learning Platforms
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick… – one of the Holy Books At the announcement of the adoption of a fully virtual mode of learning for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session, one of the chiefest concerns of University of Ibadan students and the academic staff members was […]
Recent Robberies in Agbowo: The Essentiality of Solution-Bound Actions
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Survival is a fundamental human trait. In fact, it is our adeptness at manoeuvring things, and finding our way around difficult situations that gave us humans the much-coveted space above other earthly beings. It is this same fundamental human trait that has manifested in UItes – […]
Of Blackouts and A Virtual Semester in the University of Ibadan
It’s the third week in March, and the fourth week since the University of Ibadan announced its resumption of academic activities. As we postulated, academic activities have started in earnest, since the day the University invited all its students to the banquet hall. Word has been going round that the […]
If We Shall Say the University of Ibadan’s Resumption is Here; Take Some Umbrellas For The Rainy Days
The news of the University of Ibadan’s resumption for the 2020/2021 session has a lot in common with the advent of the rainy season — not that we are saying the rainy days are here, or, maybe we are. As the change in weather condition has been teasing us — […]