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: […]
Over the past few weeks, Katangites have witnessed some remarkable purchases and some notable changes in some blocks in the hall. The mystery behind all of this was unravelled on Friday, 27th of August 2021, when the Indy Hall Alumni Association commissioned the newly renovated reading rooms of the Great […]
“Leadership is not about titles, position or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.’’ – John C. Maxwell John Maxwell must have committed thoughts to years of human history and relations to arrive at such an apt qualification of the term, leadership. True to his quote, leadership is less […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
