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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
