By – Bamijoko Favour The age-long story goes that the University of Ibadan and her students are zealously preoccupied with academics or an almost non-existent socio-cultural life on the receiving end. While it is true that the University is heavily fixated on its academic aspects, the fact of the matter, […]
Hello there, welcome to Soweto. As the evening beckons and the stars align over this vibrant city, a unique celebration of heritage and elegance is about to unfold. “Soweto Soiree: The African Affair” is not just a dinner party; it’s a fashion escapade that invites you to immerse yourself in […]
By: Favour Bamijoko According to Susan Lee Sontag, photographs, and by extension, videos, in whatever form, confer on the object of the picture or video immortality — or a sense of it. And so it shall be with Mr. John Okafor, or, more conventionally, Mr. Ibu, whose endless tapes and […]
By: Eriomala John The mention of the word ‘art’ in the University of Ibadan is more likely to trigger a response referencing its famed Faculty of Art before anything else. An innocent bystander might even assume it to be a call for directions to the faculty itself or one’s attempt […]
By: Ochi Maduabuchi Nnamdi Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked… Let’s talk about it. Netflix just released the live-action remake of Avatar the Last Airbender, and fans are once again put through the gruelling process of seeing a beloved […]
By: Toluwalope Ayeye A deep look into the entertainment scene in UI might not necessarily bring up much for discussion as it is no news that compared to other schools, the University of Ibadan suffers a lot in terms of its distribution of student creatives and entertainers. This is […]
By: Favour Bamijoko For Orolabi, the world is a stage and we are all players. Enlivening the rugged stage of the Wole Soyinka theatre on the 26th of January, 2024, Waheed Sodiq Olamilekan, popularly known as Orolabi, a fairly popular director, producer and playwright from the Faculty of Arts, […]
By: Eriomala John In the history of Nigerian music, certain moments are so seminal, that one can either remember where they were, when they were, how they felt, or all of the above at once. A fitting example would be the 14th of March, 2021, when Burna Boy won his […]
By: Moboluwarin Ogunleye “And when my prayers to god were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance.” No, that quote was not from a poem. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote it in the play Hamilton. Hamilton says the line as he reflects on his life […]
By: Eriomala John If you’re reading this, it’s been way over twenty-four hours since the Mavins Campus Tour made its stop at the University of Ibadan. The SUB Field is empty, e-fliers are down and the Mavins Tour Buses have probably even left the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, their next […]
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