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Manifesto Spotlight: Under LSS President-elect, Law Students to Work as Ushers, Dues to Fund Fees

By: IndyPress News Desk Alabi Barnabas, a 300L student, was elected the new President of the Law Student Society (LSS), University of Ibadan, on Friday, January 10 2025, with 262 votes, leading two other aspirants. His plans, tagged ‘NEXT WAVE’, are carved around students’ welfare, academic concerns, financial empowerment, and […]

FULL REPORT: How UI’SU President, Aweda Bolaji, General Secretary, Ogundejo Japheth, Speaker, Busoye Matthias Were Found Guilty of Disrespecting August’23 Congress

By: IndyPress News Desk The President of the Students’ Union, Aweda Bolaji, and the General Secretary, Ogundejo Japheth, have separately tendered apologies for disrespecting an August 17th 2024 congress, and for disregarding its resolutions, IndyPress reports. How It Started? A petition, on Wednesday 21 August 2024, queried the ‘brazen attempt’ […]

The Writer’s Odyssey: Academic Writing In Its Full Picture

By: Sonaike Peter Academic writing is the heartbeat of the academic world. It fuels innovation, solves real-world problems, and shapes the policies that govern our nations. Academic papers are powerful tools that can spark meaningful change and drive a country’s progress. Take China, for example. This powerhouse nation publishes an […]

GES Courses And The Luminal Space Between Mandate and Margins

By: Sonaike Peter General Studies program, first launched in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in October 1961, was a landmark development in African higher education. At inception, both staff and students critiqued the discipline as a foreign and western-inspired initiative. However, over time, the program gained traction. Established by a […]

“What Happened?”: How Indy Residents Stopped UI’SU House Secretary, Elemide Daniel From Shutting Down Indy Hall Kiosk 

By: Sonaike Peter  On the 30th of November, 2024, around 8:30 PM, the Students’ Union House Secretary, Elemide Daniel had what could be described as a cordial dispute with some residents of the Great Independence Hall. The mild disagreement occurred during a visit to the hall after the House Secretary […]

The Price of Dissent: Victimization and Its Nuances

This article looks at the cost of standing up for one’s conviction. It examines how acts of courage to speak the truth were met with harsh punishment, and its trail of effects, both in the sense of justice, and for the wider student community.   When Kunle Adebajo wrote and […]

The Taste of Triumph: UI Convocation Reflections

  By: Sonaike Peter The university journey is a complex blend of excitement and challenges. And life afterwards can present its difficulties. Individual choices, mistakes, and each student’s degree of resilience while on campus are a trio of variables that shape each graduate. There are usually no twin graduates of […]