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‘Food for Thought’: The Bitter Taste of Unregulated Prices on Campus

By: Sonaike Peter Although education and nutrition may seem unrelated, they are not indispensable to every human. Adequate feeding, meeting dietary needs, is crucial for students.  Nutritious living plays a significant role in academic success. Nutritional inadequacy, on the other hand, can compromise healthy living. Exorbitant food costs in Nigeria, […]

Audio Evidence: How UI’SU VP, Boluwatife Nafisat Aboderin Confirmed Bursary Disbursement

By: Sonaike Peter On Wednesday, 25th September 2024, IndyPress Organization reported that the University of Ibadan Students’ Union, according to a claim by the Students’ Union Vice President, Boluwatife Nafisat Aboderin, disbursed crowdfunded money to indigent students. The Press had hitherto reached out to the Students’ Union President, Aweda Bolaji […]

Reality Check: Fee Hike Survey Highlights Students’ Experiences

By: Sonaike Peter A survey conducted by IndyPress in August 2024 has revealed that financial constraints, as well as academic drawbacks, have been the combined experience, mutually faced by some students of the University of Ibadan, resulting from the institution’s recent fee hike policy. Nigeria’s budget constraints, funding cuts and […]

How Uites Study With Empty Stomachs?

By: Sonaike Peter  Starting his academic journey at the premier University on February 1, 2022, Adegbayi, a 300 level resident from the Great Independence Hall of Residence, initially thrilled, had anticipated a ‘smooth’ campus life. His needs, correspondingly met, afforded him flashes of memory he easily would recount. His ever-promising […]

Students Outcry About Clashing Courses In UI

By: Sonaike Peter At the University of Ibadan, students frequent between the dilemma of overlapping lecture schedules. Hardly does a generation of students skip track of such train of experience. Coinciding lecture schedules, as it is the case of some students, toughen academic routines and upset its excellence. The experience […]

Is Inclusivity For Special Students Too Much To Ask For?

By: Sonaike Peter In a candid reflection on campus life, Biola Funwonton, a hearing impaired final-year student of Special Education, speaks about the pervasive inequality faced by students with disabilities.  Without emotions, despite an initial hesitation due to heedless frequent media engagements to the plight, Biola revealed the stark challenges, […]