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“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 […]

‘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 […]

How Students Utilize Self-care To Keep Body In Gown?

By: Sonaike Peter A student who has health, who has hope, has everything. Well-being, a general state of health, beyond a personal concern, can be very much a cornerstone for achieving academic excellence. In a competitive University of Ibadan, maintaining good health is essential to academic excellence. There are required […]

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 […]