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 […]
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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 […]
‘Ssshhh’ : The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in UI
By: Ayeye Toluwalope If there was one thing Grace disliked about staying off-campus, it was having to make trips into the school premises, down to Zik Hall or Tedder, to get herself dinner. Usually, she would sit in her room until about 7 pm, contemplating whether she really wanted to […]
Agbowo’s Dangerous Roads & Infastructure: The People’s Anthem (II)
By: Sonaike Peter On the 23rd of April, 2024, the street of Agbowo bore witness to an incident highlighting its insecure road conditions. Aloba Jonathan, a 300 level student of the Faculty of Education and avid Chelsea fan, had been eagerly anticipating the football match between Arsenal and Chelsea scheduled […]
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, spoke about the pervasive inequality faced by students with disabilities. Despite initial hesitation, stemming from numerous media engagements that often overlook their plight, Biola revealed the stark challenges he and his […]
Agbowo’s Growing Filth: A Looming Threat to Its Residents and The Path to Cleanliness
By: Sonaike, Peter In the heart of Agbowo, the most populated off-campus community around the University of Ibadan, Osuolale Ajoke appears as an emblem of both cleanliness and resilience. Despite her young but relentless efforts to maintain a clean home, by sweeping her family’s rented apartment at least four times […]
Fees Through the Roof – Students’ Anthem
By: Sonaike Peter Envision a world devoid of education — a nation with an education sector in paralysis should shutter through your mind. The mere thought should conjure images of darkness, regression, underdevelopment, and crises, blooming over the country. “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to […]
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