By Tolulope Ayeye Walking through Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall of Residence from or towards Independence Hall, you might first notice the flock of students going through the course of their day, some heading to the cafeteria, some going to classes, and others just lounging around. Unless you pay close attention to […]
By: Habeeb Abdul All too frequently, perceptions of religious societies in the UI are defined through the lens of encounters with them. Evangelists on gospel missions to rooms in hostels, Muslims in marked religious attire, the sounds of both religions as members observe practices at fellowships and mosques alike. These […]
By: Lord Whistledown Tayo, a 400-level student of Medical Laboratory Science, spent a little above 3 weeks processing his transcript, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for student transfer, early this year. For him, retrieving his transcript was a journey of navigating the bends and turns of a painfully bureaucratic […]
By Uncle Phantom That our school is the first and best is popular knowledge. But what isn’t quite popular are the many travails that University of Ibadan students face to reach self-actualization. And while a judgment by the Nigerian context would make that normal, the school still emphasizes less on […]
By: Habeeb Abdul When people use the “all fingers are not equal” cliché, they are very likely referring to individual socioeconomic statuses relative to the other person. As it turns out, it also applies to universities. For instance, the University of Ibadan students are reputed for erudition but possess a […]
By: Adebayo Abdulrahman The Students’ Representatives Council of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union has suspended activities on the UI SU Whatsapp TV pending the conclusion of an investigation. This development was announced by the Speaker of the House, Eniola Olatoye, in an interview with UCJUI, at the end of […]
By: Oluwapelumi King The cost of foodstuffs and essential commodities in recent years has always been a bane for many Nigerians. A lot of Nigerians have had to cut off many of their financial responsibilities and made sacrifices to meet up with the ever-rising cost of these foodstuffs and other […]
By: Lord Whistledown Several questions and debates have been left lingering and unattended to in the UI students’ community, over the years. Of these controversies, there is the question of uneven distribution of electricity to halls of residence in the University. There is also the lingering debate on verbal harassment, […]
By: Ajadi Sadiq It’s no longer news that it’s been over 100 days since the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) embarked on an indefinite warning strike. This is following the failure of the Federal government to bow to the wishes of ASUU on ways of payment, which has gotten most […]
By: Aduwo Ayodele Undergraduates from various institutions and some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University today, Wednesday 27th April 2022 converged to discuss way forward that would strengthen a relationship of trust between academic staff and students on the […]
