By: Omachonu Kelvin In previous series, we examined the performances of both A and B-block floor reps. It was a case of mixed realities in both blocks; while some floor reps were up and doing attending to their duties, some were ghosts clothed in human flesh – their presence […]
By: Toluwalope Ayeye “It’s true! While the women are very nice, the food is usually poorly cooked,” Ara interfered as this correspondent spoke to her roommate. “I bought rice from there because I was tired; it was bitter and cold.” In almost every undergraduate hall of residence in the […]
By: Kelvin Omachonu In the first part of this series, we delved into the performance of the A Block floor representatives and we revealed the lackadaisical manner with which the A2 and A3 representatives tended to their duties. We also highlighted the brilliant performances of A1 and A4 reps. […]
By: Toluwalope Ayeye The UI SU Week ran from Tuesday the 21st to Saturday the 25th of this month. For virtually all students at the University of Ibadan, it was the first Students’ Union week they would be experiencing. If anything, what this meant was that there was no scale […]
By: Kelvin Omachonu “In my first year at the University of Ibadan, as I climbed up the stairs to my new abode in C63, I was faced with uncertainties. Are the toilets fine? How do I secure my belongings? Will there be adequate power supply on my floor? However, a […]
By Williams Owoeye One of the factors that determine the success of a species is its ability to explore, colonize and integrate into a new environment, because a large territory equals a large amount of resources and the more the resources available, the higher the chances of survival for […]
Williams Owoeye The hairs on his back stood on their ends as Busayo could feel the moist heat developing around his buttocks. He has been holding his buttock muscles for so long to maintain his balance on the pile of crates. Just one more step, and he will cross […]
By: AbdulRahman Adebayo Adeniyi Isaiah just finished lunch on a Saturday afternoon in September. He was about to continue his preparation for the first test of a three-unit course scheduled to hold four days later, when this reporter arrived at his room. “We have not had any GES class this […]
By: Habeeb Abdul There were three of them; two tall, long-legged, and covered from head to toe in traditional Muslim wear. The other, a guy, had a slightly darker hue and was shorter compared to the ladies. Now, what struck me was neither their stature (though, being short myself, I […]
By: Habeeb Abdul 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-actualisation. And while a judgment by the Nigerian context would make that normal, the school still emphasises less on […]
