Katanga Spotlight

From Badagry to UI: MAP, the Educator Who Speaks in Poetry

Mayowa Adekola Peculiar, known to most as MAP, is a 2024 Millennium Fellow, a final-year Education student at the University of Ibadan, a personal development coach and an award-winning spoken wordsmith with performances on more than 50 stages. He is an erstwhile President of the Education Literary and Debate Society (ELDS) and a student resident of the great Independence Hall. In this edition of the Katanga Spotlight, Mayowa sits with IndyPress Correspondent Gbayesola Samuel as he talks about growth, passion,balancing leadership with academics, and the one question he wishes people would ask him.

Chidera Anushiem: An Award-Winning Campus Journalist

In this week’s edition of Katanga Spotlight, Oluwapelumi King, a correspondent for Indy Press, interviews Chidera Anushiem, erstwhile Editor-in-Chief of Indy Press (2019/2020  session), and award-winning campus Journalist. The conversation covers a range of topics, including his personal and illustrious Campus Journalism career, the challenges of being a student journalist, […]

An Interview with Afolabi Nasirudeen

On this week’s Katanga spotlight, Indy Press Correspondent, Olúwagbemiga Odunukan, interviews Afolabi Nasirudeen, popularly recognized as Nas, the incumbent president of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan. Nas walks our correspondent through his journey in UI thus far, he speaks about politics, service, business, academics, and what the future […]