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SPECIAL REPORT: UI’SRC Students’ Rights Committee Highlights Four Critical Concerns, Recommends Corrective Measures

By: Aduwo Ayodele  The House Committee on Disparity, Fairness and Students’ Rights, on Saturday, 25th January, 2025, presented four critical concerns and several recommendations, at the third emergency sitting of the 11th Assembly. The report was presented by Hon. Nice Linus, Chairperson of the House Committee on Disparity, Fairness and […]

Budgetary Concern: SUEC Raises Eyebrows Over Cut UI’SU Election Budget

By: Aduwo Ayodele  Concerns have been raised about the Students’ Representative Council’s approval of ₦3.3 million for electoral activities without involving the Students’ Union Electoral Commission in the review. The Electoral Commission expressed discontent with the news, citing that the election budget was not included on the SRC’s agenda list. […]

PICTURES: UI’SRC Approves #3,353,125 for UI’SU 2025 Election

By: IndyPress News Desk On Saturday, January 25, 2025, the 11th Assembly of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) approved a budget of ₦3,353,125 for the Students’ Union electoral activities in the 2023/2024 academic session. The Electoral Commission’s budget was ratified at the third emergency sitting of the 11th Assembly, held […]

Indy Hall Holds Congress, Elects 3 KRIEC Members

By: IndyPress News Desk A congress held on Sunday, January 26, 2025, elected three members of the Great Independence Hall of Residence to the Katanga Republic Independent Electoral Commission (KRIEC) for the 2023/2024 academic session. The congress took place at the hall’s quadrangle, chaired by the Administrator General, Olaniyan Ibrahim. […]

UI’SRC Adopts Project Monitoring Committee Report on UI’SU Week 

By: IndyPress News Desk  The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) adopted the Project Monitoring Committee report at its third emergency meeting on Saturday, January 25, 2025. The report evaluated the execution of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union week. The SU week took place from December 8-15, 2024, and featured a […]

Live: “Between now and Friday, there will be light in your school,” – Adediran Solomon, Head of Housing Says

By: Peter Sonaike Adediran Solomon, Head of Oyo State Federal Ministry of Housing, assured students on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, that electricity would be restored to Alexander Brown Hall (ABH) by Friday, January 24, 2025. Mr. Adediran made this statement during the ongoing protest at the Oyo State Federal Secretariat. […]

Live: UI Students Begin Protest Against Months-long UCH Blackout

By: Sonaike Peter Students of the University of Ibadan commenced a demonstration on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, against the prolonged electricity blackout in Alexander Brown and Falase Halls of Residence. As observed by IndyPress, the students were seen holding various placards with inscriptions such as “FG, what have we done?’, […]

Without UI’SRC Ratification, SUEC Unbans Electoral Activities, Calls for Active Participation

By: IndyPress News Desk Acclaimed Students’ Union Electoral Commission Publicity Committee, following its previous claim of being inaugurated on Thursday, 9th January 2025, has declared the ban on the University of Ibadan Students’ Union electoral activities lifted. A 4-page document stamped by the ‘Electoral Commission’ listed the requirements and guidelines […]