By: Abdulrahman Adebayo Indy Press Editor-in-Chief, Theophilus Femi Alawonde, Indy Hall Administrator-General, Temitope Olaogun and two other Katangites have been nominated for this year’s Fifteen Outstanding Persons Award. Their nomination was confirmed in a list of final nominees for the award released by the organizers, Junior Chambers International, on Monday, […]
By Daniel Echoda An Indy Press journalist and 100-level political science student, Adebayo Abdulrahman, has received the the Most Active Inductee Award at the 33rd Induction Ceremony of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan (UCJUI), held on Saturday, 18th September, 2021. The ceremony, themed “The Outliers,” was […]
An Indy Press journalist and 300–level law student, Abdul Habeeb Akorede, has emerged as first runner–up in the maiden edition of the Sunday Oguntola Essay Competition. The final result of the competition, which was announced at the Induction Ceremony of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan (UCJUI), on […]
Toluwalope Ayeye Asido Campus Network, University of Ibadan, in conjunction with Lord Tedder Hall, held a jog on Saturday, 12 September 2021, to commemorate the World Suicide Prevention Week. The jog, which was tagged ‘Creating Hope Through Action’ started with students converging at 5:30 a.m. in front of Lord […]
Daniel Echoda A total of 50 students from various local press organizations within the university sat the second batch of the induction exam organised by the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan (UCJUI), on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The exam, which was conducted for intending inductees as part […]
Abdulrahman Adebayo The University of Ibadan Students’ Union Electoral Commission has officially lifted the ban placed on electoral activities. The lift of the ban was announced in a statement released by the Publicity Committee of the Students’ Union Electoral Committee on Monday, 13th September, 2021. “The Students Union Electoral Commission, […]
An Indy Press Journalist and a 100-level medical student, Covenant Odedele, has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Dr Ibrahim Yaji Nigerian Medical Students’ Association SCOPH Essay Competition. The competition, which was hosted by the Standing Committee on Public Health and titled, “Post Covid-19 Era: The Future […]
Abdulrahman Adebayo The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ, has completed a 4-day campus journalism training for selected members of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan. During the training, which lasted for five hours daily, attendees were trained on various aspects of journalism ranging from conflict reporting […]
On Monday 6 September, 2021 the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, released the results of the MBBS and BDS Part I degree examination, nearly a month after the completion of the examinations.
The Part I examination, commonly known as “MB”, ais a barrage of examinations taken by 300-level MBBS and BDS students as a culmination of their preclinical training. This exam which comprises Viva voce (oral examinations), written essays and the all-important steeplechase practical sessions, serves as the determinant to know if the medical students will move to the University College Hospital for the clinical arm of their training.
John ‘Dare Okafor, in addressing new volunteers with Boys Without Borders – a boy child organisation created to stand in advocacy, orientation and sensitisation of the boy-child – said that the initiative is not just an organization but a movement that is bigger than anyone, even the founders.
The founder said this while briefing the new volunteers on why they were selected and what is required of them. Boys Without Borders welcomed 20 new volunteers to the organization at the Official Onboarding Ceremony which was held on Friday, 3 September 2021, at the Students’ Representative Council Chambers, Students’ Union Building.
