No matter how hard you try, you really cannot avoid contemplating the shoddiness of the current crop of aspirants vying for executive post at the student union level. The shoddiness of the manifestoes? The dissonance of their statements? The age-old responses? The bare-faced patronage? The lacklustre performance? Above all, the […]
Although thoroughly cliched, the statement ‘history repeats itself because people fail to learn from it’ is still relevant. It will rightly remain relevant until people take out their notebooks to take down instructive lessons when they engage with historical events or happenings that will sooner pass into history.
left in Ógba Ayo. We don’t know if we will ever return to our homes or what the future holds for us.” No matter how the government
be on deck to curb the un-called for phenomenon. Lecturers who mess up with the lives of the students should be called to book. Student leaders across campus and the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students must also lend their solidarity with
While it is true that poor infrastructure, traffic congestion, bad roads, and unreliable public transportation can hinder punctuality, they should not be excuses for our
punishment. There should be rules addressing the unsolicited behavior and the rules should be enforced. The Students’ Union, Press Organizations on campus, Faculties and Student organizations on
The reason school authorities label these student activists as troublemakers is not far-fetched. It is because they see any form of protest as a threat to the anomalies that are expedient to them. I believe
By: Favour Ogundare
As a public speaking space, Jaw War has long stood as the largest and most renowned literary and debating event in Sub-Sahara Africa. Every second semester at the University of Ibadan, a large number of students gather to witness the much-anticipated public speaking competition.
is unjust that these sanitation workers are excluded from the University’s payroll system. It is equally unfair that they are not part of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities. Their role is no less significant
Thus, as the wheels of our universities continue to wobble under the weight of poor remuneration and governmental neglect, these questions must be asked: Will ASUU ever find a lasting remedy to its grievances? Will the government rise above lip
