By: Ajadi Sodiq The recent surge in food prices across Nigeria has significantly a dire toll of impact on students at the University of Ibadan. This increase in prices not only affects the affordability of food, but also the portion sizes and overall food quality. About a week ago, I […]
Opinion
Network Your Way To University Success (And Actually Make Friends)
By: Oladapo Salvador (Contributor) University life is a whirlwind of exhilaration and those occasional “what did I get myself into?” moments. Whether you’re a fresher just finding your footing or a seasoned staylite navigating the familiar campus with confidence, one thing will always shape your experience: the people. Your network […]
The Power of Your Mind: Strategies To Thrive As a University Student
University life at the prestigious University of Ibadan is a rollercoaster. One day, you’re buzzing with the thrill of discovering a whole new subject that ignites your passion, make those mind-blowing connections during a group project, feel that surge of accomplishment when a tough concept finally clicks… Then there are […]
Fairness and Welfarism: The Dilemmatic Duties of Price Control Committees
By: Habeeb Abdul As is now often the case with reports from that quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics in February revealed disheartening news—headline inflation had risen again. This time, it was up from 28.92 to 29.90 percent, food inflation 35.41% from 33.93 in the previous month. The data keeps […]
Pals on Camp: Eating Your Cake and Having It With Academics
By: Toriola Adedayo This is not an article on politics, one to commemorate, judge, nor is it propaganda; rather, it is just a quick drift for us to forget the insistent “rogbodiyan” for a while, and instead chat like old pals. While at it, we get to ask ourselves […]
Indy Excos, Can You Speak Now?
By: Ochi Maduabuchi Nnamdi We hold in our hands devices of great power. A small handheld device capable of accessing information from anywhere across the world, of connecting us with people on the other side of the world with little to no delays between us. But none of this […]
On Team Rebirth’s First Semester Activities
By: Moboluwarin Ogunleye On the 30th of December, the University of Ibadan Student’s Union (Team Rebirth) made a release detailing their first semester activities. The release starts with a segment on the State of the Union, discussing the problems and issues that the current executives inherited. While these issues are […]
Indy Hall Marshals: Rethinking the Task of Protection
By: Gideon Oyeyinka As a fresher, hearing a knock on your door by 12 am, while settling down for TDB may seem rather strange, but on answering, you find out that a set of people — whom you’d eventually know to be ‘Marshals’ — are on patrol, ensuring the […]
All Eyes On Common Sense
By: Echoda Daniel Our reactions to the recent ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) are rather a denial of reality. It appears we have forgotten that, in rendering judgments in the courts of law, the judges sitting over a given case do so impartially and base their decisions […]
The Dilemma of Indy’s Hall Elders Fee
By: Moses Adeosun From being a rumour to being the UI committee reality, the school authorities increased the hostels’ accommodation fee from #30,000 to #45,000 and to succor the effect the Student Union leadership released a circular that the halls should not charge more than #3000 as Basic due. However, […]
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