By Ogunleye Moboluwarin Some days ago I had the privilege of reporting a program by an organization at the University of Ibadan. According to the flier, the event was scheduled to begin by 10:00 am. And so, as a prompt person, I woke up by 8 am, had my bath, got […]
Opinion
Indy Radio: A Need For Caution?
by Emmanuel Utibe The sounds of Asa’s Eye Adaba force me back awake as I struggle to catch some sleep before 7 am. I just finished TDB some minutes earlier in preparation for my test the following day. For one, I recognize the pertinence of keeping Katangites abreast through the […]
Why you don’t Remember: The act of Reading Hard and Studying Bad
By Emmanuel Utibe Right now in UI, there is a boy talking about how the school is currently in the 9th or 10th week, and there is that girl talking about how exams are barely weeks away. A quick survey through the various libraries shows a sharp rise –yet to […]
Addressing the Surge in Recklessness on UI Roads
By John Eriomala In the two months of resumption after the strike, not much has changed in terms of UI’s appearance. Most of our hall and faculty buildings remained the same, the streets remain clean, and asides from nature’s insistence on reclaiming the campus with greenery plus a few infrastructural […]
The UI You Thought Vs. The UI You Got
By: Tolulope Ayeye So you got into UI and became the one percent of the one percent that made it to the first and best university in Nigeria. After eight months, you don’t know if you are to call yourself a fresher or not. Maybe we should stick to calling […]
Uites On Social Media; A Delve Into UI Social Waters
By Emmanuel Utibe In this age of information and global digital connection, it’s without saying that social media is one of those things which comes to form a huge chunk of what social interactions human beings should have. Social media, because of its reach and interconnected nature, is like a […]
Body Odour Rumours: Why UI Students are Smelling Different
By Covenant Odedele When you hear ‘body odour’, what comes to mind? You are probably thinking about the last time you had to hold your breath and rush out of a conversation because the person had an unpleasant smell. Well, you may be right, but you are not accurate. Body […]
Dear UI, Kerosene Money Is Now Gold Money
By: Toluwalope Ayeye For the first time in more than six months, I took a walk along the road that led from Queen Idia hall to Obafemi Awolowo hall. You can imagine my surprise when I saw a gas station just opposite Abdusalami Abubakar hall. The first thing that came […]
It is Sunday in Nigeria
By: John Eriomala It is Sunday in Nigeria. Well, it was Sunday in Nigeria. Today is Monday, the 6th of June, 2022 and it’s been over twelve hours since Owo happened. No details. You know. You watched a video or read a news report. You saw tweets from witnesses and […]
Jungle Justice: Public Injustice?
By: Emmanuel Utibe The sight of lynching or mob beating is not uncommon in Nigeria. Growing up at a point, it was like “The Mob Court” was the surest court in the land in delivering popular justice. It was not uncommon to hear people talking about how there was no […]