Politics

UI SU Elections: The Politics of the Tamed

By: Lord  Whistledown  “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” — Rick Warren A look into the political sphere at the University of Ibadan would reveal a recurring cycle; lofty plans, managerial interference, conflicts of interest, and failed promises. More often than not, student […]

UISU ’23 Election: Can Anything Good Come out of Indy Hall?

By: Lord Whistledown On the surface, the 2023 presidential elections may have had significant effects on the electioneering process in Nigeria. For one, analysts may want to seriously consider youth involvement and the mobilising influence of social media in future elections. Also, it may have triggered a paradigm shift of […]

THE UISU SRC: THE CONCERNS THAT COUNT

By: Aduwo, Ayodele One might think, what is the Students’ Representative Council and its mandate? This council is mandated to be the policy making body of the Union. But how? And by extension, what are the concerns peculiar to the SRC as of date? PUNCTUALITY AND THE NEED FOR HARMONY […]

The APC Convention: Reflections, Thoughts, and Lessons

 By: Emmanuel Utibe 00:01 am on Wednesday, 8th of June 2022, just halfway through the working week, several persons in the country were awake and vividly glued to their screens, a significant number of those people were young people. Contrary to the notion of what you might think, it wasn’t […]

‘First and Best’ and the Love for One-Half of Franchise

By:  John Eriomala As a 2nd year student of the University of Ibadan, I’ve had the opportunity of witnessing a number of student body elections. Of these, however, three, in particular, have involved my direct participation as an electorate; the Student Union elections, that of my Hall of residence, Great […]

The Crossroads Toward “Free Speech”

By: Emmanuel Utibe On the 27th of April, 2022, it was announced that the Biden government had set up the “Disinformation Governance Board” under the United States Department of Homeland Security. People on the Right Wing went on to call it the “Ministry of Truth”- a reference to George Orwell’s […]