James Chibor I am a madman. I am a very mad man. Before you call me one, I’ll have you know that I know already. And I accept it. One reason I don’t argue this is that only mad men argue against fact. Yeah, there was a time I was […]
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Bold & Beautiful: Pulchritudinous Toluwanimi Oni
On this week’s of Bold & Beautiful, Akinmoyeje Precious interviewed Toluwanini Oni, a pulchritudinous thespian-in-training and model. She spoke to us on people, phonography, life, and the concept of change. Enjoy! Hello. Can we meet you? Hi, I am Toluwanimi Adeyeni Oni, a 300-level student of Theatre Arts, Faculty of […]
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Habeeb Abdul In the closing months of 2017, one sensation which dominated the airwaves in Nigeria was excitement about a homegrown initiative — TStv. It was the perfect answer in a country reeling in economic shocks and a population that was steadily losing its purchasing power. A massive throng of […]
UI, this Was Never Part of the Plan Nau!
John ‘Dare Okafor There has always been an unwritten plan; a plan clearly mapped out in the sanctuaries of your soul. All has been going according to plan. You feel like a grand plan master; you’ve always had the history of figuring things out even before they become a reality. […]
The Problem With Nigeria: The Politics of “My Person” and other Things
Adebayo Abdulrahman Mahfouz Adedimeji, a scholar and university don, once opined that when things fall apart, we are no longer at ease. No one needs a Bachelor’s degree from Nigeria’s premier university to understand that Mahfouz’s statement was inspired by Chinua Achebe’s evergreen piece. However, a closer look at the […]
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Infrared It started like this: I had just gone back to school after the Christmas break and I wasn’t really excited to be in that toxic environment again. So, you could imagine my joy when the school authorities told us that we were to come back home because of the […]
Unemployment in Nigeria and the Dire Need for a Positive Change
Josmat Jerry “Deep within my heart, the dream of living in an environment where lives hope for tomorrow; where the evil that sucks us dry of our national inheritance dries off; where we have a living life within life; where we are all possessed with equality and fairness, where the […]
Indy Hall at 60 Celebrations Slated for 28th August
Theophilus Femi Alawonde The Indy Hall at 60 celebrations have been scheduled to hold on August 28, 2021, in commemoration of Independence Hall’s sixtieth year of existence. According to details disclosed by the incumbent Administrator-General of the Hall, Olaogun Temitope, the event will be held physically in the Independence Hall, […]
Physical Exams: the Beginning of the End of the 13 Weeks’ Hurdle Dash?
James Arikpo Two things come to mind when the reality of a virtual semester dawned on us. First? How the classes would be for us: the data to burn; the poorly developed University of Ibadan Learning Management System; distraction from home; the laxity to read, and so on. At this […]
Words to a Lover: For the Days When I’d Seem Powerless
bọ́lárìnwá… for those times, when the radiance of your smile will be tempted to go dim by some notches — when the sun will smile less happily because its favourite reflector seeks respite; those times, when that which you go through will seem too much to hold in your veins… […]
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