-Habeeb Abdul Photo credit: Linda Ikeji’s Blog On the 4th of March, 2021, Nigerian Twitter streets came alive with something new — #NowaterinEnugu. Illustrated with gripping experiences narrated by the residents of Enugu State, the story wasted no time getting on the news. However, while the news might have accorded […]
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The Top 5 Rising Stars in The Nigerian Music Industry
-Pelumi King The Nigerian music industry is known to be a very entertaining and successful industry. Many artistes have come and gone, but there are still many rising stars in the industry today. Here are my top five: Omah Lay Omah Lay needs no introduction. He burst into the music […]
Indy Hall New EXCO Swearing-In; Hall Master, Warden Present
The swearing-in of the Indy Hall EXCO for the 2020/2021 session was held on Wednesday, 3rd February, 2021, at the Indy Hall Junior Common Room. The swearing-in, coming after the election of the members of the Projection Team on Saturday, 25th January, 2020, saw the Afolabi Oluwajunwonlo-led administration hand over […]
An Interview with IoTeam: The Grand-Prize Winners of Hult Prize UI 2021
Following IoTeam’s spectacular performance which saw them win the Grand Prize and Viewers’ Choice Awards at the recently concluded Hult Prize UI 2021 Challenge, Theophilus Femi Alawonde had an interview with the team members. The interview saw the team members talk about IoTeam, their winning idea, their Hult Prize UI 2021 experience, and what the future holds. Enjoy!
IoTeam, Food Paragon, SecureFoods win Hult Prize UI 2021
–Theophilus Femi Alawonde IoTeam, Team Food Paragon and Team Secure Foods have emerged as winners of the 2021 edition of the prestigious Hult Prize UI. The three teams beat the other seven finalists to the top spots after the Final Pitch which was held on Saturday, 5 December, 2020 at […]
Hult Prize UI 2021 Enters Final Stage, 10 Teams to Slug it out on 5 December
–Theophilus Femi Alawonde The 2021 edition of Hult Prize UI — an annual innovation challenge organised by the Students Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub (S.E.I.H.) moves to the final stage, where 10 teams will compete for the 3 slots to the Regionals. The Elevator Pitch saw 50 of the initially registered […]
An Interview with the Hult Prize UI 2021 Campus Director, Ms. Faithwin Gbadamosi
Two Indy Press correspondents had an interview session with the Hult Prize UI Campus Director, Ms. Faithwin Gbadamosi. The interview saw the Director shed light on what Hult Prize is, the Hult Prize 2021 Challenge in UI, the Hult Prize UI’s plans for this year’s challenge, and what we should […]
Discourse #3: #EndSARS Protests, the Government, and the People
In the aftershock of the #ENDSARS Protests and the Lekki Massacre of Tuesday, 20 October, 2020, Ofure Ebhomielen – a University of Ibadan’s 2018 Overall Best Graduating Student and a vocal campaigner during the #ENDSARS Protests, Martins Isaac – a student of history and seasoned analyst, and Gbenga Sadiq – one-time President of The Literary and Debating Society, University of Ibadan and a veteran poltical commentator joined Theophilus Femi Alawonde at the Roundtable to discuss issues surrounding the #EndSARS Protests and Lekki Massacre, complicit parties, the Nigerian governments reactions, and the likely effects that the protests will have on the Nigerian nation in general and Nigerian universities in particular. Enjoy and learn!
Hult Prize UI Opens for 2021 Applications, S.E.I.H. Gives Details
Theophilus Femi Alawonde Students Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub — a student-run organisation in the University of Ibadan — made open applications for the UI Campus Edition of the Hult Prize 2021. The call for applications, which was officially made on Monday, 4 October, 2020, was shared across all social media […]
Accuracy Team Fulfils Promise, Renovates Indy JCR
Theophilus Femi Alawonde The Independence Hall Executive Council for the 2018/19 session, also known as Accuracy Team, eventually fulfilled the promise of renovating the Indy Hall Junior Common Room. The renovation, which was majorly a change of the sore-looking sofas to a new set of seats, happened between late-August and […]