By SeeEeOo “Rome n’est pas fait en un jour.” — A medieval French adage First, consider this: the minimum living wage for a Nigerian family is between N 74, 200 and N 104, 200. This, when considering all that it must be spent on, is not enough to start an […]
By Theophilus Femi Alawonde There’s no denying the fact that activities on the University of Ibadan campus have taken a new turn since the lifting of the ban electoral activities. The campaigns have intensified, declarations of intent are flying all around, WhatsApp groups get buzzed every other minute, long-form […]
By Williams Owoeye My name is Asante We-Run-Things a.k.a Buhari-Energy, and this is my public declaration to contest for the post of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union President. You all shall vote for me. While I am bold and I have claimed this position pre-election, it is not a […]
By Priscilla Ayodele “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” as the axiom goes, means being deliberate about adopting healthy habits and avoiding unhealthy ones helps to achieve a quality lifestyle that liberates from being a regular caller at the physician’s. Here are little foxes – unhealthy habits – […]
“Time slips away like grains of sand never to return again.” — Robin Sharma Time; stealth in its ways, and quick to slip by. Among us, no one is powerful enough to stop the march of time or slow it down. We either kill time or we save time. Sometimes, […]
UCJUI is the mother body of all press organisations within the University of Ibadan. It was established in 1987. Dr.Bayo Ajala, the pioneer president gave an insight into the general history of the Union. Can you give a brief backdrop into how UCJUI was formed? Dr.Bayo Ajala: I was the […]
By: Kelvin Omachonu The name Raducanu will continue to echo for quite some time as the teenager left standing records in tatters as she cruised to her first Grand Slam title. She beat Leylah Fernandez in straight sets to cap an outstanding US open campaign. The win was so exceptional […]
By: Pelumi Adeniyi There was a time when female football was watched for comic effect. People, males especially, watch female football to amuse themselves and see some funny stuff. Female football was filled with so many errors and amateur mistakes, they coming to watch for comic effects was valid. It […]
By: Emmanuel Ilesanmi Sports, especially football in Nigeria, are now more than just recreational games; athletes engage in them professionally to get paid. The onus of this lies in the fact that the Nigerians love their sports, but not their athletes. The passion among fans and athletes is, however, quite […]
By: Pelumi Adeniyi Nigerian movies, particularly the local Nigerian movies, have always been substandard. Some have been severely criticised and made the butt of jokes so far, even because these various substandard movies branded the Nollywood industry as a movie of quantity, not quality. At a point, it seemed that […]
