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!
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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 […]
UI’s Team UNY Win PAADC 4.0 2nd Prize, Clinch N800, 000
Team SEJJ, Team UNY and Team E-Den win first, second and third places respectively in the fourth edition of the Professor Awojobi Design Competition, an annual Science, Technology, Engineery and Mathematics-based competition organized for undergraduate Nigerian students, by the University of Lagos Engineering Society.
Last Week in Retrospect (Edition 3)
Hello, folks! It’s a new week, and one of the things this newness signifies is the passing of an old week. Last week is gone; all we have of it are memories and our analyses. Find below, analyses of our top headlines from Monday, July 27 2020 to Friday, July […]
Last Week in Retrospect Edition 2
Some issues that came up weeks ago got new twists, while some fresh issues popped up — so that it almost feels as if we are watching an unending movie.
Last Week in Retrospect Edition 1
Hello, folks! We believe last week — Sunday 5 July, 2020 to Saturday 11 July 2020 — was a mélange of the shocking, the relieving, the unscrupulous and the hilarious. In looking back on the past week, we made a list of the top four headlines from last week, with […]
Discourse #2: Sexual Assaults, the UIte and the University of Ibadan
This is the second discourse in the Roundtable Discourse with Theophilus series, and it touches on sexual assault, sexual assaults in the University of Ibadan, causes of sexual assaults in the University of Ibadan, the University’s provisions as regards sexual harassment, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill at the Senate, and potential solutions to sexual assaults in the University of Ibadan.
Discourse #1: E-learning and the Realities of the University of Ibadan
It’s the maiden discourse, and Martins Isaac — a student of history and the immediate past President of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan, Tolulope Ajibola — a student of engineering and a business strategist, and Akeju Oluwasegun — a student of law and the President of the […]
OPay: There’s a New Boss in Town!
This is not a regular daily guide; it is a peep into the future. And guess who’s boss? OPay! Start-ups like their owners, are enterprising ventures, and are subject to several unfavourable weather conditions in the business world. They therefore need to be handled with care. Every now and then, […]