This week, Indy Press correspondent Ayodele Aduwo interviewed Rt. Hon Olaoye Samuel, the speaker of the Great Independence Hall and a 300-level student of Philosophy. In this interview, he gave some insight into his person, life as the Speaker, and his plans. Have a good read! Please can you […]
By: Daniel Echoda Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last week of rolling out “WhatsApp Channels,” his recent innovation, “globally and adding thousands of new channels that people can follow in WhatsApp” brings us to a long-standing pattern in tech, specifically regarding new features and platforms that often emerge with claims of innovation. […]
By: Emmanuel Utibe In the great independence hall, where in the face of the seeming silence of our current legal scripture to certain issues, there is a heavy reliance on tradition, it then becomes worrying when a seemingly harmless yet morbid tradition is seen emerging. It’s more of a concern […]
It’s another weekend; you already know what the Twitter gentleman, Oli Ekun, says about that. Today, let’s talk about Wale. He has been looking forward to this day for a while. Like JCole claims to have done in his song ‘Wet Dreamz’, he does all sorts of research in preparation. […]
By: Lawrence Ogunobo In an unexpected turn of events, Lord Tedder Hall has officially withdrawn from the highly anticipated Inter-Hall Oratory Contest, which was poised to be one of the most thrilling intellectual showdowns on campus this year. This decision comes on the heels of the preliminary round, which took […]
By: Eriomala John Sad days never start off the same way. Sad days never end the same way either. And sometimes, sad days aren’t ‘days’. They are five minutes that make the eighteen hours and thirty-nine minutes before then almost irrelevant and the hours after, grey and murky with sadness. […]
Following the successful launch of their first startup, Custimony, Adams Paul (Elect-Elect), Abu Teslim (Food Tech), and Owoeye Williams (MLS), all 500-level students of the University of Ibadan, have teamed up to launch another product called Writinova. The launch, which was held on the 15th of September, happened on social […]
By: Nnamdi Maduauchi On the 16th of September 2023, Recycledge held the first-ever University of Ibadan Pick-A-Thon. Volunteers, mainly students, gathered together at the University of Ibadan Main Gate at 7:00 A.M, where they were addressed by the organisers. The program was held in order to commemorate World Clean Up […]
By: John Eriomala The Asido Campus Network held the first leg of its Inter-Hall Oratory Contest on Saturday, the 16th of September, 2023, at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre. The contest, which was tagged “Matters That Matter: Sincerely Speaking”, featured speakers from eight of the ten undergraduate Halls of Residence, […]
By: Ajadi Sodiq Oladoja Ayomide (popularly known as Yummy), a Zikite from the Department of Mathematics, was crowned Mr. Fresher in the recently concluded Variety Night which marked the end of the UI’SU Freshers Week Orientation Programme. On the female front, Adesina Muslimat, hailing from the Department of Biochemistry and […]
