By: Sonaike Peter Stanbic IBTC, an investment banking franchise in Nigeria is set to host “InvestBeta”, an initiative to improve financial literacy among young adults. The event will be held on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, at the Dame Edith Okowa Auditorium (Alumni Hall), University of Ibadan. Participants will have the […]
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The Die Is Cast: ‘Aluta Continua’
‘Alea iacta est’. Those were the exact words Julius Caesar uttered in 49BC after crossing the Rubicon River, signaling his intent to wage war against Pompey. There was no turning back, he declared. As students return into the University gate this new session, this turn of words should echo around. […]
Fees Through the Roof – Students’ Anthem
By: Sonaike Peter Envision a world devoid of education — a nation with an education sector in paralysis should shutter through your mind. The mere thought should conjure images of darkness, regression, underdevelopment, and crises, blooming over the country. “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to […]
Beneath the Platitude is an Immersive Subculture of Entertainment & Socio-cultural Life
By – Bamijoko Favour The age-long story goes that the University of Ibadan and her students are zealously preoccupied with academics or an almost non-existent socio-cultural life on the receiving end. While it is true that the University is heavily fixated on its academic aspects, the fact of the matter, […]
UI vs UITES: Social Contract or Democracy?
By – Nnamdi Maduabuchi The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines democracy as “government by the people” or more robustly “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections”. In the real […]
What You Should Know About Sports At The University of Ibadan ( Part 1)
By: Lawal Damilare Welcome to the University of Ibadan. It’s the time of the year when you are marking your calendar and setting goals. Yes, it’s not yet 2025, but it’s a new session. I know you have sworn to do way better than you have ever done. For you […]
To Be Fresh, Crisp and Unconventional
By – Benedict Ugor Gee! You made it into the premier University. An institution, which is numerically not only the fess, but in no uncertain terms the bess. Factually, ‘Ibadan‘ is first in sub-Saharan Africa, sixth in Africa, and shortly to be seen the first in the world. Congratulations, congratulations, […]
Buga Like Mr Presido
By: Linus Nice Ehen! E don happen. Nah the tori I bring come. The perfect opportunity don land. Literally smash your academic goals like eggs, while bending to collect bucks. Believe me, the whole process is smooth and seamless, and its end, you will buga like a President would. Sit […]
Bread Crumbs, Pain To My Soul
By – Onymous wish I was better reading the signs cause damn she takes my breath away so much that I loudly exclaim my lost for words. A part of me says I assume and do too much, other part be noticing your deeds and all your moves Put your […]
Students React To ‘Stakeholders’ Meeting Resolves
By: Sonaike Peter Students of the University of Ibadan have reacted to the resolutions culling from the ‘student stakeholders’ meeting held on Wednesday, 12th June, 2024. Stakeholders resolved during the meeting that students should hold off from paying the new regime of fees levied for the 2023/2024 academic session. Resolutions […]
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