Dawillty The very first day in this month is called April Fool’s Day. Now, I know this is not news; most of us no longer fall for the pranks anyway. What you probably don’t know is that while we step into April glorifying goofiness and practical jokes that make sweet […]
Bumblebee The Nigerian National Sports Festival is a multi-sport event held biennially. This event is organised by the National Sports Commission, now headed by the Honorable Minister for Youth and Sports. Every two years, the Federal Government, in conjunction with the federation state, hosts the 35 other states of the […]
Kelvin Omachonu The Nigeria Professional League (NPFL) is on a one-week break following the first leg of games in the league. Though hectic for everyone involved, it has been quite a good season, especially when juxtaposed with previous seasons. Because of COVID-19 issues, there were many boardroom meetings to conclude […]
A student leaders empowerment programme, titled the 2021 Excellence in Leadership Program (eLEAP 2021), has been scheduled to hold between Friday, 23rd April and Saturday, 24th April, 2021. The event, which is championed by the John Oluwadero-led Building Nations Initiative, is a capacity-building workshop for student leaders at the faculties, […]
Theophilus Femi Alawonde The President has reconstituted the University of Ibadan Governing Council, with Chief John Odigie Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emerging as the Chairman of the New Council. The constitution of the new 5-man council followed the eventual dissolution of the Joshua Mutka-led […]
John ‘Dare Okafor It was one of those cool evenings; the sun had reclined into the clouds, and the flowers on the field blossomed in different colours. Under a big mango tree were two elderly men, both in their late eighties, sipping palm wine from their cups and enjoying the […]
Theophilus Femi Alawonde and James Chibor Akilapa Janet* is a promising sophomore at the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan. Following a stellar performance in her first year, Janet was one of the first people to jump on the annual CHEVRON Scholarship. Having seen the scores for more than half […]
On this week’s Bold and Beautiful, our correspondent, John ‘Dare Okafor, met with gorgeous Adebisi Amori, a 300-level student of sociology, who had beautiful perspectives to share on issues ranging from life as a student, to the KUDA Bank Internship, to entrepreneurship among students. Enjoy! Can we meet you? Adebisi: […]
In this exclusive interview with Martins Isaac — a first-class graduate and erstwhile President of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan (UCJ UI), Shamsudeen Kareem — Editor-in-Chief of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan, and Theophilus Femi Alawonde — Indy Press Organisation’s Editor-in-Chief fire rounds of […]
Alvaro Nigeria and Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, emerged the Best Premier League Player in the month of March, becoming only the fourth Nigerian to win that award. He scored five goals in two games to see off competition from the likes of Harry Kane, Riyad Mahrez, Illan Meslier, Leandro […]
