By: Covenant Odedele SamuelAnjolaoluwa Alabi, popularly known as Sàámú Onífọ́tò, a 200-level student at the Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education was announced as the winner of the Canon Young Champion of the Year Award on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021, Global Good Awards. He has also been […]
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A Tale Of The Last Dance And The Thousands Of Practice Steps That Came Before It: Reminiscing On My Years As A Campus Journalist
By: Theophilus Femi Alawonde On Saturday, 23rd October, 2021, the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan held its Dinner, Luncheon and Awards Ceremony. When the clan – Indy Press – arrived, Abdulrahman said, “Theo, lead us in. This is your last dance as the Editor-in-Chief of Indy Press.” I […]
The “New Castle” At Newcastle: Uncovering the Hypocrisy That Shrouds Football
By: Akin Emmanuel Some weeks back, news emerged that the English club, Newcastle has been bought by a three party association, comprising the PIF (Public Investment Fund), PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports and Media. The PIF unilaterally owns a significant 80% share of the club, while the other two […]
KEFA 2021: Finalists Show Dexterity, Reign Supreme In The Battle Of Wills
By: Kelvin Omachonu The Katanga Elite Football League 2021 kicked off on the 12th of October, and it came with a show of magnificence and a colourful show of display as accustomed to the competition in recent years. The show of eye-catching dribbles, tackles, jaw-dropping goals and banters were in […]
UI Veterinary Medicine Student Emerges As The Only Nigerian Awards The Commonwealth Innovations Awards
By: Covenant Odedele Oluwatomisin Kolawole, a 600 Level student of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, has been awarded the Commonwealth Innovation Award for his groundbreaking effort in working towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The award is a special one given to 15 highly innovative individuals across 54 countries of the […]
Dada Ibukunoluwa Takes Over As New UCJ President
By: Adebayo Abudulrahman Dada Ibukunoluwa, a 400-level student of the Faculty of Agriculture has been inaugurated as the 34th President of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan. The inauguration of the new executives took place at the UCJ handover/award ceremony, which was held at the Abdusalam Abubakar Post […]
Indy Press Journalists Carts Home Multiple Awards At UCJ UI Dinner
By: Covenant Odedele On a night set aside to celebrate outstanding campus journalists in the University of Ibadan, members of Indy Press stole the show, carting home the highest number of individual prizes. The dinner/award night, which took place at the Abdulsalam Abubakar PG Hall on Saturday, 23rd of October, […]
One Night; Three Awards: Indypress Named Best Press Organisation In UI Again
By: Ayeye Toluwalope Indy Press has once again emerged as the best local press organization in the University of Ibadan. The awarded position of Indy Press being the best local press organisation in the University of Ibadan, was revealed at the annual Dinner and Award night of the Union of […]
Why We Made An Ibadan Man You-High’s VC – Sin-Ate
Details have emerged about why the sin-ate of Ibadan-based University, You-high, decided to appoint an Ibadan man, Balogun Kajewole Adeifokanbale of the Oloogun ruling House, as the next Vice-chancellor of the University. Recall that the race to select the next fi-si of the institution, which began several months ago, has been […]
UI SU Elections: Red Flags, Questions And Lessons For The Future
By: Akinmoyeje Precious The 2023 Presidential elections are around the corner. To some (maybe most) people, the elections would turn out to be the usual – a contest to determine who the best cheat is. The prediction further goes on that the cycle of incompetence would continue, unchanged. However, […]