On this week’s Bold and Beautiful, our correspondent James Chibor met with the charming and business-minded Miss Nzekwe Vera, a 300-level student at the Department of Animal Science. She shared her views with us on entrepreneurship, feminism, relationships and secession. Enjoy! Good evening Miss. Can we meet you? Vera: Good […]
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The Imminent Semester Exams: Asking the Questions that Matter
Ojú ló pẹ́ sí, àmọ́dún ò jìnà – Yoruba proverb The semester exams are here; to put it more aptly, the semester exams are nearly here. Tempted as you might be to wave this off, let us remind you that this is the eighth week of the mandatory thirteen weeks […]
How To Be A Spirikoko In The University Of Ibadan
John ‘Dare Okafor Image Credit: Unsplash Calvary greetings to the hearts that thirst and hunger to be used of the Lord; others should go and collect their greetings from the Acting Vice-Chancellor! I’m Apostle Refiner Spiritkogelist Juventus Romanus by name, and it is my uttermost responsibility and delight to show […]
An Interview with Education Luminary, Afolabi Oluwajuwonlo
On this week’s edition of Katanga Spotlight, Theophilus Femi Alawonde met with Afolabi Oluwajuwonlo, a first-class graduate of communications education from the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education and an erstwhile Administrator-General of Independence Hall, who spoke on his formative years, being a stellar student at the University of […]
University of Ibadan Governing Council: Oyegun Named New Chairman
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 […]
In UI, Slow Transcripts Processing is a Bane to Financial Aid for Students
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 […]
An Eye-opening Interview with Martins Isaac, The Spy Next Door
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 […]
Clash of Thoughts 2021: UI Defeats AAUA, Emerges 7th Overall
By: Habeeb Abdul The Clash of Thoughts 2021 competition saw the University of Ibadan Debate Team defeat the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Debate Team at the semi-finals which happened on 25th March, 2021 at Lagos State University, Ojo. The UI team, which comprised Anushiem Chidera, a student at the Faculty […]
University of Ibadan Students’, Frustrated Hopes for A Promised Support and Data-Consuming Learning Platforms
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick… – one of the Holy Books At the announcement of the adoption of a fully virtual mode of learning for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session, one of the chiefest concerns of University of Ibadan students and the academic staff members was […]
Recent Robberies in Agbowo: The Essentiality of Solution-Bound Actions
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Survival is a fundamental human trait. In fact, it is our adeptness at manoeuvring things, and finding our way around difficult situations that gave us humans the much-coveted space above other earthly beings. It is this same fundamental human trait that has manifested in UItes – […]