EDITORIAL

  “Books and all forms of writing are a threat to those who wish to suppress the truth.” — Wole Soyinka. In every democratic society, the press is often described as the watchdog of the people, the voice that questions, informs, and preserves accountability.  Within the university environment, this role becomes even more delicate and essential. Campus journalism is not merely about publishing articles or covering events; it is about documenting the realities of student life, amplifying student voices, and ensuring transparency within the university community. Press freedom, therefore, refers to the ability of journalists and press organisations to gather, produce, and disseminate information without intimidation, censorship, suppression, or undue interference. In the context of campus journalism, it means allowing Local Press Organisations (LPOs) the independence and support needed to operate effectively in serving the student body. Sadly, this freedom often exists more in the...

When the new Faculty of Arts complex was conceived, it was framed as more than a structure upgrade or just another building project, it was presented as a necessary intervention into years of overcrowding and an attempt to align the faculty’s physical environment with the university’s long-standing academic reputation. At the official commencement of the project in November 2018, under the leadership of Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, the then Vice-Chancellor of the university, and Professor Ademola Dasylva, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the faculty complex was built to cater to the challenge of shortage of office spaces for lecturers and lecture rooms for students.  In a news report by EduCeleb.com , it was reported that the Chairman, UI TETFund, Alhaja Usman Yahaya, during the ground-breaking ceremony, confidently promised that “the building will be of high quality that UI will be proud of and that the contractor will officially hand over the project before the end of 2019.” Hi...

  Growing up, we memorised the meaning of a balanced diet. We even had carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, and minerals, all marching neatly in our notebooks, each with its role in building a healthy body. We recited their importance with confidence, as if we would one day faithfully apply them.  However, university life has a way of rewriting that knowledge. Somewhere between tight budgets, long lectures, and the daily struggle to “manage”, those carefully learnt food classes disappear, replaced by a more practical curriculum: what is available, what is affordable, and what can last till the end of the week. Somewhere between ambition and account balance, students in Nigeria’s “fess and Bess” university have quietly invented a new food group: survival. It is called the gbalanced diet, a carefully unbalanced rotation of meals that somehow convinces its followers they are doing just fine. After all, is it not rice? And is rice not food? Case closed. In this system, variety is a ...