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After finishing atop their group, Nigeria was drawn against Ghana for the knockout and final round of the CAF World Cup Qualifications. Nigeria went into this tie as the favourites. Seeing Ghana’s abysmal performance at this year’s AFCON, it was expected that Nigeria would get the better of them but this was not to be the case. The first leg in Ghana was a drab affair and ended goalless. The second leg match on the 29th of March took place…

SUMMARY OF THE FIFTH EMERGENCY CONGRESS MEETING After a 3 hour Congress meeting on the 2k18 and 2k19 final Volleyball game misunderstanding and the involvement of the President… A Decision has finally been made by the Congress. The meeting started with opening statements from Hon. Obeya, the representative for the 2k19 majority leader and Hon. Olorunfemi, the President of UIMSA. Hon. Obeya started his opening statement by making it clear that the 2k19 class was not here to attack the…

Following the Volleyball Final Match scheduled last week Sunday between the 2K19 Class and the 2k18 class. The 2k19 class won the final match after the 2K18 class failed to produce a complete team for the match that day due to miscommunication and several other unknown factors.“2k19 class has clinched the gold medal easily after the 2k18 class failed to produce a complete team this morning for the Volleyball game FINALS resulting in them being walked over“ This is a…

On the 19th of March, 2022, the UIMSA CLINICAL Press arm elected new Editorial board members according to constitution. This was done as the previous tenure came to an end.The Election Process which was conducted by the  Ex- Offico, Mr Daniel Animashun gave the mandate to the new executives; Mr Metajuwa-kuda Emmanuel as Editor in Chief, Mr Saliyu Abdulbaasit as Deputy Editor in Chief, Mr Adegoke Ireoluwa as the Board Secretary and PRO and Mr Achife Ifeanyichukwu as the Features…

THE HAMPER… So you’re holding on to your used tissue with sweat gathering on the back of your neck in a fully air-conditioned room. You are painfully aware of everyone around you, of every laugh and every voice. The dustbin is literally ten steps away, but it feels like ten miles. You know you should just get up and throw it away. You know it shouldn’t be such a big deal, and that any “normal” person would have done it…

The 60th UIMSA Health Week is upon us. Themed: “An Inverted Pyramid: The Nigerian Healthcare System”, the biggest health week in sub-Saharan Africa is set to hold March 19-27 and we’re all pumped no doubt. We asked some members of the association if they had attended or witnessed any UIMSA Health Week, what their expectations are and which health week activity they are looking forward to the most. Here are their replies: This should be my third health week in…

The UIMSA President, Mr Olaoluwa Olorunfemi was on the 12th of March, fined the sum of 2000 naira and referred to the Senate committee on discipline.This was following the decision by majority of the senators present in the Senate meeting that was held on the 12th of March, 2022. In the senate meeting that was held on the 25th of February, 2022, the UIMSA President was expected to give the report on the UIMSA bus.He did not however come prepared…

Boluwatife Adewale, a final year medical student and a member of UIMSA recently won the 2020 Sanger Prize and was a recipient of the 2021 Bayer Foundation Scientific Fellowship.He is currently a research intern at the Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit (NARU), Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, CoMUI. Daniel: Good evening Mr. Adewale Bólúwatifẹ́. I am Animashaun Daniel, and I will be conducting this interview with you, on behalf of UIMSA Clinical Press.Everyone of us at UIMSA Press…

The PUNCH newspaper on Monday, February 14, 2022 announced via their Twitter page that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a nationwide strike. In the report, it was stated that the strike would last for an initial period of four weeks starting from when it was announced. Since the announcement, there have been various reactions among students of public universities. Some students are elated as they have beeen wishing to take a break from academic activities and…