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A few days ago, it was brought to light that the current Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has an Islamic extremist past. In a 2006 lecture delivered in Bauchi state, Isa Pantami declared his admiration for terror groups like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. On the 21st of April, 2021, new documents about a meeting Pantami chaired in 2010 surfaced online. The purpose of the meeting was to strategise on how to halt the spread of  Christianity…

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 95th birthday on the 21st of April.  Her Majesty was born on 21st April, 1926 at 17  Bruton Street in London, the first Child of The Duke and Duchess of York. She received well wishes from people all over the world today. The Queen who recently lost her husband, remained at the Windsor Castle during a period of Royal mourning where she marked her day. She said,in her message to people across the world…

The program started at12pm as planned  with Miss Jaachi anchoring the first session. The programme was held on zoom.The first session was taken by Mr. Progress Agboola. Mr Progress discussed extensively on CV writing. One of the things worthy of note from his session was that a person can have as many CVs and each should be tailored to the application. He used his time effectively and ended within his allotted time. The anchor then asked questions on what was…

Rhapsody is a UIMSA MBBS 2k21 class’ magazine aimed at making medical students reminisce about their freshman year.

 The outgoing Inspector general of police, IGP Adamu Muhammad, had his tenure extended by three months on the orders of president Muhammad Buhari, on the 4th February, 2021 amidst widespread speculations and criticism. However, after having spent a little above two months, DIG Usman Alkali Baba has been appointed as his replacement. This was disclosed by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi in a statement release. According to him, “Baba’s appointment was carefully made, after the president considered issues of…

On the 8th of April, 2 members and an Executive of the University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association made history when they were crowned winners of Uniting to Combat NTDs(Neglected Tropical Diseases) and The Youth Combating NTDs Global Story-telling Competition by, Frank Edoho at the conclusion of the Virtual Global Youth Festival. Participants of the Global story-telling competition were asked to submit compelling entries to inspire action to beat Neglected Tropical Diseases in 4 categories(Digital, Audio, Video and Text) and…

The UIMSA preliminary press just had their first publication.The content of this first publication is mind-blowing,ranging from sports ,news,entertainment to a spectacular interview with our very own Rhode Scholar,Miss Bolu Ikwunne.Enjoy! P.S.It is recommended that you zoom each of the pages or use “search using google lens” in order to see the words clearly.

About a week ago, representatives of the executive council of the University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Provost of the College of Medicine, Professor Fatai Adeniyi. From left to right: Olorunyomi Fola-Oyetayo( Sports secretary),Olaoluwa Olorunfemi( President), Professor Fatai Adeniyi( Deputy Provost of the College of Medicine),Jaachima Nwagbara( General Secretary),Anthony Ugah( Special Duties Officer Clinicals). A number of issues were discussed at the courtesy visit. Some of these issues include; the possible vaccination for…

Interviewer: Can you kindly introduce yourself.UIMSA President: I am Olaoluwa Olorunfemi. I am a 600-level medical student. I am a from a family of 5 and I am from Kogi State, Nigeria. I have many interests but most importantly I’m a Madrid fan. Interviewer: Congratulations on your recent election as the President of UIMSA. How has your first few days in office been like?UIMSA President: It was something I was looking forward to but nothing prepares you for this moment…