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Since the retirement of Arsene Wenger as the manager of Arsenal FC in 2018, Arsenal made quite a number of unsuccessful attempts to employ a new coach who would manage the Gunners’ ordnance. Quite unfortunately, all extrinsic coaches,from Unai Emery to Freddie Ljungberg have successfully failed to take-up the responsibility left by the worn-out commander,Wenger. So, in a bid to follow the growing trend of employing former club players who have had some degree of managerial experience to pilot the…

2019 was an interesting year as it came with a lot trending issues at different points in time. Here are some of them in no particular order: 1.COZA and Busola Dakolo: Earlier in 2019, wife of Timi Dakolo, Busola came out to accuse the leading pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo of raping her while she was younger. This caused a lot of outrage as a lot of people came up to support her while a few like…

“Buy hot yam…bushmeat” the children shouted as they struggled to to sell their foods at the roadside. It was Christmas day and I was going back to my hometown to spend some time with my family. I was perplexed to see them selling on Christmas day. Afterall, it was ‘detty December’. It was then I realized that not everyone was really spending the December detty. For some, it was just another day to sell a few yams and take the…

Being a third year undergraduate medical student, amongst like 3,000 others, I have begun to ponder why students these days choose to go to college talk less of medical school. For many, and for where I’m from, it’s sort of expected — after high school, you go to college, get a degree, and live happily ever after with the job of your dreams. In the midst of this, college is where we are supposed to find ourselves — who we…

Have you ever seen these acronyms; AWD, 4WD, 4X4, FWD… on a car before? Do you even know what they mean? Do you know that they say a lot about how your car drives? Well, guess what… We are going to tell you! Let’s Get-On-Track with Drive Wheels What Are Drive Wheels? A drive wheel is the wheel of a motor vehicle that transmits forces, transforming torque into traction force, causing the vehicle to move. In simpler words, drive wheels…

Finally, UIMSAITES got to grace perhaps, one of the most eagerly anticipated programs of the executive year, The 19th edition of the late Dr V.O. AWOSIKA symposium. The symposium which has a long standing history with the college of Medicine, is an initiative of the prestigious Awosika family through the Victor and Winifred Awosika (VAWA) foundation. This year’s edition themed “Contemporizing Nigerian Healthcare” was held at the Paul Hendrikse Lecture Theatre, UCH and attracted prominent and eminent members of Society.…

While many successful Nigerian business magnates have toiled tirelessly, all in a bid to get featured on forbes to no avail, 500 level UIMSA prodigy Omitoyin Oluwaferanmi seems to have done it effortlessly; and believe me when I say he’s not a budding venture capitalist or tech start-up guru of some sort. Surprisingly, Omiytoyin is getting featured on the prestigious website, not as a result of his financial prowess or pedigree but rather, as a result of his impact on…