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Maduka Millicent, a 600 level medical student and not-your-usual chess prodigy in Alexander Brown Hall (ABH), University College Hospital (UCH) tells the University of Ibadan Medical Student’s Association (UIMSA) Sports Publication team about her journey as a medical student, head of DOKITA board and chess player amongst others.  Whilst giving no obvious gender advantages but still dominated by male players, chess has met its contender with a ‘decent’ talent in Millicent. Find out her struggles, accomplishments, dreams and goals. Interviewer:…

Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological and eating disorder characterized by dangerously low weight, self-starvation, a serious fear of gaining weight, and severe weight loss. Individuals living with anorexia nervosa have a distorted perception of their body image which comes from a place of body dysmorphia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, anxiety and depression which leads to using extreme measures which are detrimental to their health in order to keep losing weight and prevent weight gain. Such measures include: Obsessively monitoring…

On Monday 7th March 2022, the Federal Government inaugurated a seven-member panel that was saddled with the task of renegotiating the 2009 Agreement it had reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions as a way of resolving the strike action which the unions embarked on. The Vanguard reported that the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who inaugurated the committee in Abuja, tasked the committee to submit proposed agreements within three months from the…

This ASUU strike did not come as much of a surprise to many students. It’s one of the realities of the Nigerian student life that we’ve all accepted. This reality also comes with a blame game from students – either on ASUU, the government or their fate for being born in this Armageddon of a country – depending on the time frame of the strike. However, there’s a slightly different, yet legit, timeline not being considered; that the system crumbles…

The first ordinary meeting of the highest decision making body of UIMSA held on Saturday 4th of June 2022. The Congress meeting started a few minutes after 10:00am with representatives from all classes present. 16 New co-opted Congress men and Congress women members were sworn in for the 2021/2022 session. 300 Level: Adedayo John, Aderohunmu Zainab, Eze Peace, Faeji Tobiloba, Obiwole Favour, Odusola Olamide, Alabi Oluwadamilare. 400 Level: Agboola Tomisin, Nosazeogie Daniel, Ogunlana Olaoluwaposi, Oyegbile Damola. 500 Level: Odukoya Gbemisola,…

Do you want to become a successful Nigerian Politician? Here’s a step-by-step guide to achieving your goal; Phase One: The groundwork. Step 1: The first step is obvious: Get a godfather. Duh, who else is going to show you the ropes in exchange for the economic freedom of the people you end up governing? Step 2: Get your godfather to put you in charge of some office or organization. How does that relate to my political ambition, you say? Don’t…

Real Madrid went trophyless in the 2021/2022 season, the first time since the 2009/2010 season. It was an abysmal campaign by their standards, and even more abysmal when you recall that the great Zinedine Zidane-the man that took them on that three-peat run-was at the helm of affairs. The aftermath of the season saw the falling out of Zidane with the club’s ruthless geriatric glucose guardian who also doubles as their president- Florentino Perez, a. k. a Papa Perez. Going…

For the 2k21 set, academic life came to a sudden hold in the middle of march when the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan decided to suspend their clinical training. This was done on the basis that they were scheduled to resume their pathology and pharmacology teachings –better known as block two –at the time, and this was made impossible by the ongoing protest action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The natural loophole would have been to continue…