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Throughout the years, crows and vultures have gotten a bad reputation as the villains of the bird kingdom for their dietary practices and omens of doom, yet an even scarier evil exists and has somehow hidden under the radar from most people including myself –until now. By sheer serendipity, I have recently discovered the tyranny of the seemingly innocent cuckoo bird after whom the famous cuckoo clock of our childhood cartoons is named. And trust me, there is nothing cute…

The concept of the multiverse is no strange concept to anyone in the Science Fiction space. With numerous directors and companies giving their take on this concept, this one movie absolutely gets it right. The title of this movie strangely gives a lot of the plot away, giving us a rather simple story spanning multiple universes. The movie aims to tackle one of the overwhelming questions thrown to us by life; what is the use of anything if nothing matters?…

A couple of weeks ago, a thief was sighted at D block in ABH. He was caught and interrogated, but not without some beating and thumping. The Preclinical Press decided to ask some preclinical students what they feel about the situation and their thoughts on mob action. “I don’t know the specifics; I only saw the headline and considering the latest developments with jungle justice in the country, I surmised it’s one of those cases. I understand the outrage of…

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,…