Campus Director for Hult Prize, University of Ibadan, Ojo Oladimeji recently announced that the school has been selected to host a local edition of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. The annual Hult Prize awards one million dollars (USD1Million) in start-up funding to the team of students that develops the most radical and breakthrough idea to solve one of our world’s toughest social challenges. In early 2015, the American University of…

Electives anywhere will no doubt require considerable planning to execute, more so electives abroad. I like to see electives as “choice postings” . I say so because they are practically the only postings where you get the rare privilege of choosing much of what will go down. Perhaps due to the humble look of an elective period, as it sits unassumingly on the school calendar, a lot have missed unique opportunities it can provide. In this article, I will be…

The much anticipated Nigerian Medical Students’ Association (NIMSA) games tagged “SCONGAILORIN ’18” has officially come to an end. The event which held between August 26th to September 1st at the University of Ilorin, had lots of mixed feelings on the part of the UIMSA team. Sad to note was the fact that there was no female in the team flying the “UIMSA flag” . With a total of about 14 participating universities, the event was fun-filled with lots of positive experiences…

Barely two weeks after the successful conclusion of the UIMSA health week activities, the fanfare and glitz of the festive period has quickly paved way for an anticipatory and tensed atmosphere, as political aspirants in a race against time canvass for votes that would help secure their positions in the UIMSA’s leadership. However, one thing that hasn’t changed, is the familiar pattern of predictability amongst aspirants we have become accustomed to. A pal once retorted,  “ You could predict the political…

UIMSA Press: Can we meet you? Chairman: My name is Akintoba Emmanuel Akingbade UIMSA Press: When is the UIMSA election holding this year? Chairman: The UIMSA election will be holding in August, immediately after health week. UIMSA Press: We learned that voting this year will be done online, what prompted this decision? Chairman: A lot of things prompted this decision. It is a new thing and a nice thing to do as previous elections were done by ballot voting. Another…