FATSSSA PRESS -- University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  FATSSSA WEEK 2021 IS NEXT WEEK!! by IBUKUN KENYAMO Starting on Monday 11th of October, The Faculty of The Social Sciences Students Association (FATSSSA) will be hosting this year’s edition of their annual ‘Week’. The six-day-long event will feature different activities on each day, starting with an Entrepreneurship Summit on Monday, and ending with the Cultural Night on Saturday.  “I am so excited about all the activities,” said FATSSSA President, Josiah Obong Josiah, “Especially days 4, 5, and 6. Day 6 is the Cultural Night, Day 4 is the Creativity Fest and it will include rap battles, karaoke, live paintings, and so much more, and we have a conference on Day 5”. The Conference, tagged **(will insert theme when it is revealed)***, will feature a keynote speech given by the Dean of the faculty, and two panel sessions titled “Nigerians, Nigeria: The Difference’ and ‘State Regulation of the Media’. On the panels will be Prof. Aiyede, HOD Political Science; Prof. Adesina, HOD H...

By Agara Bibisinuoluwa  “Humanity faces many threats, but none is greater than climate change. In damaging our climate, we are becoming the architects of our own destruction. We have the knowledge, the tools, and the money (to solve the crisis).”-Prince Charles, U.K. Climate change refers to the change in the environmental conditions of the earth. This happens due to many internal and external factors. The climatic change has become a global concern over the last few decades. Besides, these climatic changes affect life on the earth in various ways. These climatic changes are having various impacts on the ecosystem and ecology. Due to these changes, a number of species of plants and animals have gone extinct. The climate started changing a long time ago due to human activities but we came to know about it in the last century. During the last century, we started noticing the climatic change and its effect on human life. We started researching on climate change and came to know that...

FATSSSA TAKES THE BIG CHUNKS OF THE CAKE by Nnagboro Chinenye Vivian On the 25th of September 2021, the Student’s Union of the University of Ibadan, UI,  organized its annual pageantry and awards show. The event which took place at the NFLT of the faculty of science also featured displays, comedy, music, dance, drama and lots of other activities.  The high point of the events for all FATSSSAites was when out of 19 awards, 3 were won by students of the faculty. The awards won were; Freshman of the year, Departmental President of the year and Performing artiste of the year.   The press was able to get in touch with them to get their opinion on how it felt to win the awards. Komolafe Oluwapelumi,   awardee of the Freshman of the year is a 100-level student of the department of Psychology. she said winning made her realize that if she put in more effort, she could do anything. She also said she deserved to win because of her selfless service to her towards the growth of ...

                         WE ARE WHO WE ARE.                         BY ENIOLA FASE The phrase 'Nobody's perfect' is widely used by almost everyone, however, It's funny when people expect us to be near to perfection, to meet the standard of society. People believe they do not judge others, however, it's funny that they cannot live to accept other people's scars.   We are allowed to have ugly scars, we are allowed to be imperfect, we are permitted to have a dark past, Why? Because that's what makes us human and people need to learn to live with that because all our past, flaws, scars, and imperfection is an important part of who we really are.  It is quite agreeable that keeping up with a good record is the best, but the truth is that different people have different definitions of a good person. Therefore, it's almost impossible to please people but w...

 ON OAU'S  SHUTDOWN: QUICK FACTS by Ameze Damilola Adesina Aishat, a final year student of the department of Foreign Languages of Obafemi Awolowo University passed away at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile - Ife. News gathered reports that late Miss Adesina who was an asthmatic patient was rushed to the University Health Clinic on Thursday, 30th of September, 2021.  It was reported that she was experiencing severe pains following intake of drugs given to her at the Health Clinic for treatment of sore throat she was experiencing. On getting to the Clinic, she was refused referral to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital as the doctors claimed to be on strike. She was referred to the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile Ife where she passed away as a result of late response. Following her death, on Friday 1st of October, 2021 students of the University moved out in numbers staging a protest. They blocked the school gate, Ife/Ede and Ife/Ibadan highways to expres...

  By Abideen Akinwale FATSSSA Press INTERVIEWS THE FATSSSA SPORTS SECRETARY ON THE UPCOMING DEAN'S CUP FATSSSA Press: Good morning sir, Mr OBJ FATSSSA Sport Secretary: Morning boss  FATSSSA Press: my name is Abideen, a correspondent from FATSSSA Press. FATSSSA Sport Secretary: alright boss FATSSSA Press: I wish to seek information from you about the upcoming Dean’s Cup. FATSSSA Sport Secretary: alright boss, I’m really sorry for the late reply, I was in a meeting. FATSSSA Press: Alright sir.  Firstly, I’d like to ask’ in your words sir, what is Dean’s Cup all about? FATSSSA Sport Secretary: Dean’s Cup is an annual sport event within the faculty, it is an interdepartmental sport competition that is aimed at promoting unity and sportsmanship within the faculty. FATSSSA Press: Ok sir, how many games are involved? When is it starting? When is it going to end? FATSSSA Sport Secretary: We are innovating new sports into the Dean’s cup, they are; football (male and female), field...

     Exclusive Interview With Mojoyinola Ojikutu                   ByYanmife Otegbeye On this edition of exclusives, Fatsssa Press decided to have a chat with , Miss Mojoyinola Ojikutu. She was very open and willing to share, this was one interview we didn’t want to end. Enjoy reading. Mife🪶: Can you please introduce yourself? M J: My name is Mojoyinola Ojikutu Ewenla a 400 level student major in sociology, university of Ibadan. Mife🪶: What is your Educational Background like? M J: Oh,nursery and primary school was Oritamefa Baptist primary school,Ibadan,Oyo state. While secondary school went to a all girls secondary school OUR LADY of apostles Odo-ona Ibadan,Oyo state. Mife🪶: So why Sociology amongst other courses in social sciences? M J: To be honest not really I first filled in for economics during my Cambridge A level while in the process of preparing for the examination I discovered I had developed interest in sociology...