Student Organizations and Publications

Student Organizations and Publications

i. Organisation

it is the policy of the University to encourage students of the University, who so desire, to organize themselves into, and join organizations which contribute to the academic, cultural, recreational and social life of the University. For this reason, the University encourages a network of student-directed clubs and societies designed to provide education outside the classroom. There are numerous such student academic societies and activity clubs catering for a wide variety of interests, through which a student may manifest his/her feelings and attitudes, and seek out relief from the purely academic life.

Special interests and hobbies are provided for by a broad and constantly changing spectrum of student organizations. Some of these are informal, but most of them are formally recognized by the University. Among these are the Sigma Club, the Embassy Club, the Literary and Debating Society, and a number of other academic-related organizations. (See current list)

These organizations sponsor such activities as public lectures, panel discussions, parties, receptions, dances, excursion trips, exhibitions, drama and musical programmes. For example, the Sigma Club organizes an annual internationally popular nite, “the Havana Dance”. The Agricultural Society organizes an annual Agricultural Show which brings on the campus, farmers from nearby villages and distinguished guest speakers and visitors from all over the country.

As a rule, the University does not encourage or recognize any student organization, which, in its membership, discriminates on account of race, sex or religion. For this reason, tribal and other ethnic student organizations are not encouraged or given any recognition by the University. However, such organizations are required to inform the Deputy Registrar (Students) of their existence and to submit to him/her the names of their officers for record purposes at the beginning of every session.

Student organizations must meet the following conditions before being accorded university recognition:

(i) Bonafide intent to pursue activities which are consistent with the educational and social functions and established policies of the University as approved by Council and Senate.

(ii) An intention of permanence in organizations as evidenced by organic constitutions, rules and regulations, statements of financial support and sources commensurate with the activities to be undertaken, and the like;

(iii) Evidence that no other existing student organization could meet the needs of the proposed organization;

(iv) Student body interest in the proposed organization, as evidenced by a significant number of student members or prospective members;

(v) A staff Patron/Adviser.

For this purpose, groups seeking recognition must submit the following to the Deputy Registrar (Students):

(a) Two copies of the proposed constitution and by-laws

(b) Names, matriculation numbers, hall and faculty/departmental addresses of the officers.

(c) Signature of a full-time senior academic, administrative or technical staff of the University who has agreed to serve as Adviser/Patron to the organization.

(d) Certification by the Adviser/Patron that at least twenty full-time students will form the nucleus of the organization

(e) Statement of purpose and proposed progammes of activities related to the expected contributions to the academic, cultural, social or recreational life of the campus.

(f) Affiliations, if any, to outside organizations.

(g) Statement of proposed financial support and management of funds.

(h) Statement of sponsorship from the Head of Department, Dean of Faculty, or Director of the Institute if the organization is to be sponsored by a Department, Faculty or Institute of the University.

(i) Approval or disapproval of any applications for recognition rests with the Deputy Registrar (Students).

(j) Student organizations may be dissolved or disestablished. by request of the organization itself, by action of the Deputy

Registrar (Students) when the organization has failed to file a registration form for two consecutive academic sessions, by recommendation from the Student Union or by action of the Deputy Registrar (Students), with the approval of the Registrar, for any violation of University regulation and policies governing student organizations.

Privileges and Recognition

Recognised registered student organizations are entitled to the following privileges:

(a) recruitment of members from among the members of the University community.

(b) the use of university facilities subject to payment of appropriate charges, if any, and in keeping with the scheduling and booking regulations and procedures governing the use of such facilities.

(d) (with respect to affiliated organizations), application to the Student Union and the University for financial and other forms of support for specific activities and/or programmes.

Conditions under which Recognition may be withdrawn

Recognition may be withdrawn for any of the following reasons:

(a) Failure to observe the administrative procedure established for recognition and for continued recognition:

(b) Failure to observe the rules and regulations of the University in effect from time to time;

(c) Failure, as a group, to observe the laws of Nigeria, or failure to observe the administrative requirements of decency and good morals.

General Regulations

1. Registration of a student organization must not be construed as agreement with, support of, or approval by the University, but only as recognition of the rights of the organization to exist at the University subject to the conditions appertaining.

2. Only registered students of the University are eligible for membership of student organizations. Other persons may be admitted to associate membership if the organization’s constitution so provides.

3. All student organizations must keep proper records of their finances in accordance with the guidelines laid down from time to time by the Student Welfare Board. All funds raised

by student organizations, by whatever means, are subject to financial accountability.

4. Officers of student organizations are presumed to accept individual responsibilities for the planning and conduct of activities sponsored by their organizations.

5. Affiliated student organizations may, upon application, receive support, including funds, from the Student Union. The sponsoring Faculty or Department must assume full responsibility (along with the organization’s officers) for the actions and activities of the sponsored organization.

6. No student organization is allowed to indicate or imply that it is acting on behalf of the University or with its approval without specific authorization by the appropriate University authority.

7. All student organizations must comply with applicable regulations. Infractions of regulations by any organization may result in loss of privileges or registration.

8. All student organizations must be registered with the Student Affairs Division at the beginning of each session, by submitting the following information on the Registration form provided, not later than the first Saturday of November each year:

(a) Name and addresses (Faculty, Department and Hall) of current officers of the organization;

(b) the name(s) of Faculty Adviser/Patron who has agreed to serve;

(d) a copy of the Annual Report for the preceding year.

Prohibition of Organization and Membership of Secret Cults

9. Membership of Banned Secret Cults on Campus: It is an offence against the University regulation as well as Decree 47 of 1989 to belong to any banned secret cults on campus.

Activities involving guests from off-Campus

In keeping with the University’s traditional commitment to freedom of inquiry and the pursuit of truth, student organizations are allowed to organize activities featuring guest speakers of their choice from within or outside the campus.

However, the University has an obligation to ensure that activities on the campus are conducted in a manner appropriate to the academic community. Where a Head of State, a Governor, a Minister of State, a Head of Diplomatic Mission or some other very important personality from outside the University is invited, the prior approval of the Vice - Chancellor must be obtained and the Deputy Registrar (Students) must be informed at least two weeks before the guest is expected to arrive on the campus.

This is to enable the Student Affairs Division to co-ordinate the activity with other scheduled events on the campus, inform the Vice - Chancellor where necessary and avoid unnecessary application and competition for audience and/or the use of University facilities. It is most important for any student organization, inviting guests, to ensure that such guests are met on arrival on the campus.

LIST OF REGISTERED CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES

1. ADVENTIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

2. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STUDENT SOCIETY

3. AHAMADIYYA MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION

4. AHMADI MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

5. ALESEC

6. ALL-NIGERIAL UNITED NATIONS STUDENTS & YOUTH ASSOCIATION

7. ANGLICAN STUDENTS’ FELLOWSHIP(ASF)

8. ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY & DEVELOPMENT (AFAD)

9. ASSOCIATION FOR YOUTH ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE & EMPOWERMENT

10. ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

11. ASSOCIATION OF GOOD NIGERIA

12. ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE STUENTS

13. ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS OF ENGLISH (ASSEN)

14. BELIEVERS FORUM U.I

15. BOWELS OF MERCY

16. BRAIN POWER ORGANISATION U.I

17. CAMPUS ASSOCIATION OF VISITING SECRETARIES

18. CAMPUS DRUG FREE CLUB

19. CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

20. CHILD’S RIGHTS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION

21. CHRIST AMBASSADORS STUDENTS OUTREACH

22. CHRIST IMAGE ASSEMBLY

23. CHRISTIAN LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

24. CHRISTIAN LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

25. CIRCLE OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES STUDENT (AL-HALQUAH)

26. CLUB ENVIRONMENTALIST

27. COALITION FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY & DEV.

28. CROSS RIVER STATE GRADUATE STUDENTS’ FORUM

29. CRYSTAL ENTERTAINMENT

30. D’CUE ENTERTAINMENT

31. DEBBY PEACE FOUNDATION

32. DETERMINED UNDERGRADUATE ASSO. OF NIG

33. DYNAMIC PRAYER CLUB

34. ECWA STUDENT MINISTRY

35. EDEN CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY

36. EMERALD INTERNATION KLUB

37. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STUDENT ASSOCATION

38. ESAN STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

39. EXOUSIA CLUB

40. FEDERAL EBONYI STATE STUDENTS

41. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLEGE OGBOMOSO OLD STUDENTS ASSO.

42. FEDERATION OF AFRICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

43. FEDERATION OF IJESA STUDENTS UNION

44. FEDERATION OF OYO STATE STUDENTS’ UNION

45. FELLOWSHIP OF THEATRE ARTS CHRISTIAN STUDENTS

46. FOLK HERITAGE

47. FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (TREE CLUB)

48. FORTE FOUNDATION

49. FOURSQUARE STUDENTS FELLOWSHIP

50. GOSPEL STUDENTS’ FELLOWSHIP

51. GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

52. GREEN FOUNDATION

53. HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROMOTION YOUTH CLUB (HAPPY CLUB)

54. HOLINESS CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

55. HOLY GHOST INCORPORATED

56. HUMANITARIAN & REFUGEE STUDIES ASSOCIATION

57. IBADAN UNIVERSITY HUMANIST SOCIETY

58. IBADAN VERSITY CHRISTIAN UNION FELLOWSHIP

59. IGBOBI COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION (ICOB)

60. INNER CIRCLE UNIBADAN

61. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FELLOWSHIP

62. INTERNATIONAL ASSO. OF AGRIC STUDENTS

63. INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY STUDENT ASSOCIATION

64. JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL

65. KEGITES CLUB

66. KING’S COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION

67. KLOBB 41

68. LOUDHAILERS UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN

69. LOYOLA COLLEGE OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION

70. MESS CLUB

71. METEORA (CLUB) U.I.

72. MUSLIM STUDENTS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA U.I.

73. NATIONAL ASSOCIAATION OF ABIA STATE STUDENTS

74. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AFIJIO STUDENTS

75. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ANIOMA STUDENTS

76. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CROSS RIVER STATE STUDENT

77. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DELTA STATE STUDENTS

78. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDO STATE STUDENTS

79. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OGUN STATE STUDENTS

80. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OKE OGUN STUDENTS

81. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ONDO STATE STUDENTS

82. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OSUN STATE STUDENTS

83. NATIONAL UNION OF ADAMAWA STATE

84. NATIONAL UNION OF ANAMBRA STATE STUDENTS’

85. NATIONAL UNION OF BAYELSA STATE STUDENTS

86. NATIONAL UNION OF RIVERS STATE STUDENTS

87. NIGERIA FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC STUDENTS

88. NIGERIA MODEL UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY (NIGMUNS)

89. NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS SOCIAL WORKERS (NASSWORK) U.I

90. NIGERIAN RED CROS SOCIETY

91. NIGERIAN STUDENTS ORGANIZATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NISOFEP)

92. OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL OWERRI

93. OVERCOMERS STUDENTS’ FELLOWSHIP

94. PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES PROGRAMME

95. PEACE CORPS

96. PENTECOST HOUSE CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

97. REGIONAL CENTRE FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS ASSO.

98. REMO SECONDARY SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

99. ROTARACT CLUB

100. SALVATION & PRAISE ASSEMBLY

101. SCHOLAR FORUM

102. SCRIPTURE UNION CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

103. S-CUBE ENTERTAINMENT

104. SIEF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

105. SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS

106. SOCIETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGR. STUDENTS

107. SPORTS AFRICONADOS

108. STONE CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

109. STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA

110. STUDENTS ALLIANCE FOR PEACE

111. STUDENTS PEACE VANGUARD

112. STUDENTS’ FARM RESEARCH FOUNDATION

113. THE AFRICAN CHURCH EVANGELICAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

114. THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH STUDENTS FELLOWSHIP

115. THE CHRUCH OF THE LORD CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

116. THE COMMANDOES

117. THE GRAND ORDER OF THE NUCLEUS

118. THE INTEGRITY ORGANISATION, U.I

119. THE LIGHT IN CHRIST FELLOWSHIP

120. THE NEURO CLUB

121. THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

122. THE SPECIAL CLUB

123. THE SPORT VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SQUARD

124. TOURISM CLUB

125. TREM CAMPUS FAMILY

126. UNIBADAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION

127. UNION OF CAMPUS JOURNALISTS

128. UNITE FOR SIGHT

129. UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN FRESHER SUPPORT PROGRAMME

130. VESSELS OF HONOUR FOUNDATION U.I

131. VICTORY CREATIONS

132. WINNERS CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP

133. WORLD HERALD ASSEMBLY

134. WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE (NIGERIA)

135. XDOCH CONCEPTS

The Literary and Debating Society

Unlike other Societies in the University, which embrace only a fraction of the population of students, the Literary and Debating Society embraces all students.

All registered students are automatic members of the Society. The activities of the Society include among other things:

(i) Inter-Hall and Inter Faculty debates - a very popular

academic exercise which comes up annually towards the end of the 2nd semester

(ii) Quiz competitions – between Halls.

(iii) Oratory competition – between students, and winners compete in Inter-University oratory competitions.

The Literary and Debating Society participates in an annual international University debate with the English Club of the University of Ghana, Legon.

Rules of Inter-Hall and Inter-Faculty Debates

1. The Inter-Hall Debates Competition shall be on a knock-out Basis.

2. There shall be three rounds - preliminary, semi-final and final.

3. The subjects of Debates shall be made known to all Halls as much as possible two weeks before the competition commences.

4. At least one week before the competition com-mences, a draw will be taken under the supervision of the Deputy Registrar (Students) or his nominee, who will also arrange the venue and dates of the competition.

5. Each Hall shall be represented by three speakers, and the order or speakers shall be made known to the Deputy Registrar (Students), at least, 48 hours before each debate.

6. Each Principal Speaker shall speak for 15 minutes, each second speaker for 7 minutes.

7. Any side whose members are not all seated five minutes after the scheduled time for the debate shall be disqualified.

8. Each debater shall be properly dressed.

9. The Deputy Registrar (Students) shall appoint panels of judges for the entire competition. At least three judges in all shall be appointed for each debate. A Hall Master/Mistress/Warden shall not be Judge when his/her hall is participating. One of the judges shall be designated Chief Judge.

10. The decisions of the Judges shall be final and binding on all Halls.

11. The following criteria shall be used in awarding marks to speakers:

(a) Delivery (including intelligibility and persuasiveness).

……………............................................ 30

(b) Logic and Organization of material ……… .................................................………… 30

and relevance ………………………… 40

12. In the event of a tie, each principal speaker shall be allowed an additional time of 10 minutes.

13. Speakers from the floor shall be allowed to participate at the discretion of the Chairman.

14. Each speaker shall be given two warnings: the first 3 minutes to the end of his/her time; and the second, one minute to the end of his/her time.

The Best Speaker of the Year

A speech contest is organized on the night of the Grand Finale. This is in form of impromptu speeches, by the best speakers of the various Halls, which took part in the debates.

The selection of Best Speakers of the various Halls, which took part in the debates, is according to their performance during the debates. Three prizes of books are awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd speakers respectively.

ii. Publications

The University has a tradition of a vigorous, free student’s press, and deliberately encourages responsible freedom of expression and speech in keeping with the best standard of University tradition. There are many student publications on the campus, which include ‘’the Beacon” (a literary publication), “The Anvil” (the Student Union newspaper), “The Bug” and “The Lipstick” (both cartoon-type satirist publications), “Awareness Organization”, the “Militant”, “The Scorpion”, and a host of others.

All students publications are undertaken by the students under minimum control or assistance by the University authorities in accordance with laid down University regulations.

The Student Press Council

There is a Press Council with powers to ensure that in expressing their independent opinions and views, student publications and journalists keep within the canons of responsible journalism such as avoidance of libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity and the techniques of harassment and innuendo. The Press Council has jurisdiction over all student Publications, without prejudice to the powers of the Deputy Registrar (Students) on this matter.

General Regulations

1. Only registered student organizations may produce any publication or printed matter bearing the name of the University or purporting to emanate from it. Printed matters published by students of the University of Ibadan may be sold on the campus only if they are produced or sold by a registered organization.

2. All student publications must carry the names of the organization responsible for the publication and the name(s) of individual(s) on the editorial board.

3. Any student organization which publishes, sells, or distributes printed or otherwise reproduced materials on the campus is responsible for those materials including any matter arising from them, e.g libel etc.

4. All student publications must state explicitly on the ditorial page that the opinions expressed there are not those of the University or its student body as a whole. The following types of publications are prohibited on the campus and are subject to disciplinary action:

(a) publications which are libellous and/or slanderous;

(b) publications which are obscene;

(d) publications which are not properly titled.

5. Two copies each of every publication shall be deposited in the Library and the Student Affairs Division and any other place that the Press Council may, from time to time, determine.

Regulations on Circulated Liteture

The University approves newspapers/magazines and student publications that have been screened and found worthy to operate on campus. In this connection:

1. No publication - letters/bulletins/circulars - shall be allowed if it is capable of inciting students against constituted authority in the University, or one section of the community against another.

2. It shall constitute an offence in the nature of unruly behaviour and insubordination to publish or disseminate written materials that defame any member of staff or student or are found to be false, spurious and/or unsubstantiated.

3. Any student found guilty of this allegation of publishing or disseminating false, spurious, damaging and unsubstantiated information about the character and integrity of another person in the University, shall be punished with rustication for a maximum of two semesters and thereafter, if unrepentant, with expulsion.

4. Reparation may include retraction and/or written apology to the person(s) written against and whose reputation has been battered or impugned.

5. All student publications must state explicitly on the editorial page that the opinions expressed there are not those of the University or, where relevant, its student body as a whole.

Constitution of the Press Council

The following is the Constitution of the Students’ Press Council:

1. Name: This organization shall be known as University of Ibadan Student Press Council, called “The Press Council”.

2. Composition: The Press Council shall be composed of:

(a) 6 members of staff, made up as follows:

– 2 representatives of Senate

– 1 representative of Student Welfare Board

– 1 representative of the Library

– The Deputy Registrar (Students)

– The University Public Relations Officer

(b) 5 students made up as follows:

– The Chairman and one other representative of the Guild of Editors

– 2 students, one of whom shall be a female to be chosen by Student Representative Council from outside the Guild of Editors.

– The Public Relations Officer of the Students Union Elected representatives shall hold office for one year but shall be eligible for re-election for another year.

3. Officers:

(i) Chairman – The Council shall elect its own Chairman at its first meeting of the year.

(ii) Secretary – The Public Relations Officer of the Student Union shall be the Secretary.

4. Powers and Functions

The Council shall:

(a) aim at maintaining a high standard for student journalists by:

(i) interpreting the Code of Conduct

(ii) arranging press workshops, seminars, lectures, and

(iii) bringing student journalists in contact with good quality magazines published elsewhere.

(b) cause to be registered, at the beginning of every session all student publications and journalists. No publications shall operate on the University campus and no journalists shall be enrolled to serve on any editorial board whose names have not been registered by the Council or who have had their names removed from the Register. This Register shall be kept in the Student Affairs Division;

(d) Without prejudice to its own initiative, receive and act on complaints on student publications from the Guild of Editors or any member of the University community and direct the offending publication and/or writers on what to do by way of apologies and other restitutions;

(e) Assert the freedom of the Student Press;

(f) Discipline journalists who flout professional ethics. The Council may, in the final analysis, remove from the Register, journalists and/or publications which persistently fail to adhere to the Code of Conduct.

(g) Have direct communication with the Central Student Disciplinary Committee in matters concerning student publications;

(h) Submit an annual report to Senate.

5. Quorum:

The quorum of the Council shall be four, including at least two members of staff and two students.

The Guild of Editors

There is also a Guild of Editors with the following

Constitution:

A. Name:

There shall be an organization, which shall be called and addressed as “The Guild of Editors” hereinafter referred to as the “GUILD”.

B. Aims and Objectives:

i. To develop and maintain a high standard of journalism among student journalists by inculcating in them devotion to public interest, and discourage the seeking of personal advantage or the promotion of any private interest contrary to the general welfare of the University community.

ii. To foster the spirit of comradeship among student editors.

iii. To protect the freedom of the students’ press.

C. Composition:

The Guild shall be composed of:

i. The Public Relations Officer of the Student Union

ii. All Editors of duly registered student publications

D. Executive Committee:

The Guild shall have an Executive Committee to be composed of:

(a) Chairman

(b) Secretary

(d) Publicity Secretary and

(e) One unofficial member

The officers shall be elected by the Guild at the beginning of every session and shall hold office for a session.

E. Functions of Officers:

i. Chairman

‘It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings of the Guild. In the absence of the Chairman, the meeting shall elect an acting Chairman.

ii. Secretary

It shall be the duty of the Secretary, on being requested by the Chairman, to summon meetings of the Guild at such a place and time as may be determined by the Chairman. He/she shall present a Report on leaving office.

iii. Financial Secretary

It shall be the duty of the Financial Secretary to keep the accounts of the Guild and remit such sums as may be needed by the Secretary in the execution of his/her duties. He/she shall present a Report on leaving office.

iv. Publicity Secretary

He shall work in cooperation with the Secretary to publicize the activities of the Guild.

F. Discipline:

The Officers of the Guild shall constitute a Disciplinary Committee and have powers to:

(a) discipline journalists who flout professional ethics;

(b) review complaints against publications and/or Editors and advise on what-to-do by way of apologies and other reparations;

G. Voting:

Each officer shall have a vote. In case of a tie, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. Decisions shall be reached by a simple majority.

H. Quorum:

One third of the members present shall constitute a quorum for a general meeting, while 3 members, including the Chairman or the Secretary, shall form the quorum for the Executive Meeting.

I. Finance:

For the effective running of the affairs of the Guild, each student publication shall contribute a fixed amount or a percentage of its proceeds as may be decided from time to time by the Guild, to the Guild.

Code of Conduct

The Press Council has adopted the following code of conduct:

Article I

The personnel of the Press and of all other media of information must ensure that the information the public receives is factually accurate. They should check all items of information to the best of their ability. No fact should be willfully distorted and no essential fact should be deliberately suppressed.

Article II

A high standard of professional conduct requires devotion to the public interest. The seeking of personal advantage and the promoting of any private interest contrary to the general welfare, for whatever reason, is not compatible with such professional conduct.

Article III

Good faith with the public is the foundation of good journalism. Any published information, which is found to be harmfully inaccurate, should be spontaneously and immediately rectified. Rumour and unconfirmed news should be identified and treated as such.

Article IV

The reputation of individuals should be respected and information and comments on their private lives likely to harm their reputation should not be published unless they serve the student public interest and/or the general public interest and are distinguished from public curiosity.

Article V

Discretion should be observed concerning sources of information. Professional secrecy should be observed in matters revealed in confidence.

Article VI

A sound foundation for community opinion requires that the journalist shall make it possible for his readers to distinguish between what is reported as fact and what represents interpretation or opinion.

Article VII

It is the duty of those who describe and comment upon events relating to a campus group about which they lack first hand experiences to acquire the necessary knowledge of such a group which will enable them to report and comment accurately and fairly thereon. For the purpose of this article, a “Campus group” shall be interpreted to include Halls of Residence, Faculties, Organizations, Clubs and Societies.

Article VIII

Campus publications shall conform to generally accepted community standards of morality and decency. A writer shall be deemed to have affronted this standard and violated good taste when his/her publication, taken as a whole, would be offensive to an average member of this community.

Power of Interpretation and Enforcement

The power of interpretation and enforcement of this code shall be vested solely in the Press Council whose decision thereon shall be binding on all Campus publications and journalists.

List of Approved Student Publications

1. The Rhema Trumpet

2. The Echoes

3. The Torch Magazine

4. The “Anvil”

5. The Militant

6. The “SCORPION” Magazine

7. The Niger (Postgraduate Magazine)

8. The Bell

9. ‘Cauly’

10. Queenlite

11. ‘Reflections’

12. ‘Focus’

13. The Statesman

14. Mag-pie Group of Publications

15. Newsletter

16. Club de Proche (Octopus Magazine)

17. Physiomag

18. ‘Shocks’ Magazine

19. Dokita

20. The Lynx

21. The New Bug

22. The Lipstick

23. The Geographer

24. The Campus Clarion

25. Ibadan Geologist/Hammer

26. Freedom

27. The Awareness

28. The Pioneer

29. Campus Calendar

30. Historia

31. Economists

32. The Journalists’ Club

33. The Flash Magazine

34. Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ)

35. Tentacles Magazine

36. Ultimate Magazine

37. Vet News Organization

38. Zik Mag

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