12 Things Anyone Who Went To UNIBEN Will Understand Perfectly

By
Verity Awala
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Getting into UNIBEN is the first struggle to earning a degree; while lectures, hostel living, night class and graduation just take their turns in the whole struggle. Anyone who went to UNIBEN have most definitely been made stronger by the experiences they gathered from there.  There are some things that happen in UNIBEN that probably don’t happen in other Nigerian universities and the experiences are just priceless. INFORMATION NIGERIA is taking you down memory lane if you attended UNIBEN but if you didn’t then this piece will interest you…

Visiting hours: This is the only time when guys are allowed into girls hostel and vice versa. Between 4pm and 6pm, people switch back to the conventional way of life. Things like shot-putting and bathing outside is put on hold until when the visitors leave.

Bed space: When hostels are open for students to apply, everyone rushes to apply so they can get bed space. First year and final year students are those guaranteed to  get and its a game of luck and chance for those students not in their first or final year. Therefore, if they are interested in staying in the hostel, they have to buy from those students, who got but have no intentional of staying. Here, bed space could cost as much as a land in Lekki, no joke.

Night class: This usually begins on the first day of resumption. Reading room and night class pick up immediately. UNIBEN students can read for Africa but then you wonder where the E’s and F’s come from considering the way they read.

Lecturer’s threat: Some lecturer’s feel like demigods on campus. Every faculty has its own ‘sadist’ lecturer. From taking attendance to selling pamphlets for as much as N1,500 to just marking you down no matter what you write are common practises of some lecturers. Sometimes you hear, ‘buying this books already gives you 40marks’.

When the class is full but the lecturer hasn’t shown up yet. You want to leave but you can’t because he might step in and take attendance and you honestly don’t want stories that touch.

Ekosodin: They’ll instill respect and good behaviour in you. You learn how to greet your neighbours in Ekosodin whether you like it or not except you have plans of moving into the hostel or BDPA. In fact, before falling in love with a girl staying in Ekosodin, you have to do your research properly because your parents won’t forgive you if you end up dying for love.

Jackers: Anyone who went to UNIBEN most definitely met the students that jack for hours but would never agree that they jack and the non jackers who always claim to be jacking but just go to night class to sleep. Either so they don’t feel bad that their mates are reading at night class and they are busy sleeping or just to paint the wrong picture.

Preachers:  This happens a lot but it comes to the height during exam period. Just when you are trying your best to cover the course outline before the D-day without distractions, the preachers just keep lining up at night classes and would preach the message whether you shout at them to leave or not. When you hear ‘my brothers and sisters just give me 5mins of your time’, then you know you are in for it.

Hall 2 car park: Stepping out of hall one or hall two at night, you find them already paired in twos and there are people’s daddies or uncles either dropping or picking some fine girls up.

Hall  3 boys: The ones in block E are the kings of yabbing. They just ‘aro’ the hell out of your life and don’t care if they hurt your feeling especially when you’re walking with bae. Absolutely no-chill-fellows.

Buka 7: This is where a guy takes his bae or intending bae. Its the buka of life but the truth is, she wouldn’t come alone but with two of her friends and one cousin. And you know you have to impress or loose our chance for life.

And when you finally graduate, you just can’t help but give praise to God!

Who can relate???

 

 

 

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18 COMMENTS

  1. Admin, mehnnn life for Uniben no be here ooo! I rep Hall 3, Ekosodin… I rep dt guy we dey chow beans ND garri on boxers still dey jack join am. Chai, I remember those days shaaa… Me sef do all dis things ooo! All d jackophytes in d house I hail ooo.

  2. Mehn!!!! na true you talk o. I am proud to be a graduate of UNIBEN. you even forgot to add “the kabashing” group, “the washy people”, ” the celin Deon’s of hall 2″, make I continue? all the same, I am proud to have been a part of that institution.

  6. Wow Great Uniben, my lovely school. You didn’t add you’ll tender your School Cert used in admission, in your final year, any discrepancies will earn you expulsion. I am proud to be a product of Uniben.

  9. Well said, in my time there, visiting hours was from 4 to 8, b4 guys go for nyt class dey will surely branch female hostel. I notice almighty Love gutter was not mentioned. And guys that scale thru fence in sport complex for shows. I Remember doing it when 2face came to uniben.

  10. Unfortunately Hall Four Law Basement was not captured. My brothers moving round Pharmacy/Medical Induction parties were not captured. My goons threatening to beat up younger students who gained admission on one time Jamb trial for insulting the ‘great elder’ that proudly wrote jamb seven times were not captured.

    Still a beautiful piece. Weldon Verity.

  11. You forgot d Hall I Potters that will always remind Hall 1 girls not to expose their inner commodities whenever they are caught bathing outside. or Hall girls that usually turn all utilities to rooms. what about the stealing in night classes, the common rooms and rooms in the hostels. Am happy to be A UNIBEN graduate best preferred among others.

  13. haahaha…Hall 3 black B is the headquarter of arrow, while E n F is for those that have spent 7yrs plus in uniben, dey don’t pay for hostel and you don’t question them…..hahaha, Hall 3 is popularly called barrack while Hall 4 is prison Break, Hall 5 is GRA…..hmmmm uniben, m so proud of u….
    Night class in faculty of Education…haahahah pls let me stop here…….

  14. Wow so good to be reminded of life in my great unibest. I will never forget faculty orchard where we usually hang-out plucking unripe oranges and tangerines.How can I ever forget Ekosodin? My stay over there taught me how struggle and also to stay out of trouble. I am so proud to be a product of Uniben.