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Students of the polytechnic on Friday, 17, trooped en-masse to the SM&BS 700 seaters of the institution to celebrate the admission and orientation of newly admitted students.  it was an ambiance of glitz and glamour, as Yemi Elesho, actress Allwell Ademola, and other invited guests were present to thrill laspostians. Below are some pictures from the event, just in case you missed it. Photo credit: Oganla Seun

By Sonia Chukwu In Nigeria as well as most nations, we are guided by values which define our individual roles in society. A defiant individual would usually face social sanctions. How can we really define gender identity when it is in itself a spectrum? From birth, we are assigned gender identities, whereas we are not born to be either man or woman. Agencies of socialization, such as the media, families, and school contribute to the portrayal of these strict identities. In Nigeria, most of our beliefs are based on religion and this is the justifiable means by which we assign gender roles. However, religion is a complex phenomenon. If we cannot explain most of the experiences and ideas defined by religion, why then use it to quantify gender? Most people would explain that it is, in fact, our physical characteristics that determine our gender and there can only be two defined genders because there are only two defined sexes. However, our biological sex should not de...