On Tuesday September 1, 2020, two days before the announcement of LASU as the nation’s second foremost university according to Times Higher Education Tertiary Education Ranking, the tone was set for another trans-generational landmark at the Lagos State University School of Communication, LASUSOC. That day, without any tone of compulsion, nearly all of us as…
LASU Students Protest School Closure
Some students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, on Thursday led a protest against the continued closure of the institution to the office of the Lagos State Governor. The protesters, who marched at about 1pm carrying placards, demanded the immediate re-opening of the school, which was shut on March 16, 2015. They also appealed to…
LASU Students Want School Reopened
Disturbed by the closure of their school, students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, have appealed to Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, to reopen the institution. The students’ appeal came barely one month and six days after the management of the institution, in a statement titled ”Election recess,” asked the students and workers to vacate…
LASU Appoints Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor
The Lagos State University, LASU, on Friday, announced the appointment of Senapon Bakre as acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics of the institution after the expiration of her tenure as substantive DVC Academics in February. This was disclosed in the university’s official bulletin. The bulletin said the appointment took effect from February 14 and would run till…
LASU Refunds N209million School Fees to Students
The Lagos State government has refunded N209m to students of the Lagos State University following the reversal of school fees by the university authorities. Speaking at a ceremony held at the Main auditorium of the Ojo campus of the school on Thursday, February 26, Fatai Olukoga, special Adviser to the Governor on Education, who represented…
Billionaire Business Man, Okoya-Thomas Dies At 79
Billionaire business man, accountant and industrialist, Molade Okoya-Thomas is dead. He died on Monday morning at 79. The news of his death was announced by the Nigerian Table Tennis Federation. The business man, who was born in Lagos on June 8, 1935, was recognised as the Asoju Oba of Lagos, Babasuwa of Ijebu-Remo and Odofin…
LASU Students and Lecturers Call for Resignation of VC
Protesting lecturers and students of the Lagos State University, LASU, on January 28 stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly calling for the resignation of John Obafunwa, the University’s Vice Chancellor. Ajibayo Adeyeye, leader of the House who came to address the aggrieved students and lecturers was snubbed and embarrassed. The students said the House…
LASU Denies Witch Hunt in PhD Certificate Withdrawal
Professor John Obafunwa, Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, has denied allegations of witch-hunting in the process culminating in the withdrawal of 18 PhD certificates from some of the institutions’ graduates. Obafunwa who stated this while addressing journalists in Lagos on Monday, spoke against the backdrop of claims by the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
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