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  • LASU to refund school fees to 4.5 CGPA students

    LASU to refund school fees to 4.5 CGPA students

    The Management of Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo has put in place a policy to guarantee 50 per cent refund of school fees to students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.50 in every session.

    Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello Vice-Chancellor (VC) LASU gave this assurance on Monday during the matriculation ceremony of the 2020/2021 students.

    She said the policy was to promote healthy competition among the students who consistently maintain average of the CGPA.

    The News agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 6,648 students were matriculated into the academic programmes of the institution.

    Olatunji-Bello said LASU had over the years remained on the path of academic excellence and distinguished itself in the comity of universities in the country.

    She said, “We are committed to excellence and determined to emerge as the best university in the West Africa region.

    “Our students’ welfare is top on our priorities as we will ensure that the learning environment remains conducive for learning.

    “My dear matriculating students, please note that the distance between matriculation and convocation ceremonies is quite wide and yet so close, it is important that the journey ends successfully.’’

    Olatunji-Bello advised the matriculating students to be regular in attendance at lectures, carry out all assignments shun deviant behaviours and avoid indecent dressing among others.

    “The university has zero tolerance for cultism, examination malpractices, corruption and hooliganism.

    “Those found culpable will be dealt with in line with their disciplinary mechanisms, “she said.

    Dr Tajudeen Olumoko, Acting Dean, Students Affairs Division, said that the cardinal objective of the exercise was to acquaint the students with the fundamental principles, norms and culture of the institution.

    Olumoko added that it was expected they abide by all rules and regulations of the university.

  • BREAKING: LASU gets new Vice Chancellor

    BREAKING: LASU gets new Vice Chancellor

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola-Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello as the 9th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).

    Professor Olatunji-Bello was appointed following recommendation by the Joint Committee of Council and Senate of LASU in accordance with the LASU Law, Cap 169 Vol 7, Laws of Lagos State.

    She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in LASU College of Medicine on the 2nd of October 2007 after rising through the ranks from Assistant Lecturer (1988 to 1991) to Associate Professor in 2005 at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba.

    In 2012, Mrs. Olatunji-Bello attended the Course 34 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, the highest policy advisory body of the Federal Government, as a nominee of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

    A member of the National Institute (mni), Mrs. Olatunji-Bello holds a Fellowship Award of the Physiological Society of Nigeria and was also appointed a Fellow of the Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation in the year 2019.

    Prof. Olatunji-Bello as well as two other candidates, Professor Omotayo R. Awofolu and Professor Senapon Bakare, were recommended for the position in order of ranking respectively.

    The process of selecting a substantive Vice-Chancellor for LASU commenced with advertisements for the vacant position in three National dailies on Friday, July 30th and Friday 13th August, 2021 respectively.

    The tenure of the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun, lapsed on January 11, 2021.

  • LASU management reacts to killing of former student

    LASU management reacts to killing of former student

    The management of the Lagos State University (LASU),Ojo, has assured the entire students of the institution that all issues surrounding the attack on one of its former students and a staff member will be adequately addressed.

    Mr Ademola Adekoya , the Coordinator of the Centre for Information Press and Public Relations,LASU, gave the assurance in a statement he signed and released to newsmen on Friday in Lagos.

    Adekoya said that the management commended the students’ union and the entire students for their maturity and restraint since the attack by suspected armed robbers on the former student and a staff member of LASU occurred.

    “The management received with great shock, the report of an attack on a former student of the university, Mr. Nurudeen Alowonle, and a staff member, Mr. Waheed Majekodunmi, a Senior Assistant Registrar, which led to the untimely death of Alowonle.

    “The incident took place in the evening of Wednesday , Aug.18, outside the university campus, along the Egbeda-Igando Road.

    “The university management is deeply saddened by the incident and expresses its heartfelt condolences to the immediate and extended families of the deceased, his colleagues,friends and the students’ union,” he said.

    Adekoya added that since the sad incident occurred, the social media had been circulating several accounts, many of which were inaccurate and misleading, of circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident.

    “We have refrained from making a hurried statement until now in order to ascertain the facts considering the very sensitive nature of the incident,” he said in the statement.

    Adekoya said that the university was putting the true position about the incident before the public based on the outcome of its investigations as follows;

    “That the deceased former student, Alowonle ,was yet to receive his certificate due to an ongoing disciplinary case that he was facing in the university and a panel presiding over his case began sitting in 2019.

    “The case continued until 2020 but the panel could not sit due to the COVID-19 pandemic then. He was, however, invited by the panel, along other students who had ongoing disciplinary cases to defend themselves.

    “Alowonle appeared before the panel that day and was even the first student attended to by the panel, and his case was concluded before 2.00 p.m.

    “He ostensibly remained on the university campus until late in the evening during which time he met up with Mr. Waheed Majekodunmi,” the statement said.

    Adekoya said that the duo stayed at the university senior staff club until past 8.00 p.m., after which they left together through the Iba Gate of the university for their destinations.

    “Unable to get vehicles at the school junction as it was late in the day, the duo were said to have trekked several meters away from the gate ostensibly in search of a vehicle.

    “Unfortunately, they were attacked by suspected men of the underworld, dispossessed them of their valuables and shot them.

    “The staff member, Majekodunmi, was lucky to have escaped with gunshot wounds and eventually got helped by passers-by to a nearby hospital, but the former student did not survive the attack.

    “The body of the deceased was said to have been deposited in a mortuary in Lagos, while the injured staff member is currently receiving treatment at the University Health Centre and responding well to treatment,” he said.

    Adekoya said that the university security department was working with the security agencies to investigate the sad incident with the aim of bringing the perpetrators to book.

  • SAD! Student activist shot dead near LASU

    SAD! Student activist shot dead near LASU

    A student activist at the Lagos State University, Yusuf Nurudeen, popularly known as Omomeewa, has been shot dead.

    His demise was announced in a press statement by the LASU Students’ Union on Thursday.

    The activist, who got married about six months ago, was shot dead around LASU U-turn, Iba road.

    The students’ union in the statement by its president, Badmus Uthman, and Public Relations Officer of the Union, Olusola Kolawole, said robbers killed the activist.

    TheNewsGuru gathered that the activist recently appeared before the school’s disciplinary committee over unlawful possession of university documents among others.

    The statement read, “The Lagos State University Students’ Union is so sad to announce the demise of our dear Unionist and Activist, the Founder of Educational Right Campaign known as Comr. Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle (Omomeewa).

    “Omomeewa was an activist of Human & Student Rights and also a graduate of Lagos State University(Set of 2019). He graduated from the Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education.

    “Nurudeen contested for the post of Lagos State University Students’ Union President in the 29th LASUSU Election but lost. He was a strong activist who has never been found guilty of any form of illegal activities.

    “On the 18th of August 2021, Nurudeen (Omomeewa) and a staff of Lagos State University known as MAJEK were robbed at gunpoint around 10 pm close to the U-turn of LASU.

    “It was gathered that both of them were shot. Mr. MAJEK sustained an injury and has been hospitalised at the school clinic.

    “When the union was informed this evening. The Union proceeded to the school clinic to get some facts from MAJEK and he confirmed that his bag was collected including his phone.

    “Later, the Union checked all the hospitals around including Police stations and it was there we were informed that Nurudeen is dead and that his body is at Mainland hospital.

    “The Lagos State University Students’ Union mourns the death of a comrade, brother, and leader!”

     

  • Sanwo-Olu inaugurates LASU’s new Governing Council

    Sanwo-Olu inaugurates LASU’s new Governing Council

    Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday inaugurated members of the new Governing Council of Lagos State University (LASU).

    Sanwo-Olu said during the inauguration ceremony at the Lagos House, Ikeja, that the new governing council was in the recommendation of the LASU Vice-Chancellorship Special Visitation Panel constituted by the state government.

    He said that the inauguration signaled a new chapter of progress and resolution of issues surrounding the appointment of a substantive 9th Vice Chancellor for the university.

    ”I urge you to kindly consider your appointment and this inauguration as a call to duty and service to your fatherland.

    ”The only way you can justify the confidence reposed in you by the State Government, is by working tirelessly to ensure that the existing peace and industrial harmony in the university is sustained and even improved upon.

    ”As the supreme governing authority of the University, I charge you to give top priority to implementation of quality policies and programmes that will accelerate the pace of development and growth of the university to make it rank among the best in the world.

    ”One of the key responsibilities of the Council which require your urgent attention is the activation of the process for the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor for the University.

    ”In performing this responsibility, I urge you to be guided by the lessons from past events and ensure strict adherence to relevant laws, guidelines and procedures,” the governor said.

    According to him, the Visitation Panel worked independently for 37 days, including extending invitations to all necessary stakeholders and parties involved in the matter, so as to give room for fair hearing, equity and transparency.

    ”One of the recommendations is for the dissolution of the previous Governing Council and the removal of the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Council.

    ”Based on the conviction by the State Government that the Panel did a thorough job and the report was not based on biases or sentiments, the report of the panel was upheld and the existing Governing Council was then dissolved accordingly.

    ”In order not to create a vacuum, it therefore becomes imperative that a new Governing Council is put in place to oversee the affairs of the university, in accordance with the Lagos State University Law, Cap L69, Volume 7, Laws of Lagos State, 2015 as amended,” he said.

    The governor assured that the other aspect of the Panel’s recommendations would be implemented, in line with the relevant provisions of the law and in the overall interest of the students and the public.

    He said that before the appointment of the members of the Governing Council, special considerations were given to their pedigrees, competencies, work experience and the individual and collective contributions to the development of their states and the country at large.

    Sanwo-Olu called on members of the new LASU Governing Council to use their wealth of experience to impact positively on the management, policy formulation and smooth running of the university.

    Members of the LASU Governing Council include Sir David Sunmoni (Chairman), Mrs Tolagbe Taiwo, Mrs Moronke Williams, Mr Tolani Sule, Dr Hakeem Adetugbobo, Mr Anuoluwapo Eso, Mr Adebayo Akinsanya and Mrs Foluke AbdulRazaq.

    Others are Prof. Shaffideen Amuwo, Mrs Adenike Yomi-Faseun, Mr Adekunle Soname, Mr Karl Toriola, Dr Ifeanyi Odii, Prof. Adedamola Oke (Acting VC LASU) and Mr Emmanuel Fanu (Acting Registrar LASU).

    The Special Adviser to the Gov. Sanwo-Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said that virtually all the members of the former council were returned, except the former Pro Chancellor and former chairman of the council.

    In his acceptance speech, the chairman of the council, Sir David Sunmoni, thanked the state government for the opportunity to serve.

    Sunmoni assured that the council members would do their best and work assiduously to ensure that Lagos State University moved to the next level.

    ”It is a call to serve, this is a call to duty, we accept the call.

    ”On behalf of my distinguished colleagues, I want to assure you that by the special grace of God, Lagos State University will be a university that all stakeholders and indeed, all of us will be very proud of.

    ”We will work diligently, fairly, but firm to ensure that we get the best for the Lagos State University,” he said.

  • LASU student bags 21 years’ imprisonment

    LASU student bags 21 years’ imprisonment

    An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a student of Lagos State University (LASU), Afeez Ogunbowale, to 21 years’ imprisonment for involvement in armed robbery and rape of two fellow LASU students.

    According to reports, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced Ogunbowale after finding him guilty of five counts bordering on conspiracy, rape and armed robbery.

    Taiwo said that prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

    She held that testimony of the victims were compelling, adding that they were able to positively identify Ogunbowale as one of the culprits.

    “The defendant is hereby sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy, 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of armed robbery and 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of rape.

    “The sentences are to run concurrently,” she said.

    On hearing the sentence, Ogunbowale who has been suspended by LASU over the case, wept profusely at the dock.

    NAN reports that prosecution team led by Mrs O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, had said that the defendant committed the offences alongside others who are at large, on April 18, 2018, at the Okokomaiko area of Lagos.

    “The defendant and his accomplices, while armed with a gun, knife, machete and bottle, robbed the two students in their off campus accommodation.

    “They were robbed of their phones, power bank, earpiece, gold chain and N1, 200.

    “The defendant and one of his accomplices who is still at large had unlawful sexual intercourse with the complainants.

    “The offences contravene Sections 260(1) and 297(2)(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015,” she said.

    NAN reports that in their testimonies on Nov. 4, 2019, the two students, told the court that they lost their virginities to the attack.

    The witnesses said they were robbed by five men but raped by two members of the gang – Ogunbowale and another – who is at large.

    They said that they were able to identify Ogunbowale through Facebook, adding that they belonged to the same faculty.

    The complainants testified that when they confronted the convict at a police station, he prostrated and begged for forgiveness.

    In his defence on Sept. 30, 2020, the convict denied involvement in the crime and gave an alibi to the court.

    Led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Bisi Salau, he said that on the night the offences were committed, he was in the school premises preparing for an examination which was to begin in May 2018.

  • Sanwo-Olu names new 13-member LASU Governing Council

    Sanwo-Olu names new 13-member LASU Governing Council

    Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU).

    Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on the appointment of the 9th Vice-Chancellor.

    He said that the visitation panel recommended the dissolution of the previous governing council of the university and by the powers conferred on the governor by the Lagos State University Law, Cap L69 volume 7, Laws of Lagos State, 2015 (as amended).

    Other members of the Council are Prof. Amuwo Shaffudeen, Mr Anuoluwa Eso, Mr Tolani Sule, Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, Mr Karl Toriola, Mr Adekunle Soname, Mrs Foluke Abdul- Rasaq, Mrs Moronke Williams, Adebayo Akinsanya, Mrs Adenike Fasheun, Mrs Mojisola Taiwo and Dr Hakeem Adetugbobo.

    The governor said that the date for the formal inauguration of the new governing council would be announced later.

  • BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu fires LASU Council, orders fresh process for VC appointment

    BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu fires LASU Council, orders fresh process for VC appointment

    Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted the recommendations of the Special Visitation Panel on the appointment of the 9th Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Lagos State University (LASU).

    The governor mandated the dissolution of the Governing Council and the removal of the Pro-Chancellor and Council Chairman for blatant violations of the extant laws guiding the appointment of a VC.

    Sanwo-Olu cancelled the second failed exercise to appoint the 9th Substantive Vice-Chancellor.

    He cited the flagrant contravention of extant laws, breach of due process, failure and disregard to follow laid down criteria guiding the process for the appointment as publicly advertised.

    A statement by Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information said in due course, a new Governing Council for LASU will be constituted.

    “The reconstituted Council shall conduct a new process for the appointment of the 9th Vice-Chancellor”, Omotoso noted.

    Members of the Joint Council and the Senate Committee who participated in the two failed exercises of 2020 and 2021 to appoint a 9th Vice-Chancellor are exempted from further participation in the VC appointment process.

    The Acting Vice-Chancellor and management of the University were directed to elect new council members from the Senate.

    The Registrar and Secretary to Council were ordered to proceed on leave with immediate effect till the end of the process for the appointment of the VC.

    The state government said they failed to advise the Joint Council and Senate Committee against taking wrong decisions, which were against the provision of the law during the two failed exercises of 2020 and 2021.

    An Acting Registrar will superintend over the new exercise, while the Acting VC is to forward to Sanwo-Olu, through the Surrogate Council (Special Adviser on Education), the list of all the Deputy Registrars of LASU for the purpose of appointing an Acting Registrar.

    “The Governor, following the recommendation of the Special Visitation Panel, shall be setting up a full Visitation Panel for Lagos State University immediately”, the statement added.

     

  • Ogun gov gives best 2020 LASU graduating student bungalow, N2m

    Ogun gov gives best 2020 LASU graduating student bungalow, N2m

    Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has donated a two-bedroom bungalow and N2 million to the 2020 overall best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU) Oladimeji Shotunde, an indigene of the state.

    The governor made the announcement during a celebration of Ogun academic laureates 2021, held at the Obas Complex, Abeokuta, on Thursday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor also gifted Mr Ademola Adeeko, of Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, winner of 2020 African Union Continental Teacher’s Award, a two-bedroom bungalow.

    The governor announced that the state government would also set up an education endowment fund for Miss Faith Odunsi of the Ambassadors College, Ota, in Ogun, winner of Global Open Mathematics Tournament.

    He noted that the event was another symbolic confirmation of the status of the state, not only as the education capital of Nigeria, but as the intellectual melting-pot in Nigeria.

    Abiodun said that education remained one of the biggest industries in the state and one of the proudest legacies bequeathed to it by her founding fathers, promising that the government would sustain the legacy.

    “This is why immediately on assumption of office on May 29, 2019, we declared a state of emergency on education. It was a methodical and calculated approach to rescue the education sector from the dwindling fortunes inflicted on it by the indifference of the past.

    “What could have happened to the education of the state that produced the likes of Prof. Wole Soyinka, the first Nigerian and African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; Prof. Thomas Lambo, the first professor of Psychiatric Medicine in Nigeria?

    He listed others produced by the state as Prof. Biyi Afonja, Professor of Statistics; Prof. Olikoye Ransome Kuti, the renowned Paediatrician; Emeritus Prof. Theophilus Ogunlesi, the first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria; Prof. Oyinade Olurin, the first female Professor of Medicine, Prof. Anthony Asiwaju, foremost Historian.

    Abiodun said that the present administration focused on infrastructure development, human capital development, provision of conducive environment, among many others, to redeem the sector and restore the lost glory.

    He assured the people that the state government would continue to put measures in place toward providing quality education necessary for the development of the state.

    The governor charged teachers, as important stakeholders, to continue to discharge their professional duties creditably beyond the new demands of COVID-19.

    He appealed to teachers to ensure that the children were adequately catered for physically, mentally and socially in preparation for future challenges.

    NAN reports that Soyinka; Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB); and Prof. Anthony Asiwaju, Professor of History, joined the event virtually.

    They commended the governor for recognising success, urging him to continue to take the state to greater heights.

    The governor also honoured 25 others for academic excellence.

  • Name LASU after Jakande, Lagos prominent indigenes tell Sanwo-Olu

    Name LASU after Jakande, Lagos prominent indigenes tell Sanwo-Olu

    A group of Lagos Prominent indigenes has implored Governor Babajide SanwoOlu to name Lagos State University (LASU) after the first civilian governor, late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande for his meritorious services to the state.

    This request was contained in a Press statement issued by their spokesman, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri in Lagos at the weekend.

    “The Late Jakande founded and established the pioneer university and nurtured it to maturity.

    “Other state universities in the country were named after their pioneer founders included Ambrose Alli University in Edo State, Adekunle Ajasin University in Ado Ekiti and Olabisi Onabanjo in Ogun State,” the lndigenes reminded Governor SanwoOlu.

    According to the Lagos lndigenes, Alhaji Jakande deserved such honour as his works in the state were yet to be surpassed.

    “He had done more than any governor dead or living. His legacies included the Lagos Epe- Expressway, Lagos- Badagry Expressway and the Banana Estate, lkoyi amongst others.

    “The scripting of governance in Lagos State cannot be chronicled without Jakande as one of the chief-protagonists and, we dare say, inadequately sung heros of our nation,” the group stated.

    The group pointed out that an elegy was not befitting to capture the life of such a man as Alhaji Jakande, rather an eulogy would do.

    “Alhaji Lateef Jakande made way to history books by sheer completeness in biography, excelling personally, professionally and politically.

    “A simple, unassuming, small-statured man with an ‘iroko’ personality, LKJ during his lifetime, stood tall as a role model to many, whether old or young, political or apolitical, Muslim or Christian, Southerner, Westerner or Northerner.

    “Lagosian by roots, we dare say he was a nationalist and knew no ethnic bigotry.
    Born on the 23rd day of July, 1929 in the Epetedo area of Lagos Island, LKJ was a journalist per excellence and became Governor of Lagos State from 1979-1983.

    “He was later appointed Minister of Works under the Sanni Abacha’s military regime.

    “As Governor, LKJ stretched forth his hands as farthest as he could to reach the poorest grassroots through his housing and neighbourhood primary and secondary educational programmes, noted the group.

    The Prominent lndigenes recalled how Jakande envisioned the Lagos State University and his administration conceptualised and actualised the Lagos-Badagry Expressway that opened that sector of the State for development.

    The Lagos Metroline (LML) project was his brainchild, they also recalled.

    ” lt was of particular note that throughout his lifetime, Alhaji contentedly lived in his personal house in the Ilupeju area of Lagos and used his personal car, even when he was governor.

    “What manner of man! His visionary leadership is peerless and he would easily remain one of the best public office holders in the political history of Nigeria; last of the Titans.

    “A true Awoist with a culture of progressivism and an unbending tenacity for the welfare and the uplift of the masses, he has effortlessly become a ‘political allusion’ and metaphor for performance, not just in Lagos State, but across the country.

    “Alhaji Lateef Jakande lived for the good of others, state and country and his people-oriented policies and legacy of standing for all would long be remembered.

    “The former minister is a ‘personification’ of simplicity, honesty, dedication and selflessness. His life, not his death, drives home the sermon.

    “May Almighty Allah grant his noble soul unimpeded access and permanent residence in Aljanah Firdaus. Amin!”, the prayed.