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LASU VC tasks staff to sustain global ranking

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2023 0

By Doosuur Iwambe The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has called on academic staff to ensure that the institution maintains its global ranking by publishing its research online in reputable journals and websites. She also urged the academics to

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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Dissolves LASU Governing Council

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2021 0

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has authorized the immediate dissolution of the Lagos State University Governing Council, as well as the suspension of the Provost and Chairman of the Council. Gbenga Omotoso, the Commissioner of Information, said Adebayo Ninalowo, the Pro-Chancellor, was suspended for flagrant violations of the University’s existing laws and

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Lagos govt slashes LASU tuition fees

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2021 0

By Benjamin Omoike Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has slashed the tuition fee of Lagos State University (LASU) to create opportunities for more students to acquire tertiary education. As gathered, the new tuition fee regime to be paid by the students, who are currently seating for their examination, is expected to take effect from next academic session. […]

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LASU produces ingenious automated solar-powered handwashing station machine

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2020 0

The Lagos State University (LASU), Faculty of Engineering, COVID-19 Research Team, says it has produced an Automated Solar-Powered Handwashing Station Machine. The leader of COVID-19 team, Dr Nurudeen Raji, made this known at the presentation and demonstration of the machines on Tuesday at the institution campus in Ojo, Lagos. According to Raji, the machine is […]

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Lockdown: LASU VC urges students to study online

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2020 0

Lagos – Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun (SAN), Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo has urged students of the institution to keep learning during the lockdown period by studying online. Fagbohun, who made the appeal in an interview on Thursday in Lagos, said that the university was putting in place online platforms for use by the students. […]

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We’ll work with management not for management, LASU 30th SUG vows

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2020 0

The 30th Students Union Government of Lagos State University (LASU) has vowed that the Union Executive would not work for the university management but with it. President of the Union, Abdulbasit Ashade, stated this at the inauguration of the executives popularly known as LASUSU held at the Lagos State University Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo on […]

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LASU postpones GNS exam over stamped

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2020 0

The Lagos State University has explained the cause of the stampede that caused some of its students to faint while a few others sustained minor injuries on Monday The school said that anxious students attempted to force their way into the 500 seats CBT Centre in defiance of the efforts of the Security Team to […]

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How we killed final year female LASU student, suspects give gory details as police exhume body

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2020 0

Ikire (Osun) – Suspected killers of Miss Favour Daley-Oladele on Saturday narrated the gory details of how the  final year Sociology student of Lagos State University (LASU) was gruesomely murdered for money rituals at Ikoyi-Ile in Osun. The three principal suspects gave the gory details after Osun homicide police detectives exhumed the victim’s dismembered body from

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LASU’s management calls for caution on death of final-year student

Ihesiulo Grace 29 December 2019 0

The Management of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has called for caution from its students following the alleged murder of one of the institution’s final-year-female students. It also urged them to remain calm to allow the law enforcement agents conclude their investigation into the matter. The university’s spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya, said on Sunday […]

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Sanwo-Olu seals 8,200 hostel deal for LASU

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2019 0

Lagos State University (LASU) is set to become a residential tertiary institution, 36 years after it was established. The State Government, at the weekend, signed a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement with six private property developers to deliver 8,272 units of hostel on the school campus in the next 18 months. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]

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LASU celebrates Jakande at 90, names campus road after him

Ihesiulo Grace 24 July 2019 0

Esther Taiwo The founder of Lagos State University, Alhaji (Dr.) Lateef Kayode Jakande, has been honoured by the University as he turned 90 recently with a lecture titled “Lateef Kayode Jakande: A Phenom of Administration in Lagos State. Alhaji Jakande, who was a former Governor of Lagos State, founded the University in 1983. The Chairman […]

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AOCOED long overdue for upgrade to varsity, says Don

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2019

Esther Taiwo Dean School of Transportation, Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, Lagos, Prof S.G Odewunmi, has described the quest by Adeniran Ogunsanya Cillege of Education, (AOCOED) Otto, Ijanikn Lagos to be converted to a university as a right peg in the right hole. Odewunmi , who was the guest lecturer at the 36th, 37th & […]

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LASU: Rule of law responsible for dismissal of 20 staff – Governing Council

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2018 0

Chairman, Governing Council, Lagos State University (LASU) Prof. Adebayo Ninalowo, has said that the recent dismissal of 20 staff of the university is in accordance with rule of law. Ninalowo made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the university’s maiden long service award held in Lagos on Tuesday. He was […]

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Lagos govt assures of worthy successor to LASU VC

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2018 0

The Lagos State Government has assured of a worthy candidate to succeed Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun as Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) whose tenure expires in 2020. Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiot Adebule, gave the assurance at a dinner organised by the LASU Alumni Association in honour Prof. Fagbohun on his conferment as […]

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LASU sacks 3 randy lecturers over sexual harassment

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2018 0

Lagos State University (LASU) has disclosed that it has dismissed three senior lecturers over allegations of sexual misconduct. The randy lecturers are Dr. Ayoola Sunkanmi Odubunmi, Dr. Isiaka Ajani Ogunwande, and Dr. Emmanuel Orilade Gbeleyi. In a statement from LASU’s spokesman, Mr. Ademola Adekoya and made available to journalists on Tuesday, the institution noted that

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ASUU storms Ambode office, protests victimisation of colleagues at LASU

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2018 0

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday stormed Lagos Governor’s office to protest victimisation of three of their colleagues at the Lagos State University (LASU) and urged the Governor, a visitor to the institution to set up a visitation panel on the alleged plan by the management to unjustly terminate the […]

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Professorship: My story, by LASU VC

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2018 0

Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, on Wednesday said that the publication claiming that his Professorship was unduly backdated is unfounded. The VC also described the allegation as mere provocation by those who do not want peace in the university. The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), LASU Chapter, on June 1, had […]

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More than 70% of LASU budget spent on diesel – VC

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

The Lagos State University (LASU), says it spent more than 70 per cent of its annual budget on purchase of diesel due to epileptic power supply to the institution. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, made this known in an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Lagos. Fagbohun said that poor power supply […]

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Underfunding, bane of Universities performance -Prof Fagbohun

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2018 0

Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has said that inadequate funding was responsible for underperformance by the country’s universities. Fagbohun also said that it was making it impossible for them to contribute their quotas to national development. He said this while delivering the 6th Memorial Lecture in honour of the former

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Successful convocation: LASU’s V-C rewards security unit, personnel

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2018 0

The Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, on Wednesday rewarded the institution’s security unit with a N150,000 cash following their outstanding performance before, during and after the university’s just concluded 22nd Convocation. Fagbohun announced the reward after he inspected a parade mounted in his honour by the