Bella Shmurda and Odumodublvck were reportedly assaulted at the highly anticipated concert organized by dancer Poco Lee at Lagos State University (LASU). The incident marred what was supposed to be a thrilling performance by a lineup of notable singers. The concert started on a high note with energetic performances by Bella Shmurda, Mohbad, T Dollar,... Read More

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September 14, 2020

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LASU proposes, ASUU disposes | The #YNaijaCover

In the early hours of Monday, the Lagos State University (LASU) opened doors to its students; ready to begin school activities since the beginning of the pandemic. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), had other plans as members of the association and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) took to the school and... Read More

LASU dismisses 17 staff, demotes 2 others

The Lagos State University (LASU) has dismissed 15 academic Staff and two non-academic staff for different acts of misconduct, Punch reports. The report: The school’s governing council also demoted one academic staff and one non-academic staff. A statement on Friday by LASU’s Acting Head, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations, Ademola Adekoya, said the... Read More

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March 23, 2017

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How I wrote UTME 7 times | LASU best graduating student says

The best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU), Elizabeth Orefuwa said she wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times before gaining admission into the institution. Orefuwa graduated with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.74 in Accounting education. The Chartered Accountant who is pregnant got married at the beginning of her... Read More

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November 9, 2016

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LASU demotes professor over alleged lack of qualifications

The Lagos State University has demoted a Professor, Olatunji Abanikannda to a senior lecturer over alleged lack of qualification. The demotion was confirmed by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Olanrewaju Fagbohun in a chat with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Fagbohun said the University management demoted the professor on the recommendation of the governing... Read More

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September 24, 2016

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$12 billion; N441 million… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

$12 billion – The amount allegedly smuggled out of Nigeria by telecoms company MTN between 2006 and 2016. This is according to Sen. Dino Melaye. 2 million – The number of people freed by the military from members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. N441 million – The amount received by Kano Pillars football club following striker, Ahmed Musa’s move... Read More

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September 21, 2016

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84 LASU students receive warning letters for indecent dressing

Eighty four students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have been issued warning letters for indecent dressing by the university authorities, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The warning was issued by the Students Affairs Division of the University which published a list of the 84 students. According to the University Official bulletin obtained on Wednesday the students... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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LASU suspends 3 students for attempted abduction of SUG president

The Lagos State University, LASU has suspended three of its students over attempts to abduct the president of the university’s student union, ‘Tayo Sekoni. The suspended students are Oladapo Mojeed Babatunde, 500 level; Adebanjo Fatai Adekoya, 500 level and Fola Kosoko, a fresh LASU graduate. According to a statement released by the school management, the... Read More

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May 26, 2016

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The police has arrested a police sergeant for robbery in Lagos

A police man, Yusuf Bello, and his partner in crime, Idowu Badmus, have been arrested for robbery. The are accused of snatching motorcycles ano selling them. Bello, an Itire Police Division sergeant’s cover was blown on Monday when one of his latest victims reported that he was robbed of his motorcycle at Iyana School, Lagos State University. The police recovered... Read More

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May 26, 2016

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LASU’s best graduating student shares a touching story about his father

A son of a contract security guard, Michael Arowosegbe, on Wednesday, emerged as the overall best graduuating student from the Lagos State University, Ojo. Arowosegbe (24 years old) graduated with a first class degree in Biochemistry and a Cumulative Grade Point Average 4.86 to emerge the best out of 17,000 other students that graduated from... Read More

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January 6, 2016

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Change is coming to LASU, hostels as well

Undergraduates of the Lagos State University Ojo, will finally get the hostels they have long desired and craved. The Lagos state Government has also approved 70 years as retirement age for professors of the institution. Governor Akinwumi Ambode on Tuesday, signed the Lagos State University (Amendment) Bill, into law at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The... Read More

LASU gets new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Njokanma

Prof. Fidelis Njokanma has been appointed as the new acting Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Ojo. Njokanma’s appointment was announced on Friday, November 6, by the Lagos State Government. Deputy Governor of the state, Dr.Oluranti Adebule, communicated the appointment via a letter sent to the Registrar of the university, Lewis Akinwunmi. Njokanma, currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics),... Read More

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March 25, 2015

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Today’s Daily Brief: FG denies reports of new Boko Haram kidnapping, Army chief vows crackdown on election unrest, LASU SUG passes vote of confidence on VC, and more

The Federal Government on Wednesday denied reports of a mass kidnapping in the country’s northeast, as Boko Haram militants flee a four-nation military offensive. “There is no fresh kidnapping in Damasak,” Nigeria’s national security spokesman Mike Omeri told AFP, referring to the town recently retaken by forces from neighbouring Chad and Niger. Reports suggested that... Read More

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January 14, 2015

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Opinion: Parenting – The mistake my generation must avoid

by Lucas Togan Before birthing the kid, wifey and I agree not to put any pressure on the lad in terms of class position – he can come any position but last. Standing on the second floor of my school building that hot afternoon, I saw my dad walking to the principal’s office. Now, I... Read More

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October 23, 2014

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: ‘Step down for what,’ Kwankwaso sings | Tambuwal’s hide-and-seek politics creates confusion | PDP will not extend nomination deadline | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. ‘Step down for what,’ Kwankwaso sings. Punch PDP will not extend nomination deadline. YNaija Finally, Ambode declares tomorrow. Vanguard APC govs call out GEJ over money. Nation Tambuwal’s hide-and-seek politics creates confusion. Nation Fayose’s on... Read More

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August 27, 2014

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From Ikeja to Ile-Ife, we talk to students about why they are angry

by Adedayo Ademuwagun This year, there have been several student protests in the south-west concerning tuition, from Abeokuta to Ikeja to Ile-Ife. In Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, the struggle began at the start of the second semester in June. The university management increased tuition by more than double and students refused to accept... Read More

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August 7, 2014

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GOOD NEWS: Fashola returns LASU school fees to N25,000

by Kolapo Olapoju According to reports filtering in from Lagos State University, Ojo, the school fees of the insitution has been reverted back to the old amount, N25,000, by Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola. The Governor made the announcement while speaking at the university’s 19th convocation ceremony, today, Thursday, 7 August. YNaija confirmed... Read More

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June 24, 2014

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No going back: LASU senior staff vows to continue strike

by Zara Mustapha The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, on Tuesday vowed to continue its month-long strike, until its demands are met. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the union’s Chairman, Saheed Oseni, said that the decision to continue with the strike was taken at the union’s congress on June... Read More

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June 23, 2014

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LASU reopens today, academic work still on hold

by Zara Mustapha The Lagos State University (LASU) reopened today and its students are resume to campus following an order from the school management on June 19. It was gathered that academic work would still be on hold till the Lagos State government further reviews the new school fee regime it implemented on June 11. According to... Read More

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June 20, 2014

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Peace at last: LASU slashes school fees, to resume on Monday

by Zara Mustapha The Lagos State University (LASU) has asked its student to resume by June 23, three weeks after the school was shut down and the student ordered to go on a ‘compulsory recess’. This was as a result of protests embarked upon by the students over increase in school fees. According to a press statement... Read More

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June 13, 2014

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Opinion: It is time to end this LASU crisis

The Fashola administration, long in the habit of random acts of tyranny; as seen in clashes with the striking state doctors as well as with residents of the Lekki area protesting the introduction of toll fees has responded with familiar citizen bullying. Police officers were called in to disperse the crowds, in some cases arresting... Read More

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June 12, 2014

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Abimbola Adelakun: LASU – Fashola’s unwinnable war

by Abimbola Adelakun One is that the LASU fee hike is economically justified. The stark reality is that tertiary education, worldwide, is by no means cheap. Students of the Lagos State University, a week ago today, took their aluta to a melodramatic level by camping out in front of the governor’s office to register... Read More

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June 10, 2014

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Suraj Oyewale: Fashola, it’s time to blink | Sanusi – All hail the new Emir (Y! FrontPage)

by Suraj Oyewale Of all the examples critics wield in support of their anti-Fashola elitism argument, the hike in fees of students of the state’s university is the hardest to defend. I have written many adulatory articles on the governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola and I stand by the accolades. To... Read More

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June 8, 2014

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Obanikoro appeals to Gov. Fashola over LASU crisis

by Akan Ido Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the Minister of State for Defence has called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to tread softly on the crisis rocking the Lagos State University (LASU) over the increase in tuition fees. According to Obanikoro, Fashola must adopt a more empathetic approach to solving the said crisis urging him to “expedite... Read More

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June 7, 2014

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Opinion: On the N250,000 LASU fees brouhaha (A rejoinder)

by Afolabi Legunsen Supporting these crazy unending hikes, without asking for the necessary structure to be put in place is quite insensitive and anti-people as a friend put it. Permit me to add UNREALISTIC to that. READ: [On the N250,000 LASU fees brouhaha, more fees needed by Cheta Nwanze] When I was in the final... Read More

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June 6, 2014

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More photos from LASU students’ protest at Gov. Fashola’s office

by Zara Mustapha In the no retreat no surrender protest by LASU students yestersay, June 5, the students marched to the office of the Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, practically making a camp in from with mats, cooking pots and other things to make their protest more bearable. They are protesting the increment of... Read More

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June 2, 2014

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Opinion: Fashola, APC and LASU school fees hikes

by Sodiq Adewunmi Sanni This LASU fee hike is a daylight robbery on all Lagosian, it is a deliberate attempt to deny the masses the opportunity to join the upper class through their anti-masses policy, because a free and compulsory education at all level would have serve as succour for the poor masses “Education is... Read More

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April 2, 2014

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Adebola Rayo: A case for quality education, the LASU example

by Adebola Rayo In Nigeria, we are constantly complaining about the paucity of infrastructure in our institutions, and calling on the government to ‘do something’. Yet, we are not willing to pay the kind of fees that would allow for funds to make a difference. In recent years, unemployability has become one of the leading... Read More

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March 5, 2014

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Demola Rewaju: In LASU, the chickens have come home to roost

by Demola Rewaju Despite its Awoist pretensions, the AD/AC/ACN/APC governments in Lagos have made no secret of their desire to commercialise education as much as possible as far as the tertiary schools are concerned. First it was the government of Bola Tinubu that decided the fees of N250 was too cheap for students of LASU... Read More

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February 25, 2014

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Terrible: Another LASU student murdered by suspected cultists

Sunday was another day of violent confrontation between rival cult members believed to be students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos. Reports say a student simply identified as Kabiru was gunned down by suspected cultists around 10pm at Abeokuta Street, Okomaiko, Lagos. Another student of the university, Damilola Damoche, a musician and 400 level... Read More

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Chaos at Poco Lee’s Concert: Bella Shmurda and Odumodublvck Allegedly Assaulted

LASU proposes, ASUU disposes | The #YNaijaCover

LASU dismisses 17 staff, demotes 2 others

How I wrote UTME 7 times | LASU best graduating student says

LASU demotes professor over alleged lack of qualifications

$12 billion; N441 million… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

84 LASU students receive warning letters for indecent dressing

LASU suspends 3 students for attempted abduction of SUG president

The police has arrested a police sergeant for robbery in Lagos

LASU’s best graduating student shares a touching story about his father

Change is coming to LASU, hostels as well

LASU gets new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Njokanma

Today’s Daily Brief: FG denies reports of new Boko Haram kidnapping, Army chief vows crackdown on election unrest, LASU SUG passes vote of confidence on VC, and more

Opinion: Parenting – The mistake my generation must avoid

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: ‘Step down for what,’ Kwankwaso sings | Tambuwal’s hide-and-seek politics creates confusion | PDP will not extend nomination deadline | More stories

From Ikeja to Ile-Ife, we talk to students about why they are angry

GOOD NEWS: Fashola returns LASU school fees to N25,000

No going back: LASU senior staff vows to continue strike

LASU reopens today, academic work still on hold

Peace at last: LASU slashes school fees, to resume on Monday

Opinion: It is time to end this LASU crisis

Abimbola Adelakun: LASU – Fashola’s unwinnable war

Suraj Oyewale: Fashola, it’s time to blink | Sanusi – All hail the new Emir (Y! FrontPage)

Obanikoro appeals to Gov. Fashola over LASU crisis

Opinion: On the N250,000 LASU fees brouhaha (A rejoinder)

More photos from LASU students’ protest at Gov. Fashola’s office

Opinion: Fashola, APC and LASU school fees hikes

Adebola Rayo: A case for quality education, the LASU example

Demola Rewaju: In LASU, the chickens have come home to roost

Terrible: Another LASU student murdered by suspected cultists

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