Normal activities have resumed at the Lagos State University, Ojo. This followed the suspension of the protests by the academic and non-academic staff of the university, which started on Monday. The Head of the Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations at LASU, ADEMOLA ADEKOYA, confirmed that final year undergraduate students would begin lectures next week. Chairman…
Primary and secondary schools in Benue State will not observe the third term of the 2019/2020 academic session. This is because the State Government has directed that schools should open for the first term of the 2020/2021 session on Monday next week. The Commissioner for Education, Professor DENNIS ITYAVYAR, said the adjustment in the schools’ curriculum was…
Member of staff of the Lagos State University, Ojo, have staged a protest at the campus premises, to demand implementation of the new national minimum wage. The angry workers include members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU. The protesters locked the main gate of the university at…
Medical experts are divided in their opinions over whether schools should reopen in full despite that the Covid-19 pandemic is still around. This was part of the outcome of a Zoom Media Conference organized by the Nigerian Academy of Science, Thursday 10, September, 2020, which included participants from the United States and the United Kingdom. Nigerian-born UK-based…
The Visitation Panel for the University of Lagos has started its investigation of the leadership crisis that rocked the institution. One of the first persons to appear before the Panel is the suspended Governing Council Chairman, WALE BABALAKIN, who refused to speak with newsmen after his meeting with the members Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Professor OLAWATOYIN…
The management of the Lagos State University, LASU, says it is not true that first semester examination will begin on September 28, 2020. Coordinator of the Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, ADEMOLA ADEKOYA, asked the public to disregard such information. Meanwhile; LASU Senate has elected Professor WAHAB OLUKOREDE as the Deputy-Vice Chancellor Academics. The…