ACJ LASU

The project FPforCampuses is a Women Deliver Funded Project led by Miss Mary Adeoye, a 2018 Woman Deliver young leader. The project aimed at building the capacity of students of Lagos State University on the use of media, dialogue and storytelling to develop advocacy messages to push for the proper translation of National Reproductive Health Policy into action in the university continued the second day of its training at the lecture hall of the Lagos State University, School of Communication. The event is in partnership with the Association of Campus Journalist (ACJ-LASU) and Communication Students' Association (COSA). The programme initially selected 30 participants across all levels and departments in the school. The second day of the training started with a recap of what participants learnt the previous day. The first event of the day which lasted for 30 minutes started with participants shared into groups to determine the barriers students face when it comes to access of sexual...

A 400l student of Lagos State University, College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Tolani Odukoya has been selected as one of the participants for the Harvard Crossroad Emerging Leaders Program 2020. The event which is slated to hold in Dubai, is a fully funded programme for financially challenged college students from Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. The event will also serve as an opportunity to develop the capabilities of tomorrow's leaders as well as foster collaboration across the region. In his reaction, Tolani said 'I am extremely excited and really pumped to have been selected for the Harvard crossroads emerging leaders program. It's really a dream come through for me having gone through a series of application process. To be amongst the 80 finalist selected for the in person program out of over 6000 application pool means a lot to me.' An excited Tolani who will join up with other students from across the world, further stated 'I look forward to ...

A moment with Odunola Emmanuel, a University dropout dwelling on the campus of the Lagos State University (LASU) will put tears on any well-meaning Nigerian’s eyes. Behold the sad tale of a helpless young lady whose life was ruined by step-father who severely raped her – and her biological mother who compounded her sorrow by disowning her, at a time she needed parental care and love, MARIAM ILEYEMI writes … If sadness is a thing of choice, 22-year-old Odun Emmanuel would never have chosen to be sad. Although, she looks seemingly happy, a lot is wrong with her. As young as she is, the young mother of two has experienced the hell a 50-year-old woman might not have experienced; she wallows in the pains of loneliness, rejections and dejections, on daily basis. Just few years ago, Odun left Ibadan city to double her hustle in Lagos with her 2-year-old daughter, after she had had to forfeit her admission at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) – for lack of finan...