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  Photo Credit: LASU CIPPR By Adebayo Leshi and Israel Yormekpeh  Having been announced as the Lagos State University's best graduating student of the 2020/2021 academic session, with a new CGPA record of 4.97 points, Benjamin Damilare Olowu, a Mechanical Engineering student from the Engineering Department shares his successes, struggles, strength and more in this exclusive interview with Association of Campus Journalists (ACJ-LASU). He tells the story of his time as an undergraduate student of LASU. ACJ-LASU: Who Is Benjamin Olowu? BENJAMIN : "Benjamin is a 21 years old boy, who is an indigene of Lagos State, Epe local Government to be précised. I am the second born from a family of six. I have three siblings ( An elder sister and two younger brothers). I am a Christian, a member of The Redeemed Christian Church of God.  I did my nursery and primary school education at Saint Mary’s Nursery and Primary school, Ojo Lagos. Due to my academic performance during my primary ed...

By Nworie Daniel These were the words and more of LASU's prodigious spoken word poet/artiste, Victory Ashaka, a 200 level student of the English Department in the Faculty of Arts (LASU), in an exclusive interview with ACJ-LASU.  In the course of the interview session, Victory talked about his failures, successes, the assistances he got, his unique style of speaking and his advice for artistes who want to follow in his footsteps. On his failures, Victory recalled one of his memorable experiences in the year 2019. He stated that he was discouraged as he felt his words were not deep enough, and was missing the technical aspects of his speech. Giving details on how he started off his career and acknowledging the impact of the Lagos State University Debate Society (LASUDSC) on the development of his craft, Victory revealed that in 2015, he began his spoken words career when he performed an event which had in attendance, Current Minister For Power and Housing, Babatunde Raji ...