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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...

Dusk set on the tenure of the 29th Lagos State University Student Union (LASUSU) administration, it was seen off with applauds as it paved way for the dawn of a new era. The 30th LASUSU administration (Executive and Legislature) led by Comrade Ashade Abdulbasit (OBS) and The RT. HON. Aromire Abdulquyum respectively was sworn in on Monday 13th of January, 2020 in the presence of students, the school management led by Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun SAN PhD and well wishers after series of campaign strategies. Recall that former President Comr. Oladele Oluwatayo Olawale (OlaDelz) transferred the baton of leadership to the new administration which has Ajayi Obisesan Tofunmi (Toflex) as the Vice President, Kuku Eromidayo Isaiah (Kuku Jnr) as General Secretary, Okunnu Adekunle Rasheed as Assistant General Secretary, Adams Olawunmi Zainab (Yettydlaw) as Public Relations Officer, Gbadamosi Oluwabunmi Solomon (Solomania) as Social Director, Ganiyu Akinwunmi Azeez (Hayzed) as Welfare Director, Ajitok...

The Lagos state University academic calendar is out and it has derive a lot of discussions and comments among students. According to some of the students they feel comfortable and relax with the academic calendar but they appeal to the management that the calender should be actualised. Some weeks after the academic calendar was out, students were urging the Lagos State University (LASU) Management to abide by this calendar so as not to cause an extension in the program of students. Four years course should not be allowed to extend over four years. The past academic calendar which was for 2017/2018 academic session was riddled with strikes. Which made the school to be closed for months after prolong negotiations between the government and the Academic staff union of universities (ASUU). This had affected the academic calendar which was expected to end in 2019 but instead it was extend to 2020. One of the students, Sanni Omolaja 300 level School of Communication said "the 2019/2020 ...

Two Lagos State University students have been selected for the yearly MAMMAN Daria scholarship award, both from the School of Communication and concurrently belong to the Association of Campus Journalist (LASU Chapter). The Mamman Daria scholarship is meant to support female students in journalism. It was instituted in 2017 to celebrate a man, who against the grain of his time educated his daughters; giving them an advantage that sets them apart from their peers. Many have benefited from the scholarship since it's inception from various institutions and recently it was recorded that two of the Lagos State University students and also members of the aforementioned association have benefited in 2020 . A sophomore student of LASU school of Communication, Oyeyebi Ziyadat expressed her gratitude to campus journalists as she explained the process that resulted to her winning the scholarship, she said" After the three days journalism training with ACJ-LASU,I noticed the scholarship o...

Tens of Lagos State University(LASU) students fainted and were injured in a stampede as a result of a scramble to write General Nigerian Studies (GNS 102) examination at LASU CBT Centre, LASU, Ojo Campus On January 9th, 2020. The examination of about Four thousand 100 level students was fixed on one day in just two batches at the newly built LASU CBT centre. Surprisingly, the two batches have the same time, 8am to 1pm. It should be noted that last year's GNS 102 examination was conducted in Four CBT Centres across the university, namely: Zenith CBT Cente, Law Library CBT Centre, Central Language lab(CLL) CVT Centre and University Library CBT centre, and it can not be said that it was hitch-free as there was a Stampede at CLL. Students are seen struggling to enter the gate of the CBT centre so that they will not miss the exam. In the process of struggling to get a degree, they were suffocated, trampled upon and pushed which resulted in students fainting and suffering mild and seriou...