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Like they always say, the darkest part of the night is just before the dawn. It is very accurate if we compare the current state of the world as that of acute darkness. The entire globe is bound to an inadvertent curfew and a total lockdown. So great is the Covid-19 pandemic that it has brought the human race to its knees. The statistics don't lie, the spread is having a global multiplying effect and at an alarming rate. By the most recent figures provided by the World Health Organization as at March 26, 2020. Globally, there are 462,684 recorded confirmed cases of which 49,219 of these cases newly discovered in the past 24 hours. This is an all time low, without any doubt. In Lagos, Africa's Apex commercial hub, 12 new cases were confirmed the same night, ensuring a rare surge in the overall numbers to a total of 65 cases in Nigeria. Despite the world experiencing this extraordinary turmoil, it is clearly not the time to despair. Finally, illumination seems to exist at the tai...

The Lagos State University Management announces the postponement of the 24th Convocation Ceremonies according to the broadcast that was released by the University Press. It was gathered that the scheduled event was to come up by Friday 20th to Friday 27th March, 2020. Federal and State Government has released various broadcast to discourage the gathering of people in public places as a result of the corona virus that has taken lives and leaving many in quarantined position. LASU management has concurred to this by postponing the Convocation to maintain the preventive caution that was released by various Health Centres. "The Management regrets every inconvenience this postponement might cause to all our graduating students, awardees, family, friends and other stakeholders of the University" says the University Management.

The Lagos state university, LASU,Dept of biochemistry in faculty of science launch its first relaxation centre on Thursday, march 12, 2020 at science complex. This project is said to be the first project done by the students legislative council(SLC)and students executive council(SEC)in collaboration with all the students in the faculty. According to our interview with the speaker of Nigeria society of Biochemistry student SLC Abdulrahman saheed who stated that the relaxation spot plan was initiated due to the need to solve the problem affecting the students of biochemistry department and the faculty at large. He also said the budget estimated in building the relaxation spot was 250,000 which was raised using the students annuel dues leaving the 100level student and using their personal money in the association. "It took us 3month and with the help of some staffs in our department linking us with people who can help us get the school approval and after series of comments and humili...

The Lagos State University Association of Campus Journalist (LASU-ACJ) held their handing over program on Monday March 16 2020 on their group platform. The first of it kind, the graduating students of the association was relieved from their posts and are to be replaced with other competent and active members of the Association. The outgoing Editor-in-chief Ayobami Okerinde and one of the editors Rabiu Afeez opened the floor by delivering their farewell speech and word of advice for all the members of the association . They further announced the new successors of each vacant post, one of the Editors of the previous administration Kareem Itunu Azeez popularly known as (Solace) was promoted to the post of the Editor-in chief of the association, Adeseji-Adelekan Ademilayo Eunice was appointed as the assistant-editor-in-chief of the association. The following reporters of the previous administration was also appointed as the new Editors of the association; Oluwatumininu Adertoro Oladimeji k...

By Sultan Quadri The Chairman of ASUU LASU chapter, Dr. Ibrahim Bakare revealed that the body is not willing to truncate the gains it has recorded over the years in joining the national body's warning strike and agreeing with the recent ASUU National body embargo on the University management. The chairman who was present at the pre-convocation press briefing in an interview with ACJ addressed the decision of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sanction the management of Lagos State University (LASU) for sacking some of its lecturers who allegedly exposed fraud in the institution. He claims to have some reservation about their decision but choose to remain calm till now. He said, " There are a lot of impregnated issues. And ASUU National for God sake should be fair and just in the way they address issues. Quite a number of constitutional breaches, in terms of the way ASUU National has really handled some issues. ASUU National und...

The Lagos state university's college of medicine famously known as the pride of LASU have again proved their slogan as the released transition list of students has angered quite a number of parents and disappointed lots of students as they (the students) could not crossover to the college of medicine to study the various medical courses that they were initially admitted for.  The issue of the transition list or transition quota has always been a source of various discord and confusion amongst parents and students as no one really knows what CGPA would be required from a student to crossover to study any of the five courses at the college of medicine and if this 'requirement' isn't met, the students have their courses changed to any random course in the university. As random as moving a student from Nursing to a totally different faculty as Biology education,  Engineering,  Botany, HKSHE and many more. In most cases it is usually about half the admitted number of student...

The College of medicine of the prestigious Lagos State University appears to be running a very strange school calendar as the medical and dental students are set to resume on monday the 16th of march exactly 35 days after the rest of the school's main campus resumed alongside the students of engineering at the Epe campus and their peers in Pharmacology, Nursing and Physiology.  This extended break is not unusual for medical students as this practice has been going on for years for reasons no-one knows why. It has been rumored amongst senior students at the college that this particular 35 days break is shorter as their break is usually two months after the rest of the school had resumed.  Students in the departments of Pharmacology, Nursing and Physiology consider this act unfair on them as lectures have already commenced for them so has a bunch of school induced stress such as searching for suitable and inexpensive accommodation around the school. They feel the medical students are...