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By Damilare Adeleye The Lagos State University Students Union- Independent Electoral Committee has released the substantive results of the newly elected LASUSU executives.  The election exercise which was declared by the Chief electoral chairman of the Electoral Committee as free and fair, was conducted yesterday across the various faculties in in the three major campuses of LASU.  According to the result which was obtained by ACJ-LASU correspondent to earlier today, confirmed Adelankun Adeoye as the Elected LASUSU President. It was gathered that Adeoye, the 28th President of Faculty of Arts Students Association, defeated all his three opponents with a total votes of 2208.  Meanwhile, Oresanya Zakariaya popularly known as E. Zaculus case 1863 votes to emerge as the First runner, while Aina Oluwafemi also called "Femland" made with 1686 votes and Ibraimoh Igbo Ibrahim took 1229 votes. In the same vein, for the Vice- President position, Kelani Oladayo defeated ...

By Fareedat Taofeeq One of the Communication Student Association of Lagos State University, COSA-LASU Presidential aspirants have filed a case against the COSA independent Electoral Commission, IEC due to the latter disqualifying him from contesting for the 16th COSA election. According to the facts and reports gathered by the reporter, the Claimant: Ogunkanmi Adefolarin Jacob popularly known as J4, who was contesting for the post of the President of the Association (COSA) was disqualified for not meeting the requirement for the post he is contesting for. The requirement in question has to do with the spending of at least two academic sessions in the University before a Communication Student can run for the Presidential seat of the association. And due to the reason that the Claimant is a Direct- Entry, D.E Student who has only successfully spent one academic session and a semester he was disqualified by the IEC following their adherence to that clause of the co...

​ By Damilare Adeleye The Lagos State University Students Union  (LASUSU), aspirants for the position of Sports Director have filed a court case against the LASUSU Independent Electoral Committee (IEC), due to the latter disqualifying them from participating in the LASUSU General Elections. According to reports gathered by ACJ-LASU, the claimants, Afolabi Abayomi Suilamoh and Osunkoya Emmanuel, who were vying for the position of Sports Director, were disqualified for not fulfilling some  provisions of the Students Union's constitution.  Meanwhile, the Lagos State University Students Union Judicial Division, Ojo has restrained the IEC Committee from declaring Adeniran Adedamola, the third Sports Director aspirant, who is now unopposed, following the disqualification of the other two candidates, as the 32th LASUSU Sports Director pending the decision expected to be reached by the Students' High Court. Notably, the Lagos State University Students Union election, however, hol...

By Abdulsemiu Monsuroh 3 Minutes Read Congratulations are in order for a final year student of the Lagos State University College Of Medicine, Adewunmi Akingbola who emerged as a finalist of the Dalai Lama fellowship shortly after winning the Diana Award.  The Dalai Lama Fellows Program awards year-long fellowships to 20- 25 innovators who are working on social change projects in local communities around the globe, to address one or more of the following areas: Health and Well-being, Education and Youth Development, Social Justice, Environment, Cultural Understanding, Contemplation.  The Diana award, however, is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.  Adewunmi launched his Non governmental Organization, HealthDrive Nigeria in 2019, the NGO’s primary goals is to  create awareness about the dreadful Hepatitis B disease, conduct free Hepatitis B screening and help residents of under-resourced comm...

By Suraju Mustapha Samuel Balogun Habeedah Abimbola,is a 400 level Law student of the Department of Common&Islamic studies Lagos State University,LASU and also the first female National President of the Federation of Ikeja division students of lagos state,FIKES. In an interview with ACJ Reporter she gave insight on how her political journey began. How was the start off as a fresher in Lagos state university? Well, I will say it wasnt easy because prior to my admission into LASU I had some set backs, I recently completed my National diploma(ND) at Lagos state polytechnic, Ikorodu campus in Mass communication, I wanted to go back for my HND but my Dad has always wanted for me to study Law. Coming into LASU as a fresher was a different ball game for me entirely since their educational structure is different from a polytechnic as regards the unit of courses a student can take up per semester and also making new friends wasnt so easy for me. Have you always been interested...

  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...