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  • LASU students threaten protest over ban of commercial buses

    Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have threatened to puncture the peace gradually returning to the troubled institution, if the university management insists on banning their commercial bus operations outside campus.

    The management of LASU last Friday announced the banning of LASU Students’ Union (LASUSU) commercial buses from operating outside the campus, while spelling out “one or two years’ rustication” as penalty for defaulters.

    The Management dissociated itself from all branded buses with logos like – LASU Students Union Government (SUG), LASU Aluta Shuttle, Aluta Jet, among others, saying they have no official or unofficial connections with the 33-year old institution.

    At a press conference last Friday, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Lanre Fagbohun, represented by the Chairman, Students Disciplinary Committee, Prof Leke Fakoya, announced that the institution was dissociating itself from the commercial buses branded as student union property because of the incessant clashes between students and operators of the buses, as well as their use to flout traffic laws and evade taxes hiding under the university’s image.

    The SU leaders of the institution however claimed that they were not consulted before the policy was announced.  They also accused the university for not doing anything to address the perennial transportation challenges faced by the over 15,000 students of the institution, yet recently provided two buses for workers.

    “We wonder how the same management that always clamours for peace, and sues for dialogue on campus would go ahead to implement such an anti-student policy without any consultation with the Students’ Union Government.

    “If we record any arrest of our shuttle outside the university by any of the law enforcement agencies, we assure the management that the union will also scrap the existing peace between the union and the management,” the leaders said in a statement signed by the LASUSU President, Sekoni Tayo, and the Public Relations Officer (PRO0, Motunrayo Ayomide.

    Copies of the statement tagged: ‘LASUSU rejects management stance on shuttle buses’ were sent to the Lagos State Government, the Vice Chancellor, Lagos State Transport Management Authority, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Service.

    The SU said the campus shuttle has been in operation for over two decades and therefore it would not sit back and watch management kill some of the legacies of its founding leaders.

  • LASU seeks arrest of shuttle buses operating outside campus

    The Lagos State University (LASU) has called for the arrest of commercial buses operating outside the campus in its colour and logo.

    The university’s Acting Dean, Students Affairs Division, Dr Oluwafemi Obayori, said it was obvious that the buses were hiding under the school’s image to perpetrate illegality, such as evasion of levies and non-renewal of vehicle licence. The drivers he noted are also not licensed.

    Obayori told reporters at the Ojo campus yesterday that the LASU Students Union’s branded buses had neither official nor unofficial connection with the university.

    According to him, the constitution of the students union does not provide for the operation of commercial buses outside the campus.

    “We are alerting the relevant authorities including the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Also, the Nigeria Police should take note of the new development,” he said.

    Obayori said the only LASU-branded buses known to the Students’ Union and the university management were the “campus shuttles” operating within the campus and serving the university community.

    “The operators of such LASU Students Union buses outside the campus are hereby disclaimed.

    “They do not expressly or by way of any implication, have anything to do with the university, its officials or lawful students union, ‘’ he said.

    Obayori said the illegal operators contended with legally-recognised transport unions in collecting dues and levies.

    Their activities, he said, had become sources of rancour, snowballing, often times into fracas.

    “A case in point was the unsavoury event of February 16 involving members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the illegal operators and some LASU students,’’ he said.

    The acting dean said students engaged in transport racketeering or touting would be punished, adding that the penalty for engaging in transport racketeering is rustication as spelt out on page 79 of the university Code of Conduct as contained in the Students Handbook.

    Obayori urged the students to be law-abiding, as the management would not condone illegality or provide haven for criminals.

    He said the management had informed the students union of its decision.

    According to him, the shuttle operators in LASU were presently paying N10,000 monthly to the students Union but a new Memorandum of

    Understanding (MoU) was being processed and would soon be in use.

    The don said the MoU, under the supervision of the university management, would require the operators to register with the Students Union and pay N1,000 monthly.

  • LASU seeks arrest of shuttle buses operating outside campus

    The Lagos State University (LASU) has called for the arrest of commercial buses operating outside the campus in its colour and logo.

    The university’s Acting Dean, Students Affairs Division, Dr Oluwafemi Obayori, said it was obvious that the buses were hiding under the school’s image to perpetrate illegality, such as evasion of levies and non-renewal of vehicle licence. The drivers he noted are also not licensed.

    Obayori told reporters at the Ojo campus yesterday that the LASU Students Union’s branded buses had neither official nor unofficial connection with the university.

    According to him, the constitution of the students union does not provide for the operation of commercial buses outside the campus.

    “We are alerting the relevant authorities including the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Also, the Nigeria Police should take note of the new development,” he said.

    Obayori said the only LASU-branded buses known to the Students’ Union and the university management were the “campus shuttles” operating within the campus and serving the university community.

    “The operators of such LASU Students Union buses outside the campus are hereby disclaimed.

    “They do not expressly or by way of any implication, have anything to do with the university, its officials or lawful students union, ‘’ he said.

    Obayori said the illegal operators contended with legally-recognised transport unions in collecting dues and levies.

    Their activities, he said, had become sources of rancour, snowballing, often times into fracas.

    “A case in point was the unsavoury event of February 16 involving members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the illegal operators and some LASU students,’’ he said.

    The acting dean said students engaged in transport racketeering or touting would be punished, adding that the penalty for engaging in transport racketeering is rustication as spelt out on page 79 of the university Code of Conduct as contained in the Students Handbook.

    Obayori urged the students to be law-abiding, as the management would not condone illegality or provide haven for criminals.

    He said the management had informed the students union of its decision.

    According to him, the shuttle operators in LASU were presently paying N10,000 monthly to the students Union but a new Memorandum of

    Understanding (MoU) was being processed and would soon be in use.

    The don said the MoU, under the supervision of the university management, would require the operators to register with the Students Union and pay N1,000 monthly.

  • LASU begins clearing result backlog

    LASU begins clearing result backlog

    The Lagos State University (LASU) has begun clearing the backlog of results of students of the University External System (LASUES), whose results have been “trapped” for years.

    The Vice Chancellor, Prof Lanre Fagbohun, said the Senate will tomorrow sit to rubber stamp 2,500 results in what would be the beginning of a mop up of results backlog in phases.

    He said: “As we all know, the issue of backlog of results in LASUES has been a major concern.

    “We have, therefore, set up a taskforce headed by Prof Cordelia Nwaboku of the Faculty of Education. The Task Force will work with the Directorate of LASUES to ensure backlog of results are accounted for.

    “What we have observed was that there are some who are not our students but cashed in on various challenges in the university to claim studentship. So we have directed that all students’ results should be uploaded on the university website so that the Task Force can also ascertain the status of every student.

    “An advertorial would be placed very shortly that all students with various complaints should download a ‘complaint form’ from the website. Phone numbers and e-mail of Prof Nwaboku will also be made public as a channel through which the affected students can send in their complaints.

    “Tomorrow, the Senate will sit to approve about 2500 results of LASUES and this will be consistent, until outstanding results are cleared.”

     

     

  • SUV knocks down LASU students

    Two 200-Level students of Lagos State University (LASU), Joshua Oluranti and Paul Olajire, have cheated death after they were knocked down by a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) at the school gate on Sunday. The victims were rushed to a private hospital close to the school.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the incident happened at 10pm when Joshua and Paul were going to the campus to read for the examination they had on Monday.

    An eyewitness, who gave his name as Olaolu, said the students were a few metres from the school gate when the SUV, with number plate LSR 513 DE, came from behind and hit them.

    “They were rushed to a nearby private hospital by the driver of the SUV in the company of students who rushed to the scene of the accident,” Olaolu said.

    Joshua, who sustained a dislocated hand and bruises on the face, surprised his classmates when he showed up for the examination on Monday. His entrance into the examination hall in company of Students’ Union President, Tayo Sekoni, was greeted with cheers by his classmates.

    Tayo used the opportunity to announce free ride for students on campus throughout the examination period. He hailed students for not resorting to the violence after the accident, saying it was a show of maturity.

    The union president urged students to be calm, advising them to study hard during the examination period.

    A security officer at the hospital, who prevented our reporter from speaking to the victims, said Joshua had been discharged on Monday, adding that Paul remained under observation at the press time.

    It was also gathered that the driver of the SUV footed the victims’ hospital bills.

  • Pretoria Varsity’s best inspires LASU students

    Romola Adeola an alumnus of Lagos State University and the University of Pretoria Centre for Human Right’s youngest undergraduate was the cynosure of all eyes at LASU 2015/2016 matriculation yesterday.

    The 26-year-old was the motivational speaker at the event where her inspiring rendition vibrated the expansive school auditorium as new students clapped endlessly in acknowledgement of Romola’s encouraging words.

    Romola emerged the youngest doctoral graduate of the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Right in February this year. University of Pretoria is 107 years old.

    Spotting an ankara blouse with in orange and shades of blue colours with a black skirt to match, Romola told her listeners new that students that come to study could be split into three categories-‘those who are indifferent about university degree’;  ‘those who want a university degree’; and ‘those who need a university degree’.

    According to her, those in the first category are students who come to the university to merely catch their fun and show little concern about their grades since they spend a substantial part of their times on frivolities. To Romola, those students often end up regretting eventually because their degree do not make them marketable for employment opportunities.

    The second category are students who are though serious about acquiring a degree; yet are not ready to pay the price to acquire a quality degree.

    “The degree these people carry are the ones that are saturating the labour market now; and because their degrees are almost the same in status, they become victims of competition. So it is the survival of the fittest,” she said

    However those who need a degree are the ones who put extra efforts and get to where they and their parents want them to be, Romola added.

    “Those in this category posses certain attributes;” she continued.

    “They are hardworking, sensitive to distractions; and use their time wisely. They are very imaginative, committed to succeed, identify with friends with similar goals and above all yield to God.”

    The university vice chancellor Prof Lanre Fagbohun, said the population of the 32-year-old institution now stands at 8,239 as against 573 undegraduate and pre-degree students the university first recorded in 1984.

     

     

  • Pretoria Varsity’s best inspire LASU students

    Pretoria Varsity’s best inspire LASU students

    Romola Adeola an alumnus of Lagos State University and the University of Pretoria Centre for Human Right’s youngest undergraduate was the cynosure of all eyes at LASU 2015/2016 matriculation Tuesday.

    The 26 year old was the motivational speaker at the event where her inspiring rendition vibrated the expansive school auditorium as new students clapped endlessly in acknowledgement of Romola’s inspiring words.

    Romola emerged the youngest doctoral graduate of the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Right in February this year. University of Pretoria is 107 years old.

    Spotting an ankara blouse with in orange and shades of blue colours with a black skirt to match, Romola told the new students, that students that come to study could be split into three categories-‘those who are indifferent about university degree’;  ‘those who want a university degree’; and ‘those who need a university degree’.

    According to her, those in the first category are students who come to the university to merely catch their fun and show little concern about their grades since they spend a substantial part of their times on frivolities. To Romola, those students often end up regretting eventually because their degree do not make them marketable for employment opportunities.

    The second categories are students who are though serious about acquiring a degree; yet are not ready to pay the price to acquire a quality degree.

    “The degree these one carry are the ones that are saturating the labour market now; and because their degrees are almost the same in status, they become victims of competition. So it is the survival of the fittest,” she said

    However those who need a degree are the ones who put extra efforts and get to where they and their parents want them to be, Romola added.

    “Those in this category posses certain attributes;” she continued.

    “They are hardworking, sensitive to distractions; and use their time wisely. They are very imaginative, committed to succeed, identify with friends with similar goals and above all yield to God.”

    “The first category is easy because what those students need to do is simply play; the second one is to either succeed or not but the third are those that remained focused all through.”

    Romola admonished students to imagine themselves in her (Romola) shoes, noting that her feat at the University of Pretoria was not as a result of being extra intelligent but rather inculcating those virtues those in the third category possess.

    The university vice chancellor Prof Lanre Faghohun said the population of the 32 year-old institution now stands at 8,239 as against 573 undergraduate and pre degree students the university first recorded in 1984.

    Fagbohun who said he was proud of Romola as an alumnus, added that LASU has weathered the storm despite the bad publicity it has suffered due to incessant crisis between workers, students and management.

    “While it is true that the university has had some challenges in time past, particularly in the area of academic disruptions, it has without doubt achieved enormous success. We have had the honour of producing great and exceptional minds who have made their mark, and who today occupy the commanding height of economic, politics and social landscape in and outside Nigeria,” Fagbohun boasted.

    He urged all to be committed to the current rebranding of the university, imbibing the new motto: “We are LASU; we are Proud”.

     

  • LASU students to VC: reverse suspension

    LASU students to VC: reverse suspension

    The Lagos State University Students’ Union (LASUSU) has asked the university management to reverse last week suspension order slammed on 11 students of the Department of History and International Studies.

    The students said it is worried that management could go ahead with such action without giving the students a fair hearing.

    The 11 student who were executive members the History and International Studies were suspended for failing to get permission from the university management before organising an award/dinner night in which a student of the Department of International Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM) Miss Omolara Gbadeyan, reportedly drank alcohol to stupor and died shortly after.

    LASUSU outgoing president Adeyemi Wasiu Onikoro told The Nation that the institution management also goofed by prescribing on the students a punishment outside the Students Handbook.

    “Let me say here that management has breached the contract that binds them with students. We are not against punishing erring students. What we are saying is that management should not slam punishment on students for an offence which does not exist in the Students Handbook,” he said.

    The Students Handbook is like a constitution in which guides students activities on campus including offences and their corresponding punishment.

  • LASU suspends 11 students over colleague’s death

    LASU suspends 11 students over colleague’s death

    The Lagos State University (LASU) has suspended 11 students over the death of Omolara Gbadeyan, a 200-Level student of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, at a party two weeks agos.

    The students were said to have held the party to mark the Students Society of History and International Studies (SSOHIS) award without permission.

    The students, who were executives of SSOHIS, are: Babatunde Kareem Arubo (chairman, organising committee); Paul Tumininu Shenjobi (President); Esther Kudayah (Vice President); Whenu Mathew Balogun (General Secretary); Latifat Bidemi Eletu (Treasurer); Shobowale Omokeji (Financial Secretary); Omoebo Princess (Assistant General Secretary); Rahman Abiodun Aka (Social Director); Jamiu Oluwasan Yekini (Sports Director); Tope Odeyemi (Speaker); Ademola Adeshina (LASUSU Financial Secretary).

    An official bulletin released on Tuesday said the students would face a disciplinary panel.

    The bulletin reads: “The students were the organisers of the unauthorised cum ill-fated party of the Association’s Award Night of Thursday February 11, where the unfortunate death of Omolara Gbadeyan, a 200-Level student of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM), Faculty of Management Sciences of the University occurred.

    “Consequently, the affected students are henceforth, not allowed to participate in any of the students’ related activities.  In addition, they are expected to face the Students’ Disciplinary Committee immediately.”

     It had said that autopsy  was being carried out to determine the cause of the death,” it said

  • LASU suspends 11 over student’s death

    LASU suspends 11 over student’s death

    Authorities of the Lagos State University (LASU) have suspended 11 former executive members of the Students Society of History and International Studies (SSOHIS) indefinitely.

    The university said this in its official bulletin obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

    It said that the students organised the ill-fated Association Award Night party of Feb. 11, where the death of a 200 level female student, Omolara Gbadeyan, ‎occurred.

    The bulletin indicated that the deceased was in the Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences.

    ‎According to the bulletin, the affected students are henceforth not allowed to participate in any student-related activity.

    It said they were also expected to face the student’s disciplinary committee immediately.

    ‎The University had earlier said that the organisers of the party, which claimed the life of the student, did not inform it of the event.

    It noted that the organisers sought no approval for it, which ‎was contrary to the rules and regulations of the institution.

    According to an earlier bulletin, the university authority management received the shocking news after the sad event had occurred.

    It said the management immediately swung into action by directing the health service department and the Security unit, Students Affairs Division ‎ to carry out detailed investigation on the reported incident.

    According to the bulletin, the incident was reported to the police while the body of the deceased was deposited at the morgue of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

    It had said that autopsy ‎was being carried out to determine the cause of the death,” it said.