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By Gideon Adonai   The Lagos State University,  (LASU) Ojo has opened portal for admissions into the Lagos State University School of Basic and Advanced Studies [JUPEB Programme] which commences June 2024. This is according to a communique released Friday June 28, 2024.  Orangesprings Blog understands that the Programme runs for one Academic Session beginning from September 2024 to August 2025.  It is an intensive programme to prepare exceptionally brilliant candidates for admission into the 200 level degree programmes offered by JUPEB. 2.0 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (a) Five (5) Ordinary Level Credits to include English Language. For candidates who intend to study courses in Medicine/ Dentistry/ Nursing/ Pharmacology, Agricultural Science, Science, Education, Social Sciences, Management Sciences and Engineering, a credit pass in Mathematics is compulsory. (b) Students who meet the admission requirements will be invited for a written qualifying examination...

By Gideon Adonai   Oklahoma's top education official has ordered schools in the state to begin incorporating the Bible into lessons, in the latest US cultural flashpoint over religion in the classroom. A directive sent by Republican state Superintendent Ryan Walters said adherence to the rule was compulsory, requiring "immediate and strict compliance". The rule will apply to lessons for all public school students aged from around 11-18. It comes a week after Louisiana's governor signed a law directing all public schools in that state to display the Ten Commandments. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Walters described the Bible as "an indispensable historical and cultural touchstone". "Without basic knowledge of it, Oklahoma students are unable to properly contextualize the foundation of our nation, which is why Oklahoma educational standards provide for its instruction," he added. Mr Walters, a former public school history teacher, was elected to his ...

By Gideon Adonai The university will definitely handle the case of a delinquent student allegedly linked with the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was filmed in a vital video fighting lecturer. This is according to a terse statement posted to Orangesprings Blog on Thursday night by the Senior Special Adviser to Lagos State on Students' Affairs, Mr Samuel Olawale Kappo. Kappo is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos State University, LASU and the Lagos State Students Union (LASUSU) president in the 2016/2017 academic session. In the viral video, a yet-to-be-identified university student was spotted pushing a lecturer on the chest . According to the video shared by Yabaleftonline, the student forcefully pushed the lecturer on the chest after the lecturer also had also been seen dragging the student out of the class. Further findings by Orangesprings showed that the so-called lecturer had in a separate video obtained by our reporter, assaulted the student  and dragging his school bag. ...

By Gideon Adonai A senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science of Lagos State University, Dr Olusegun O. Babalola, has emerged as one of the eighteen (18) academics from tertiary institutions in Nigeria to receive a grant of $250,000 from the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) to develop four prototype projects into commercially viable products.  The academics went through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)’s Research for Impact Initiative (R4I) to win the grants. The 18 lecturers, who were distributed into four groups were hosted at Innov8, an innovation hub in Abuja to come out with four prototypes; Development of Technology to Mitigate the Effect of Drought in Desert Areas of Northern Nigeria, Development of Automated Garri Frying Technology (Jollyfryer), Creation of Biosensor Device for Water Purification Using Solar Energy, AirVolt: An Affordable Access to Electricity with Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Dr Babalola's research team working o...

The University of Abuja has appointed Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the acting Vice-Chancellor of by the institution’.  Her appointment was announced at the valedictory Senate meeting on the university campus in Abuja on Wednesday. The 41-year-old Professor of International Law was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, before her appointment. READ ALSO: LASU announces UTME admission cut off mark as application begins for category A Outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, who is rounding off his tenure in three days, said Maikudi’s appointment was in a temporary capacity, pending the ratification by the Governing Council. In her acceptance speech, Maikudi expressed gratitude to members of the Senate for the confidence reposed in her. RELATED: UNILAG JUPEB / School of Foundation Studies opens portal for 2024/2025 applications   “I want to extend my deepest respect and appreciation to you all for the strong support and unwavering commitment that you have accord...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will hold its policy meeting on July 18 where it will determine the cut-off marks for the 2024 admissions.  In its weekly bulletin released on Monday, JAMB said the meeting will be chaired by the Minister of Education Tahir Mamman. Other stakeholders in the education sector are also billed to attend. READ ALSO: LASU announces UTME admission cut off mark as application begins for category A “These critical stakeholders include Heads of regulatory agencies such as the National University Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others,” the bulletin read. RELATED: UNILAG JUPEB / School of Foundation Studies opens portal for 2024/2025 applications At the event, the JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede will also present reports on this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation...

By Gideon Adonai The Lagos State University, LASU has pegged its UTME admission cut off mark for this year 2024 at 195, which is same as last year. This is according to a communique released on Tuesday morning. Orangesprings Blog understands that online application is now on for category A applicants which is staff biological children seeking Admission into the University for the 2024/2025 academic session. The application commences on Monday, 1st July and end on Friday, 19th July 2024 for candidates (staff biological children) who scored *195 and above in the 2024 UTME. The steps required to complete the online staff biological children admission on the registration portal are detailed below: 1. Visit https://lasu.edu.ng/home/biological/. Click "Create Account" on the top Navigation Menu. 2. Provide your details as required on the Registration Page. Then click the "Register Now" button. 3. On the success of Step 2, an email will be sent to the provided email addres...

By Gidoen Adonai   The Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, (UNILAG) will see hundreds of students and stage play lovers throng its theatre to watch a stage play titled "Love and Colours in Depth" 🎭 The play will hold on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos. Produced by Dr. Seyi Kenny and directed by AbdulWali Balogun, this stage play will be held in two sessions: 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm According to a communique obtained by Orangesprings Blog, the UNILAG in Town initiative is borne out of the desire to celebrate and promote culture and moral rebirth.

By Gideon Adonai The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has said it is on red alert and prepared to address the possible spread of cholera disease in Lagos. The management of LASUTH spoke to in response to the death of five persons and hospitalisation of scores of others showing symptoms of the disease in Lagos, saying it has put its healthcare workers on red alert and other stakeholders on notice in readiness for a possible spread. The management of the state-owned health facility In a statement issued on its X handle @LASUTHIkeja on Wednesday morning, declared its readiness to manage the possible spread of the disease, saying precautionary measures in response to an outbreak have been set on course. The statement reads: “This is to inform the general public that precautionary measures have been put in place by the management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH concerning the cholera outbreak in Lagos. “It’s on record that scores of patients presented yesterday, ...

  By Gideon Adonai The Lagos State University has made a significant progress, shortly after 27th convocation ceremonies as the most sought-after varsity secures accreditation for all the forty-four (44) courses submitted for the National Universities Commission accreditation exercise held between October and November, 2023. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM made the information known when she received results of the accreditation exercise via a letter from the NUC dated 6th June 2024 signed by Engr Abraham Chundusu for the Executive Secretary.  The result showed that 43 of the 44 courses assessed secured full accreditation with only one course - Computer Science Education, getting interim accreditation.  All the other courses with full accreditation include: 1. MSc. Banking and Finance  2. MSc. Insurance  3. MSc. Marketing  4. MSc. Transport Management  5. Industrial Relations and Personnel Management  6. Insurance...

  Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has been killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday. The aircraft went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) to the north of the capital Lilongwe. The wreckage of the plane has been located, Chakwera said Tuesday. “The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said.

A plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people has gone missing after it failed to make a scheduled landing on Monday, according to the presidential office. The Malawi Defense Force Aircraft carrying Chilima and others left the capital of Lilongwe at 9:17 a.m. local time (3.17 a.m. ET), the presidential office and cabinet said in a statement.

By Gideon Adonai   The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to rescind the honorary degree it bestowed upon hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014. The school’s decision follows a series of alarming accusations against the rapper, along with recently unearthed surveillance video of the 54-year-old physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a brutal 2016 incident at a Los Angeles hotel. “Mr. Combs’ behavior as captured in a recently released video is so fundamentally incompatible with Howard University’s core values and beliefs that he is deemed no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honor,” the university said in a statement published in the school’s newspaper. The board is also directing the Washington, D.C. school to immediately disband a scholarship program bearing Combs’ name and return a $1 million donation he gave his alma mater in October. Combs studied business at the historically Black university, but dropped out in 1990...

By Gideon Adonai A scholar of the Lagos State University, LASU and Visiting Professor and Scholar, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Barry University Miami, USA, Prof. Onoriode Potokri  has urged all education leaders and managers to make continuous learning their lifestyle. According to him, he said educators shout be "lifelong learners by unlearning, learning and relearning, and should commit more resources to teacher development policies that promote education digitalisation and their effective implementation." The professor of Education Policy Studies and Alumni of Lagos State University, Prof. Potokri made this known while delivering his keynote address titled "Leading and Managing Education Digitalisation in the 21st Century" at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Association for Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP), LASU Branch, Lagos Chapter, in collaboration with Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA), Nairobi, Kenya. The 4-day...

The Lagos State Governor and Visitor to the university, Mr Babajide Olusshola Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded the overall best student of the Lagos State University (LASU) Olawale Mubarak Olaniyi with ₦10 million. The governor made this announcement at the university’s 27th Convocation in Lagos on Thursday. Mubarak, from the department of accounting education, graduated with cumulative grade point average of 4.98 in the 2022/2023 academic session.  

By Gideon Adonai The University of Ilorin has announced the promotion of 16 of its senior academics to the rank of Professor. This is according to a Thursday statement from the Registrar's Office  Thursday evening and immediately obtained by Orangesprings Blog. READ ALSO: Son of a wood feller I am, not deficient in quotient or course of study, LASU best graduating student from education, Olaniyi says  Their elevation, following the recommendations of the University Appointment and Promotion Committee (A&PC) and with the approval of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, SAN, recognises their exceptional achievements in teaching, research, and community service. According to the quoted statement, 16 distinguished scholars were found to have excelled in the realms of teaching, research and community service. The breakdown of the beneficiaries of the promotion exercise shows that three of the new Professors are produced by the Faculty of Clinical Sciences and they are...

By Gideon Adonai Some dreams transcend into nightmares, as others are a mere reverie and empty daydreaming; but some become realities. The words of Olaniyi Mubaraq Olawale reverberated inside the 5,000 seating capacity Buba Marwa Auditorium of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo Campus on Wednesday morning. The valedictorian, though elated and quite anxious maintained stern composure when he described himself as son of a tree feller and deceased mother, who is not deformed like the Spartan boys left on the mountain to die. Continue Reading: Son of a wood feller I am, not deficient in quotient or course of study, LASU best graduating student from education, Olaniyi says  Responding to his Olaniyi's conscientious speech is a galaxy star-studded fellow graduands nodding in affirmative poise and rapturous applause. Read his speech obtained by Orangesprings Blog below.  VALEDICTORY SPEECH What can be said about dreams that eventually become nightmares? Or dreams that are only ach...

By Gideon Adonai The best graduating student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Mr  Mubaraq Olawale OLANIYI has said that he might be the son of a wood feller and a deceased mother, yet, he is not deficient in quotient or course of study.  Olaniyi graduated with a 4.98 CGPA  First Class Honours Degree from the department of Accounting Education. While delivering his valedictory speech on Wednesday, the valedictorian described how he defied expectations to emerge from a faculty wrongly adjudged as an asylum for students with low intellectual quotient and for students gifted with courses different from their choice courses. Olaniyi in his speech, obtained by Orangesprings Blog said:  It is with great humility that I address you today as the son of a wood seller father and a late mother, who has defied expectations to emerge from a faculty wrongly adjudged as an asylum for students with low intellectual quotient and for students gifted with courses different from thei...

By Gideon Adonai   Olaniyi Mubaraq Olawale has been officially announced as the Best Graduating Student of the Lagos State University at the ongoing 27th Convocation Ceremonies. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi-Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, mni., NPOM made this announcement during her convocation address.   The elated prof said: "I am happy to announce that OLANIYI MUBARAQ OLAWALE of Accounting Education programme with a CGPA of 4.98 [First Class Honours] is our best-graduating student for the 2022/2023 Academic session  Message to graduating students My dear graduands, today you commence the journey to the world of work where expectations are high to prove your mettle as graduates of Lagos State University. In the last few years, you have been moulded in the finest academic tradition under the watch of some of the best educators anywhere in your chosen fields. I am confident that you have the requisite knowledge to take you through the challenges of a world in constant ...

Members of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. The strike which commenced on Monday was called to protest the failure of the Federal Government to approve new minimum wage by May 31 as well as its failure to reverse the hike in electricity tariff. Orangesprings Blog understands that after a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage. The agreement stated, “The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000; and the Tripartite Committee will convene daily for the next week to ...

The management of the Lagos State University, LASU has responded promptly to a social media post making the rounds about a LASU Degree Certificate allegedly found at a ‘SUYA spot'.  According to a statement obtained by this blog, the most sought-after State University had recovered the ‘certificate’ on Wednesday, 21st November, 2018, invalidated it immediately. The statement reads in parts:    The ‘certificate’ in question actually exist but was invalidated on 25th February, 2013 because the graduate’s surname was wrongly written on the ‘certificate’ as ABISOYE instead of ABIOYE . The University had issued another certificate carrying the correct surname and this was collected by the graduate on the 30th of September, 2014. By the University’s standard practice, the invalidated certificate ought to have been shredded immediately the certificate was re-issued with the correct surname. Obviously this was not done and by default the invalidated certificate got into the publ...

 The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SFG, George Akume, and the leadership of the Organised Labour are currently in a meeting. A source in the Labour disclosed this to Vanguard Newspapers The source said: “Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC, have been invited for a meeting. “We are there now to hear from them.” Thouh the source did not reveal the reason for the meeting, it won’t be unconnected with the minimum wage and ongoing strike across the country.l The Organised Labour declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd over the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the hike in the electricity tariff.   In an eight-point resolutions by the Presidents of NLC and TUC, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, respectively, they lamented the continued absence of the state governors at the meeting, and also the absence of any Federal Government...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has joined the ongoing strike by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. This is coming after the Federal Government failed to meet the unions’ minimum wage demand. In a statement addressed to the branch chairpersons and zonal coordinators of ASUU on Monday, the association’s President, Emmanuel Osodeke, directed lecturers in universities across the country to join the strike as an affiliate of the congress. The statement read, “The NLC has declared an indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, 3rd June, 2024, as a result of the failure of Government to conclude the renegotiation of minimum wage for Nigerian workers and reversal of hike in electricity tariff. “Our branches are hereby enjoined to join in the strike action as an affiliate member of Congress. “Consequently, branch chairpersons are to mobilise all members to participate in the strike action. Yours in the struggle.” Details later…