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  Gideon Adonai  The green leaves made mellifluous melodies of honour into the porches of ears of thousands of elated newly matriculating students of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, on Tuesday 18th February as the most subscribed university in Nigeria after University of Ilorin celebrated its newest freshers. Orangesprings Blog shares delightful highlights of the event. 12,590, close to last year's figure   LASU admitted more students in its 2023/2024 matriculation than this year's. The tally last year was 12,873, as against 12,590.  The data, taken in comparison against 2022 matriculation number, 6377,  shows that LASU is maintaining a trajectory of growth as the institution conspicuously strove to strike a balance, despite biting inflation and low purchasing power embattling Nigeria and other countries. The figures are considerably high for LASU who takes advantage of a large expanse of land, and other admission deciding factors against the University o...

Gideon Adonai  The Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, (LASU) Professor Ibilola Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, fnli, NPOM on Tuesday disclosed that 12,590 applicants were successfully admitted from over 60,000 applications received in the last University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Orangesprings Blog reliably gathered that over 60,000 candidates made LASU their first choice in the 2024 UTME as the second most subscribed university in Nigeria. The VC spoke at the 2024/2025 Matriculation held on the main campus in Ojo, Lagos. She urged the new students to be dedicated to their studies, stressing that they were lucky to be in the institution following stiff competition for admissions. “A total number of 12,590 were admitted out of over 60,000 applicants that subscribed to the University. Therefore, you must count yourselves very lucky to be among the very few that was admitted. It is on this note that I will advise you to face your studies so as not to lose th...

Gideon Adonai   As the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) imposes stricker measures against underage applicants, the registration procedure as taken a surprising turn as, a 94-year-old man, Adedapo Idowu has registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is the first time in the over 40 years of the existence of JAMB that a nonagenarian will be registering for the examination. The nonagenarian, featured on the JAMB’s latest bulletin publication, in which the 94-year-old man quoted as saying his fears of acquiring tertiary education have now been dispelled. “I can now attain my dream at an advanced age,” he said. The elderly man who disclosed that his aim of fulfilling his long-standing aspiration of studying Political Science at the University of Ibadan propelled his action said the process of his UTME registration was seamless. Idowu commended the board’s integration of National Identity Number (NIN) for easy data collection. This, acco...

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has warned that strict penalties will be enforced for underage candidates in the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. Speaking to reporters on Friday while monitoring the registration process at various centers in Lagos, Oloyede revealed that out of the 780,202 candidates registered so far, 11,512 are underage. He noted that while JAMB had initially allowed exceptionally brilliant candidates below 16 years to register, the privilege is now being abused. Oloyede said: “We will impose some other penalty on them, that it will have been better for them to have stayed for their time, because they are going to waste their money. “This is the second week, the tenth day of the registration and we have registered 780,202, but surprisingly 11,512 of them are underage. “When you are expecting 30-40, you can see the deceit. 11,512 are indicated as of today, even today...

The Lagos State University, Ojo through its School of Transport and Logistics (LASUSOTAL) in partnership with the Africa Centre of Supply Chain on Thursday held a sensitisation programme for young learners of the LASU International Staff School on the significance transport and logistics lives of all humans.  The symposium was chaired by Dr. Ogochukwu Ugboma FCILT, fACSC, the Lagos Zonal Coordinator of the African Center of Supply Chain who represented the Dean of the the School of Transport and Logistics, LASU, Prof. Charles ASENIME Also, present was Dr Obiora Madu, the Director General, Africa Centre of Supply Chain (ACSC) the eminent partner on visit at the awareness campaign exposing the students of Lagos State University to the benefits of logistics and Supply Chain as an employment-guaranteeing academic discipline while whetting their appetite for the career that promises a juicy future. Orangesprings Blog gathered that Dr Ugboma tutored that transport and logistics issues a...