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Gideon Adonai  Academic activities at the nation's most preferred university, Lagos State University, (LASU), Ojo and its other campuses are set to resume following breakthroughs in talks with union heads by top authorities of the Lagos governor's office. Following this development, confirmed by an insider in LASU, the Senate of the fastest growing university in terms of applicants' choices and latest infrastructure,  has approved the resumption of academic and social activities with effect from Wednesday, 13th August 2025. The said meeting was held on Monday, 11th August 2025. Thomas-Onashile, Oluwayemisi A. Deputy Registrar/Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations in LASU has also disclosed that the Senate's decision followed the line of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) to call off its industrial action on Tuesday, 12th August 2025, and resume work on Wednesday, 13th August 2025, after a productive meeting with the Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, o...

In what can only be described as a fitting tribute to an educational visionary, the Buba Marwa Auditorium at Lagos State University's main campus was filled with emotion, gratitude, and celebration as Mr. Taiwo Odumbo returned to Lagos State University International School (LASUIS) for the institution's Valedictory Service and End of Session Party on Saturday, 2nd August, 2025. The event marked a homecoming for the founding principal who recently concluded nine years of distinguished service, having secured a new appointment as the Education Secretary, Local Government Authority, Ikorodu, leaving behind a legacy that has transformed LASUIS from a modest educational startup into a beacon of academic excellence that now serves as a model for international schools across Nigeria. Speaker after speaker took turns to eulogise a man whose tenure marked LASUIS's remarkable rise from humble beginnings to a reputable citadel of excellence. The Chairman of the LASUIS Board, Professor...

Gideon Adonai  The Lagos State University Senate has at its virtual meeting held on Saturday, 2nd August 2025 asked its students to vacate hostels while concerned authorities broker terms with heads of staff unions. The Senate brought academic activities including second semester examination of 2024/25 session to a halt in a bid to resolve looming strike actions threatened by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Staff Unions comprising the LASU Chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) The aforementioned unions had on Thursday, 31st July 2025 issued commencement of a strike action described as indefinite in its July 31st, stating that the said strike would be on till the unions' demands are met. Senate of the University, while considering the verbal report, according  to a Saturday communique signed by Thoma...