LASUSTECH Watch

Management bans parking behind Library Complex • Reinforces ban on tinted Vehicles Barricade mounted behind the Library Complex Photo: Safiu Kehinde  Safiu Kehinde The Management of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has barred parking of vehicles behind the Library Complex while also reinforcing the ban on tinted vehicles on campus. As contained in last week’s edition of LASUSTECH News issued by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, the ban was imposed by the management to promote orderliness and safety. “Management has observed with dismay the unauthorized parking of vehicles behind the Library Complex of Ikorodu Campus. Vehicles should be parked at designated car parks to ensure safety and orderliness on the campus. To this effect, the University Management has directed that henceforth, no one should park vehicle (s) behind the University Library. Anybody found violating this directive of the Management will be sanctioned.” The publication ...

Arts Èkó e rèé (This is your Lagos) Èkó e rèé sculpture erected at the Department of Arts and Industrial Design Photo: Adebayo Nurudeen  Adebayo Nurudeen  A landscape depicting the outskirts of Lagos State has been erected at the department of Arts Èkó and Industrial Design. The relief metal sculpture made of fiber glass, iron rod and metals was designed by a final year students of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Joel Oguntola , and titled ‘EKO E’RE ( THIS IS YOUR LAGOS). Lagos is the proclaimed centre of excellence, with a common saying that it accommodates “owners of the house, the guest and the lazy.” The sculpture is a tool to serve as a means of sense of belonging to the students of the institution who has come from various states within the country, and might not be privileged to leave the outskirts of the school before graduating. From the upper left of the sculpture is the new Yaba Terminal, which operates through the route of lawanson-i...

MSSN and LCF Holds Joint Prayer Session (Photos) L-R: MSSN and LCF members observing the joint prayer session Photo: Safiu Kehinde  Safiu Kehinde Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (LASUSTECH Isolo Chapter) and LASUSTECH Christian Fellowship (Isolo Campus) had not only shared same terrain, but had also held a joint prayer session at Isolo Campus on Friday. Organized in commiseration to the death of a lecturer couple of weeks ago alongside reported death cases among students of the campus, both associations embarked on the prayer session in an attempt to ward off further occurrences. Members of the associations were mobilized for the joint prayer session which commenced after the Muslims Jumu’ah prayer. MSSN Brothers observing the prayer session in the Mosque Photo: Safiu Kehinde  While the Christians embarked on prayer walk across the campus, the Muslims held theirs in the mosque. According to the President of Lasustech Christian Fellowship (Isolo Campus), Oyedun Yinka, the ...

  “It is no longer poverty, but economy.” PD Doughnut Seller Reveals Students waiting to buy PD Doughnut Photo: Moshood Hameedat  Interview  Adeitan Moronfade Your stay as a student in Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) is never complete without a taste of the famous PD doughnut. Renowned for its larger than life size and texture, PD(Poverty Doughnut in full) has been the savior of most students for years- particularly during hard times when Sapa gets the best of you. Much must have been known of the doughnut, but little must have been heard of the maker. Laspo Watch embarked on an exclusive interview with Mrs. Oladipupo Daniel, the brain behind PD Doughnut. Can we know you Ma? I’m Mrs. Oladipupo Daniel. I started this business back in August, 2010. How has your relationship with students been? You should know how you students behave. Students display all sorts of attitudes. But what can we do? We are your parents too. How many of your attitudes...

MABUSSA, KISS Nigeria sensitize Students on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS MABUSSA's Executive members at the sensitization program Photo: Moshood Hameedat  • Introduces Oral fluid-based test to students • Shares free test kit and condom to students • Calls for adoption of sex education into school curriculum • Decries the decline in virginity rate Safiu Kehinde Management and Business Studies Students Association (MABUSSA), in conjunction with Keep It Safe and Sweet (KISS) Nigeria, have sensitized students on protection against Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS. The programme, which was held today at the 700 Seaters Auditorium, had in attendance, students across every departments in School of Management and Business Studies, with the exemption of Accountancy and OTM departments. Following the welcome address by MABUSSA’s Vice President, Malaolu Olawale, a representative of KISS Initiative engaged the students in Health Awareness Talk. According to t...

Drama  as Students Clash over Endowment after Sanwo-Olu’s visit Safiu Kehinde The visitation of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH)   ended on a frenzy note yesterday as students clashed over the money gifted by the Governor after his departure. Sanwo-Olu had, yesterday, paid the Institution a courtesy visit,   supervising the ongoing Senate/Admin building construction before addressing the group of students who, led by the Students Union Government’s President, Balogun Aderemi, came to honor the Governor’s presence. As a form of gratitude to their gesture, the governor offered the SUG President a token of cash wrapped into brown envelopes. Shortly after the governor’s exit, argument aroused among the students over the money. It took the intervention of the school Public Relations Officer, Dr. Olanrewaju Kuye, to prevent the SUG President from being mobbed. Following the dissolution of the...

NIMECHE Vice Chairman tasks Female Engineers to invent Domestic Appliances NIMECHE Vice Chairman, Egbin Chapter, Engr. Ademola Onanuga  Safiu Kehinde The Vice Chairman of Nigerian Institute of Mechanical Engineers (NIMECHE), Egbin Chapter, Ademola Onanuga, has tasked female Engineers to invent domestic appliances during the induction of new members of the institute yesterday. Highlighting excessive importation of goods including domestic appliances as one of Nigeria ‘s problem, Onanuga had called on the women to invent while speaking during a courtesy visit to the Dean, School of Engineering, Engr. Yakubu Bankole, by the institute in accomplice to the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN). Prior to the induction ceremony held at the school of Engineering lecture theatre, members of APWEN had decorated the Dean as their new Patron while advocating for the presence of female engineers in the industry which NIMECHE Vice Chairman commended. “It is necessary fo...