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SUJC Symposium: Presidential Candidate calls for the inclusion of professional conduct and ethics into School Curriculum Dr. Chris Imumolem     Photo: Adekoya Adebowale Safiu Kehinde The Presidential Candidate of Accord Party, Dr. Christopher Imumolem, has called for the inclusion of professional conduct and ethics into School Curriculum. He made the call while speaking at the Students Union Judiciary Council (SUJC) Annual Symposium of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) at Ikorodu, Lagos. Dr. Imumolem identified professional conduct and ethics as virtues that enables students comport themselves. “We advocate that schools should also include in its curriculum professional conduct, ethics, and good behavior. It is very important because Organic Chemistry, your Principle of Management may not teach you how to conduct yourself at every time.” He said. In furtherance to his call for professional conduct and ethics inclusion to school curriculum, he...

SUJC Symposium: Student wins N20,000 for Knowing who discovered Penicillin Olanrewaju Joseph A year two student of Lagos State University of Science and Technology Seyitan Temitayo Ayangbola, has won a cash price of N20,000 for knowing who discovered an anti-biotic drug, penicillin, during the Students Union Judiciary Council’s annual symposium on Wednesday. Following a trivia questions session thrown to the students by the Presidential Candidate of Accord Party and the event’s Special Guest of Honor, Dr. Christopher Imumolem, Seyitan, a student from the School of Technology, walked up the podium at the mention of who invented penicillin? His reference to Scottish Physician, Sir Alexander Fleming, earned him the whooping cash price. Speaking after the event, Seyitan, who also bagged the third position at the inter-school debate session, expressed his excitement over the win. “Of course I was happy and I’m looking forward to doing more.” He said. When asked how he got to know who inv...

  Security Operatives walk out   Zenith Bank representatives from Classroom Safiu Kehinde Security Operatives attached to the School of Management and Business Studies (SMBS) allegedly walked out some representatives of Zenith bank from classroom earlier today. The incident which happened at the HND1 class of the Department of Business Administration, saw the representatives blowing hot at one of the security operatives who was also visibly hostile to them. During the face-off, one of the embarrassed representatives was heard mentioning “freedom of expression” as she walked past the security operatives. Speaking to our correspondent,   the bank representative who pleaded anonymity, expressed her displeasure over the security men’s manner of approach. “We’ve been to other schools and never have we experienced something like this. Their manner of approach here makes it look like we are in an advanced secondary school.” She said. Reacting to the incident, the...

 LASUSTECH SUJC prepares for its annual symposium programme, eyes sensitizing students on judicial responsibility Safiu Kehinde The Students Union Judiciary Council of LASUSTECH has commence preparations for its annual symposium as a need to sensitize students on the responsibility of the judicial arm of government as it affects youth liberation and social justice. Tagged “Legal Education: An Imperative of Youth Liberation and Social Justice”, the event which will have the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, Dr. Olaleye Nurudeen, as the guest host, is set to hold on the 27th of April, 2022 at the University’s 700 seaters auditorium, Ikorodu. Notable speakers at the one day event will include the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Honorable Justice Kazeem Alogba, Deputy Director (Litigation) for House of Representatives Committee, Barrister Dankuwo, and Barrister Olufunke Backnor. Also, the event will host discussion panelists who will be deliberating on “social and moral standard...

 SRC embarks on Constituency visitation, condemns infiltration of cultists on campus Our Reporter The Students Representative Council has    commenced visitation to faculties and departments in what was tagged “Constituency visit” across Lagos State University of Science and Technology yesterday. Led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Asekun Elijah, the Council visited the Schools of Technology and Applied Science, Environmental Studies, Agriculture, Communication and Liberal Studies, among others in an effort to sensitize the students on safety and security measures on and off the campus, particularly on cultist-related activities. While addressing the students, the Speaker decried the infiltration of cult members into the campus and also off-campus where the students reside. He urged the students to be security conscious and raise alarm when they observe strange movement around them. Rt. Hon Asekun Elijah at the Department of Computer Science “On security and safety, we found out...

  NAUS Visits DSS, decries unlawful   arrest of students by Security Agencies Safiu Kehinde The National Association of University Students (NAUS) has decried the unlawful arrest of students by security agencies during a courtesy visit by the association’s Campus Monitoring Committee (Lagos Chapter) to the Department of State Service (DSS) on Tuesday. Led by the Chairman of the Committee, Comr. Ifeoluwa Sonoiki, the delegate raised the issue of incessant apprehension of students by security agencies such as EFCC and the Nigerian Police Force. The security agencies, according to the Vice President of NAUS Southwest, Comr. Oladimeji Adesoji, make arrest of students without warrants by the court and evidence showing that they are guilty of the offence. According to a Press Statement signed by the Chairman, the DSS’s Assistant Director of Operations and Intelligence, Lagos State Command,   Mr. Shehu Shehu, responded to the claim, mentioning that the EFCC has the pow...

Opinion  Menace of Ritual Killings Photocredit: Dailytrust Ojede Moses The fight and struggle for equal right in the Society, and by extension, the world at large for the female gender is something that will not cease but continue, until that goal is achieved. In retrospect to the recent celebration of world women day, women took to the streets, agitating for equal right of existence in the world. Nigerian women didn't leave themselves out of the agitation, as they came out in mass   to express their sadness and grievances over the equal right issue, while so many individuals have seen this agitation as a matter for another day because of the main incidents ravaging women in the country. Just in the early days of 2022, a video surfaced on social media showing two young women allegedly begging for their lives as they were seen being prepared for ritual processes- humans turned to sacrificial lambs. They were stabbed and butchered in cold blood   by some unknown human d...

  “If you do not discipline yourself, people will use you.” Youngest governorship candidate says at SESSA’s leadership summit Safiu Kehinde Nigeria’s youngest gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Dotun Ojon, has emphasized on the need for self-discipline while speaking at the leadership summit organized by the School of Environmental Studies Students Association (SESSA) at the 500 seaters auditorium of LASUSTECH on Wednesday. The 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial candidate was the key guest speaker at the summit themed “The Big Issue: Transformation in unsettled times through youths involvement”. While speaking at the summit, Dotun Ojon, who contested for the 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election under Young Progressive Party (YPP), emphasized on youth involvement in leadership and politics identifying accountability, boldness, consistency, and discipline as the criteria for becoming a successful leader. “If you do not discipline yourself, people will use you. If they know they can use you, e...

Third-party fees reduced as school fees returns to normal Safiu Kehinde The third-party fee has finally been reduced as school fees return to normal following an initial increment tagged to be a ‘technical error’ earlier today. Prior to the commencement of 2021/2022 session, students saw an increase in third party fee from #2,050 to #12,500. The development, however, met strong disapproval from the students. After weeks of negotiation between the management and student union, an agreement was made to reduce the fee to #9000 which has now been effected. Meanwhile, another change in school fees was experienced earlier today, affecting HND 2 whose fees suddenly increased to #45,000. A quick intervention by the Student Union Government, however, hastened the resolution process of what was labelled as “technical error”. In response to an earlier report on the incident, an undisclosed source from the ICT Centre explained that the school portal had some issues that triggered the increment wh...

Breaking: LASUSTECH increases school fees again Safiu Kehinde  Lagos State University of Science Technology (LASUSTECH) has again increased school fees from 27, 500 Naira to 45,000 Naira without prior notice, three weeks after initial reduction. As shown on the school’s portal, the school fees suddenly skyrocketed to 45,000 Naira- an amount confirmed by HND2 students across different faculties earlier this morning. Students who had paid the initial amount saw a 17,500 Naira outstanding on their portal while those who are yet to pay had the new amount uploaded on their portal.  The increment is, however, yet to be confirmed by the Student Union Government as at the time of filing this report and there is no official statement confirming the development from the school management.   Meanwhile, the reduction in third-party as promised by the school management is yet to be effected on the school portal.  Details later…