Category: Education

LASPOTECH Mass Communication Students Rally Against Cyber Crime

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Students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Department of Mass Communication on Friday, 21st February, 2020 thronged out to sensitise the Polytechnic community on the need to shun cybercrime and embrace legitimate means of wealth acquisition. The students who donned different costumes as part of their requirements for MAC 417, Film Production Techniques walked round every department with banners and posters campaigning against Cybercrime with the hashtag #belegitandproud.  A press release jointly signed by Amadi Princess Chidinma, Head of Class (HoC) and Quadri Abdulgafar Olamide, the Course Representative stated that the…

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Coronavirus: LASPOTECH Screens Staff, Students, Others Before Allowing Entry Into Campus

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Wale Jagun The management of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) is not leaving anything to chance in ensuring that the campus is safe from being used to spread Coronavirus which was detected in Lagos State last week. Since the first case was confirmed, authorities have been making efforts to detect and contain the disease while also calling on citizens to avoid panicking or spreading unverified information about the disease. As part of measures to mitigate the spread of Convid 19, the management of Lagos State Polytechnic on Monda ordered the…

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25 Candidates Jostle For Sogunro’s Job As LASPOTECH Rector

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Kunle Adelabu -Only one Ikorodu indigene indicated interest so far -Institution presently without Governing Council As the incumbent Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Samuel Olayinka Sogunro is set to complete his 5 year term in May this year, 25 candidates have so far shown interest in taking over the mantle of leadership of the institution. It was gathered that the outgoing Rector would be following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors – Engr. Ayodeji Iginla and Dr Lawal Azeez by not seeking re-election for the position. THE IMPACT…

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HOMAT Created Multi-School System Based On Demands And To Bring Quality Education Closer To People – Alhaji Amusa, CEO, HOMAT Group of Schools

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Amusa M.T Olawale is the Proprietor, HOMAT Group of Schools, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, and the State President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Lagos State. He was a former Auditor and Treasurer of Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG). He recently completed his term as General Secretary of the same group. The educationist was also the former Chairman, NASFAT, Ikorodu branch. His tenure is being referenced till today as the period most of the infrastructure at the Islamic centre were built. In this exclusive interview with Kunle Adelabu, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief…

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Methodist Primary School, Elepe, Another School Where Pupils Sit On Floor, Overcrowded Class

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Kunle Adelabu It was unbelievable but true that in some schools in Lagos State, more than 100 pupils are receiving lessons daily in a class due to lack of classrooms and many of them sit on the floor due to unavailability of furniture. This is what is being experienced in the six Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Ikorodu Division for some years now. While the issue of UPE Primary School, Cole Village, Ajagunro, Ikorodu, where pupils were photographed sitting on tyres went viral last week and…

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Photo News: Oriwu College Honours Nine Outstanding Old Students With Meritorious Awards

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Jare Olukotun Nine former students of the premier college in Ikorodu Division, Oriwu College, Ikorodu were on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, honoured by the management of the school with Meritorious awards in recognition of their excellent achievements in their chosen professions. The awardees were also honored for their immense contributions to the development of their alma mata. The awardees were Alhaji Shafari Aremu Sule, Senator Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe, Sir, David Olabanji Sunmoni, Engr. Charles Longe, Mr. Wale Alebiosu, Alhaji M. M Bolarinwa, Otunba Goke Awomodu and Mrs. Christiana Li. At…

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Lagos Youth Ambassadors Launch School Outreach In Ikorodu

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Jare Olukotun Youth Ambassadors representing Ikorodu Division at the Lagos Youth Ambassadors initiative of the Lagos State Government has launched Secondary Schools Outreach progarmme in the division. The programme is aimed at sensitising secondary school students on the risks involved in drug abuse, internet fraud, indecent dressing, teenage pregnancy, hooliganism, cultism, examination malpractice, stealing and many other vices common amongst youths. According to the press release signed by the Ikorodu Divisional Youth Ambassador, Jackson Adewale AYIKA, the outreach kicked off on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, with visits to Ipakodo Senior…

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Teachers In Ikorodu Parley Journalists, Seek Support

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Kunle Adelabu -NUT plans commissioning of Gym, Cooperative house this year The number one teacher in Ikorodu Division, Comrade Oluwafemi Fakolade, recently led other chieftains of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ikorodu to parley with the officers and members of the Ikorodu Community Media Practitioners (IKOCOMP) and seek the support of the body in propagating and advancing the course of teachers in the division. Fakolade made the appeal while conducting members of IKOCOMP round the Gym/NUT Cooperative House situated beside the Teachers’ House within the Oga/Methodist and LGEA…

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LSUBEB Promises New Structure, Furniture For U.P.E Primary School, Ikorodu After Photos Of Pupils Sitting On Tyres, Floor Went Viral

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB) under the chairmanship of Hon Wahab Alawiye King, has stated that plans are underway to construct a new block of classrooms and provide necessary infrastructure for the pupils of UPE Primary School, Cole Village, Ajagunro, Ikorodu. This was coming on the heels of a picture showing pupils of UPE Primary School, Ikorodu, sitting on the floor and tyres during classes which went viral on social media about a week ago. The controversial picture has since generated lots of reactions from…

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LASPOTECH Can Help In Developing Agric In Nigeria – Sogunro, Rector

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Kunle Adelabu and Kemi Joseph (Trainee) Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro, the Rector, Lagos State Polytechnic, has assured the government and the general public that the institution has what it takes to help in the development of agriculture and ensure that there is food security. He stated that the institution is not paying lip service to agriculture while adding that LASPOTECH has contributed immensely to the development of agriculture in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole. The Rector gave this assurance while delivering his speech at the 2nd Farmers’ Improvement Workshop…

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