Category: Education

Jare OLUKOTUN The Management of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, which has been at loggerhead with its staff members for a while now, has denied any involvement in the arrest and subsequent trial of eight of the staff members of the institution contrary to what is being peddled in some quarters and on social media. The affected staff members are currently facing trial for allegedly assaulting JAMB officials last month. Those arrested, who are members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Academic Staff…

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THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board yesterday explained why it has not released the results of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Some of the candidates engaged in massive fraud and impersonation, thus putting their results in doubt, the board said. The Nation newspaper reports that the JAMB’s Head of Information Dr. Fabian Benjamin told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the board has started screening the results of all the candidates who wrote the examination and that it would release it as soon as it the process is concluded.…

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Kunle ADELABU An international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in the United States of America (USA), Distance Relatives, has donated educational materials to the pupils of Aga primary School in Ikorodu. The event, which took place on Sunday, April 14 and Monday, April, 15, 2019, was facilitated by the three-term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and the Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Educational items like exercise books, pens , pencils , crayons, school bags and trainers were donated to the pupils. Miss Afolayan…

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Kunle ADELABU The Oriwu College Old Students Associaton of Nigeria (OCOSAN), the umbrella body of the ex-students of the premier college in Ikorodu, has announced the postponement of the week-long celebration marking the school’s 70th anniversary to June this year. The celebration, which was earlier fixed for May 2019, has now been rescheduled to hold between Saturday, June 8 and Saturday, June 15, 2019, due to the Ramadan fasting which would be coming up in May.  The release by the National Secretary of the association, Mr Kunle Olambiwonnu, announcing the postponement states that : “Oriwu College…

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Jare OLUKOTUN The management of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, has stated that the just concluded 2018/18 examinations of the institution were conducted in line with the best global practices. The institution’s management also debunked claim that the examinations were fraudulent. These statements were coming on the heel of an alleged claim by a staff of the institution who, during an interview with a news medium (not THE IMPACT), cast aspersion on the conduct of the examinations. In a statement issued by the Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations of the institution ,…

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Kunle ADELABU -NASU denies attacking JAMB officials The management of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus, has apologized to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Registrar,  Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the officials of the examination board who were allegedly attacked on the institution’s premises. The victim were allegedly attacked by the protesting members of the non-teaching staff union of the Polytechnic on Friday, March 29, 2019. In a release titled, “Molestation of JAMB Officials by LASPOTECH Non-Academic Staff” and signed by the Deputy Registrar ( Information &…

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Kunle ADELABU The management of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, and members of the three unions in the institution; Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU),Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics(SSANIP) and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), who have been at loggerheads due to their disagreement on the implementation of CONTISS 15 Migration, returned to  court on yesterday (Monday, April 1st) to present their cases in the matter filed two years ago. The matter, which is before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, is with Suit No.…

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Kunle ADELABU The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education District II, Maryland, Mr Olusanya Ebenezer Abayomi, has stated that membership of voluntary organizations can help in building character, intelligence and other positive features in the youths. He stated this at the maiden edition of the annual uniformed voluntary organization Day of Education District II held at the playing ground of the Government Model College, Ikorodu, on Monday, April 1, 2019. The event had the attendance of hundreds of students who dressed in their different voluntary organizations’ uniforms such as Girls Guide, Sheriff…

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Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, says two JAMB officials were attacked during the mock exercise which held on Monday (today). He said the two officials would also have been set ablaze but for the quick intervention that saved them from the attempted jungle justice. He said the reason for the dastardly attack was yet to be ascertained, even as the two officials have been taken to the hospital after they were rescued. The registrar made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on…

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