LASU ENDS PART TIME PROGRAMS, INTRODUCES DISTANT LEARNING
Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the closure of all its part times programs after graduating most of the students in its external systems.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun during an interactive session at the university premises with journalists said LASU has ended its external systems programs adding that all the buildings used as campuses have been returned to their owners.
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AAU ASUU NOT FACTIONALISED, SAYS CHAIRMAN
Monday Igbafen, chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, has debunked reports that the union was factionalised.
Igbafen spoke to journalists in Benin City, the state capital in reaction to media reports that the union had been engulfed in a leadership crisis, which disrupted its election scheduled for February 27, 2018.
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SEX-FOR-MARK SCANDAL: OAU PROF. RECOMMENDED FOR INDEFINITE SUSPENSION
The woes of Prof. Richard Akindele, a professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile –Ife, have been compounded after a committee instituted to investigate the sexual harassment allegations against him recommended his indefinite suspension.

The investigative panel set up by the OAU management is said to have indicted Prof. Richard Akindele and recommended him for immediate suspension.
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FARMERS/HERDSMEN CLASHES: ‘ONLY FG CAN END IT’ SAYS PROF. EYITOPE
The Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunmodele on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to legislate against the free range of domestic animals like cattle to end the frequent bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria.

Professor Ogunmodele made this call in Ibadan while speaking at the opening of 2018 annual in-house review exercise of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Moore Plantation, Ibadan, themed, “Agricultural Research and Sustainable Food and Raw Materials Promotion: The Challenges of Climate Change”.
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PARENTS WANT REMAINS OF TARABA VARSITY STUDENT BURIED IN CAMEROON
Parents of Yusuf Mohammed, one of the three students of Taraba State University killed by falling trees in Cameroon have requested that his remains be buried in Cameroon.

Mohammed and two other students were killed when trees fell on them during an ill-fated research trip at the Bouba Njidda National Wild Life Park in Cameroon.
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