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Blessing Akeju has emerged president Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) Ondo State`s Students Union Government (SUG) for 2017/2018 academic session , succeeding Temitayo Ayejuyo whose tenure ended last session. Blessing emerged victorious with 375 votes, beating three other contestants. However over 100 students from different departments were also elected into the Students’ Representative Council (SRC), the union’s legislative arm, being led by Oluwafemi Omogunwa – the Senate President. The rector, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo Ondo state Mr IDOWU OLOGUNAGBA, said the union leaders emerged under free and fair atmosphere, urging them to close ranks and work for the school’s progress. Ologunagba, while congratulating the union officials, urged them to put the welfare of students above personal gains. He charged them to be proactive and show patriotism in the discharge of their duties.

Professor Lai Olurode of the Sociology department, University of Lagos (LASU), has urged students to gear up for leadership positions. Professor Olurode made this know while speaking at the 2018 Annual Conference of Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka urging the students to show more interest in governance. Olurode, who is also the Chairman of UNILAG Muslim Community, urged political parties to make the  NotTooYoungToRun  drive effective in the upcoming general election. He said: “Governance has nothing to do with age, everybody should aspire to it. Take for example the huge amount of money APC placed on nomination forms, I expect the President (Muhammadu Buhari) to condemn this act as it is not a good omen for the country.” The don lamented that majority of aspiring youths would not be able to afford the “huge amount of money” placed on nomination forms by leading political p...

Report reaching us says  Under Fire Gay lecturer of the Federal College of Agriculture FCA Moore Plantation Ibadan , Engineer Femi Aremu was on Monday  September 3, 2018 chased out of his office . The Don who is currently facing investigation of alleged male Sexual Harassment and  Extortion of students of the institution was reported to have opened his office and spotted by some members of the Student Union Government  SUG . According to report by our correspondent the SUG members however sent Engineer Aremu out of his office. You will recall that last Month some students of the Ibadan based college went on a Radio Station in Ibadan  to expose the lecturer`s  act , which however prompted the school management to set up an investigative panel to look into the matter in the space of 7days which lapsed same last month . You will also recall that the Lecturer was reported to have slummed during one of the days he was facing the investigative p...

LAUTECH releases Admission List for 2018/2019 Session The authorities of  Ladoke Akintola University of Technology  (LAUTECH) has published the first batch admission list of candidates admitted into the institution for 2018/2019 academic session. Candidates are advised to check their admission status by logging on to the university’s website.   http://admissions.lautech.edu.ng/login.php Please follow instructions on the website Good Luck

Pandemonium at Apete Area of Ibadan resurfaced on The Polytechnic Ibadan campus on Tuesday morning as students struggled to escape for their dear lives. According to report the Fracas which halted the academic activities on the campus was due to clash between some Cult members on Monday Night at the Apete axis of the  community,which claimed a life.  Acadawaka Correspondent JAMES ODEDIRAN while speaking from the campus reported that security officials are already on ground to bring normalcy on the institution. As at the time of filling in this report, All efforts to get in touch with the schools Public relations officer has proved abortive . We will update you as event unfolds from the campus. 

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), the Polytechnic, Ibadan chapter has joined the Non Academic Staff Union of the institution in the ongoing strike to protest the poor welfare of workers. SANNIP Chairman at the institution, Mr AKINOLA GBENGA, confirmed this during an interview with Acadawaka Correspondent, JAMES ODEDIRAN. He however noted that the Academic Staff Union of the institution will not be part of the strike as it has a case in court. Recall that the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, commenced an industrial action earlier this month over their eight months unpaid arrears by the Oyo State government. AKINOLA SSANIP JOIN The decision is as the same as NASSU its only that we are thinking that the management will change their decision on payment and non-payment of salary arrears for almost April last year to September Last year. After this week by next week, and don’t pay us, I think we are go...

A Male lecturer of the Federal College of Agriculture Moore Plantation Apata Ibadan, Engineer David Aremu has been placed on admission at the University Teaching Hospital #Uch Ibadan after he collapsed before an investigation on Thursday evening.  Engineer Aremu was last week Saturday exposed by some students of the institution on a Yoruba Radio program in Ibadan about his Sexual harassment act on male students and extortion of other students thereby threatening of failing them.  The School's management on Monday however released a statement of not being aware of the lecturer’s atrocities, but promised to set up a panel to investigate on the matter.  The panel continues its investigation this Monday. Acadawaka will keep you updated as the event Unfolds ! Sexual harassment case has been a rampant one on Nigerian institutions with the recent sacking of Prof.Richard Akindele from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife , Osun State. ...