2.6 MILLION LAGOS RESIDENTS ARE ILLITERATE - LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT

According to the Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Education, Mr. Abdul-Fatai Olukoga, only 2.6 million Lagos residents are illiterate. He said a recent survey carried out on the 20,546,999 population in the state revealed that 17,875,889 people are literate while 2,671,110 are illiterate.

He said this on Thursday September 6th during this year's celebration of International Literacy Day in Lagos State.

17.8 million Lagos residents are literate? I don't know how they arrived at this, but it sure sounds good to my ears.

UNIBEN STUDENT, DANIEL IKE, GUNNED DOWN BY SUSPECTED CULTISTS

23 year old Daniel Ike popularly known as 'Afro Dan', a final year student of Chemical Engineering, University of Benin, was shot in the face on Friday night September 7th at Vincente Hostel, Ekosodin, just behind UNIBEN.

Daniel went to the hostel to see a female friend when he was attacked by some guys who shot him point blank in the face. Daniel died instantly.

Students of the school and friends of Daniel who sent me this story said he had just 20 days left in school before graduation. He was supposed to start his final paper next week Monday.

The reason why he was killed is still unknown as friends say Daniel wasn't a cultist; he was just a popular good looking rich kid. His parents and the police have been informed about his murder.

So sad. RIP, Daniel!

MICROSOFT PARTNERS FUTA

The Microsoft Corporation is set to partner FUTA with the aim of empowering students. The Corporation which plans to achieve this feat through a Conference titled “Microsoft Students” revealed this during a
courtesy call on Management recently. The leader of the team who is also the Developer, Mr Oyetosho
commended the University Management for agreeing to partner Microsoft.
Oyetosho said the programme would be of great benefit to the students of the University. He noted that it is an honour for the University and for the winners of the last Microsoft imagine cup where FUTA students came 15th out of 400 Universities across Africa. He explained that the idea was to empower to fit
into the emerging technological world. Oyetosho tasked the Management, Staff and Students of the
University to start the Microsoft competition from 100 level and ensure that students from FUTA take the lead in coming competitions.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adedayo Fasakin, while responding appreciated the efforts of the Microsoft team and lauded the students who took part in the concluded competition for making the University proud. He urged the students to help the University retain its position as the best University of Technology in Nigeria.
Fasakin assured that the University is ready to partner Microsoft company and promised to give full support.

FUTA MANAGEMENT EXPELS 7 STUDENTS, SUSPENDS 25, EXONERATES ONE

The underlisted students have been expelled and suspended respectively from the University for involvement in Examination Misconduct.
S/N NAME MATRIC NO OFFENCE
1. Adegbule J.                            CHE/09/8032                                                      Expulsion
2. Osanyinlusi. K.                       CHE/09/8117                                                           “
3. Ehigie, B.U.                            MME/07/0591                                                          “
4. Fasakin A.K.                          IDD/09/7580                                                            “
5. Kadiri B.                                AHY/08/3859                                                           “
6. Sumonu, S.O.                        AGY/08/3883                                                           “
7. Odeleye B.                            CHE/08/5230                                                            “
8. Adebolu A.                           MME/10/0868                                                       Suspension
9. Balogun E.F.                         MTS/04/4089                                                             “
10. Agboufa, E.N.                    MEE/05/5418                                                             “
11. Abidakun M.O.                   MEE/07/0459                                                              “
12. Maduike S.I.                       MME/08/3617                                                              “
13. Adeniyi A.E.                       MME/10/0873                                                              “
14. Ewulo R.A.                         MME/08/3600                                                               “
15. Ayeni A.O.                         CVE/07/0311                                                                   “
16. Adebayo O.A.                   MME/08/3626                                                                “
17. Oyedotun O.                      MME/07/0642                                                                “
18. Adesemoye O.                   ESM/06/8551                                                                “
19. Okunola R.O.                    QSV/07/1211                                                                 “
20. Akanni A.                          QSV/09/7643                                                                “
21. Adeyemi J.A.                    MME/08/3573                                                               “
22. Sodeaq Alabi                    PHY/09/5663                                                                “
23. Otori S.P.                         MTS/06/9196                                                                “
24. Ogunleye O.J.                   MEE/07/0521                                                                “
25. Awaiko, Kevin                  UDS/08/0073                                                               “
26. Abu, I.O.                          FST/07/3102                                                                 “
27. Itikari , U.J.                      TMT/07/1788                                                                “
28. Makinde G.                     AGY/05/6026                                                                “
29. Oki Godwin                     CSC/06/9051                                                                “
30. Adeyemo O.P.                  PHY/08/5647                                                               “
31. Adesida O.                     CSC/07/7265                                                                “
32. Agboola A.B.                  MEE/07/0567                                                               “

Meanwhile, Ogunoba O.K. of the Department of Mining Engineering has been exonerated from the examination misconduct allegation earlier leveled against him.
Management reached this decision haven not found him culpable of the above stated offence.

FUTA EX-VC PROF. ADEBISI BALOGUN LAUNCHES BOOK

The immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Adebisi Balogun has made public presentation of a book titled “Sharing the vision, Chronicles of Thoughts and Ideals” which his written by him.
The Book, which was formerly presented by Dr. Adebayo Aborisade portrays the academic prowess of the Don. It articulates his contributions to knowledge in all spheres.
The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko who was represented at the launch by his Chief of Staff, Dr. Kola Ademujimi commended the efforts of Professor Balogun at the launch sharing the state’s vision. He noted that the former Vice-Chancellor’s pursuit of the vision had been with high level of zeal and resourcefulness.
He described him as a worthy leader and a force to reckon with any time. He further praised the effort of Management in making FUTA stand out amongst the One hundred and eighteen (118) Universities in the country.
The Book, which was formerly presented by Dr. Adebayo Aborisade portrays the academic prowess of the Don. It articulates his contributions to knowledge in all spheres. In his remarks, Professor Balogun thoughtfully articulated his vision of becoming a world class scientist. He appreciated his family and friends, as well as the presence of studying scholars, Journalists, activists, Community leaders, volunteers, politicians, artisans and all who had stood by him over the years.
He then attributed his success to God, who he said had influenced him right from the time he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development). He appealed to all Staff and Students to put God first in all their endeavors and he reminded them to continue to invest in the University to move it forward.

GIRL WAKES UP IN MORTUARY 2 DAYS AFTER DEATH

 

Twenty-one-year-old Adora Ugwu is planning to be a soldier. She also wants to secure admission into one of the country’s tertiary institutions. She had put her hands on the plough of her latter

dream by writing the last UMTE....But, as she was going for the other one, she died. Two days after the lady wrote the examination, she was heading for her home state of Enugu for the recruitment into the Nigerian Army when the vehicle she was travelling had a head-on collision with a similar minibus.
The result: her death and that of 25 others who included four discharged members of batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Twenty of them including Adora reportedly died on the spot in headon collision involving two 15 passengers’ capacity buses, each, belonging separately to Peace Mass Transit Limited and the Enugu State Transport Company (ENTRACO). The buses had registration number BENUE – XB 504 TKP, ENUGU – XL 812 UWN respectively.
The ghastly crash occurred along Enugu- Markudi express road, at Amoka in Udi, Enugu State on June 20th. Immediately after the crash which was promptly reported to the Enugu State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by its Delta State Sector Commander Lukas Ikpi who met the accident while travelling on the road, the dead including Adora were evacuated to Our Saviour Hospital morgue at 9th mile. But she was not meant to stay among the dead for long.
Two days after she had been confined to the mortuary. The parents had wept and mourned, most of them especially the mother was devastated, but the dead must be buried. And this was what Adora’s relative intended doing: bury her two day-old corpse. At the morgue, the attendants were putting in place all the deeds of mortification when suddenly there was a sound; a sneeze, it was. They looked around, then another one! Behold, the body being prepared for claim by the relatives had just sneezed.
The dead don’t sneeze, they reasoned. Adora, whose body was being prepared, is not dead after all. When Saturday Mirror asked her what she felt on her first realization of consciousness, she said: “I thought we were all sleeping. When I asked people around where I was, she said they said I had an accident.
“I cannot remember anything that happened when I was at the mortuary.” When Adora was discovered to be alive, her relative who had come to identify her was immediately called phoned the others from the morgue. Tears turned to felicitation. From the morgue she was later transferred to the Federal Orthopaedic Hospital in Enugu where is currently receiving treatment and spoke with Saturday Mirror.
Adora, told Saturday Mirror that she hails from Enugu state. She said she attended a secondary school in North-Bank Markudi, Benue State adding that she was in Benue to take her JAMB after which she was travelling down to Enugu for army recruitment when the accident occurred.

DANFO BUS FULL OF PASSENGERS CATCHES FIRE AT CMS IN LAGOS

Danfo Bus full of passengers catches fire at CMS. Fortunately no one was injured as all passengers managed to run out of the bus before it was completely engulfed. It happened around 8am this morning at CMS, just by BRT Bus Stop.  Eye Witnesses said Lastma officials got to the scene like 3 minutes after the occurrence and they maintained free flow of traffic and contacted the fire service immediately. But till the bus burned out, no fire service was seen.Eye witnesses