Clinical lecturers at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, have begun an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their salaries under the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Ruth Ilori, and Secretary, Dr. Abraham Akinbola, on Wednesday, the lecturers condemned the salary shortfall, describing it as unfair,…

No fewer than nine thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two new undergraduate students were, on Thursday, matriculated into the academic environment at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Speaking at the main campus of the institution, where the 2024/2025 matriculation ceremony was held, Vice Chancellor of the Oyo State-owned university, Professor Razaq…

Workers in polytechnics and colleges of education across Oyo State have threatened to embark on strike over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage despite approval by Governor Seyi Makinde. The workers said if the new minimum wage table is not paid by Wednesday, February 5, 2025, workers across polytechnics and colleges of education will…

  Students of the College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), on Monday, protested over the lack of essential facilities for practical learning, despite paying N50,000 for farm equipment and materials each. One of the students said, “At 400-level, we’re supposed to be farming. This started in November…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Bola Tinubu to develop a sustainable strategy for financing education in the country. Obasanjo made the call, on Tuesday, while speaking at the 70th birthday celebration of the Vice Chancellor of Bells University, Prof. Oludele Ojediran, which was held at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo…

Tragedy struck yesterday morning when a container-laden truck lost control and fell on a commercial tricycle at Takie Junction of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, at about 9:30 a.m., leaving three people dead on the spot.

A lecturer in the Department of Crop and Environmental Protection at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Oyo State, Dr. Adeola Odewole, has highlighted the benefits Nigerian farmers could derive from exploring plant extracts as insecticides. Odewole, on Monday, told newsmen in Ilorin that plant extracts have shown significant promise as alternatives to synthetic insecticides.…

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has emerged winner with N20 million at the 7 for 7 National Values Charter Campus Debate, a nationwide competition organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), in collaboration with the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).

A Nigerian filmmaker based in UK, Adeyinka Adetoyi, has underscored the importance of film as a major tool in raising awareness and empathy. Adetoyi noted that if films were carefully and judiciously utilised, it could change the world. “We are in an era where few people read books; few people listen to news on radios,…

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has said that Saturday’s fire incident left the hospital with no remarkable damage. The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Omotayo Ogunleye, who started this in a statement on Saturday, said normal activities had commenced in the hospital. Ogunleye said nobody was…

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has again been ranked globally within the 251–300 bracket worldwide. The positioning among other things highlights the university's expanding international prominence in interdisciplinary science. In the same ranking, the Institution owned by the Oyo State, also achieved National Ranking, which places it in the 2nd position…

Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Michael Olamoyegun, has stated that over 8 million adults are living with diabetes in Nigeria with a significant number of undiagnosed cases, which is enough to necessitate an urgent need for a comprehensive, community-based approach that will promote diabetes prevention and…