Thursday, 31 May 2012

Jonathan’s UNILAG Name Change a Gift Horse' - Prof Wole Soyinka

His statement below...
This is one gift horse which, contrary to traditional saying, must be inspected thoroughly in the mouth.
Primary from all of us must be a plea to the MKO Abiola family not to misconstrue the protests against the naming of the University of Lagos after their heroic patriarch.
Issues must be separated and understood in their appropriate contexts. The family will acknowledge that, among the loudest opposing voices to Jonathan’s gift horse, are those who have clamoured tirelessly that MKO Abiola, the Nigerian nation’s president-elect, be honoured nationally, and in a befitting manner.
Next is my confession to considerable shock that President Goodluck Jonathan did not even think it fit to consult or inform the administrators of the university, including Council and Senate, of his intention to re-name their university for any reason, however laudable. This arbitrariness, this act of disrespect, was a barely tolerated aberration of military governance. It is totally deplorable in what is supposed to be a civilian order.
After that comes the bad-mouthing of MKO Abiola and the Nigerian electorate by President Jonathan who referred to MKO as the “presumed winner” of a historic election. While applauding the president for finally taking the bull by the horn and rendering honour unto whom honour is due, the particularities of this gesture have made it dubious, suspect, and tainted.

You do not honour someone while detracting from his or her record of achievement. MKO Abiola was not a presumed winner, but the President-elect of a nation, and thus universally acknowledged.
It is sad, very sad, that after his predecessor who, for eight full years of presidency, could not even bear to utter the name of a man who made his own incumbency possible, along comes someone who takes back with the left hand what the right has offered.
However, there is hope. Legalists have claimed that there is a legal flaw to the entire process. The university, solidly backed by other tertiary institutions nation-wide, should immediately proceed to the courts of law and demand a ‘stay of execution’. That should give President Jonathan time to re-consider and perhaps shift his focus to the nation’s capital for institutions begging for rituals of re-naming.

After all, it is on record that the House of Assembly did once resolve that the Abuja stadium be named after the man already bestowed the unique title of “Pillar of African Sports”.

He deserved that, and a lot more. What he did not deserve is to be, albeit posthumously, the centre of a fully avoidable acrimony, one that has now resulted in the shutting down one of the institutions of learning to whose cause, the cause of learning, President-elect MKO Abiola also made unparalleled private contributions.
Let me end by stressing that my position remains the same as it was when the University of Ife was re-named Obafemi Awolowo University.

‘Sofoluwe was a listening father’

Students of the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos, have held a service of songs for their late Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adetokunbo  Sofoluwe, whose remains will be interred today. IDRIS AKINPELU (300-Level Business Administration) reports.

It was a wet Friday evening when the University of Lagos (unilag) Distance Learning Institute (DLI) held a service of songs for the late Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe, who died on May 5.

 The service started with an opening prayer by Rev. Tunde Osho. The first lesson was taken from Romans 8: 31-39  and  read by the Director of  DLI, Prof Funke  Lawal. 

The second lesson was read by  a  family member, Mrs Busola Soleye. 

The last was read by the Deputy Director, Dr. M.P. Kuton

A rain of tribute and testimony followed. A  don, Prof Olowokulejo, knew Prof Sofoluwe  for over 40 years, said the late VC made a great impact  on UNILAG.

Prof Lawal recalled how she became close to the late vice-chancellor after being made a professor. Their  friendship became more cordial, she said after she was appointed director Prof Lawal said the late Sofoluwe. gave her all the support she needed to suceed.  She added:“I don’t know what to say but indeed I have lost a good friend.”

President of the DLI Student Association, Comrade Sulaimon  Sheriff, said  the late VC showned so much concern about the institute. He recalled how they met two hours before the late Sofoluwe’s death. He said: “The director  took me to the office of the VC hours to his death, where he encouraged me that service to humanity is service to God. Unknown to me, that was the last time I will ever be with him. He was such a listening father.”

In his sermon,   spoke about living an exemplary life. He took his message from John 5:24. He said the late VC has gone to be with the Lord.

Some students of DLI also gave testimonies about the late VC. Victoria Ogunremi,a 400-Level Business Administration Student said: I met him once and that was when I was at the senate building. We actually wanted to take the  lift up on my way to UNILAG FM. Normally, there is a lift for the management and there is another  for others. So, the late VC just walked up to us and asked us to join him. I felt like he is a very humble man. Hardly will you see a man as reputable as he is that will want any other person to share the lift with him. If it were other people, they will not allow you to join them. And so far  with what I have been hearing from people that  met him, they have been talking about humanity.  I want to tell people that leadership is about being  humble. When you are humble, you command respect and people will respect you. May his soul rest in peace.”

Another Balogun Ahmed  (Accounting, student 300level), said: “Prof Sofoluwe was a very nice man. He was  always paying attention to us, especially when we had problem. It is painful to lose him at this time, but there is nothing we can do because God loves him more. The late Vice-chancellor was always saying he was ready to take the Distance Learning Institute to the moon. Our prayer now is that the incoming VC  should give us the same attention just like the late Prof Sofoluwe.” 

Governor of the 400-Level Business Administration class Adeleke Mayowa  said: “The death of Prof Sofoluwe came as a rude shock to everybody in University of Lagos, because the Tuesday of the week he died, I saw him during the world press conference and he look very healthy and four days after I learnt that he is gone. It was a rude shock to me personally and up till now, I’ve not got over it. If you look at what the man has done, his interest in DLI I can say we will really miss him.”

Another student, Olufemi Hassan of  Business Administration 300-level,  said:  “The loss of the late”Vice-chancellor is a serious shock and a big one to everyone in the school because Prof Sofoluwe was someone who oversaw everything in the school even concerning the students. Students  saw him as a father. He was a great daddy. We  will  surely miss him.” 

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

University of Lagos renamed Moshood Abiola University of Lagos

The University of Lagos was today renamed The Moshood Abiola University of Lagos by President Goodluck Jonathan. The president made the announcement early this morning during The Democracy Day Nationwide address.

But don't they already have an MKO University? Students are right now protesting outside the school premises and have even moved to Yaba. Most roads around that area are blocked.

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart

Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography - This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation. (AP Photo/Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday.

Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, capping a busy week for the couple, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history Friday. And Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28, the person said.

The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years, the person said.

Zuckerberg designed the ring featuring "a very simple ruby," according to the person.

The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, including Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

The guests all thought they were coming to celebrate Chan's graduation but were told after they arrived that the event was in fact a wedding.

"Everybody was shocked," the guest said.

Rather than his trademark hoodie, Zuckerberg wore a suit for the ceremony, while his bride wore a traditional wedding dress.

Food was served family-style and included dishes from the couple's favorite Palo Alto sushi restaurant. The two had been planning the marriage for months but were waiting until Chan had graduated to hold the wedding, the guest said.

The timing wasn't tied to the IPO, since the date the company planned to go public was a "moving target," the guest said.

Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56 percent of its voting stock.

The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago, has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people.

Zuckerberg founded Facebook at Harvard in 2004.

He was selected as Time's Person of the Year in 2010, at age 26.

Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Friday, 18 May 2012

Poly expels 459 for cultism, others

No  fewer than 459 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Unwana Afikpo, Ebonyi State have been expelled by the management following their alleged involvement in exam malpractices, fighting, cult-related offences and gaining admission into the institution with fake certificates.

The Rector of the institution Dr. Francis Otunta, who disclosed this during the 12th convocation of the institution at its premises, said the polytechnic promotes discipline to stop students from cheating during exams.

According to Otunta, "In a bid to maintain academic excellence, we promote stringent discipline so that our students reconsider cutting corners during examination, since no short cut is a good one. The structure we have in place also discourages undesirable learner behaviour so that we may enjoy peaceful coexistence as one big team, where no one is oppressed or marginalised.”

"To achieve this, since I assumed office as the Rector of this premier institution, we have expelled 210 students involved in examination misconduct alone, 230 who got admission with fake or doctored certificates and 19 students for such misdemeanors as fighting, cult-related offences and others, all within my tenure as Rector. Thus, we have sanctioned a total number of 451 students for deviant or antisocial behaviour."

He called on the Federal Government to upgrade the polytechnic to a federal university, adding that the institution community and other major stakeholders in the education sector in the state considers this need strategically and patriotically expedient to immortalise Dr Akanu Ibiam.

He said that Ibiam's contemporaries such as Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Michael Okpara, Ahmadu Bello, Michael Ajasin and Ladoke Akintola has universities named after them, adding that Ibiam remained the only one who has not had a university named after him.

The Rector stated that the country is in great need of more universities considering the over a million candidates that sit for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) into the federal, state and private universities in the country.

The Minister for Education Prof, Ruqayyatu Rufa’i represented by the Director of Finance, National Board for Technical Education, Mr. Suleiman Isa, said Nigerian vision to join the top 20 economies of the world by the  2020 will be an illusion if she fails to lay a solid foundation for technological education.

She said the Federal Government's visitation panel to Federal polytechnics and Colleges of Education is a follow-up of the effort of the ministry in promoting accountability and transparency in the judicious use of public funds and scarce resources.

Sunday, 13 May 2012

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Saturday, 12 May 2012

UNILAG VC, Prof Sofoluwe is dead

Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe,the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos is dead.

According to reports, Professor Sofoluwe slumped during a meeting, yesterday, at the Senate Chambers of the institution and was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LUTH).

Vanguard gathered that he was confirmed dead after efforts to revive him failed.

Sofoluwe, the Professor of Computer Sciences was born on April 15, 1950 and was appointed the 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos on 31st January, 2010.

Sofoluwe graduated in Special Mathematics in June 1973 from the University of Lagos.

He earned his Master’s Degree in 1975 and Doctorate in 1981 from Edinburgh University, Scotland.

He became a Graduate Assistant at the University of Lagos in 1976 where he rose to become a full Professor in October 1996.

Professor Sofoluwe was a two-time Acting Head of the Department of Computer Science from 1989 to 1991 and 1994 to 1996. He was also Dean of the Faculty of Science between 1998 and 2002 and Professor Sofoluwe was elected as a member of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos in 2000.

Prof Sofoluwe was the third alumnus to be appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos when he was appointed to the position in  January 2010.

Friday, 11 May 2012

NOTICE TO DLI UNILAG STUDENTS

HOW TO LOGIN TO THE DLI WIFI !!!!!!!!!

EXAMPLE
USER NAME: 091001111@dli.unilag.edu.ng
PASSWORD:  01111BAL

THINGS TO TAKE NOTE

* YOUR USERNAME MUST BE YOUR MATRIC NUMBER @dli.unilag.edu.ng
* THE LAST 3 ALPHABET OF THE PASSWORD MUST BE IN CAPITAL LETTER
* AND THE LAST 3 ALPHABETS OF THE PASSWORD,MUST BE THE FIRST 3 ALPHABETS OF YOUR SURNAME
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO BROWSE

* A LAPTOP, WHICH IS WIRELESS ENABLED

NOTE! NOTE!! NOTE!!!

WITH THIS NEW WIRELESS CONNECTION IN DLI, C.I.T.S AS INCLUDED THE DLI STUDENTS PROFILE IN THERE DATABASE WHICH WILL ENABLE DLI STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTION AROUND THE SCHOOL. THIS YEAR RESIDENTIAL WILL BE E-RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE UNILAG HAVE INSTALLED WIRELESS IN ALL THE
HOSTELS IN THE SCHOOL. DLI STUDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS WIRELESS INTERNET WITH THE SAME USER NAME AND PASSWORD CREATED FOR THEM.

IF ANYONE IS HAVING THE CHALLANGE OF HOW TO CONNECT, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ASSISTANCE IF NECESSARY.......AM ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.....

ENGR. BALOGUN HAMMED O.
a.k.a BILL GATES OF DLI
08023900964