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Adjusting to life after school is no easy task for fresh university graduates, particularly, in Nigeria, with the myriad of economic challenges. There are limited numbers of jobs in the market and very stiff competition for them. This plight is explained by recent data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which reveals that the level of unemployment in the country as at the fourth quarter of 2016 rose to 14.9 percent -- the highest jobless rate since 2009. How then can one survive and, hopefully, thrive in the ‘big bad world’ beyond the four walls of the university campus? This was the question social empowerment group Youth for Social Impact (YSI) set out to answer at their maiden conference ‘Beyond the School Walls’ held at 250 Lecture Theatre in LAUTECH Ogbomoso campus. Over 300 students attended the conference which was graced by an array of high-brow speakers including the President of Computer Village, Ikeja, Mr Ahmed Ojikutu; Education Psychologist, Dr Isiak...

Raise your hands!  If you're on a low budget and would love to eat healthy, or you get tired thinking of what to eat that you end up eating snacks or not eating at all, well this is for you. Ever heard of ' SPAGWA '? That's a conglomerate of Spaghetti and beans(ewa). Low budget and filling 😋 Ingredients Even as broke as you can be, you should have spaghetti, beans, tomato paste, onions and ata gigun. You can ask the lady next room for salt and Maggi to taste sha. And you need vegetable oil too! If you try get small fish, crayfish and can soak ponmo too, it's a plus for you! No oh!  Don't ask me the quantity of beans or spaghetti oh. Cook the quantity you know you can finish. Cooking method If you are like me, don't pick the beans. Just add plenty water and wash thoroughly. The stones will settle na, sheybi? But if not, Measure out your beans in a clean bowl and pick the stones wash and put in a pot that you know can cook it. Not that yo...

FOOD MARKET GOSSIP How una de, my people? Hope sey this short semester dey do una well well. I hear sey night class don start sef. I no go vex sey you no ask for pesin, the semester too short to think, bah? Make una sha dey chop well well. It is for your own good o, to hear sey pesin faint for exam don taya me to dey hear. Na so we esh o, we con talk sey make we branch AMAzing chop puff puff wey we neve chop since six months now. Omo! Come see as puff puff small, Ih be like sey we no even pay money at all. Shikini, shikini for ten-ten naira. Like sey that wan no do, ih no even sweet for mouth at all!  Anyway, No be the real reason I come here be that. Na so so question I con ask una today.  Ehn, YES! Abi na only me dey see the change wey shele for Adenike gate area so? The abracadabra movement of caravans and displacement of store owners in the area? The change pass APC sef.  Na so I siddon, hang leg dey sip Grey’s akamu when my antenna catch gis...

TEDx is set to take Ogbomosho by storm again after its successful maiden event which saw an array of established speakers from across the country. TED is a non-profit devoted to spreading ideas usually in form of short and powerful talks. TEDx is an independently organized TED event licensed by TED LLC New York. TEDx program gives communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. Indeed, ideas shape the world, and they form the foundation of any wonderful innovation. It ison this premise that TEDxIsaleGeneral aims at showcasing mind-blowing talks for creative and innovative transformation. This year's event is themed “Shoulders Of Giants” as it is meant to create an experience that would give essential insights into the world of mentors and mentees and unveil the spirit of growth and continuous improvement and celebrate the role of mentors. Shoulders of Giants promises  to be explosive with ...

The LAUTECH STUDENTS' UNION government, which was suspended after a post-election violence, has finally been reinstated. The school management, in a bid to ensure the reinstatement, transferred the control, and responsibility of the union to the parliamentary arm of the Union. It is to be led by the Speaker of the house till a fresh election is conducted. The inauguration of the set of new leaders took place on Wednesday, 8th November 2017. The inauguration ceremony which didn't start as expected had the Speaker of the house, Adeoti Abd hafeez of Civil Engineering constituency sworn in as the leader of the Students' Union and Other honourables, to take official duties in the Students' Union. It is expected that the house forms committees to handle different capacities towards the growth of the Union. After the inauguration, the Speaker, now leader of the Students' Union, urged Ladokites to rally round his administration to achieve success. He sa...

Still in the spirit of celebration, the final year students of Ladoke Akintola University of technology continued to show the elation in their their hearts, throwing caution to the wind and living every moment like it's their last, perhaps because they know full well this might be the only chance left for all of them to be together before they finally go their separate ways. So, this explains the large number of students that came out today for the "Sign out" event, the third and definitely the most engaging occasion of the Final Year Brethren week, where they wore white T-shirts and some the "Jalamia" (an overall gown, usually worn by men), with markers in their hands ready to give them to anyone who cared to sign on their shirts.  Some had two to three shirts on, depending on how popular they were (who wouldn't want to famz a popular jingo anyway?). For obvious reasons, most Hijabis (women who wear the hijab) weren't wearing these shirts. Inste...

Today, LAUTECH graduating class of 2016 marked the Day 2 of their Logout week with a 'Cultural Day,' and as you would expect, they came to slay hard! The Cultural Day is following the 'Back-to-School' day hosted at the Senate building on Monday to launch the Logout week. Like the Back-to-School day, the turnout for the Cultural day was not particularly massive, a situation which the Logout committee chairman, Olakanmi Joshua, explained was due to lectures and tests being fixed by lecturers in some departments, irrespective of the events of the week. The highlights of the event which was hosted at LAUTECH Alumni park included a live band and delectable servings of Koko Alata and Akara. But amidst the music and fanfare, their stunning, colourful outfits stole the show. So, if you weren't there, here are the top photos that sum up everything you missed at the FYB Cultural day:

After much delay due to the prolonged strike that rocked LAUTECH, the graduating class of 2016 finally commenced their ‘Signout’ week today, starting with the traditional ‘Back-to-School’ day. How interesting this set’s Back-to-School day was, compared to that of the previous set, is open for argument. But to be fair, considering the countless hindrances faced by the finalists, in terms of the delay caused by the strike, coupled with the ‘short’ nature of the current semester, it would be rather unreasonable to set overly high expectations. However, despite everything, the finalists persevered and went ahead with the Signout event, and they did remarkably well. To give you a hint of what today’s Back-to-School event was like, here are the top 10 of the funniest costumes we saw around campus:

Every year, in most Nigerian universities, there's a week set aside for final year students to celebrate their final days in school. More like a tradition, they set out in different attires depending on the occasion of each day of that particular week. Here in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, the first day of the "Final Year Brethren" ( FYB as it is popularly called) week is usually tagged ‘ Back to school,’ where students get to flaunt their secondary school wears and make merry. This year, as usual, it was all smiles with extra energy and excitement in the air as they basked in the euphoria of their soon-but-not-yet victory, as even though it was meant to be a free week for all of them, some still had lectures, while a few others reportedly had tests. This played a large role in the low turnout, asides the fact that some didn't see reasons to celebrate just yet. Correspondents of the UCJ LAUTECH, however, spoke to a couple of them, and most, if...