By Tayo Joseph Lagos, Nigeria.

Wale Adeyemi- Suenu, Head of Department of History and International Studies and Secretary of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, LASU, chapter is facing a panel over illegal alteration of students results, amid tight security.

Scroll Report learnt that operatives from Directorate of State Security were at the university gate to check motorists  and pedestrains entering the campus. The reason is that the panel set up to investigate the allegation of illegal alteration  is sitting today. The security is to forestall any form  violence from either ASUU or students while the panel is sitting.

The panel was set up by the university authority to investigate the allegation that Suenu illegally altered students results at the end of second semester of last year.

A letter was given to Adewale-Suenu last month to appear before the panel within a very short notice. A member of ASUU  told Scroll Report that each time the panel sat, there was heavy presence of security and the proceedings are recorded.

He wondered why Adewale-Suenu case “is like this because a similar allegation was levelled against Adebola Ademeso, also a lecturer and a panel was set up to investigate him since last year up till now nothing has happened. In Ademeso’s case there were no security presence and there were no video recording. This must be an attempt to bring down ASUU.”He said

Scroll Report learnt that Ademeso allegedly altered a student’s results before it was uploaded. But in Adewale-Suenu case it is alleged that he illegally altered the students result after it was uploaded.

When lectures upload students results, and there are issues the students can complain to the Head of Department, HOD, if the complaints are true and genuine. For two days the HOD has the power to make alterations through what is called HOD’s window.

If there are further complaints the issue will be taken to the Dean of Faculty where he too can use the Dean’s window to effect corrections.

Scroll Report learnt that some lecturers use this opportunity to make illegal alterations.In the case of Adeyemi-Suenu, it is alleged that he made the illegal alteration on the result of student that did not complain officially.

The Data Processing Unit was said to have detected the alteration because it was Adeyemi-Suenu’s password that was allegedly used to make the illegal alteration.

All efforts made to talk to Adeyemi-Suenu and Ademeso proved abortive…

(To be continued)

By Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.

Scroll report: can you please introduce yourself?

My name is Soso and my twin brother’s name is Lopeks and together we are called Y.P as our stage name. We hail from Rivers state but based in Lagos since childhood.

Scroll report: How did you come across the name Y.P and what does it stand for?

The name Y.P started as a nickname from family and friends around us right from childhood. They saw our performances and talent so the name emerged. The name Y.P stand for Young Prodigy and it simply means young and talented.

Scroll report: when did you start your music career and how has the road been?

Well we started music at the age of 9 and for us the road has been good and sometimes rough just like any other enterprise. But because of the passion driving us we are strong and optimistic. But in all we thank God.

Scroll report: How many songs have you released and what song are you working or set about to release?

We have released close to 15 songs and we are still counting. Currently we are planning to drop a new song titled “Le” produced by Dwill.

Scroll report: How many producers have you worked with?

we have worked with prolific and reknowned producers like Fliptyce, Kiddominant, Dwill, Teepiano and Bmyne among other producers.

Scroll report: Where do you see yourself in the future and what are your goals or aims?

Talking about the future, i see the future as any moment from now and not a long period of time. But in the future, we hope and desire to see ourselves on top in the music Industry both home and abroad and a music group to reckon with worldwide.

CONNECT:

Facebook: Soso Prince yp, Lopeks Teo yp

Twitter: @yptwins

Instagram: @soso_yp and @Lopeks_yp

By Tayo Joseph Lagos, Nigeria.

The police in Ondo state dispersed clashing law makers this morning in Ondo state. The clash which almost got out of hand would have led to distruption of peace in the state but the police quickly intervened to bring the situation under control by dispersing them.

The House of Assembly which ordinarily should be a place for lawmakers to meet and make laws to move the state forward was turned to a battlefield. It was free for all fight as a group of lawmakers interrupted the meeting that was going on by the faction supporting the suspended speaker Jumoke Akindele.

The two factions threw caution to the winds as they clash over the insistence of those opposed to Akindele, that the speaker had been suspended.How to restore peace to the House of Assembly is a major task before the police as the two factions are said to be aggrieved.

By Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari,  President of Nigeria is alive. That is what the picture below showing Buhari and his wife Aisha seem to be saying.

The picture shows Aisha standing by her husband. The President no doubt needs the support of his wife at times like this, to dispel the speculations that he is dead.

Sources said the President is likely to return to Nigeria this week. Many Nigerians are anxiously waiting to have him back home.

If Buhari returns, those who had speculated that he was dead will be proven wrong. But if he does not return, then waiting for Mr President will continue.

Taiwo Olatunji.

Serena Williams’ 23rd major title, catapulting her beyond Steffi Graf as the most decorated champion of the Open era, can be depicted either as a stirring affirmation or a chilling warning.

It is easy enough to subscribe to the first school of thought, given the serenity with which she swept aside sister Venus for a 6-4, 6-4 victory and a seventh Australian Open title, itself another record in a career creaking under the weight of its own history.

What tennis struggles to accept, though, is the counter-argument that Serena’s sustained pre-eminence casts her would-be rivals in a deeply unflattering light. For all that the sport bathed in a soothing all-our-yesterdays feel at Melbourne Park, as Venus and Serena met in a Grand Slam final 16 years after their first, it needed also to come to terms with the pitiful lack of depth among the chasing pack.

The reality is that Serena, at the age of 35 – Graf, let it be noted, retired at 30 – has won her latest major without dropping a single set and despite playing nowhere close to her best. Just listen to the verdict of her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “She played well enough to win, but she can play much better,” said the Frenchman, doing little to enthuse about a match where, yet again, sport’s most celebrated sister act seldom caught light.

In nine major finals between this pair, only two have gone to a third set. The love and respect that Venus and Serena never tire of expressing for one another equates on court to an inescapable lack of intensity, to a feeling that, even after 28 meetings on tour, they have never quite become used to facing across the net for such heightened stakes.

Venus and serena

The sisters had kind words to say about each other after the match.

It was different when they were little girls on the rutted public courts of Compton, Los Angeles, where one-upmanship could prevail, but few of their encounters with a championship on the line have touched the realm of classics. For both of them, this was a familiar replay of treasured memories but seldom a compelling contest, as Serena made a decisive break late in the first set and never took another backward step.

Today, only Australia’s Margaret Court stands ahead of her in the compendium of all-time greatness, with 24 titles to her 23, but it is largely an incidental detail. Court belonged to an amateur era when the main draw comprised 16 players, not 128, and when she could juggle the stresses of the tennis circuit with the demands of being a mother-of-four. Already, Serena stands alone.

By Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.

An interview with talented gospel music artist and producer Samie Sosa 

Scroll report: What is your name and what do you do?

My name is Samie Sosa aka (preacher man) and i am a gospel music artist. And in style i give messages in form of songs.

Scroll report: Can you throw more light on what you do?

I am the founder of GreatLight music ministry and a member of a musical group called Worshipers klique. And this group still comes under my ministry GreatLight I mentioned  earlier.

Scroll report: Are you strictly a gospel artist?

Yes and i do it with great pleasure.

Scroll report: How long have you started singing? and tell us more about your studio.

I have great passion for music and i have loved it since growing up it has been part and parcel of me. My studio GreatLight is established to give to potential singers, artists best possible quality services and these are the services we offer: Music recording,Voice Training, Instrumentals training and video editing.

Scroll report: Hmmnn so what do you set to achieve with your musical career?

By the grace of God, after doing our homework properly; that is here in Nigeria then we launch out as a musical platform that will bring worsbippers from across the world to worship God in spirit and in truth. And to be an incentive or a model to young ones to pursue their career. With various project we would embark on to create an atmosphere where we can worship, praise God in spirit and in truth.

By Tayo Joseph Lagos, Nigeria.

Dr. Lateef Olatunji makes waves as new Rector of Federal polythecnic Offa is going through a season of change that had never been witnessed in history of the institution.

As early as 7:30 am, the rector Dr lateef Olatunji arrives office everyday. Students who before now loitered gathered at various bus-stops in the town till 9 a.m no longer do so. Members of staff who used to come late to the office have no choice but to emulate the leadership style of Olatunji.

Apart from punctuality, Olatunji has also introduced changes in other administrative areas of the institution.

The polythecnic may not have witnessed these changes if Olatunji had not turned down the offer of employment in Middlesex University, London where he did his Doctorate degree.

He rejected the job offer because of his passion to come back home and impart knowlegde he had acquired to his people.

Olatunji is the fourth appointed Rector of the Polythecnic President Muhammadu Buhari, approved his appointment, which took effect from December 28, 2016. He is an Economist and Accountant by Profession.

Born on 2nd of December, 1963 in the city of Offa, Dr. Lateef Olatunji, immediately after his elementary education, enrolled at the Anglican College of Commerce, Offa, Kwara State between 1973 to 1978.

He was at the School of Basic Studies, Kwara State College of Technology, now Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin for Advance Level Programme moderated by the highly-famed University of Cambridge between 1979 to 1981, after which he left for Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

He graduated from the University in 1984. In the bid to spice up his academic qualification and complement his knowledge base in Economics with Information andCommunication Technology, Dr. Olatunji enrolled for Certificate in Computing Programme at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa.

His other academic qualifications include Master’s degree in Business Administration and Master of Science in Economics from the University of Ilorin. His burning desire to acquire more knowledge would not make him feel comfortable and as a result, he left Nigeria for Master of Science in Research Methods and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with the Research topic in Essays on Foreign Direct Investment Institutions Output Efficiency and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries (SSA) both, from the Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Olatunji joined the services of the Polytechnic in 1996 as a Senior Lecturer from where he rose to become a Chief Lecturer. He was at different times Head of the Department of Financial Studies (1996-1997); Head of Accountancy Department (1997-2000); Director School of Business and Management Studies (2000-2006);Director PolyConsult (2004-2005); Dean, Student Affairs and Chairman Polytechnic Sports Committee (2009-2011) amongst other duties.

An accounting guru and economist per excellence, Dr. Olatunji is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and Associate, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).

Enriched with wealth of administrative and academic experiences, Dr. Lateef Ademola Olatunji is married and blessed with children.