CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2025/2026 PART-TIME POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES, LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (LAUTECH), OGBOMOSO

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, hereby invites qualified candidates to apply for admission into its 2025/2026 Part-Time Postgraduate Programmes. These programmes are designed to equip graduates and working professionals with advanced knowledge, practical skills, and research competencies required to excel in their careers and academic pursuits.

Applicants are encouraged to explore the wide range of postgraduate diplomas, and master’s degrees options available across various faculties and specialized fields.

FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE.

i. Postgraduate diploma & ii. Master in public Health: Health Education, Public Health Nutrition, Health Administration, management and Policy, Epidemiology and disease control, Population and Reproductive Health.PGD and Master in Nursing Sciences 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION ARE AS FOLLOWS: BASIC: The candidate must possess five (5) O’ Level credits including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in two (2) sittings.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDES (I): a. Bachelor degree in a discipline not related to health such as social sciences, statistics, mathematics and other related science courses with a minimum of 2nd Class Lower Division, must be currently active in Public Health practice with at least 3 years experience OR a. Third Class in a discipline not related in health, must be currently involved in active Public Health with at least 5 years experience OR b. Higher National Diploma or its equivalent in Health Sciences courses must have a minimum of Lower Credit and must be currently involved in active Public Health practice with at least 3 years experience OR c. Registered Nurses and Midwives or Community Health Officers (CHOs) certificate with a minimum of Lower Credit and 3 years working experience.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDES (II): a. Basic professional degree in Medicine or Dentistry from any recognised University with at least 3 years of experience in a healthcare program Or a. B. Sc/B. Tech degrees in disciplines related to health as Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology, Anatomy and other health-related disciplines including Human Nutrition, Demography, Health Education, Environmental Health and Biostatistics (minimum of Second Class Lower Division), are currently engaged in active Public Health practice with at least 5 years experience OR b. Minimum of Second Class Lower in the first degree in a more diverse background for example in Social Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, with at least 5 years cognate experience and track record in health-related organization, with evidence of appropriate postgraduate education/professional training in any area of Public Health Specialty or Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health OR c. Third Class in Health Sciences oriented discipline with a relevant Postgraduate Diploma.

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

i. PGDC) in computer science and ii. Master in Information Technology (MIT), Business Computing, Data Science, and Computer Applications. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

BASIC: Candidates must possess five (5) O’ Level credits including English Language, Mathematics and any three related science subjects of two (2) sittings. 

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDES i. a. Minimum qualification of Third Class degree in Science, Social Science, Engineering and other fields for PGDC. b. HND with a minimum of Lower Credit. ii. a. Bachelor in LAUTECH, or any other recognised University in relevant fields with a minimum Second Class Lower Division. b. A minimum of 60 % average in Postgraduate Diploma from LAUTECH or any other recognised Universities. c. Third Class B. Tech, B. Sc with Postgraduate Diploma in relevant fields. HND with a minimum of Lower Credit plus a professional certificate in relevant fields. 

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. i. Postgraduate Diploma and ii. Master in Safety Technology Management. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION ARE AS FOLLOWS: BASIC: candidate must possess five (5) O’ Level credits including English Language, Mathematics and any three related science subjects at a maximum of two (2) sittings. 

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDES (I): a. Minimum qualification of Third Class degree of Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science or b. HNA or its equivalent, with a minimum of 2 years of Industrial working experience in related fields OR c.

In Science, Social Science, Engineering and other fields. d. HND with a minimum of Lower Credit. 

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDES (II): a. Bachelor in LAUTECH, or any other recognised University in relevant fields with a minimum Second Class Lower Division. b. A minimum of 60 % average in Postgraduate Diploma from LAUTECH or any other recognised Universities. c. Third Class B. Tech, B. Sc with Postgraduate Diploma in relevant fields. HND with a minimum of Lower Credit plus a professional certificate in relevant fields. 

FACULTY OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATICS 

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEM i. PGD and ii Masters in Business Computing, Cyber Security Science, Cyber Investigations and Laws, Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Data Science, and Health Information Systems.  

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES.

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING. i. Postgraduate Diploma (PGDMOS) and ii Master in management sciences: Accounting, Financial Management, Management studies, Marketing management, Human resources management, Management Information Systems, Cost Management, Oil, Gas and Energy Management, Procurement and supply chain Management, Public Administration (MPA), Export Practice, Hospital management, Management studies, Accounting. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT. i. Postgraduate diploma (PGDT) and ii. Master (MTM) in transport management. 1. Logistics management. 2. Aviation management. 3. Maritime management. 4. Port Management and Operations. 5. Shipping management. Master in Science Procurement and Supply Management with specialization in Supply Chain; Procedure Management and Freight Forwarding).

FACULTY OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES. 

DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY. i. PGD (PGDEHM) and ii. Master (MEHM) in Environmental Health Management and Public Health Management. 

DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY. 1. PGD in industrial and environmental management. 2. Master in industrial and environmental management.

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES. i. Postgraduate diploma and ii. Master in social work with a specialization in 1. Community development. 2. Social welfare. 3 Healthcare. 4. Industrial Social welfare. 

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS. i. PGD and ii. Master in financial mathematics.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY. 1. PGD in occupational health and safety management. 2. Master in occupational health and biosafety.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS. i. PGD and ii. Master in industrial and health technology with specialization in: 1. Solar energy technology and design, Wireless/Communication technology, Environmental safety and health technology, Environmental geophysics/space physics, Environmental safety and health technology. 

DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING. PGD and Master in Urban Region and Planning.

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Akure Jamborees: Tinubu’s political machinery again attempted to take over Afenifere, but failed — Wale Balogun

 *Afenifere: The True Heir to Awolowo’s Welfarist Legacy — Pa Fasoranti’s Group as Shadow-Chasing Dissidents* 

Afenifere, as a sociopolitical and economic organisation, is as old as the Action Group (AG), the political party founded by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and his associates in 1951. From inception, the party had a national outlook, though its core membership was drawn largely from the defunct Ẹgbẹ Ọmọ Odùduwà.

The leadership of the Action Group translated its vision into what became known as Afenifere, built around Awolowo’s cardinal programmes of free education, free healthcare, rural electrification and development, and life more abundant for all. Supporters and the Yoruba electorate affectionately referred to the party as Ẹgbẹ ọlọpẹ, “the palm frond group”, after the palm frond logo of the party.

Contrary to distorted narratives, the Action Group/Afenifere was never a tribal party. Among its notable non-Yoruba members were Pa Anthony Enahoro, Ernest Okoli, Samuel Ikoku and others. It was the deliberate distortion and falsification of historical facts by political detractors that falsely painted the AG/Afenifere as an ethnic Yoruba organisation. In reality, the Action Group was a welfarist party, whose ideology of social democracy was formally adopted at its Jos Convention of 1962.

However, this convention also witnessed the first major crack within the party, leading to the Premier of Western Region, Chief Ladoke Akintola’s faction breaking away to form the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), which later allied with the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) to form the Nigerian National Alliance (NNA) for the 1964/1965 general elections. Meanwhile, the Action Group joined forces with the NCNC to form the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA).

The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) emerged later as the political offshoot of the Action Group, just as the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) would later spring from the same ideological root.

During General Ibrahim Babangida’s prolonged military transition to civil rule, Afenifere members participated in the Social Democratic Party (SDP) — one of the two political parties imposed by the regime after proscribing the political formations earlier established by the people.

Under the SDP, Chief M.K.O. Abiola won the historic June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, which was subsequently annulled by Babangida. In the ensuing struggle to reclaim Abiola’s mandate, Afenifere joined forces with other progressive platforms, civil society groups, and individuals to form the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), under the leadership of Pa Adekunle Ajasin, then the leader of Afenifere.

Pa Ajasin did not live to see the dawn of civil rule, and leadership passed to Pa Abraham Adesanya, under whose stewardship Afenifere and the Alliance for Democracy (AD) swept the six southwestern states in the 1999 elections. It was under the AD platform that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, now Nigeria’s President, became Governor of Lagos State.

However, internal crises soon engulfed the AD and, by extension, Afenifere. The “No more Baba sọpe” rebellion against Afenifere leadership led to a splinter group, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), led by Hon. Wale Osun, who continues to head the faction to this day. Tinubu was widely believed to have masterminded this split.

When Pa Reuben Fasoranti succeeded Pa Abraham Adesanya as leader of Afenifere, Tinubu continued to bankroll the splinter faction. As age and health challenges set in, Pa Fasoranti voluntarily stepped aside, handing leadership to Pa Ayo Adebanjo, while Oba Oladipo Olaitan was appointed as Deputy Leader.

The renewed attempt to polarise Afenifere began when the group, in line with its long-standing advocacy for justice, fairness, and equity, supported an Igbo presidential candidate, arguing that it was the turn of the Southeast (Ndigbo) to produce Nigeria’s president. Having realised the potential political weight of Pa Adebanjo’s principled stance, one capable of swaying Yoruba votes away from him, Bola Tinubu, whose splinter faction lacked grassroots legitimacy, sought to undermine Afenifere’s unity.

Tinubu’s visit to Akure, the home of the voluntarily retired Pa Fasoranti, was widely seen as an attempt to either secure endorsement or sow further division within the Yoruba political fold.

Ironically, Tinubu returned to the very structure he once sought to weaken. Yet, like Amalinze the Cat in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Afenifere refused to die.

The secretive meeting between Pa Fasoranti and Tinubu marked an unprecedented reversal of Afenifere’s leadership principles, with the former leader appearing to stage a Tinubu-sponsored comeback to challenge his own chosen successor, Pa Adebanjo.

Nevertheless, Afenifere under Pa Adebanjo stood firm in its support for Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate, as a matter of conscience and fairness. Following Pa Adebanjo’s passing early last year, Tinubu’s political machinery again attempted to take over Afenifere, but failed. The National Caucus of Afenifere unanimously endorsed Oba Oladipo Olaitan as its new National Leader.

Frustrated by this outcome, Senator Femi Okunrounmu and others loyal to Tinubu retreated to Akure, continuing their manipulation of the aged Pa Fasoranti. The so-called Afenifere stakeholders’ jamboree held in Akure represents, in the words of the late Professor Eskor Toyo, “starting from a repeated start.”

While the Akure faction has every right to assemble and endorse Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his neoliberal, anti-poor policies, it is grossly misleading to claim to speak for or represent Afenifere. That faction long abandoned the ideals and philosophy of social welfarism, the principles Chief Obafemi Awolowo lived and died for.

Today, the Awoist philosophy remains alive and steadfast under the legitimate leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, the National Leader of Afenifere. Any other group parading itself as Afenifere is nothing but a band of pretenders and impostors, shadow-chasing dissidents estranged from the true welfarist spirit of Awolowo’s Afenifere.

Comrade Wale Balogun 

Convener, Mekunnu Koya

Writes from Lagos.

History: Chief SL Akintola on his installation as the 13th Aare Onaa Kakanfo of Yorubaland

Premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola on his installation as the 13th Aare Onaa Kakanfo (Military Generalissimo) of Yorubaland by Alaafin Gbadegesin Ladigbolu II of Oyo, after a 79-year hiatus, 1964.

Of all who lost their lives in the January 15, 1966 coup, only Samuel Ladoke Akintola (1910-1966), who was the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo, Field Marshal General (1964-1966), of Yorubaland, died fighting back.

After the previous Kakanfo, Aare Latosa who reigned from 1871 to 1885, no one had the courage to accept the title for 79 years because of the mysterious curse associated with it.

Since Alaafin Ajagbo inaugurated the first Aare Kokoro Gangan (Scorpion) of Iwoye in 1650, no Aare was expected to live long and enjoy a soft death.

Akintola was brutally killed by Captain Emmanuel Nwobosi during the coup and the curse continued when his successor MKO Abiola (1937-1998) also died under mysterious circumstances in July 1998.

The Aare Ona Kakanfo title had been vacant for 19 years until Otunba Ganiyu Adams was invested with it as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo by Alaafin Adeyemi III on October 14, 2017.

Credit to History Ville