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  "id": 10569546,
  "title": "New LASU VC unveils eight-point agenda",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/new-lasu-vc-unveils-eight-point-agenda",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:44:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/new-lasu-vc-unveils-eight-point-agenda/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lagos State University (LASU) has unveiled an eight-point strategic agenda under the leadership of its newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayodeji Badejo. The agenda focuses on academic excellence, research, financial sustainability, and improved welfare for staff and students. Badejo, who assumed office on September 21, 2026, is the 10th substantive Vice-Chancellor and third female Vice-Chancellor of the university. The eight pillars include academic excellence and quality assurance, research, innovation, and global visibility, financial sustainability and resource mobilization, infrastructure and digital transformation, staff welfare and industrial harmony, student welfare, mentorship, and employability, governance, integrity, and institutional visibility, and community engagement and societal impact. Badejo expressed her appreciation for the warm reception she received from the university community and pledged to serve with humility, integrity, and dedication while working with members of the university community to advance its aspirations.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "New LASU VC unveils eight-point agenda",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/new-lasu-vc-unveils-eight-point-agenda-10573565",
        "published": "2026-09-29T01:10:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}