IADS Celebrates 5th Year Anniversary, Unveils New Logo
A famous motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, once said: “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” This resonates with the story of the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos as the Institute celebrates its fifth-year anniversary since its official inauguration on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. The celebration, which was held on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at the J.P. Clark Centre, UNILAG featured the unveiling of a new logo, and […]
STAKEHOLDERS DELIBERATE ON STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE EDUCATION WITHIN THE WEST AFRICAN REGION
Stakeholders within the University of Lagos, on Thursday, August 18, 2022 converged at the Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Center (AMDRC) of the University to develop new strategies aimed at creating a direction for educational development in West Africa. Speaking at the event tagged ‘UNILAG Consultative Forum: Towards the Regional Strategy Plan’, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS highlighted the importance of the forum in achieving its outlined objectives which include management and development […]
Two UNILAG Dons Get Appointments into TASUED Governing Council
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Rahamon Bello, FAEng, and a renowned legal luminary in the Faculty of Law, Distinguished Professor Taiwo Osipitan, SAN, have been appointed into the Governing Council of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. Professor Bello will serve as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, while Professor Osipitan will serve as a Council Member. These appointments testify to their immense contributions to the […]
WORLD BANK, NUC OFFICIALS PAY HIGH-LEVEL VISIT TO RESEARCH CENTRES AT UNILAG
On Friday, August 12, 2022, top officials from the World Bank and the National Universities Commission (NUC) paid a high-level visit to two centres of research domiciled at the University of Lagos. The research centres are the African Centre of Excellence Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development, and Regulatory Science (ACE-DHARS) and the UNILAG Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (UNILAG-SPESSECE). The purpose of the visit was to evaluate the activities […]
NAL holds 24th Annual Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows
On Thursday 11th August 2022, families, friends, and associatesof the Nigeria Academy of Letters (NAL) from all over the world converged at the J. F Ade Ajayi Auditorium of the University of Lagos for the Academy’s 24th Annual Convocation and Investiture of new Fellows. With the theme, Cultural Commonality in Nigeria Heterogeneity, the event provided a platform for worthy professors across the field of Humanities to be honoured as Fellows of the Academy. Delivering the convocation lecture titled, “The Republic of Dignity: The Nigerian Common Humanity in a Culturally Heterogeneous Nigeria’’, Professor Simeon Ilesanmi of Wake Forest University, USA, highlighted the need for respect of the dignity […]
