Nigerian Academy of Engineering Inducts New Fellows, As Governor Soludo Calls for Disruptive Approach to Infrastructure Financing
It was a gathering of the crème de la crème of the Engineering profession in Nigeria at the 2023 Annual Lecture and Life Achievement Awards/Induction of New Fellows Ceremony of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) held on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 at J.F. Ade-Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos (UNILAG). There, in the beautiful precincts of the venue formerly known as the Main Auditorium, three (3) illustrious Engineers received the NAE 2023 Life Achievement Awards […]
UNILAG Microbiology Department Celebrates 3 Senior Members
The Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, on Friday, June 23, 2023, rolled out the drums to celebrate 3 (three) Professors of the department as they bowed out of active service. All roads led to the Faculty of Science Boardroom where colleagues, friends, associates, mentees, admirers and well-wishers converged to honor and celebrate Distinguished Professor Olukayode Amund, FAS along with Professors Olusimbo Aboaba and Adeyemi Adeleye for their services, leadership and impacts […]
UNILAG @ 60: Campus Up in Colours
The Akoka campus of the University of Lagos was engulfed in euphoria for several hours on Thursday, June 22, 2023, as students of the Creative Arts Department rolled out the drums for the 2023 Africaribbean Carnival. Though meant to serve as a continuous assessment in some courses for students in 200 and 300 levels, this year’s Africaribbean Carnival was dedicated to commemorating the year-long Diamond Jubilee anniversary of the university. The Road-March Activities kicked off […]
UNILAG Chief Accountant, Sofiu Oyejide Steps in as Chairman, ICAN Lagos Mainland and District Society
A Chief Accountant and Head of Staff Matters Unit in the Bursary Section, University of Lagos, Mr. Sofiu Oyejide Ahmad has been elected as the 29th Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Lagos Mainland and Districts Society. Mr Ahmad’s emergence in the 2023/2024 Chairmanship Election is in recognition of his in-depth knowledge of professional Accountancy and its regulations, as well as a career spanning over thirty-two (32) years in the civil […]
“Grand ideas are good, but people need to survive”: Professor Lawanson Calls for Human-Centred Urban Development Approach
Professor Taibat Olaitan Lawanson has advocated for a rethink of the urban development approach in Africa from the western, market-oriented one to an Afro-centric, human-centred one. With her lecture titled, “Alternative Urbanisms: Beyond Utopian Visions of the ‘Emerging’ African City”, the Professor of Urban Management and Governance highlighted the important roles that African cities play as places of dynamism, creativity, opportunity and vulnerability. She narrowed down on the current predicament of African cities as places […]
