UNILAG Announces Passage of ICE Director, Prof. Orímóògùnjẹ́

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) announces the passage of Professor Ọládélé Caleb Orímóògùnjẹ́ of the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies (LAAS), Faculty of Arts. Prof. Orímóògùnjẹ́ died in the early hours of Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. He was, until his death, the Director of the…

UNILAG Creative Arts Department Hosts Seminar Presentations of Two University of Exeter Staff

The Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, hosted a seminar presentation by two (2) academics of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom: Williams Gallois and Tom Trevor. The scholars had earlier paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola OON, FAS, who was represented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor,…

UNILAG Centre for Digital Humanities Wins Joint Grant

The University of Lagos Centre for Digital Humanities has jointly won a 5-year grant with the University of Verona, Italy. The grant, which is awarded by the Italian Ministry of Research, “Project of Excellence 2023-2027” is entitled “Inclusive Humanities, Development Perspectives in Research and Teaching”. It has a value of approximately 6.5 million Euros and…

“UNILAG in Town” debuts at Terra Kulture on a high note

The UNILAG in Town (a “Gown to Town” initiative of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, FAS,) debuted on Saturday, April 29, 2023 with a theatre performance by students of the University’s Creative Arts Department. Titled “Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels”, the stage drama which held at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos,…

Establish an Irregular Warfare Division – Professor Akinyeye Advises the Nigerian Army

Professor of History at the University of Lagos, Abayomi Olajompo Akinyeye, FHSN, FNAL, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to establish a division of irregular warfare that can tackle insurgencies, guerrilla warfare and other forms of war the army is presently ill-trained for. The Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria (FHSN), made this…

“Our Mother-Tongue and Literary Tradition must not be allowed to Die” – Professor Ikwubuzo says at 12th Inaugural Lecture

A Professor of Igbo Studies at the University of Lagos, Iwu Remigius Obi Ikwubuzo has pleaded that mother tongues and literary traditions in Nigeria must not be allowed to die. He made this plea while delivering the 12th Inaugural Lecture of the 2021/2022 Academic Session, on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the J. F. Ade.…

Prof. Ogunsola Charges UNILAG Staff to Champion Africanising Research Outputs

The 13th Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS has called for a collaboration between the arts and sciences to infuse the African essence in research design and outputs. She made this call during her familiarisation tour of the faculties of Arts and Engineering on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Professor Ogunsola posited that…

UNILAG Faculty of Arts Alumni Association Pledges Unflinching Support to Vice-Chancellor

Executives of the Faculty of Arts Alumni Association, have pledged unflinching support to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS. This pledge was made during a courtesy visit to the Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS, at her office on the 11th Floor of the Senate House on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The visit had in…