Scholars of the University of Lagos have once again raised the bar of research excellence. Drawn from across Departments and Faculties, the scholars presented below have had their research proposals approved for generous funding with grants from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). CATEGORY 1: SCIENCE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (SETI) RESEARCH S/N PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTION PROPOSAL…
The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos; Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, has advocated the need for every Nigerian to embrace the duty of care and safety while handling public utilities and infrastructures. This, according to the Vice Chancellor, would help forestall avoidable accidents and loss of infrastructures as well as preserve the huge volume of resources…
The newly constituted Governing Council (Federal Government Appointees) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) was on Monday, April 19, 2021, inaugurated by the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Maitama, Abuja. The Honourable Minister was ably represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny S.…
The University of Lagos took its collaborative drive on Entrepreneurship and Skill acquisition to a whole new dimension when the University led by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, and some members of the University management paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde at his Agodi office…
Professor Gregory Osas Simire, of the Department of European Languages & Integration Studies, Faculty of Arts, will deliver the ninth (9th) Inaugural Lecture in the 2019/2020 Academic Session of the University of Lagos on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at the J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG, Akoka. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T.…
At the just-concluded UmojaHack 2021, held from Saturday, March 27, 2021 to Sunday, March 28, 2021, the University of Lagos AI Club clinched the first place in the Beginner level in Africa. The Hackathon, organized by Zindi Africa, is aimed at building machine learning models to solve different problems. It was held virtually. At the…
Minister of Works & Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has called for urgent measures to tackle the challenges of infrastructural decay in the Nation’s medical education. Mr. Fashola spoke at the 7th edition of the Late Felix Oladejo Dosekun Memorial Lecture at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, on Thursday April 8, 2021…
Dr. Andrew Akala, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, has secured the International Joint Research Grant of the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan. The grant is for a project titled, “Investigation of the Responses of Global Equatorial/Low-Latitude Ionosphere to CIR-Driven and CME-Driven Intense Geomagnetic Storms During Solar Cycle 24.” Dr Akala…
The University of Lagos Senate at its meeting held on Monday, March 29, 2021 received, considered and approved S.P. No 2019/115 containing the Harmonized Penalties/Sanctions for Examination Misconduct (Physical and Virtual). Consequently, students are hereby enjoined to read below activities that are capable of leading them into trouble with the Institution. S/N MISCONDUCT PENALTY 1. Impersonation or Faking…
Huawei Technologies Co., Nigeria Limited, a Chinese Multinational Technology Company, has offered to partner with the University of Lagos on the delivery of online education. Representatives of the company, led by the Deputy Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group Nigeria, Mr Ken Zhao Wenjun, paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.…