The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, FAS, led a Monitoring Team of officials to the University of Lagos on Monday, April 26, 2021. They were on ground to make an assessment of the Academic Staff Development Programme at UNILAG from 2015 to date. Received by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor…
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…
On Monday, November 2, 2020, the University of Lagos played host to the visitation of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund led by the Chairman, (BoT), Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam. During the interactive session with the management and students of the University of Lagos, the…
The Research Team for the Land-Use Change and Carbon Emissions (LUCCE) in South-West Nigeria in collaboration with University of Lagos and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), will hold a one-day Stakeholders Workshop on TETFUND- NRF Project entitled, “Land-Use Change and Carbon Emissions in SW Nigeria.” The Workshop is scheduled as follows: Date: Thursday, May 9,…
The Nigerian government, led by His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, has affirmed its commitment to prioritising research as a cornerstone for development in the healthcare industry. This position was disclosed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, who served as Chairman at the Opening Ceremony of the National Institute of…
Associate Professor of Environment Management, University of Johannesburg and first Visiting Scholar to the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management (TCEBCEM), University of Lagos, Dr. Kowiyou Yessoufou is set to deliver a seminar titled: “Evolutionary History and Conservation of Cycads” as follows: Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Time: 10:00a.m.…
The Annual Symposium of the African Centre of Excellence for Drugs Research, Herbal Medicine Development and Regulatory Science (ACEDHARS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) will hold on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the TETFund Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, UNILAG, Akoka. The Symposium with the theme: Current and Emerging Diseases: Herbal Medicine Approach…
The TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management (TCEBCEM), University of Lagos has received its first Visiting Scholar, Kowiyou Yessoufou. He is an Associate Professor of Environmental Management at the Department of Geography, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Yessoufou has an M.Sc. in Forest Ecology from the University of Benin and a Ph.D. in…
On Thursday, June 8, 2023, stakeholders in the study of the environment and related fields including representatives of different state governments gathered for a hybrid discourse themed, “Forest and Carbon Management in Nigeria”, in commemoration of World Environment Day. The interactive discourse is an initiative of the Land-Use Change and Carbon Emissions (LUCCE) Research Group of the…
The Land-Use Change and Carbon Emissions (LUCCE) Research Group of the University of Lagos will hold a discourse themed, “Forest and Carbon Management in Nigeria”, in commemoration of World Environment Day as follows: Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023Time: 10:00 a.m. promptZoom Meeting ID: 716 495 6457Passcode: 912967 Dr. Mayowa Fasona, Principal Investigator of the LUCCE Project, will speak…