Scientists Call for Proper Utilisation of Data to Change the Fortune of Our World

Patterns, trends and projections are all elements common to big data analytics and fortune-telling. Though the two are different phenomena, at the very core, they both utilise information to anticipate future occurrences. Championing the cause to leverage present-day data to forecast and plan for a better tomorrow, members of the Faculty of Science, University of…

UMA Pre-Ramadan Lecture: Dr Banire, Shayk Shaffi Advocate viable Leadership and Followership for National Transformation

 A former Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Muiz Banire, SAN has urged Nigerians to harken to the call of participating in the leadership and affairs of the country. Dr. Banire made the call at the 28th pre-Ramadan lecture organized by the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) at the Prof. Nurudeen Alao Auditorium, Distance Learning Institute, UNILAG.  His presentation…

UNILAG Hosts ‘Study in USA’ STEM Fair

The University of Lagos, on Monday, March 27, 2023, played host to an educational fair to highlight available postgraduate studies opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses in top notch universities in the United States of America. The event anchored by the University’s Office of International Relations, Partnership and Prospects (IRPP) in collaboration…

Professor Amuda Appointed Member of ANSTI Interim Governing Council

Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Director, Centre for Information Technology and Systems, (CITS), Professor M. O. H. Amuda has been appointed as a Member of the Interim Governing Council of the African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI). This appointment is for a period of two years with effect from March 1,…

Department of Political Science, UNILAG Postpones Meeting with the Dean, College of Social and Behavioural Sciences, California State University, USA

The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences has postponed its meeting with the Dean, College of Social and Behavioural Sciences, California State University, Northridge, United States of America (U.S.A.), Professor Yan Searcy. The meeting earlier scheduled for Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:00a.m. at the Faculty of Social Sciences Boardroom will hold at…

UNILAG Green Club Promotes Ongoing Environmental Sustainability Challenge with Campus Clean-Up and Street Show

Members of The Green Club, UNILAG thronged the hostels and roads of the University of Lagos Community on Saturday, March 25, 2023. It was Day Three of the ongoing University of Lagos Environmental Sustainability Challenge Banner-bearing and flier-sharing, they promoted the Challenge to residents of all the hostels they visited and to passers-by. They sensitised…

ASUU-UNILAG Gets New Exco, Prof. Adebayo Steps in as Chairman

Professor Kayode Adebayo of the Department of Architecture has been elected as the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos Branch (ASUU-UNILAG).  He was elected at the Union’s Biennial Congress held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Other members of newly elected executive committee are: 1.      Dr. Olusegun Bamidele Samuel: Vice Chairman 2.      Dr.…

UNILAG SAN Scrutinises City Planning in Nigeria, Calls for Reform at 14th Inaugural Lecture

A renowned Professor of Private and Property Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Lagos, Professor Oludayo Gabriel Amokaye, has called for reforms in the planning and development of sustainable cities in Nigeria. He made the call while delivering the fourteenth (14th) Inaugural Lecture in the 2021/2022 Academic Session of the University…