UNILAG 56th Convocation Ceremonies: 5,665 Graduating Students Step Into Alumni League At Day One of Congregation For Awards of Diplomas, Certificates, First Degrees And Prizes
A total of Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty Five (5,665) graduating students stepped into the alumni league of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as the 56th Convocation Ceremonies gathered momentum with Day One of the Congregation for the awards of dipomas, certificates, first degrees and prizes on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Held at the J.F. Ade. Ajayi (Main) Auditorium in two sessions (Morning: 9 a.m to 12 noon and Afternoon: 1p.m. to 3p.m.), the event […]
UNILAG Honours Late Professor William Odiete
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) community bid farewell to late Professor William Ose Odiete on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at a Special Lying-In-State Ceremony held at the Faculty of Life Sciences, as part of his funeral ceremony. The event was a convergence of retired and current staff of the University as well as family (children and grandchildren), friends, and former students of the late pioneering Environmental Physiologist, who died on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at […]
Innovation Ignites at UNILAG As POIC 3.0 Crowns Trailblazing Minds
It was a bee-hive of activity, energies rising, ideas bursting and innovations brimming at the Nurudeen Alao (DLI), University of Lagos, venue of the grand finale of the Professor Ogundipe Innovation Challenge (POIC) 3.0. With the theme: Empowering Thinkers; Science for a Sustainable Future, POIC 3.0 received over three hundred (300) entries from universities across the nation. However, only seven (7) made it to the finals. POIC 3.0: Potpourri of Innovative Ideas Held on Thursday, […]
UNILAG Sage Advocates Turning Analytical Chemistry Research into Revenue
A Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Lagos, Professor Olusegun Ayejuyo has challenged Nigerian universities to strategically scale up activities connected to analytical chemistry, to unlock new streams of internally revenue generation (IGR). He stated this while delivering his inaugural lecture on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at the J.F. Ade. Ajayi (Main) Auditorium, UNILAG. The inaugural lecture titled Analytical Techniques in Chemical Trials: Evidence and the Verdict was the 450th series in UNILAG […]
Grand Home-Coming: UNILAG Faculty of Life Sciences Hosts Alumnus from Canadian Varsity
In what could be described as a grand home-coming ceremony, the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, hosted one of its alumnus, Dr. Obidimma Ezezika. A year 2000 graduate of the Department of Microbiology, Dr Ezezika, is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Healthy Science, Western University, Canada. His visit to his alma mater was for a multi stakeholder engagement. Events kicked off with a keynote lecture […]
