UNILAG-IADS Champions African Traditional Medicine at 2025 Traditional Medicine Day Celebration
he Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos (IADS-UNILAG), on Thursday, August 28, 2025, marked its 2025 Traditional Medicine Day, emphasizing the need to integrate African traditional medicines into modern healthcare systems. The event, themed “African Traditional Medicine: Implications of Patronage and Cost,” featured discussions on increasing global recognition, research, and acceptance of traditional medicines. Call for Integration and RecognitionThe Director of IADS, Professor Luqman Yusuff, condemned the perceived marginalization of herbal medicines, […]
UNILAG VC Appoints Research Prof. Yusuff as Director, IADS
Research Prof. Luqman Ayodele Yusuff has been appointed as Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), UNILAG. This appointment is for a period of two (2) years with effect from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2027. Research Prof. Yusuff takes up this post after serving in acting capacity from Friday, May 2, 2025 to July 31, 2025. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, on behalf of […]
IADS, UNILAG Holds Stakeholder Workshop, June 11
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), a research hub in University of Lagos (UNILAG), will hold a Stakeholder Workshop as scheduled below: Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025Time: 10:00 a.m.Venue: IADS Gallery, J.P. Clark Building, UNILAG. The Workshop, with the theme: “Lagos, Yet Not Lagos – Plan for a Heritage-Based Detty December”, will explore how stakeholders can rethink and reshape the structure and impact of Detty December in Lagos to showcase Lagos, its culture […]
UNILAG VC Appoints Research Prof. Yusuff, Dr. Yakubu as Acting Director & Deputy Director of IADS
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, has appointed Research Prof. Luqman Yusuff as Acting Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), UNILAG. This appointment is for a period of three (3) months with effect from Friday, May 2, 2025. Similarly, Dr. Moses Yakubu has been appointed as Deputy Director, IADS for a period of one (1) year with effect from Friday, May 2, 2025. The Vice-Chancellor, on […]
UNILAG Senate Elects Professor Muyiwa Falaiye as DVC, Management Services
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate has elected Professor Muyiwa Falaiye as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services of the University. A former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UNILAG, Prof. Falaiye is the current Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, UNILAG (IADS-UNILAG), and Chairman of UNILAG Housing Committee. He was elected via an electronic voting process with 210 out of 252 (83%) votes at the Statutory Meeting of Senate held on Wednesday, April 30, […]
