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Unilag Professor Awarded d Professorial Fellowship

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 awouniversity

Professor Tunde Ope-Davies of the Department of English and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, UNILAG has been awarded a 3-month Visiting Professorship Fellowship at the University of Hamburg, Germany. This fellowship, commencing May 2022, was awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of its Alumni Sponsorship and Network programmes. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, congratulates Professor Tunde Ope-Davies on this fellowship and wishes him a successful stay at the University of Hamburg.

UNILAG INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHANCELLOR

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 awouniversity

Unilag General News Pursuant to the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1993 as amended in 2003 and 2012 respectively, the Governing Council of the University of Lagos hereby notifies the academic community and general public both within and outside Nigeria that the Council has commenced the process of appointing a Vice-Chancellor. Applications are, hereby invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for the position. THE INSTITUTIONThe University of Lagos was established in 1962 by an Act of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to encourage the advancement…

Nigeria’s first doctorate degree holder, Grace Alele-Williams, is dead

Mar 26, 2022Mar 26, 2022 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola Nigeria’s first female university vice-chancellor and first female doctorate degree holder, Grace Alele-Williams, has died aged 89. Late Alele-Williams was appointed the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985. She was a distinguished Emeritus Professor of Mathematics education. The news of her death broke out on Friday in a WhatsApp messages shared on Queen’s College’s WhatsApp platforms, one of the Nigeria’s 104 unity colleges of which she was an alumna. The message reads in part; “We lost a Great Queen’s College Old Girl Today.…

UNILAG alumni athletes donate kits to hosting team

Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022 awouniversity

…A lot of improvements have happened since UNILAG last hosting in 1998 –UNILAG Chief Coach By Opeyemi Babalola The University of Lagos alumni athletes have donated sporting kits to the hosting team as the Nigeria Universities Games Association (NUGA) 2022 edition entered its second day. The representative of the alumni athletes, Ovih Stephen, who made the donation on behalf of the alumni, said the donation was aimed at boosting the morale of the participating team from UNILAG. Stephen, who was an ex-athlete and former student of the school, added that…

UNILAG showcases 700-seat swimming pool as NUGA games starts Wednesday

Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola With the showcase of the standard 700-seat swimming pool pavilion, the stage is set for the NUGA games featuring 136 universities and 6,000 athletes from across the country. The 26th edition of the NUGA games will on Wednesday at the University of Lagos, with the theme, “Nigeria University Sports and Academic Success in the 21st Century.” Apart from the swimming pool competition, other games in which athletes will compete for medals, include: Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Scrabble, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis and Volleyball.…

UNILAG communication scholar, Ismail Ibraheem attains professorship

Mar 8, 2022Mar 8, 2022 awouniversity

…says he would intensify efforts in research, knowledge By Opeyemi Babalola A lecturer in the department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Ismail Ibraheem, has been promoted to a full Professor of Communication and Journalism Studies. The university’s Governing Council officially approved Ibraheem’s promotion on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Ibraheem who is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, was, until his promotion, the Acting Director International Relations, Partnerships and Prospect and an associate professor at the Department of Mass Communication UNILAG. Confirming…

NUGA: Gbajabiamila receives UNILAG delegates, canvases peace among universities

Feb 24, 2022Feb 24, 2022 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has recently received University of Lagos delegates, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, at his office in Abuja. The delegates who were at the office of the Speaker, visited him to present the torch for the games to Gbajabiamila and solicit his support for the success of the events. While addressing the team, the speed speaker, urged the universities that would be participating in the National University Games Association (NUGA), to embrace peace noting that Nigeria can sustain…

Professor Babatunde Ogunnaike, Former Dean of Engineering at University of Delaware Dies

Feb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022 awouniversity

Was one of the authors of the Nigerian national anthem. He was said to have died on February 20. He became a co-author of the national anthem after his submission for a competition organised by the federal government, calling for entries for lyrics for the new national anthem, was chosen. Ogunnaike’s entry and that of four others — P.O. Aderibigbe, John Ilechukwu, Sota Omoigui, and Eme Etim Akpan — were combined to form the new national anthem which was adopted in 1978. Ogunnaike, who was born on March 26, 1956,…

Emmanuel, Onyinyechi emerge Mr & Miss UNILAG 2022

Feb 20, 2022Feb 20, 2022 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola A 400-level Architecture student of the institution, Omotayo Emmanuel, and a 200-level English student have been crowned with the title, Mr. and Miss UNILAG respectively, at the recently concluded competition to celebrate beautiful, handsome, and someone with a unique talent. ] The competition is in collaboration with Engr (Dr.) Funmi Ayinke, where prizes of different sorts like cash, laptop, hostel accommodation for one year, were given to the winners. The event was sponsored by Engineer and Doctor Funmi Ayinke and hosted by Popular host and OAP Mr Micheal Oladimeji known…

There has been steady growth in research in tertiary institutions, says UNILAG VC, Ogundipe

Feb 12, 2022Feb 12, 2022 awouniversity

University Times Exclusive Interview with Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice Chancellor, The University of Lagos, Nigeria. By November, your tenure as 12th vice chancellor will come to an end, how far, so far? I want to use this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate all those who bought into and supported the various programmes and developmental initiatives since my assumption of office in November 2017. The goodwill and numerous collaborations went a long way in ensuring the fulfilment of our ambition to move this great institution closer to our desired level of excellence. Recall that when…