Akinjide Osuntokun, an Emeritus Professor of History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has called for a review of Nigeria’s constitution. He stated this while delivering a keynote speech at the launch of the Memorial Leadership Lecture Series in honour of Oduola Osuntokun, the Osuntokun Family Patriarch and former Regional Minister. Osuntokun
The 2025 Public Lecture of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Professorial Chair in Accounting will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the J.F. Ade-Ajayi (Main) Auditorium, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. Organised by the UNILAG Office of Advancement, the Board of Trustees of the ICAN Professorial Chair
For many years, the Nigerian education sector has struggled with poor infrastructure, outdated curricula, and underfunding. Recently, universities across the country have started turning to technology as a possible game-changer. From artificial intelligence to digital skills training, institutions are slowly finding creative ways to fix the cracks in the system. At the University of Port
The President of the University of Lagos Alumni Association, Ifeoluwa Oyedele, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike and return to the classrooms. Mr Oyedele appealed the association’s 55th Anniversary Awards and Recognition Dinner held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, on Friday night. He urged the
The Managing Director of Eleganza Industrial City, Dr Folashade Okoya, will today receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Lagos Alumni Association. The event, taking place at Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, Lagos, will have Vice-President Kashim Shettima as the guest of honour, with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu also expected to attend.
The University of Lagos has partnered with the University of South Carolina in the United States in the areas of agribusiness and transport. Both institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The MoU requires that the universities promote a positive relationship and faculty-student exchange. Dr Matthew Guah, a delegate of
Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has called for meaningful partnerships to champion Africa’s participation in adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI). She expressed this at the university’s fifth International Week, themed ‘Equitable Partnerships and the Future of AI in Africa.” According to her, Africa must start contributing to
The University of Lagos Alumni Association is set to honour one of Nigeria’s most respected legal figures, Wole Olanipekun, for his decades-long contribution to law, governance, and education reform. Olanipekun, who serves as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, will receive the association’s highest honour — the Alumni Platinum Award —
Experts and industry leaders on Tuesday convened at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to discuss equitable partnerships and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa’s development. Declaring the International Week open, UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof Folasade Ogunsola, said the discussions aimed to shape “the narrative of inclusion, innovation and global equity in the age of
Claims making the rounds that the University of Ibadan (UI) has overtaken the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to become Nigeria’s best university in the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings are misleading. Fresh checks by FactCheck Africa reveal that both UI and UNILAG are ranked within the same global performance band, the 801–1000
