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Don urges FG to raise the budget for education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

Funsho Falade, an engineering professor at the University of Lagos, has pleaded with all tiers of government to boost funding for education. During the opening lecture, “The Beginning and the End of a Project,” Falade emphasised the necessity of better infrastructure for all

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LASU senate grants UNILAG best doctoral thesis award winner N1 million.

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

Dr. Aminat Ige-Ariyibi, the winner of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) overall best doctoral thesis prize, was given N1 million by the Senate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. Ige-Ariyibi is a lecturer at LASU’s Faculty of Science’s Department of Mathematics and an alumna.Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, LASU’s vice chancellor, delivered the speech on

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UNILAG Convocation: Falola encourages the study of Ifa and witchcraft in Nigerian institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 17, 2024

Toyin Fola, a renowned African intellectual and history professor, has promoted the study of Ifa and witchcraft as courses that are coupled with science and economics to award degree certifications in Nigerian universities. In addition, he suggested that lecturers and students communicate with each other in native tongues, regardless of the subjects they are studying […]

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UNILAG debunks rumors of hoodlums attack on bus conveying graduation gowns

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 16, 2024

The management of the University of Lagos, Akoka has denied the recent media reports suggesting an attack by hoodlums on one of its vehicles in transit, leading to the alleged theft of graduation gowns.  The university’s spokesperson, Mrs. Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, issued a statement on Tuesday evening, shedding light on the actual circumstances surrounding the incident.

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Hoodlums attack UNILAG bus conveying graduation gowns

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 16, 2024

The post-graduate academic gowns of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), which were paid for and were meant to be given to the graduating students, were stolen off a bus. This week marks the 54th convocation event for the university, where 340 graduates will receive first-class degree certificates. It was required of the graduates to pay […]