The Silent Storm: Prof. Amira Calls For A Prevention-First Revolution In Kidney Care
Kidney disease often gives little warning. It can progress quietly, with few noticeable symptoms, until significant damage has occurred and treatment becomes more difficult, costly, and in some cases, life-threatening. It was this often-unseen progression, and the urgent need to change how kidney disease is detected and managed, that Professor Christiana Oluwatoyin Amira placed at the centre of the 21st Inaugural Lecture of the 2025/2026 Academic Session, delivered on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Titled “The […]
Call For Applications For The Senator Douye Diri Professorial Chair in Leadership and Good Governance Department of Political Science
The University of Lagos invites applications from suitably qualified and distinguished candidates for appointment to the Senator Douye Diri Professorial Chair in Leadership and Good Governance in the Department of Political Science. The Chair is established to provide intellectual leadership and promote cutting-edge scholarship, research, policy engagement and public discourse on leadership and good governance in Nigeria and Africa. A. OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAIR The Professor appointed to the SENATOR DOUYE DIRI PROFESSORIAL CHAIR IN […]
From Micro to Nano: Prof. Obidi Links Microbes, Industry And Innovation At 20th Inaugural Lecture
The Head of Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos, Professor Olayide Folashade Obidi has stressed the need for research to translate into solutions for real-world problems, through stronger collaboration among universities, industry, and society. She stated this on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, while delivering the University’s 20th Inaugural Lecture of the 2025/2026 academic session. Titled: From Micro to Nano: The Colourful Voyage of an Industrial Microbiologist, the hybrid lecture was held […]
From Classroom Learning to Community Impact: UNILAG Students Champion Donor Human Milk Awareness During World Breastfeeding Week
In support of the goals of the 2026 World Breastfeeding Week and to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding, students of the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Lagos (UNILAG), have taken classroom learning into the community through a public sensitisation campaign on Donor Human Milk (DHM). The initiative reflects the University’s commitment to experiential learning, providing students with the opportunity to apply their communication skills to address […]
Faculty of Life Sciences Holds Monthly Seminar, Feb 19
The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos (UNILAG) will hold the 1st edition of its Monthly Seminar Series for the 2025/2026 Academic Session on Thursday, 19 February 2026, at 1:00 p.m., at the Lecture Theatre 026 (LT026), Science Complex, UNILAG, Akoka. Themed “Nutritional Therapies in Health and Disease: Advances from Translational Research“, the seminar will feature Professor Ngozi Awa Imaga of the Department of Biochemistry, as the Speaker. The seminar will focus on recent […]
