UNILAG, UNICEF Launch Nigeria’s First Behavioural Insights Lab
In a significant step towards reshaping child development policy and practice in Nigeria, the University of Lagos (UNILAG), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), launched the Behavioural Insights Research and Design Laboratory (BIRDLab) on Friday, August 22, 2025. Unveiled at the College of Medicine, Idi-Araba, the laboratory is the second behavioural insights laboratory in Africa, following Ethiopia’s establishment of a similar centre in 2022. The launch event attracted academics, policymakers, development partners, […]
UNILAG Inaugural Lecture: “Biotechnology, the Future” Declares Prof. Osuntoki
In an enthralling inaugural lecture titled, “Dancing on Shifting Carpets: Between Molecules and Devices,” Professor Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki, a renowned Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), redefined how we view science; not as a static pursuit, but as a delicate, dynamic dance between precision and possibility. He invited the audience, gathered at the Tayo Aderinokun Lecture Theatre of the University and those who joined virtually, into a world where the invisible becomes […]
