UNILAG Inaugural Lecturer Unveils Eco-Friendly Solution to Water Hyacinth Outbreaks
The 23rd Inaugural Lecturer for the 2024/2025 academic session of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Wahab Oluwanisola Okunowo has shared a ground-breaking biocontrol method for managing water hyacinth outbreaks. According to him, Myrothecium roridum, a highly virulent indigenous fungus, can be applied as herbicide for controlling the beautiful yet invasive water hyacinth within twenty-one (21) days. The Professor of Applied Biochemistry pointed out this eco-friendly solution, while delivering the final Inaugural Lecture for the […]
The Future is Female and Green: UNILAG, Afretec Train Lagos Girls as Eco-STEM Climate Leaders
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty,” wrote Maya Angelou, the acclaimed American poet and civil rights activist whose words often illuminate the journey of growth and transformation. That truth echoed through the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as it partnered with the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) to host the “Empowering Girls as Eco-STEM Trailblazers Summer Camp 2025.” This year, sixty […]
