UNILAG SPGS Board Retreat Focuses on Innovation, Quality and Global Relevance
The need to entrench effectiveness, efficiency and excellence as the cornerstone of postgraduate education dominated discussions at the 2026 Board Members’ Retreat of the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos (SPGS, UNILAG). Held on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the ACEDHARS Building on the University’s Akoka Campus, the retreat had the theme: “The Triple Mandate: Advancing Effectiveness, Efficiency and Excellence in Postgraduate Education”. Vice-Chancellor Advocates Research Visibility and ImpactSpeaking at the event, the Vice-Chancellor, […]
UNILAG Emerges Top Performer at National Student Venture Capital Grant Bootcamp
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) recorded an outstanding performance at the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG) Bootcamp and Grand Finale, emerging as the institution with the highest number of awardees at the end of the competitive programme. The S-VCG Bootcamp, an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education, is a national innovation programme designed to identify, refine and support student-led startups across tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The four-day intensive programme brought together 65 selected finalists […]
UNILAG Team Setld Emerges 2nd Place at GTCO Squad Hackathon 3.0
In a dazzling display of innovation and grit, Team SETLD from the University of Lagos clinched 2nd place at the third (3rd) edition of GTCO Squad Hackathon – one of Nigeria’s fiercest student fintech competitions. This year’s hackathon, themed “Smart Systems: The Intelligent Economy”, drew over 1,600 teams nationwide. Contestants battled through grueling elimination rounds – from AI/ML challenges to full-stack engineering assessments, capped by a nerve-wracking 1-hour LeetCode-style test featuring medium and hard problems. […]
DLI-UNILAG Seminar Advocates Climate-Resilient Agriculture Through Underutilised Crops
The need for Nigeria and the global community to diversify food sources in response to worsening climate change took centre stage at the May edition of the Seminar Series of the Distance Learning Institute (DLI), University of Lagos, on Monday, May 25, 2026. Delivering a seminar titled, Climate-Proof Food Security: Abiotic Stress in Underutilised Crops, Senior Lecturer at the Institute, Dr. Kehinde Bolarinwa, warned that continued dependence on conventional crops could deepen food insecurity in […]
