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 […]
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, […]
Opportunities: Trialect Onsite and Online Fellowships
Trialect, a community of over 500,000 Medical and Scientific Members, invites interested staff of the university to apply for onsite and offsite fellowships and traineeships for biomedical scientists and physicians. Interested members of staff are urged to apply for these opportunities via https://trialect.com/seizfire/search For over a decade, Trialect has partnered with leaders worldwide in academic and private institutions to offer onsite and online visiting fellowships, and traineeships for biomedical scientists and physicians. These programs are […]
Ministerial Monitoring Committee Visits UNILAG as FG Targets Quota Expansion in Medical Programmes
As part of Federal Government’s strategic drive to enhance the quality and capacity of public tertiary education in Nigeria, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday, July 21, 2025, received a (3) three-member delegation from the Ministerial Monitoring Committee overseeing the TETFund 2025 High-Impact Intervention Projects for Medical Colleges. The visit followed the recent approval of a special fund totaling N4 billion for eighteen (18) selected universities across the six geo-political zones of the country. The intervention is […]
UNILAG VC Hosts SECAN leadership Team, Reiterates Need for Local Research Impact
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, received the leadership of the Society of Experimental and Clinical Anatomists of Nigeria (SECAN) in her 11th floor, Senate House office as the University is currently hosting the 23rd Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Society. Professor Ogunsola, who received the visitors along with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics and Research), Professor Bola Oboh, seized the […]
