Prof. Onwuama to Deliver UNILAG’s 448th Inaugural Lecture, Nov. 12

Professor Mercy Adaku Chigemezu Onwuama of the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, will deliver the four hundred and forty-eighth (448th) Inaugural Lecture of the University of Lagos and the second (2nd) of the 2025/2026 Academic Session on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. The lecture, titled “Breaking Barriers in Disease Prevention: Health Education a Lifeline” will be chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, and will […]
25th Inaugural Lecture of the 2024/2025 Academic Session: Notice of Postponement

The 25th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in the 2024/2025 Academic Session titled: Microbes Everywhere: How Safe? Resolution in the Dynamism of Bacteria earlier scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2025, has been postponed. A new date for the lecture to be delivered by Professor Mary-Theresa Niemogha of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine will be announced soon. Any inconvenience this postponement may cause is […]
“Nigeria Has Many Molecules That Heal”: Professor Gloria Ayoola Champions Nature’s Pharmacy at UNILAG’s 446th Inaugural Lecture

Professor Gloria Abiodun Ayoola has reminded Nigerians that “the cure to many of the world’s toughest diseases might just be growing in our backyards”. Professor Ayoola of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy stated this on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, while delivering the 446th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) titled: Molecules That Heal: The Exploration of a Medicinal and Natural Product Chemist. Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor […]
Professor Idowu Delivers 21st Inaugural Lecture in 2024/2025 Academic Session, September 3

Professor Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos (UNILAG) will deliver the twenty first (21st) Inaugural Lecture of the 2024/2025 Academic Session on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. at the Tayo Aderinokun Lecture Theatre, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, will preside over the Lecture entitled: PARASITES IN THE LIFE OF MAN Members of the University community and […]
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 […]