University Of Lagos

IADS Celebrates Black History Month, February 26
2025-02-26 11:00 - 15:00 (Africa/Lagos)
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) is set to hold an event in commemoration of the Black History Month as follows:
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Venue: IADS Gallery, J.P. Clark Building, UNILAG
Professor of Entrepreneurship Hub-Innovation and Strategic Management, UNILAG, Professor Sunday Adebisi, who is also the Director of Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Centre (ESDC), UNILAG, will speak on the theme: “The Role of Vocational Training, Entrepreneurship and Organised Labour in Combating Economic and Social Injustice in Nigeria.”
The event will also feature the award of prizes to winners of a secondary school essay writing competition organised by IADS in celebration of the month.

OWSD, UNILAG Celebrates International Day for Women and Girls In Science, Feb. 11
2025-02-11 10:00 - 17:00
The Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), University of Lagos (UNILAG) Branch will commemorate the International Day for Women and Girls in Science as follows:
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Venue: NitHub, No. 6, Commercial Road, UNILAG, Akoka.
Virtual: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87576951004?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 875 7695 1004 and
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The theme of the event is Women in Science Leadership: A New Era for Sustainability and it will feature a line-up of activities including Guest Lectures, Panel discussion (by students), Life Membership and Friends of OWSD Awards, and Recognition of newly promoted Women-Professors.
You are invited to join OSWD, UNILAG for this inspiring and educational event.

CEDHUL, UNILAG Holds 2025 Digital Humanities Webinar, Feb. 6
2025-02-03 08:00 - 17:00
The Digital Humanities Webinar Series 2025 of the Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos (CEDHUL, UNILAG) will hold on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
The webinar’s theme is: Unpacking Digital Humanities for Trainers: Exploring the Principles, Practice and Pedagogy of DH, and the Facilitator is Frank Onuh of the University of Lethbridge, Canada.
You are invited to register for the webinar via: https://forms.gle/vHGCyrqXKmnDAyUs5; and join via Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/cedhul2022; Meeting ID: 875 3135 8855 and Password: [REDACTED]

RMO, UNILAG Holds Town and Gown Meeting, March 7
2024-03-07 10:00 - 16:00
In a bid to strengthen ties between the University and stakeholders that utilise its product, the Research Management Office (RMO) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), is set to host a Town and Gown Meeting scheduled as folows:
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Time: 10:00am – 02:00pm
Venue: Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre (AMDRC), UNILAG
The Meeting with the theme, “A Town and Gown Meeting: Fostering Community Engagement and Collaboration”, would be anchored by the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD), ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Urbanisation and Habitable Cities. It will bring together diverse stakeholders, including university administrators, faculty members, government officiais, and captain of industries.
The Town and Gown meeting will also feature interactive sessions and facilitate dialogue, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and networking opportunities among the participants.
Members of the university community are cordially invited to attend.
Chief Host: Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Host: Professor Timothy G. Nubi, Director, Research Management Office, UNILAG
Co-Host: Professor Taibat Lawanson, Co-Director, Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD), UNILAG.

Confucius Institute Holds Chinese Spring Festival 2024, Feb 29
2024-02-29 11:00 - 14:00 | J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos, 101017, Nigeria
Confucius Institute, University of Lagos (UNILAG) will hold its Chinese Spring Festival for the year 2024 as slated below:
Date: Thursday, February, 29, 2024
Time: 11:00a.m. – 2:00p.m.
Venue: J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG
The University community and general public are cordially invited.

OWSD Holds 9th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Feb. 29
2024-02-29 10:00 - 15:00
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Branch of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is set to hold its ninth (9th) International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday, February 29, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Faculty of Science Boardroom, UNILAG, Akoka.
Celebrating the Day with the theme, “Women and Girls in Science Leadership, A New Era for Sustainability: Think Science… Think Peace”, the UNILAG Chapter of the Organisation aims to host about three hundred (300) participants including students, staff, members of OWSD UNILAG chapter, and other women from all walks of life.
The event is scheduled to feature two (2) talks:

Cervical Cancer: All You Need to Know – to be delivered by Dr Omolola Salako, a Senior Lecturer/ Consultant Clinical Oncologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL)
Gender-based Violence: Vulnerability of the Girl-Child to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) – to be delivered by Dr Idongesit Eshiet, a Gender and Development Expert, University of Lagos (UNILAG)

The Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is a programme unit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It was founded in 1987 and operates from the offices of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in Trieste, Italy.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Chapter of OWSD has successfully organised annual events to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education among female secondary school students in Lagos. With the Chapter’s target audience being girls in secondary schools, participation in these events have been drawn from several districts in Lagos State, over time.

SPGS, UNILAG Holds Matriculation & Postgrad Path Navigation Programme, Feb. 26
2024-02-29 08:30 | J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos, 101017, Nigeria
School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) will hold its Matriculation and Postgraduate Path Navigation programme for new postgraduate students as follows:
Date: Monday, February 26, 2024
Time: 8:30a.m.
Venue: J. F. Ade Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG
All new intakes of SPGS and other members of the University Community are cordially invited.

Centre for GST, UNILAG Holds Maiden Virtual Lecture, February 23
2024-02-23 11:00 - 15:00
The Centre for General Studies, University of Lagos (UNILAG) is set to host its first Virtual Lecture titled: “Virtual Learning: A Panacea to Future Education”.
The Lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Simon James Thompson, Head, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex and Tab Betts, NTF FHEA, Higher Education Pedagogy, University of Sussex, is scheduled as follows:
Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. WAT
Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82709230223?pwd=[REDACTED]
Webinar ID: 82709230223
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Members of the University community are cordially invited.

UNILAG Library Lovers’ Day 3.0 Holds, February 14
2024-02-14 16:00 - 18:00 | UNILAG Main Library Quadrangle, Nigeria
The third edition of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Library Lovers’ Day is here again!
It’s that time of the year for us all to come together and pay tribute to the heart of our dear community’s academic life – the library.
As students, alumni and staff, the library has at one point or the other been for us, a source of invaluable knowledge and discovery. Let us come together to rediscover its wonders through fun action-packed activities planned for the Library Lovers’ Day 3.0.
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: UNILAG Main Library quadrangle
The outdoorsy venue promises to give a magical ambience of excitement and an enchanting evening of laughter, talent and togetherness.
Be you an efiko, a seasoned researcher or a casual reader, the Library Lovers’ Day 3.0 is the perfect avenue for you to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, unwind a little and stylistically immerse yourself in the enduring power of the library to inspire, educate, and connect us all.
Don’t keep all the fun to yourself, share the magical experience through captured moments in time using hashtags: #UNILAGLibraryLoversDay #UNILAGNigeria
We look forward to spending this special day with you. See you there!

Grand Finale of POIC 2.0 Holds, February 8
2024-02-08 10:00 - 14:00 | J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos, 101017, Nigeria
The Professor Ogundipe Innovative Challenge (POIC) is back again!
Dubbed POIC 2.0, the grand finale of the second edition of this highly competitive Challenge, is scheduled as follows:
Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Venue: J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG
Before arriving at this phase of the competition, application opened to interested participants on the POIC official website (https://poic.unilag.edu.ng) in 2020, where nine hundred and forty-seven (947) applicants registered in one hundred and ninety-nine (199) teams with fifty (50) proposals. Subsequently, ten (10) semi-finalists were drawn from the total applicants and five (5) of them made it to the final round. They are:

S/N
Name
Category
Team Lead
Institution

1
Tfree
Health Technology
Onyebuchi Chibuike Collins
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State

2
Team ILUCENS
Food processing
Onayere Elizabeth
University of Lagos

3
Team Neptune
Bioengineering
Nwosu Paul Chinagorom
University of Lagos

4
Save a space
Software
Shola Fadare
University of Lagos

5
Team HORIZON
Technology
Oladunjoye Taiwo
Lagos State University

These brilliant minds will compete for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of ₦1 million, ₦750,000 and ₦500,000 respectively. They will be judged by seasoned professionals from different fields of expertise. They are:

Chika Yinka-Banjo – Ag. Director, AIRLAB UNILAG
Oladipupo Sennaike – Department of Computer Science, UNILAG
Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo, – Department of Business Administration, UNILAG
Bayo Adekanmbi, – Lagos State Science, Research and Innovation Council,
SAH Harmond – Lagos State Science, Research and Innovation Council,

The Professor Ogundipe Innovative Challenge (POIC) is an initiative of the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos (UNILAG) named after and endowed by the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, FAS. It is a competition that provides a platform for students to develop hands-on skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through a network of state-of-the-art incubation hubs partnering with the initiative.
The maiden edition of the Innovative Challenge (http://196.45.48.45/?p=5219) witnessed inspiring ideas from tertiary institution students across the nation, with Team Solution emerging overall winner.
In this edition, the Faculty of Science is collaborating with the Professor Ogundipe Innovation and Science Foundation (POISF) to host POIC 2.0. This is being done in partnership with Lagos State Government and Zenith Bank.
POIC 2.0 will feature a Guest Speech by Dr. Victor T. Odumuyiwa, Acting Director, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) IT Hub (NITHub), University of Lagos.
Chief Host: Prof. Folasade T. Ogunsola OON, FAS – Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos
Host: Prof. Elijah Oyeyemi – Dean, Faculty of Science, UNILAG
Father of the Day: Prof. Ayodele F. Ogunye – Executive Vice-Chairman, Nautilus Nigeria Engineering and Construction Limited
Chairman of the Occasion: Mr. Kola Adesina – GMD, Sahara Power Group,
Special Guest of Honour: His Excellency, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu – Governor, Lagos State
For enquiries, contact the Planning Committee Chairperson – Dr. Temitope Onuminya (07030241452; tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng).

Schedule of Activities for Election into Executive Positions in Sandwich Programme (2022/2023 Academic Session)
2024-02-05 09:00 - 2024-02-14 14:00
The schedule of activities for election into executive positions in the Sandwich Programme of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2022/2023 Academic session is as follows:

S/N
Date
Activities

1
Monday,
05/02/2024
Meeting with Sandwich Management

2
Tuesday,
06/02/2024
Release of 2022/2023 Election Guidelines for commencement of the electioneering campaigns in the Sandwich programmes

3
Wednesday,
07/02/2024
Formation of Electoral Committees by the Sandwich Management and submission of the lists of Electoral Committees to the Dean of Student Affairs

4
Thursday,
08/02/2024
Online filling and submission of nomination forms

5
Friday,
09/02/2024
CITS generates and submits a list of contestants to the DSA

6
Monday,
12/02/2024
Release of names of contestants on the University website and Student Affairs Notice Board

7
Tuesday,
13/02/2024
Presentation of manifestoes (to end by 6.00p.m.)

8
Wednesday,
14/02/2024
Elections by e-voting in all Faculties and Departments (to hold between 9.00a.m.-2.00p.m.)

Students running the Sandwich Programme should note the following:

The Sandwich Election Committee shall comprise representatives from each Department involved in Sandwich Programme.
All registered students for the 2022/2023 session are eligible to vote.

All final-year students are eligible to vote but not eligible to contest.
All 2022/2023 freshers are eligible to vote but not eligible to contest.
Students who have matriculated in a post-secondary/higher institution other than the University of Lagos are not eligible to serve in the Electoral Committee or contest for any position.
Manifesto should be presented at the contestants’ faculties and should end by 6.00 p.m. when students are physically on campus. Otherwise, manifestos should be presented on Sandwich Department and Faculty electronic platforms.
Elections are to start at 9.00 am and close at 2.00 pm. The results of the election will be printed out at CITS in the presence of representatives of contestants, Security Unit, Dean of Student Affairs, Sandwich Management and Chairmen of Electoral Committees. Subsequently, same result will be posted on the University website.
