Tag Archives: UNILAG

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has expressed readiness to always partner with institutions and other stakeholders on safety of lives and property in the state. Its General Manager, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, on Thursday, made this known at the Command & Control Centre Alausa when receiving delegation of the Disaster Management Programme of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. …

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.134 foreign students fail, 29 Nigerians bag first class Students at the University of Lagos, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Obafemi Awolowo University, have emerged tops in the just-concluded Bar Finals Examination. This was contained in the analysis of performance by universities in the August 2017 Bar final examination results of the Nigerian Law School. While six students at the …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday congratulated the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, on his appointment, describing it as a “thoroughly deserved.” The University’s Governing Council had,  at the end of its meeting on Friday, October 27, 2017, approved the appointment of Professor Ogundipe as the 12th Vice Chancellor …

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Many online platforms have emerged due to improved Internet penetration in the last three years in Nigeria. Online radio stations are one of the beneficiaries of huge population of internet users in the country. However, when the Internet radio was unpopular, a young man dared to venture into the ‘unknown’ terrain on divine instruction. In this interview with DAYO EMMANUEL, …

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The Senior Environmental Engineer, University of Lagos, Mrs Sade Nubi, said the institution through its recycling initiative realised about N5m from waste generated by the university community. Nubi, on Monday at the ongoing Africa Cleanup conference in Cape Coast, Ghana, ssaid that the university generates about 32.2 tons of waste monthly from its 97,000 population including visitors. “We try to …

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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) said it invented a new method of diagnosing malaria, following intensive research by its Department of Medical Micro Biology and Parasitology. Prof. Wellington Oyibo, the Director, Research and Innovation of the institution, made this known in an interview on Thursday in Lagos. Oyibo, a lecturer in the department, said the university’s research on malaria testing …

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The Science Ambassadors Foundation in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos has announced that it will be organising science awareness training for 5000 female students in Lagos, Nigeria to place Nigeria on world map in the quest to revamp science education in the country.   The event scheduled for Thursday June 15 2017 by 10:00am prompt will …

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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has challenged Nigerian youths to explore and utilise their creative ability to develop the society. Fayemi gave the challenge while delivering the 2016 convocation lecture at the University of Lagos. He said that one of the failings of the society was its inability to give young people enough room to explore …

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FOLAKE SOKOYA The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) yesterday, evening prevented a mother of four from committing suicide by jumping into the Lagoon with a 12 – month old baby. The lady, Halimat Adegoke (not real names), 27, was restrained by two Response riders from plunging into the Lagoon from the top of the Third Mainland Bridge. A cab …

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Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) are to remain at home for some time, the institution’s authority has directed. The University leaders Friday ordered the immediate closure of the institution, ordering all students to vacate halls of residence before 10am same  Friday. In a release by its management, the Senate of UNILAG considered closure of the institution imperative due …

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