When Inclusion Became Innovation: Team Omega Triumphs at AFRETEC-UNILAG Challenge 3.0
Inclusion was not merely a theme at the 2026 AFRETEC-UNILAG Inclusive Education Innovation Challenge Grand Finale. It was brought to life. Perhaps nowhere was this more powerfully demonstrated than in the story of Team Omega of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), which emerged as the overall winner of the competition with 71 points after a four-month intensive innovation journey. At the heart of the winning team was a woman living with disability, Miss Oluwakemi Aladesanmi, […]
UNILAG Sends Off Pioneer Greenstem Scholar, Celebrates African Research collaboration
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), through its Office of Global Engagement and Strategic Partnerships (OGESP), on Monday, August 24, 2026, hosted a send-off ceremony to mark the completion of the six-month GreenSTEM Intra-Africa Horizontal Mobility Programme by Mr. Senakpon Tcheton of the Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Held at the OGESP Board Room, the ceremony brought together GreenSTEM scholars, supervisors, and staff, alongside participants who joined virtually from Nigeria and abroad. […]
Professor Obidi Delivers 20th Inaugural Lecture, September 2
The 20th Inaugural Lecture of the 2025/2026 Academic Session of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) will hold on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 4:00p.m. (Guests are to be seated by 3:45p.m.) at the J. F. Ade. Ajayi (Main) Auditorium, UNILAG. The lecture entitled: “From Micro to Nano: The Colourful Voyage of an Industrial Microbiologist,” will be delivered by Professor Olayide Folashade Obidi of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, under the Chairmanship of […]
From Access to Intelligence: DLI Opens New Conversation on AI and the Future of Distance Learning
Three hundred and forty eight (348) days after the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos (DLI, UNILAG), began a conversation on making education more inclusive, the conversation has moved a step further to what learning itself could become in the age of Artificial Intelligence. The setting was familiar, but the question had changed. At the Tayo Aderinokun Hall, where former Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, challenged stakeholders in September 2025 to […]
ỌBAFẸMI AWOLỌWỌ FUTURE LEADERS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Are you interested in joining young leaders from Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora for an 8-week virtual fellowship inspired by the legacy of Chief Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ, SAN, GCFR (1909–1987)? Apply now for the Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Future Leaders Fellowship Programme via: https://obafemiawolowofoundation.com/future-leaders-fellowship/ Established as a merit-based initiative, the Programme is designed for individuals committed to leading with purpose and service. Over eight weeks, participants will be equipped with the values, discipline, and perspective required for […]
