Establish an Irregular Warfare Division – Professor Akinyeye Advises the Nigerian Army
Professor of History at the University of Lagos, Abayomi Olajompo Akinyeye, FHSN, FNAL, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to establish a division of irregular warfare that can tackle insurgencies, guerrilla warfare and other forms of war the army is presently ill-trained for. The Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria (FHSN), made this call on Thursday, March 30, 2023, while presenting a paper titled: “From Occupation to National Force: The Army in Nigeria, […]
“Our Mother-Tongue and Literary Tradition must not be allowed to Die” – Professor Ikwubuzo says at 12th Inaugural Lecture
A Professor of Igbo Studies at the University of Lagos, Iwu Remigius Obi Ikwubuzo has pleaded that mother tongues and literary traditions in Nigeria must not be allowed to die. He made this plea while delivering the 12th Inaugural Lecture of the 2021/2022 Academic Session, on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium. Professor Iwu Remigius Obi Ikwubuzo, in the very convincing tradition of dons of the University of Lagos, presented […]
UNILAG Textile Unit to Receive Boost
The Textile Unit of the Creative Arts Department, University of Lagos, is set to receive a boost of half of the proceeds from the auctioning of a diptych painted by the duo of our Professor of Art History, Professor ‘Peju Layiwola and her counterpart from the Department of Textile Design, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Dr. Ella Amitay Sadovsky. A diptych is a painting or work of art done on two (2) […]
U.S. Navy Band Visits UNILAG, Feb. 1
The United States Navy Band is making its third trip to Nigeria in four years. The 13-member band is in Nigeria to support the ongoing 2023 Obangame Express, the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, which is led by the United States Naval Forces and sponsored by the United States Africa Command. It would be recalled that the band visited the University of Lagos during its last Nigerian tour. As a result […]
Prof. Ogunsola Charges UNILAG Staff to Champion Africanising Research Outputs
The 13th Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS has called for a collaboration between the arts and sciences to infuse the African essence in research design and outputs. She made this call during her familiarisation tour of the faculties of Arts and Engineering on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Professor Ogunsola posited that the more designs of different products carry the African element, the more unique the works of the University would be […]
