UNILAG VC Appoints Research Prof. Yusuff as Director, IADS
Research Prof. Luqman Ayodele Yusuff has been appointed as Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), UNILAG. This appointment is for a period of two (2) years with effect from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2027. Research Prof. Yusuff takes up this post after serving in acting capacity from Friday, May 2, 2025 to July 31, 2025. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, on behalf of […]
IADS, UNILAG Holds Stakeholder Workshop, June 11
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), a research hub in University of Lagos (UNILAG), will hold a Stakeholder Workshop as scheduled below: Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025Time: 10:00 a.m.Venue: IADS Gallery, J.P. Clark Building, UNILAG. The Workshop, with the theme: “Lagos, Yet Not Lagos – Plan for a Heritage-Based Detty December”, will explore how stakeholders can rethink and reshape the structure and impact of Detty December in Lagos to showcase Lagos, its culture […]
UNILAG VC Appoints Research Prof. Yusuff, Dr. Yakubu as Acting Director & Deputy Director of IADS
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, has appointed Research Prof. Luqman Yusuff as Acting Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), UNILAG. This appointment is for a period of three (3) months with effect from Friday, May 2, 2025. Similarly, Dr. Moses Yakubu has been appointed as Deputy Director, IADS for a period of one (1) year with effect from Friday, May 2, 2025. The Vice-Chancellor, on […]
UNILAG Senate Elects Professor Muyiwa Falaiye as DVC, Management Services
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate has elected Professor Muyiwa Falaiye as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services of the University. A former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UNILAG, Prof. Falaiye is the current Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, UNILAG (IADS-UNILAG), and Chairman of UNILAG Housing Committee. He was elected via an electronic voting process with 210 out of 252 (83%) votes at the Statutory Meeting of Senate held on Wednesday, April 30, […]
“IADS is a Model of What Research Should be in the University”, UNILAG VC says at IADS 1st Open Day
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, has described the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), UNILAG as a shining example of what research and researchers should aspire to in the University. She stated this on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the maiden edition of the Institute’s Open Day held at the IADS Gallery, J. P. Clark building, UNILAG, Akoka. While emphasizing the importance of Africans owning Africa’s […]
