5th DLI Colloquium: Experts Call for Stronger ODL Ecosystem, Ethical AI Integration to Expand Access to Quality Education
Nigeria’s growing demand for higher education, coupled with the limited capacity of conventional university infrastructure, has made Open and Distance Learning (ODL) an increasingly important pathway for expanding access, developing skills and preparing learners for a contemporary labour market being transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies. This was the thrust of discussions at the 5th Colloquium of the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos (DLI-UNILAG). Held on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the […]
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 […]
Southern Urbanism Co-Net 2026 Opens with Call for Sustainable Rural-Urban Futures
The need for development approaches that are more responsive to local realities, sustainable, and capable of addressing the pressures created by rapid urbanisation took centre stage at the opening of the 2026 Southern Urbanism Conference (Southern Urbanism Co-Net 2026), which commenced on Monday, August 24, 2026, at the Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre, University of Lagos (AMDRC, UNILAG). Themed “Negotiating Rural-Urban Futures,” the two-day international conference, jointly hosted by the Departments of Interior Architecture and […]
