Tag: UNILAG
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Unilag lecturer says suspected killer of SuperTV boss is an absentee in school
The suspected killer of SuperTV boss, Chidimma Adaora Ojukwu, was last seen in the University of Lagos (UNILAG) before the Covid-19 lockdown, a lectuer in the varsity revealed. It was gathered Ojukwu, said to be a 300 level Mass Communications student, neither wrote examination nor set foot on UNILAG since the commencement of this current…
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TRENDING VIDEO: Police parade alleged killer of Super TV CEO, a 21-year-old UNILAG student
The Lagos state police command has arrested and paraded a 21-year-old lady alleged to have killed Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, and a director in Super Network Limited. Ataga, who resides in Banana Island, was reported missing on Sunday, June 13, by his family and friends after he didn’t return…
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Registrar gives update on UNILAG admission
The University of Lagos has distanced itself from reports claiming it has released cut off marks for placement of candidates for the 2021/2022 academic session. This is contained in a statement by the institution’s Registrar, Mr Oladejo Azeez and issued to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. Recall that the institution, which conducted its Post Unified…
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UNILAG warns against flouting rules for non-physical post UTME
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Sunday released a virtual guide ahead of its maiden non-physical post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) test, urging candidates to avoid acts that could disqualify them. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who released the guide, stressed that the 2020/2021 post UTME test would start on Monday.…
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UBA to end over 30 years of operation from makeshift building in UNILAG
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Friday received a parcel of land to construct a permanent site at the university of Lagos after over 30 years of operation from a makeshift building. The plot donated by the University of Lagos (Unilag) is for construction of a four-storey building by UBA. Receiving the piece of…
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UNILAG denies charging N50,000 for online lectures
The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has denied charging students the sum of N50,000.00 to receive lectures online. UNILAG made this known in a statement, saying all students are to commence online lectures on Monday, January 25, 2021 at absolutely no cost. The statement reads: “The Management of University of Lagos wishes to…
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BREAKING: Another academic icon of UNILAG dies of COVID-19
The former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Duro Ajeyalemi is dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Prof. Ajeyalemi, who was the Pioneer Registrar/Chief Executive of JUPEB died from complications due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sources closed to the family told TNG that Ajeyalemi died on Wednesday. However, neither the family…
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BREAKING: Covid-19 kills ex-UNILAG VC, Prof. Ibidapo Obe
Former University of Lagos Vice-chancellor, Professor Ibidapo Obe, has died of COVID-19 complications. The former University don reportedly passed away on Sunday, 3rd January 2020. In a statement, Olayinka Balogun, registrar and secretary to council of the university, confirmed that Ibidapo-Obe died on Sunday. “With heavy heart, and submission to the will of God I…
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TETFund approves N5bn special intervention for UNILAG
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has approved the sum of N5 billion special intervention to the University of Lagos (UNILAG), to be captured in the 2021 budget. TETFund has also increased the National Research Fund to N8.5 billion in 2021 from N7.5 billion. Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Alhaji Kashim Imam, stated this on…
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UNILAG VC Ogundipe resumes, reacts to reports of seeking revenge
The reinstated Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has debunked rumours going rounds that he had compiled a list of workers to sack or punish. The VC resumed on Thursday and was given a rousing welcome by the university community. Ogundipe was controversially removed from office on August 12 following…