Tag: University Of Lagos
How Meaningful Is The Political Renaming Of UNILAG?
By Odunayo Joseph Since Nigerians were treated to the fuel subsidy scams which dust is yet to settle, the public…
Note Of An Undergraduate
On 29 May, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan announced the renaming of the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University, Lagos.…
Jonathan Forwards Bill To Change UNILAG
President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded bills to the Senate to change the names of three federal universities. They are University…
UNILAG Name Change Ill-Timed –Sen. Ashafa
Senator Gbenga Ashafa has described the renaming of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University as ill-timed. He explained that…
Gowon Slams Jonathan Over Renaming UNILAG
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday chided by former Head of State and Chairman of Nigeria Prays, Gen. Yakubu Gowon…
MAULAG: UNILAG Students Drag FG To Court
The students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday filed a suit against the Federal Government for changing the…
MKO Deserves More! —‘Dimeji Daniels
Whatever his intentions were(are), President Goodluck Jonathan deserves more kudos than knocks for renaming University of Lagos (UNILAG) after Chief…
UNILAG Alumni Vow To Resist Name Change
Members of the Alumni Association of the University of Lagos, Unilag, have vowed to resist the renaming of the institution…
Students Sue President Jonathan Over Unilag Name Change
The controversy and uproar generated by the broadcast of President Goodluck Jonathan on 29 May, 2012, renaming Unilag after MKO…
UNILAG students sue President Jonathan
Students Sue President Jonathan Over Unilag Name Change Akin Kuponiyi/Lagos The controversy and uproar generated by the broadcast of President…
Nigerian police teargas protesting UNILAG students
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Friday in a bid to disperse student protesters demonstrating over a name change at…
UNILAG: ACN slams Jonathan, denies link with protests
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has denied the PDP’s accusation that the party was behind the protests by the…
Unilag Don Slams Jonathan Over Name Change
A senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Dr. Joseph Awoyinfa of the Faculty of Education, has slammed President…
Commuters, Motorists React To Students’ Protest On 3rd Mainland Bridge
Motorists and commuters on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings as protesting students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), now Moshood Abiola…
UNILAG : Jonathan’s Name Change a Gift Horse, says Soyinka
The full text of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka’s response to the changing of the University of Lagos name into…
UNILAG Or MAU: A Controversy Like No Other
President Goodluck Jonathan must have expected a torrent of public applause for his decision to rename the 50-year old University…
Govt insists on new name for UNILAG
Federal Government said on Wednesday that protests by students and staff of University of Lagos over the change of the…
UNILAG Shut: Students Block 3rd Mainland Bridge, Alumni Reject Name Change
The University of Lagos, Akoka, southwest Nigeria, was this morning shut for two weeks by the authorities of the institution…
Abiola’s son shocked by protest over UNILAG honor
The family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, on Tuesday said that they were ecstatic over the renaming of the…
UNILAG renamed Moshood Abiola University
The University of Lagos, with the acronym UNILAG, will now be known as Moshood Abiola Univerity. President Goodluck Jonathan renamed…
Police Chief Condoles With UNILAG
The Area ‘C’ Commander of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Muhammed Ali, has condoled with the management and staff of…
Lectures Resume At UNILAG After 3-Day Mourning
Academic activities resumed on Thursday at the University of Lagos after three days of mourning for the late Vice Chancellor,…
UNILAG VC To Be Buried 31 May
The remains of Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Shofoluwe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos will be laid to rest…
Anyaoku Cup Final Holds Sunday
The final of U-16 Emeka Anyaoku Soccer Competition will hold on Sunday at the University of Lagos Sports Complex, Yaba,…
UNILAG unveils burial plans for Sofoluwe
The departed vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe will be buried on 31 May, the management…
Sofoluwe’s Demise Great Loss To Nigeria’s Intellectual Community -Atiku
Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has described the death of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Babatunde Sofoluwe, as…
UNILAG Vice-Chancellor: Fashola Mourns Passage of Brilliant Scholar, Versatile Administrator
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday expressed shock and disbelief at the sad news of the death…
Lagos Sports Festival: ‘Ibile Games For Senior Secondary Schools’
The Lagos State Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Wahid Oshodi, has cleared the air on the eligibility of…
Primate Ayodele Gives Scholarship To 5 Students
Founder of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele (JP) has given scholarship to five students to study in…
We Have Godfathers, So What?
Hakeem Masha is beginning to make waves as a straightforward representative of the people of Lagos Island Constituency 1 in…