Dr. Wale Babalakin
21 Aug 2020
Aviation stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to resolve all pending partnership disputes to boost investors’ confidence in the airport concession plan.
18 Aug 2020
The Coalition of University of Lagos Student Unionists (COULSU) has said that the ongoing fracas between the embattled Vice Chancellor of the university
15 Aug 2020
The Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin, yesterday, said the ouster of the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe...
12 Mar 2020
Piqued by his role in the recent postponement of the 51st convocation of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the institution...
9 Mar 2020
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) and other members of staff have condemned the indefinite postponement of the institution’s 51st convocation ceremony.
15 May 2019
Power, corruption, and conspiracy – the staples of the raging controversy rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to its core. The crisis seems to have defied logic, compromise, and a conclusion. It may well take the intervention of the almighty presidency to bring a denouement to the matter...
18 Mar 2019
Pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has said that true greatness can be measured by an individual’s integrity and the ability to positively impact the lives of the people around him. He was speaking on the biography of Chief Olatunde Abudu, Sowing The Industrial Mustard Seed, written by Prof. Omololu…
4 Feb 2019
The legion of derelict Federal Government properties worth several billions of naira in Lagos State, the former Nigerian capital, is indicative of how wasteful the country could be. In other climes, such edifices are kept as national monuments or transformed into money-spinning ventures for government.
4 Feb 2019
Pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN) has said Nigeria needs over N2.5trillion yearly to provide quality education at all levels. Babalakin spoke at the weekend during a Fund Raising Dinner organised by the Alumni of the College of Medicine. The lawyer and businessman, who was the chairman of the occasion,…
16 Jan 2019
Pro-chancellor and chairman of council, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), wants UNILAG TV to be a source of outstanding intellectual discourse. Speaking yesterday at the institution’s media centre during the commissioning of the station, Channel 184 on StarTimes, Babalakin urged the station to be a source of accurate news. His words: “I…
24 Dec 2018
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it may not honour further calls by Federal Government for a meeting on the way forward over the current strike by its members. The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on the sideline of a news conference on the update of the union’s struggle to…
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