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  • August 24, 2020

UNILAG Crisis: How Varsity Got Its First Female Acting VC, Ogunsola

'Dotun Akintomide
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How AfDB-backed fish farming transforms lives in Cameroon

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Ranked: U.S. Crude Oil Imports by Country

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September 3, 2025 • Opinion

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Professor Folasade Ogunsola has been elected as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

A total of 167 professors voted at Senate meeting to find a replacement for Prof. Olutoyin Ogundipe who was asked to step down.

Recall the Federal Government had inaugurated a panel to look into the crisis rocking the institution.New Unilag ogunsola

Read also: UNILAG Crisis: Governing Council Appoints Acting VC, Prof. Soyombo

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) polled 135 votes compared to Prof. Ben Oghojafor’s 31 votes, with one voided vote.

Ogunsola, born in 1958, is a Nigerian professor of medical microbiology. She specialises in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS.

Ogunsola is also the immediate past provost of College of Medicine, University of Lagos (UNILAG) and is reputed as being the first woman to occupy the position.

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