The football team of Radio UNILAG 103.1 F.M. has won the maiden edition of the FUNTURF International Media Five-A-Side Competition. The event took place at Funturf international, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Lagos.
The team emerged winner after defeating Super Screen Television, 2-0 at the final match held on October 9, 2010. The goals were scored by Wale Oduntan and Victor Sunday.
The University of Lagos is to host a pilot facility for training and capacity-building of stakeholders in POPs destruction and pilot remediation of contaminated sites. The facility will aid research and training across the Departments of Chemistry and Geosciences in the Faculty of Science and the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.
The demonstration and training plant is part of a project established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with Geostream Corporation in Kitakyushi, Japan under the auspices of TOSHIBA Corporation and Konoike Construction, Japan. UNILAG is the first varsity in Nigeria and indeed, Africa to participate in the aspect of treaty and convention implementation of the project.
In a bid to activate this initiative, a high level UNIDO/TOSHIBA team has visited the University. The team, which included experts drawn from the Federal Ministry of Environment, Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria, TOSHIBA Corporation and Konoike Construction, Japan, was led by the Deputy Director and Chief of Environment Management, UNIDO, Dr. Mohammed Eisa.
When the team paid a coutesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe in his office, Dr. Eisa explained that the visit was to present the proposal for the installation and running of a state-of-art 50kg/hr Geostream Small-scale Thermal Desorption Pilot Plant.
In response, the Vice-Chancellor, expressed gratitude to UNIDO for selecting the University as the first in Africa to host the innovative plant. He noted that the initiative would further internationalize the University as the facility wouldl attract foreign scholars and researchers.
According to him, the plant will enhance research and teaching in the University’s Departments of Chemistry, Geosciences and Chemical Engineering.
The team later undertook a guided tour of the campus. It toured laboratories and facilities in the Department of Chemistry, the Central Research Laboratory and GCLME/UNILAG Regional Centre for Environment Information Management.
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