THE INSTITUTION EXPRESSED ITS GRATITUDE TO THE PRESIDENCY FOR APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF LICENCE TO THE UNIVERSITY

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been granted an operating license by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to operate a television station on campus. This was disclosed on Wednesday, May 2, by the vice chancellor of the institution, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, during the pre-convocation press conference held at its Senate chambers, otes that Ogundipe also said that 245 students would graduate with First Class honours during the 29th convocation slated for May 8 to 11. He said: “We are keen to redefine campus-based broadcasting with this initiative while giving our students a rewarding experience and grooming an exemplary crop of Mass Communication students. “Our profound gratitude goes to the Presidency for approving the issuance of a television license to the university, making us the first university in Nigeria to have a licensed campus television station. “We thank the presidential media team as well as the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, for their efforts in making this a reality.”...............