LAUTECH sets August 14 for 12th Annual Registry Discourse       The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has announced plans to hold its 12th Annual Registry Discourse on Friday, 14 August, 2026, at the university's Great Hall. The programme, scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m., will feature the Registrar of the University of Ibadan, Mr. Ganiyu Saliu, as the guest lecturer. The chairperson of the Local Organising Committee, Mrs. Oluyinka Akinyode, disclosed that the Vice-Chancellor of LAUTECH, Professor Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, will serve as the Chief Host, while the university's Registrar, Mrs. Olayinka Balogun, will host the discourse. The 12th Registry Discourse is themed, 'The Future-Ready University Registry: Leading Institutional Transformation in an Era of Change'.   Follow this link to register:  https:// lautechregistrydiscourse.com. ng/lautech.reg

  LAUTECH Faculty of Nursing Sciences to hold Valedictory Lecture in honour of Prof. Florence Oluyemisi Adeyemo August 5   .To honour Mrs. D.A. Adeniran, Dr. G.O.G. Oyadiran, Dr. O.Y. Makinde The Faculty of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), will on Wednesday, 5 August 2026, hold a valedictory lecture in honour of Prof. Florence Oluyemisi Adeyemo. The lecture, organised to celebrate Prof. Adeyemo, a Professor of Community/Public Health Nursing, and recognise her invaluable contributions to LAUTECH, will take place at the 1,500-Seater Lecture Theatre of the College of Health Sciences, beginning at 12:00 p.m. The guest lecturer is the Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Prof. Deborah Esan, who will deliver a lecture titled, 'Empowering Communities, Transforming Lives: Celebrating the Enduring Legacy of a Nurse Legend in Nigeria'. The event will be chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof...

  LAUTECH VC charges NISLT inductees on professionalism, integrity The Vice-Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Professor Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, has charged newly inducted graduates of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) to uphold professionalism, integrity, excellence, and ethical conduct as they begin their careers. The Vice-Chancellor gave the charge on Thursday at the induction ceremony of the 2024/2025 graduates of the SLT Department held on the University campus.  He highlighted the department's recent achievements, including the successful presentation of its third set of students for the April 2026 Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) Mandatory Professional Examination, full accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the University's recognition as a South-West MPE Centre by NISLT. Professor Kalilu, who was represented at the ceremony by the Uni...

  LAUTECH's Prof. Ade-Omowaye advocates greater use of underutilised legumes for better health, food security Protein from legumes has been described as indispensable for human growth, immune competence, cognitive development and resistance to infections. A former Dean of the Faculty of Food and Consumer Sciences and former Chairperson of the Committee of Provosts and Deans, Professor Beatrice Iyabo Ade-Omowaye, stated this while delivering the 2nd Faculty Lecture of the Faculty of Food and Consumer Sciences at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). The lecture, titled 'Hidden Protein and Better Health: Unlocking the Potential of Nigeria’s Underutilised Legumes', highlighted the benefits of legumes as an important source of protein and their role in promoting better health. Professor Ade-Omowaye maintained that legumes occupy a distinctive place as a source of protein and are an essential component of a diversified diet, providing carbohydrate...

  Reception for NUC panel at VC's office The Vice-Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Prof. Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, flanked by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Development), Prof. Tunde Ogunkunle (fourth left); Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics and Innovation), Prof. Dauda Araromi (fifth right); Registrar, Mrs Olayinka Balogun (fifth left); Librarian, Prof. Adefunke Ebijuwa (second right); representative of the Bursar, Mr Kehinde Olatokun, Alhaja Rashidat Bakare (third left); Director, Quality Assurance, Prof. Olusola Ojurongbe (left); Admission Officer, Mrs Folasade Ajao (second left); Deputy Director of Academic Planning, Prof. Modiu Durowoju (right); leader of the team from the National Universities Commission (NUC) on Post-Matriculation Monitoring Exercise in Nigerian Universities, Dr. Ajani Ayinla, a Deputy Director at the NUC (sixth right); Mrs Okpara Chimezie, Deputy Director (sixth left); Mrs Maureen Ukaego, Chief O...

  LAUTECH scholar wins National Young Researcher's Award in Microbiology The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso,  heartily congratulates Dr. Adetunji Joseph Elegbede of the Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Nigeria, on winning the 2026 edition of the Prof. Oyewale Tomori National Young Researcher's Prize in Microbiology under the auspices of the Nigerian Young Academy (NYA), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to microbiology. The prize is funded by the renowned Professor of Virology, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, FAS, NNOM, FRCPath, a former Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria, and former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science. This is indeed very good news, particularly as his supervisor, Prof. Agbaje Lateef, won the maiden edition of the prize in 2013 while at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Elegbede's emergence a...