{"id":4688,"date":"2025-11-27T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:04:33","slug":"grand-home-coming-unilag-faculty-of-life-sciences-hosts-alumnus-from-canadian-varsity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Grand Home-Coming: UNILAG Faculty of Life Sciences Hosts Alumnus from Canadian Varsity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4688\" class=\"elementor elementor-4688\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897d6d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"897d6d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddec798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ddec798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In what could be described as a grand home-coming ceremony, the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, hosted one of its alumnus, Dr. Obidimma Ezezika.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dec3f83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dec3f83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff7f2b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ff7f2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ac2bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14ac2bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0712-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4696\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0712-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0712-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0712-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927e122 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"927e122\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bccd22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bccd22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0789-1024x711-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4701\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0789-1024x711-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0789-1024x711-2-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0789-1024x711-2-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771ceb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"771ceb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76397a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76397a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A year 2000 graduate of the Department of Microbiology, Dr Ezezika, is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Healthy Science, Western University, Canada. His visit to his alma mater was for a multi stakeholder engagement.<\/p><p>Events kicked off with a keynote lecture on\u00a0<strong><em>Scaling Up Health Innovations in Africa, From Lab to Village.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0It was held at LT 026, one of the Faculty\u2019s lecture theatres.<\/p><p>Dr Ezezika took the gathering, comprising both faculty and students, through his sojourn as an undergraduate in the Department of Microbiology, UNILAG which led him to his interest and choice of Petroleum Microbiology for PhD studies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58bc2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f58bc2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2240b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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underscored the importance of pleasant students\u2019 experience as a way of promoting effective alumni engagement for the benefits of both faculty and students<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfa342 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddfa342\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c9495 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54c9495\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1f534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a1f534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Upon graduation in the year 2000, he proceeded to the University of Georgia, in United States, where he earned a PhD in Microbiology, in 2006. Dr Ezezika also holds a Masters degree in Environmental Management from Yale University, USA. (2008).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what could be described as a grand home-coming ceremony, the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, hosted one of its alumnus, Dr. Obidimma Ezezika. 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