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School of Media and Communication (SMC) hosted a significant institutional partnership event with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) UN Migration. The occasion combined the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a thought-provoking guest lecture, underscoring a shared commitment to responsible storytelling around migration. The event, held at the university’s main campus in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, brought together academic leaders, media professionals, students, and representatives from IOM Nigeria. It began with a courtesy

Growing up in Lagos, Deborah Dele-Obed discovered that entering a public secondary school classroom could feel like an immediate test of survival. The transition from a protective private primary school into an overcrowded public school system was a shock that severely tested her resilience. “Just imagine yourself in a class of over a hundred students and you have to perform,” Deborah reflects. While it pained her parents to send her there, the experience became the

From a passion for coding to creating solutions that could save lives When Njeze Okechukwu first started coding at the age of 13, he probably did not imagine that one day he would be building technology designed to help families feel safer during their journeys. Today, the 300-level Electrical and Electronics Engineering student at Pan-Atlantic University combines his engineering education with years of software development experience to create digital solutions that address real-world challenges. Among

Senior media professionals, journalists, and academics gathered at Lagos Business School for PAU Media Roundtable. Organised in partnership with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), the event examined the theme “Beyond the Byline: Monetising Journalism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” In her opening remarks, Temitope Falade, Head of Brands, Communications and Marketing at PAU, described the theme as timely. She noted that traditional advertising revenues are declining, audiences are shifting to digital

For 20-year-old Gift Attah, life once felt peaceful and predictable. Born in Maiduguri, Borno State, she grew up as the eldest of six siblings in a household where “everything was fine, everything was good.” But the sudden rise of the Boko Haram insurgency shattered their sense of safety and forced them to flee. Just as they prepared to escape to Benue State, her father was involved in a severe accident that left him with a