By Our Correspondent
Lagos, March 28, ’26 (TNZ) The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has elevated two top lecturers in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS) to full-fledged professors.
TheNewsZenith reports that a veteran journalist and former editor in several Nigerian newspapers and magazines, Dr Ibitayo Samuel Popoola, is among the two new professors.
Also elevated is Dr Theresa Ifuoma Amobi, who joined the services of the University of Lagos in November 2006 and rose through the ranks to become a full-fledged professor.
TheNewsZenith reports that the duo are among 50 associate professors promoted to full-fledged professors across all faculties in the institution, as contained in the official newsletter of the University Campus News, issued on Friday.
Forty-five senior lecturers also benefited from the avalanche of promotions, elevated to associate professors.
Prof. Popoola is currently the faculty’s Postgraduate Coordinator and Head, Department of Mass Communication.
An expert in the field of Political Communication, Popoola left active journalism to start an academic career in 2001 and joined the services of Unilag in 2002 as an Assistant Lecturer.
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Subsequently, he rose across the ranks from Lecturer II, Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and now a professor.
TheNewsZenith recalls that when he was in the journalism field, Prof. Popooa was at different times a Staff Writer, Political Correspondent, Political Editor, Assistant News Editor, News Editor, Deputy Editor and Editor.
TheNewsZenith reports that Prof. Amobi teaches communication research, communication theory, film studies, multimedia, new communication technology, international communication, and critical writing and review, among others.
Before joining the University of Lagos, Amobi had a two-year stint at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, where she taught some journalism courses between September 2003 and September 2005
In October 2025, Prof. Amobi, then an Associate Professor, was appointed as the pioneer Acting Head of the Department of Journalism, Broadcasting and Media Studies, in the new Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. (TNZ)
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