The Vice-Chancellor of the Baze University, Abuja, Abiodun Adeniyi, will today deliver the Baze University’s seventh inaugural lecture.
Mr Adeniyi, a professor of mass communication, will deliver a lecture titled “How Your Village Is Following You: Mobility, Memory and the Mediated Persistence of Belonging,” and is scheduled to hold at the university premises in Abuja.
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According to a notice issued by the Chairperson of the Professorial Inaugural Lecture (PIL) Committee, Bala Muhammad, the event will commence at 2:00 p.m. and is open to members of the university community, including staff and students.
The inaugural lecture series is one of the university’s academic traditions aimed at providing a platform for professors to present their research contributions, intellectual reflections and scholarly insights to the academic community and the public.
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About inaugural lecturer
Mr Adeniyi is a professor of communication and vice-chancellor of Baze University, Abuja. His career spans journalism, academia, consultancy, and public engagement.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ahmadu Bello University and obtained his Master’s degree in International Communications at the University of Leeds in England through the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. He also earned a doctorate degree at Leeds, where he also served as a Teaching Assistant at the university’s Institute of Communication Studies.
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Mr Adeniyi has also worked as the Communications Consultant for the World Bank’s Economic Reform and Governance Project (ERGP) at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in Abuja.
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He joined Baze University as a Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, later serving as Head of the Department from 2016 to 2023. He became an Associate Professor in 2018 and a full professor in 2021. He is also a visiting professor at Kogi State University, Ayingba and the University of Abuja.
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