The University of Lagos television station (UNILAG TV) is expected to from Thursday, January 17, commence broadcasting local, national and international news as events unfold.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, gave the assurance at a news conference to launch the UNILAG TV and also unveiled its logo.
According to Ogundipe, since the university pioneered campus radio broadcasting on Dec. 14, 2004, it has been dreaming of a campus television station.
He said the station will be on the platform of Startimes Digital Broadcasting Channel 184.
The vice chancellor added that the station would be among the most trusted news sources in Nigeria through impartial, creative, factual, credible, timely and innovative news reporting.
It should be noted that the university was issued television operational licence on November 9, 2017, by the Federal Government.