The 9th annual Doyin Mahmoud lecture organized by the department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin will hold on Thursday. According to the organizers, this year’s lecture, in honor of the pioneer head of the department, will be delivered by Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of Premium Times Newspaper, Dapo Olorunyomi. The lecture theme is titled Digital Marketing and the Future of Traditional Media.
The event will be held at the institution’s Auditorium and will be chaired by Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin while the Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information sciences, Dr. R.G Jimoh is the Chief Host.
The event would also feature the conferment of award on two former Vice Chancellors of the institution, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede and Prof. S.O Amail for their contributions towards the nurturing and development of the Department of Mass communication. The public lecture would also include the Launching of the department’s magazine, The Lens, produced by the students of the department.
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