{"id":9671,"date":"2026-04-07T10:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=9671"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:34:57","slug":"lecture-by-prof-taibat-lawanson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/lecture-by-prof-taibat-lawanson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LECTURE BY PROF. TAIBAT LAWANSON"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9671\" class=\"elementor elementor-9671\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b942c6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b942c6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2edb68f\" data-id=\"2edb68f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa2fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fa2fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Prof. Taibat Lawanson<\/strong>, Leverhulme Professor of Planning and Heritage in the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the University of Lagos delivered a virtual lecture on <strong>Wednesday, April 15, 2026.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f0d6c 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