{"id":9773,"date":"2026-05-08T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:31:17","slug":"lecture-by-prof-dr-patrick-oloko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/lecture-by-prof-dr-patrick-oloko\/","title":{"rendered":"LECTURE BY PROF. DR. PATRICK OLOKO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9773\" class=\"elementor elementor-9773\" 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-a1b890f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1b890f\" 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-77104a5\" data-id=\"77104a5\" 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 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NIGERIA<\/span><\/strong><\/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-cd3da5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd3da5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-25-at-09.54.04-3-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-25-at-09.54.04-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-25-at-09.54.04-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-25-at-09.54.04-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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