News & Notices

1. The First Joint Conference between unilorin and Cape Peninsula University, South Africa web site can be viewed here
2. Faculty Workshop on X-ray diffraction in structural elucidation organized by Step B project presented by Prof. Mino R. Caira of University of Cape Town, South Africa (held between 20 – 21 January, 2009).
3. Faculty Lecture on Supramolecular Chemistry at the Southern Tip of Africa, held on 21st January, 2009.  The lecture was presented by Prof. Mino R. Caira of University of Cape Town, South Africa.
4. Faculty Lecture on Water Issue and Africa: South African perspective delivered by Prof. O. Fatoki of Cape Peninsula.
5. Faculty Lecture titled: Space Weather Exploration: Radio Sounding of Geospace  Plasma, held on 12th November, 2008 and was delivered by Prof. Bodo W. Reinisch, Director, Centre for Atmospheric Research, Environmental,  Earth and Atmospheric  Science Department, University  of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA.

Department of Geology and Mineral Sciences
News and Notice

• Hosting of 5th NAPE-Mini Conference 2010:

The Executive committee of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has granted the Department of Geology and Mineral Sciences the hosting right of 5th NAPE Mini Conference 2010.  The hosting right was secured with active support of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. I.O. Oloyede, who assured NAPE of support and provision of facilities for memorable Conference.
An  Alumni Donation of Geophysics Books and Journal.
Ms Iyabo Sindiku, a 1985 graduate of the Department, now a Consultant Petroleum Explorationist donated a one hundred and fifty thousand (N150,000) Naira worth of classical geophysics books and journals in April 2009.
AAPG Imperial Barrel Competition
A team of five M.Sc. students are participating in the Imperial Barrel Competition under the auspices of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) based in Houston, USA.
The Competition is a geophysical and geological data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of geological provinces.  Our team is working on the Viking Graben Basis of Northwest Europe. The competition involve Geoscience institutions from the America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Oceanics Regions.  Regional winners will compete further in Houston, USA for the overall winner at the finals slated for June 2009.
Students in the Faculty/Associations
i) Student Chapter  of the Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society (NMGS)
ii) Student Chapter of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists/American Association of Petroleum Geologists (NAPE/AAPG)