DELTA STATE– Margaret Lawrence University (MLU) has actually formally admitted 262 fresh trainees into its 2025/2026 academic session, marking its third admission ceremony because beginning.
The event, held simultaneously at the institution’s campuses in Delta State and Abuja on Monday, March 16, 2026, also acted as a platform for the unveiling of major infrastructural advancements.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ernest Izevbigie, described the university as an “Sanctuary of academic quality,” revealing that MLU has actually been identified by the National Universities Commission (NUC) as the fastest-growing university in Nigeria.
Following a tradition of inaugurating projects during admission, the university witnessed the unveiling of the Fountain of Pleasure International Conference Centre by Bishop David Abioye.
The advanced facility hosted the morning’s ceremony and stands as a testimony to the university’s fast infrastructural growth.
Professor Izevbigie highlighted that MLU is amongst the unusual private universities in Nigeria to own its own teaching healthcare facility de novo. The Paul Odili College of Medication is currently being positioned as a premier hub for medical training in West Africa.
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An essential technological emphasize is the university’s acquisition of the Anatomage Table– Series 12. Verified as the very first of its kind in West Africa, this 3D touch-screen tool permits trainees to explore life-sized virtual human and animal cadavers, offering deep insights into biological functions without the immediate need for physical specimens.
The Pro-Chancellor and Founder, Mr Paul Odili, traced the university’s origins back to a vision he got on January 27, 2011. He assured parents that MLU is devoted to “renovation” kids to meet their full capacity.
“We are ready to give the world a different set of tomorrow’s champions,” Odili stated, emphasising that the organization is created to produce a generation of global achievers geared up for the obstacles these days and tomorrow.
The special guest of honour, previous NUC Executive Secretary Abubakar Rasheed, congratulated the trainees on their “scholastic birth.”
He advised the matriculants that taking the oath signifies an official entry into the intelligentsia, needing a balance of two core pillars: Academic Severity and Ethical Obligation.
Rasheed alerted against unfavorable social influences, advising the trainees to preserve the high moral requirements essential to reach their scholastic end- the convocation event.