The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency  Andrey Podelyshev, has paid a courtesy visit to the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patricia Manko Lar, to initiate a discussion on collaborations between the University and some universities in Russia in the areas of staff and students exchange, knowledge transfer, and internship programme among other numerous areas of partnership. 

During the visit on Wednesday 9th April 2025, Professor Lar expressed the readiness of management to partner with the embassy, adding that the University already had a robust platform for such collaborations. "Our Centre for European Studies, and the mandatory Foreign Language programme under the GST courses for undergraduates as well as our faculties of Engineering and science are robust platforms for collaboration,"  Lar said, assuring the ambassador of the commitment of the University to the proposed partnership.