Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Emmanuel Alayande

Emmanuel Alayande; Clergyman and educationist, president of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, who due to his integrity became one of the most respected elders in the country. Alayande was born in…

Tomori Oyewale

Tomori Oyewale awardee of the 2002 Nigeria National Merit Award, NNMA. Tomori is a virologist at the World Health Organization, WHO, and he has carried out various researches in epidemiology and…

Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe

Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe; Professor of mathematics, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos from September 2000 to April 2007. As Vice-Chancelor he had to deal with student unrest, staff grievances,…

Omafume Onoge

Omafume Onoge; was one of the never say die radical intellectuals that had incessantly pummelled the reactionary state apparatus that miitary Head of State, Yakwubu Gowon had attempted to plant on…

Olanlokun Samuel

Samuel Olajire Olanlokun; Children book author, novelist, folklorist, poet, who as a distinguished librarian and teacher attained the position of the president, West African Association of Library…

Oluremi Aina

Oluremi Raphael Aina; Educationist, professor of business education and vocational training whose teaching career saw him teaching at the Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, where he taught several of…

Oprah Mason Benson

Public Administrator, Fashion designer, and beautician honored by the Oba of Lagos, Adeyinka Oyekan as Iya Oge of Lagos in 1973, Oprah obtained a B.Sc. degree in Education from Morris Brown…

Oby Ezekwesili

Obiagweli Ezekweseli; an invaluable member of President Obasanjo‘s economic team raised to ensure the successful execution of the administration’s reform programmes. A leader in…

Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University: Federal Government of Nigeria owned university in Zaria. On 4 October 1962, the University of Northern Nigeria was founded in Zaria. The second largest in Africa,…

Nwanze Emmanuel

Emmanuel Nwanze; Nigerian Professor of Biochemistry and International scholar, who became Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin. Nwanze was twice a fellow of the Swedish International Seminars in…