Kemi Yekini DMU



Kemi Yekini joined the Leicester Business School as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in September 2012 shortly after completing her PhD in Accounting. During her PhD she worked as a Part-time Lecturer for the Leicester Business School and as an Associate Tutor for the University of Leicester School of Management. Her teaching experience covers all levels from U/G to professional students. Prior to this, Kemi qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992 while training with one of the big four auditing firms-KPMG Audit (Then known as Peat Marwick Ani Ogunde & Co) and later moved on to Deloitte and Touché. Kemi later joined the private sector and worked at managerial level in various capacities (Chief Internal Auditor, Head of Finance etc.) and in four different sectors; Aviation, Education, Finance and Personal goods. Altogether Kemi has more than 19 years of practice/industry experience before finally joining the academia. Her exposure has largely driven her teaching and research interests.

Henry Odeyinka University of Ulster



Dr Henry Odeyinka
Lecturer
Built Environment Research Institute

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Room 01H08
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Co. Antrim
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Paul Olomolaiye UWE Bristol



Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England Bristol

Professor Paul Olomolaiye is a Professor of Construction Engineering and Management and currently Executive Dean for the Faculty of Environment and Technology at UWE Bristol. He holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University and gained his Chair in 1999. He worked briefly on a World Bank Project on completion of his PhD and progressed through academia at the University of Wolverhampton. As the Dean of the School of Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE) at the University of Wolverhampton from 2001-2009, Professor Olomolaiye achieved significant year on year business growth through a motivating and vision-driven leadership.

Professor Olomolaiye faculty leads the regeneration drive aimed at advancing products and business practices of more than 3000 engineering companies in northern Birmingham. Through three major clusters, funds in excess of £10 million from private sector, government and the European Union have been attracted to execute applied research projects, which have helped to define Wolverhampton University as the regional leader in business interaction with SMES. Professor Olomolaiye has built on this reputation and secured more than £5 million to set up the West Midlands Centre for Construction Excellence (WMCCE) to enable 400 construction and building technology-related firms to engage with regeneration activities across the region. With well published and ongoing research and active knowledge transfer initiatives, he has developed specific expertise in productivity and performance enhancement strategies to the benefit of a number of governments, agencies, charities, companies and institutions worldwide. He is community-active in various charitable organisations.

Olumayokun Olajide University of Huddersfield



Dr Olajide received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria where he investigated anti-inflammatory properties of natural products. He was a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Drug Research (Pharmaceutical Biology), Department of Pharmacy, University of Munich, Germany where he studied cellular and molecular pharmacology of anti-inflammatory natural products, focusing on Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signalling. Part of his postdoctoral work was carried out in the Neurochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School where he conducted research on cellular and molecular pharmacology of anti-neuroinflammatory natural products.

Dr Olajide started his academic career as a Lecturer in Pharmacology in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He later moved to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria as a Lecturer in Pharmacology. Dr Olajide had a brief stint in industry where he was involved in drug development and clinical research; he helped in developing new drugs for type 2 diabetes and atopic dermatitis. Prior to moving to Huddersfield, he was Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences at London Metropolitan University. Dr Olajide is on the editorial board of Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM).

Research and Scholarship
Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) Signalling in the Activated Microglia
Microglial NF-κB signalling pathway is critical to neuroinflammation as it is responsible for the transcriptional regulation of genes which contribute to damage and death of adjacent neurons in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Targeting NF-κB signalling in neuroinflammation is therefore an important strategy in identifying novel small molecules for delaying the onset and/or progression of diseases like AD. Research in my group investigates natural and novel synthetic compounds which inhibit neuroinflammation by targeting NF-κB and associated pathways involving the mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and PI3K/Akt.

Neuroprotection by Natural and Synthetic Steroids
Menopause is associated with sharp declines in the levels of circulating oestrogens. This hormonal change has been linked to impairment in brain functions relevant to dementia and cognitive aging. An accumulation of evidence suggests that oestrogens are neuroprotective. However, there are significant cancer risks associated with these hormones. Consequently, a promising translational tool could be the development of selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). In collaboration with medicinal chemists, we are currently employing structure-activity relationships to synthesise, optimise and investigate novel neuroprotective SERMs with much lower risks of cancer.

AMPK and Nrf2 Signalling in Neuroinflammation
Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a critical sensor of cellular energy balance. However, new evidence shows that this kinase exhibits neuroprotective potentials. AMPK activation has been shown to cause marked inhibition on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated neuroinflammation in the microglia. Consequently, pharmacological activation of AMPK could be an important strategy in blocking the detrimental effects of neuroinflammation on neurons. The nuclear factor E2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 (Nrf2/HO-1) antioxidant cytoprotective mechanism has been linked to AMPK signalling. Activation of Nrf2/HO-1 has also been shown to inhibit NF-κB, and ultimately neuroinflammation. Using pharmacological antagonists and RNA interference (RNAi), we are investigating the roles of AMPK/Nrf2 in anti-neuroinflammatory activity of selected compounds.

Neuroinflammation in Cerebral Malaria (CM)
Malaria is a wide spread infectious disease that is responsible for 2-3 million deaths annually. The most severe neurological complication of acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria is cerebral malaria (CM). In CM, the formation of a metabolic waste, hemozoin (HZ) has been shown to induce inflammation and morphological changes in microvascular endothelium, leading to an increase in blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability, neuroinflammation and neurological sequelae in survivors. Consequently, adjunctive therapies which target neuroinflammation are needed. We are currently investigating the impact of HZ on multiple signalling pathways in the microglia. We expect that this research will identify novel targets for discovering new drugs for adjunctive treatment of CM.

Olu Aluko University of Huddersfield



Position: Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy, Strategy, Marketing and Economics
Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD
Research Group: Emerging Markets Research Group, Financial Ethics and Governance Research Group

Olu joined Huddersfield Business School in October 2011. Prior to joining the University, Olu taught at Nottingham Business School. Olu has presented papers at leading peer reviewed conferences such as the Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Family Research Enterprise Academy and European Institute of Advanced management Studies.

Prior to his academic career, Olu previously worked as a financial officer for the Nigerian State Energy company, PHCN. Olu has been able to draw on his industry experience to incorporate key areas into his teaching.

Olu Aluko examines the nexus between state and corporations. Particularly, he is interested in the co-evolution of businesses and governmental institutions. In addition, his research interests include the conceptualisations of governance in the domain of corporate social responsibility and business strategy. He is also interested in family business internationalisation strategy in emerging markets. Olu has published in research outlets such as Local economy, International Journal of Public Sector Management.

Rotimi Jaiyesimi




Prof. Rotimi Jaiyesimi, Associate Medical Director, Patient Safety, NHS (Basildon and Thurrock).

A 1978 graduate of the University of Ibadan Medical School, Nigeria, Professor Rotimi Jaiyesimi holds postgraduate qualifications, an MBA from the University of Newcastle and a Masters degree in Medical Law (LL.M) from Northumbria University, Newcastle, England.

He has been in active clinical practice for 37 years and a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for over 22 years. He has worked in Nigeria, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom with an unblemished record. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG). He brings with him a vast wealth of clinical and senior management experience. He is a Member College of Experts, the National Institute of Health Research. Professor Jaiyesimi is a Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Assessor for Performance and Service Reviews and a Member of Council of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association.

Professor Jaiyesimi has wide and varied experience in healthcare regulation, serving as a member of the United Kingdom doctor’s regulatory body, the General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panels for 13 years and the regulatory body for professionals allied to medicine, the UK Health Professions Council.

He is a skilled teacher, has lectured world-wide and has published 37 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is a recognised Educator in Postgraduate Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medical Education and Training, RCOG. He has been involved in the training of hundreds of doctors, acting as clinical supervisor, educational supervisor, mentor and coach. Most of these doctors have gone on to be leaders in their specialty both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Professor Jaiyesimi is a member of the Editorial Board of Perspectives in Public Health and a peer reviewer for scientific journals and research organisations. He is an international medico-legal expert, a trained mediator, mentor and coach.
Professor Jaiyesimi has demonstrated his skills as a transformation and change agent. He made a conscious decision to leave his Consultant post in Northumbria NHS Hospital, Newcastle after 20 years to move to a hospital in difficulty with the objective of reversing the poor performance of this hospital. He was thus appointed as Associate Medical Director for Patient Safety at Basildon University Hospital in 2012. To his credit and the team he works with, this poorly performing hospital with high mortality rates and poor patient experience has now been rated as being good and outstanding following two inspections by the regulatory body, Care Quality Commission (CQC).

He was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland, England in 2014 and within a short time has facilitated the establishment of collaboration with the University of Ibadan as well as a reputable pharmaceutical company in Nigeria. Professor Jaiyesimi has been described as an asset to the UK National Health Service.

Professor Jaiyesimi has demonstrated a keen interest in promoting quality care in Africa. Over the years he has been involved in health issues in Nigeria and has played an active role in transfer of skills and knowledge without remunerations.

He was the main author of the first memorandum of understanding between the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain (MANSAG) in 2005. His contributions to healthcare in Nigeria include,
Member of Faculty, First Emergency Care Conference and Training, Abuja, 2009
Introduction of Clinical Governance to UCH, Ibadan, 2010
Introduction of Service Level Managers/Agreement to UCH, Ibadan, 2010
Lectures and Teaching
Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria Conference
Society for Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria Conference, 2014
West African College of Surgeons, 2015
UCH Ibadan, 2010
Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, 2014
Abeokuta Federal Medical Centre, 2015
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, 2015
Fostering link between the University of Sunderland, England and the University of Ibadan
Fostering link between Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust and the University of Ibadan on Maternal Mental Health (new project development)
Fostering collaboration between Fidson Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Lagos and University of Sunderland in the area of drug research and development (new project)
Member, Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria
Member, Society for Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria
Member, MANSAG (Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain)
He is the Secretary-elect of MANSAG (with effect from October 2015)

QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery July 1978
Fellowship Examination, National Post-Graduate
Medical College of Nigeria (FMCOG) Part 1 (Final) May 1985
Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS)
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Faculty October 1986
Member, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (MRCOG) July 1988
General Family Planning Certificate May 1993
Member of the Faculty of Family Planning (MFFP) June 1993
Norplant Contraceptive Training Instructor September 1993
Family Planning Instructor Doctor July 1994
Certificate in Medical Law School of Law, University of Glasgow September 1997
Certificate in Counselling Skills, University of Durham July 1998
Masters in Business Administration (MBA), University of Newcastle June 2000
Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, (FRCOG) September 2001
Fellow of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Health (FFSRH) June 2005
Masters degree in Medical Law (LL.M) December 2007, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Professor Jaiyesimi is a member of learned organisations that includes the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, British Menopause Society, Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Nigeria (SOGON), Society of Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Professor Jaiyesimi is a recipient of many awards, including the UK Health Service Journal National Award for Innovation, the first ever recipient of the Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain – MANSAG Recognition award for his contributions to training, mentoring and innovation. MANSAG is the only body representing Nigerian Medical doctors and allied professionals in the British Isles. In addition, he was Finalist at the UK NHS Health Enterprise East Innovation Awards, 2014, and was awarded the First Prize Poster presentation at the British International Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in 2010. Other awards include The British Medical Association Research Award for Clinical Audit, 1997 and the Tutorial Systems International, England Travelling Fellowship, 1997.

AWARDS, HONOURS AND PRIZES

(1) Government Scholar 1975
(2) International Youth in Achievement, International Biographical Centre, England 1984
(3) Young Leadership Award, American Biographical Institute 1995
(4) Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 1986
(5) Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health 1994
(6) Travelling Fellowship; Tutorial Systems International, England 1997
(7) British Medical Association Research Award; Joan Dawkins Award for Clinical Audit 1997
( NHS Executive Management Education Bursary; Masters degree programme in Business Administration 1998
(9) First Prize at the British International Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2010 for the presentation “Review of the entry into clinical notes & theatre re and its potential impact on the verification of the trainees’ clinical log book”. 2010
(10) HSJ National Award Winner, The Value and Improvement in Patient Information Management Award for the development of online, real-time mortality review tool (MARS), September 2014
(11) Finalist at the NHS Health Enterprise East Innovation Awards, September 2014
(12) First Prize award, Basildon University Hospital Chief Executive Clinical Effectiveness Awards, July 2015
(13) Finalist, EHI Award for the use of Information Technology to promote patient safety (Winner to be announced on 1 October 2015)
(14) Finalist, Quality in Education and Training, Health Education East of England Awards 2015, applauding innovation, excellence, leadership and impressive achievements. (Winner to be announced on 15 October 2015)

godoluwa:
u must be animal for posting unconfirmed info. idiot!
as 4 ur monicker, its better for u to change it. ogun(war) lo maa n pa gbogbo aareonakakanfo to ti je. take oyindaola onibon atatgun ile ijaye & Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as example. hope u gat it?

Why this much diatribe?

Chill man! This thread is for positive development in the SW. Even if you come across wrong info, point it out in a civil manner.

Hmmmmn
Reading a lot about so many Yoruba achievers, that I never even heard of before....

Festus Oderanti Plymouth University



Lecturer in Knowledge and Information Management

Plymouth Graduate School of Management & Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Business)

Festus Oluseyi Oderanti obtained his PhD in Computer Science (2007- 2010) from Intelligent System Lab, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. His supervisor was the Head (US: Dean) of the School; Professor Philippe De Wilde. His PhD research area was in strategic business games and decision making under uncertainty. His second supervisor was Professor Rob Pooley while Internal Examiner was Professor David Corne and the External Examiner was Professor Trevor Martin from University of Bristol , United Kingdom.

Dr Oderanti holds two Master degrees (Master degree in Computer Science and Master degree in Business Administration). He obtained a Bachelor of Technology degree (B.Tech) in Computer Science in year 2000. He had worked for more than five years with Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Nigeria as a lecturer with Computer Engineering Department and later with Computer Science Department of the same college. Festus also worked with University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom for about three years as an IT Helpline Analyst and IT Tutor.

He has ITSM/ITIL Foundation Certificate, ITIL V2-V3 Bridge Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management as well as ITIL Practitioner Certificate in Service Desk and Incident Management.

Festus research areas are e-business development, sustainable and scalable business model for assisted living technology, strategic Business Games, fuzzy logic, decision making in networks, decision making under uncertainty, and game-related research in the systems, man and cybernetics area.

oduastates:
Professor Babatunde Ogunnaike

Chair of Chemical Engineering
Professor, Center for Systems Biology
University of delaware

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Babatunde was born on March 26, 1956 in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria. He attended the University of Lagos for his bachelor's degree, graduating with First Class Honours in Chemical engineering in 1976. He commenced academic work as a lecturer at the department of Chemical engineering, University of Lagos, in 1982 and became Senior Lecturer and successively, Associate Professor of Chemical engineering. He continued lecturing at the University of Lagos until 1988. He furthered his studies and earned an M.Sc. degree in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Chemical engineering also from the same University in 1981. He was a Research Engineer with the Process Control group of the Shell Development Corporation in Houston, Texas from 1981 to 1982. He worked as a researcher for DuPont and was also a consultant to several companies including Gore, PPG Industries, and Corning Inc. He joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2002 and became the Dean of the College of Engineering in July 2011.[2][3] He has been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja.[4] He is the author and editor of several books, papers and book chapters, used to educate engineers in instrumentation, systems and control at many universities.[5] He was associate editor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and the American Chemical Society’s Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. His research focuses on modeling and control of industrial processes; the application of process analytical technology for control of pharmaceutical processes; identification and control of nonlinear systems; the interaction of process design and process operability; applied statistics; biological control systems; and systems biology with application to neuronal responses and cancer.[6][7]

Hmmmmn....
Ijebus are something else .....

Stephen Ogunlana Heriot-Watt University

Project management in a global context including: risk management, contract management, procurement strategy, time and cost management, performance management, etc. Organisational learning through simulation of construction processes (project based simulation and construction business simulation using system dynamics) Public private partnerships for infrastructure delivery Social and environmental impacts management (conflict management, stakeholder communication, environmentally sound construction, sustainability, etc.) People in organisations (Motivation, Productivity, Leadership, Human Resources Development, etc) Construction industry development
Biography
Professor Ogunlana graduated in 1981 with an honours degree in Building from University of Ife, Nigeria. He also obtained a master degree in construction management from the same university in 1984. He was a partner in TOS Associates, a firm of project management consultants and a staff of the Department of Building, University of Ife between 1982 and 1986. He obtained a PhD in Construction Management at Loughborough University in 1989. He joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as assistant professor in 1990. He was promoted to associate professor (1994) and full professor (2002) in the institute. Professor Ogunlana was the Chairperson for the academic senate in AIT between 2005 and 2007. He is currently the Chair of Construction Project Management at the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University. Professor Ogunlana has an international reputation for research in the application of system dynamics simulation to construction projects and organizations. He is the author of over 180 scholarly publications in top-tier journals and refereed conferences. He is also the editor of the book “Profitable partnering for construction procurement” published by Taylor and Francis and “Training for construction industry development” published by the CIB/AIT and co-editor of “Joint ventures in construction (Thomas Telford) and “Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure Development – Case Studies from Asia and Europe”( Bauhaus Universitat Weimar). His research work has been funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, European Union, Thai National Housing Authority, UNOCAL, Japanese Government, etc. His works on leadership were awarded Emerald Literati Award for two consecutive years (2009 and 2010) for the most outstanding paper in the journal “Engineering Construction and Architectural Management”. Professor Ogunlana is the joint coordinator of CIB W107 Commission on Construction in Developing Economies and a member of the Editorial Board for over 10 internationally refereed academic journals including: Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, the International Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, International Journal of Construction Management, Journal of Engineering Development and Technology, Surveying and the Built Environment, Civil Engineering Dimensions, and Akruti Journal of Infrastructure. He has acted as external examiner for several top universities in the world.

Gbola Gbadamosi Bournemouth University

Gbola brings international teaching and research experience in Organisational Behaviour and HRM. His background is diverse (from five countries and the UNDP), inclusive of collaborative research and consultancy work. He is interested in multi-methods research approach having used a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods in his works. He is an active reviewer for over a dozen scholarly journals and several academic conferences. As an educator, his academic research informs his pedagogic approach. He also has management consulting experience in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Parallel to his teaching duties, Gbola current research and supervision interest focusses on four streams: (1) Managing unethical work practices; (2) Employee health, wellbeing and work-life balance; (3) Employee engagement and commitment; and (4) Career aspirations and self-efficacy in higher education including students’ part-time work and employability.

Gbola has experience in research supervision at the PhD level and welcomes enquiries from keen and highly dedicated individuals on doctoral research supervision especially in the above areas.

oduastates:

HAKEEM OLUSEYI

(Associate professor of physics)

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Oluseyi’s enthusiasm is infectious, making him an inspiring educator. Besides conducting research, he teaches astronomy in Africa and leads the One Telescope Project to supply every country with at least one research-grade telescope. He also appears regularly on four Discovery Channel series. In How to Survive the End of the World, which debuts on the National Geographic Channel on Tuesday, he explains how to survive a killer pandemic, volcanic cataclysm and other doomsday scenarios.

As a kid, Oluseyi moved with his single mother from one inner city to another. When she noticed him getting in trouble with the law, she moved him to rural Mississippi to live with his dad. When Oluseyi wasn’t acting up, he was tinkering with his chemistry set. “I just love to discover and invent,” he said. “It’s what always fulfilled me.”

Oluseyi doesn’t see himself as the next Carl Sagan or Neil deGrasse Tyson … ”I want to be the next Albert Einstein.”
After high school, Oluseyi enrolled at Tougaloo College in Jackson, where he struggled to stay afloat. Although he aced his physics classes, he got Cs in math and kept getting in trouble on the streets. Dejected, he dropped out during his junior year and took a hotel janitor job. But when he couldn’t move up to a bellhop position, even after months of working, he’d had enough.

So he returned to Tougaloo. But this time, he resolved to do things right. While his friends partied, he worked on solving every problem in his calculus textbook. To master math, he majored in it.

Oluseyi had another breakthrough when three black physics students from MIT and Harvard invited him to meet graduate school recruiters at a conference in Washington, D.C. Recruiters from Stanford University ended up accepting him to the school’s physics PhD program.


But Oluseyi had to fight through Stanford too. He had trouble navigating social norms. On his first day, he asked a classmate, a little too loudly, “Man, see all these squirrels on campus? How come nobody eats them?” The room fell silent. Other students were just mean. He isolated himself from them and retreated next door to East Palo Alto, the murder capital of the country at the time.

stand up ovation.

Areonakakanfo,i hope u would not want this beautiful thread get derailed by folks from Biafra?Of course.
I will suggest we stop trowing jibes at them for protection sake.
Thumbs up for the good job;gbogbo wa oni subu daanu lola olorun.

PassingShot:
Why this much diatribe?

Chill man! This thread is for positive development in the SW. Even if you come across wrong info, point it out in a civil manner.

Ignore him! The guy is definitely not Yoruba. He is most likely an agbero from across the Niger.....who learnt the language from the motorparks.

Aareonakakanfo:


You again? Okay.Its like you're really hyped up and you think i'm your regular guy who wants to go back and forth with you eh.mosquito warrior.You better just keep all these your Teletubbies insults to yourself before i ch!t on you

Abeg, please don't respond to him again. He is an imposter, not an 'Omoluabi.' He wants to get you worked up so you can respond to him in anger, and that may end up eventually derailing the thread. Put his moniker on the 'ignore' button.

Aareonakakanfo:
nisai and laudate, I definitely won't reply him again.I tried taking it easy with him because I can tell he's Yoruba.Thanks for the advice

You are welcome. You know that folks from other areas who are used to mediocrity and nepotism, would find the kind of excellence being celebrated on these pages, quite intimidating.

laudate:


You are welcome. You know that folks from other areas who are used to mediocrity and nepotism, would find the kind of excellence being celebrated on these pages, quite intimidating.

and this is coming from someone that profess neutrality

asha80:
and this is coming from someone that profess neutrality

Did you even read the history of all the posts that led to my last comment? And where is the lack of neutrality?

PROF AYODELE AWOJOBI






Prodigies of Yoruba origin abound across the world. Some of these extraordinary individuals broke barriers and reached milestones that etched their names in stone.
Prof Ayodele Awojobi, an epitome of excellence in the field of Mechanical Engineering and a brilliant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos is today still celebrated for his laudable achievements.

He is a man with many firsts.
He is the first African and Nigerian to be awarded the Doctor of Science (DSc) in Mechanical Engineering from the then Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (now Imperial College, London).
He was the first to attain a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering in a Nigerian institution then Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria).
He is the youngest Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos and the first ever to be promoted from Associate Professor to full Professorship within a week.
He produced the first vehicle in Nigeria with two steering wheels, each at the front and rear known as Autonov 1



He is a globally respected academic, inventor, author and activist.

The icon who was popularly referred to as “Dead Easy”, due to his simplified way of impacting knowledge to his listeners was considered a scholarly genius by the few people he had contact with him while he was alive.

Prof Awojobi who hailed from the defunct Western Region was born on March 12, 1937. He attended St Peter’s Primary School, Faaji and then proceeded to CMS Grammar School, Lagos for his secondary education. His academic brilliance was discovered during his secondary school days and he was regarded a straight-A student. He garnered eight distinctions in his secondary school final exam to demonstrate his outstanding brilliance. It is on record that in his final year in the secondary school, he played the role of Macbeth in one of the books of Williams Shakespeare. He memorized the entire book so well that he assisted other actors with their lines during rehearsals”.

After his Senior Certificate Examination, he gained admission into the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University [ABU]) and Imperial College of the University of London (now Imperial College London). He bagged his first degree in Mechanical Engineering – a BSc (Eng) London, with first class honours, at the then Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria. While in the school, he wrote his own calendar of achieving an impracticable feat by graduating in three years in 1962.

After his BSc degree, he lectured for a while at the University of Lagos and was awarded a Federal Government Scholarship for a post-graduate degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College of the University of London (now Imperial College London).

The Federal Government awarded Awojobi another scholarship to study further at the post-graduate level in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College of the University of London (now Imperial College London). He completed the course, successfully defending his thesis, and was awarded a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1966. His research paper, particularly in the field of vibration, was cited by international research fellows of Engineering in 2011, while other research papers are archived by such publishers as the Royal Society.

He forged ahead in his field and became the youngest professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos.

As an icon of repute, the late Professor singlehandedly converted a Leyland Jeep named Autonov 1 from right hand to left hand and also designed a bi-directional Armoured vehicle which can be moved forward and backward without turning it round and codenamed it Autonov2 because of its ability to achieve its highest speeds at a moment’s notice, in the normal reverse direction. He highlighted the advantage this might offer to army vehicles, as an example that might need to make a fast retreat, in a cul-de-sac or ambush situation. The inventions were home grown, home inspired and home delivered technology that required no transfer from anywhere but simply the work of the great prodigy.

Awojobi's innovative car was on display for many years, outside the Faculty of Engineering in University of Lagos! Wow!

Cont





Prof Awojobi was at one time, the chairman, Lagos State School’s Management Board, out of his concern for ways to better improve the problems inherent in secondary school education in Lagos State was what prompted his desire for his children should attend public schools.

His natural propensity to inform and educate people drove him to become, a quiz-master “Mastermind” on national television in the 70s. He authored several books for both the secondary and tertiary levels of education in Nigeria

Prof. Awojobi engaged with great educators of his, and earlier generations, such as the late nationalist and Yoruba leader, Obafemi Awolowo (who forwarded several of Awojobi’s educational books), the late activist, social crusader and educator, Tai Solarin, and the once Lagos State governor, Lateef Kayode Jakande, who achieved free education at all educational levels in Lagos State.

In the wake of the presidential election results that returned the incumbent, Shehu Shagari as President in the Second Nigerian Republic in 1979, Prof. Awojobi, made himself a mouthpiece for the people, speaking in the national newspapers and magazines, going as far as suing the Federal Government of Nigeria for what he strongly believed was a widespread election rigging. With all his court cases against the Nigerian government thrown out of court, he delved into the law books, promised himself that he would earn a degree in law to enable him better argue with the opposition at the federal courts. He used the universities as a bastion, going from campus to campus to make speeches at student-rallies, hoping to sensitise them on what he perceived was the ills of a corrupt government.

Indeed, heroes are models and sources of inspiration.
Prof. Awojobi authored several political books over the course of his ideological struggles against a perceived, corrupt federal government which were usually made available during his public rallies or symposiums.

Among the various books he authored were; Vibration of rigid bodies on semi-infinite elastic media – A. O. Awojobi, P. Grootenhuis 1965, Plane strain and axially symmetric problems of a linearly non-homogeneous elastic half-space – A. O. Awojobi, R. E. Gibson, 1973, Factors in the design of ultrasonic probes – W. M. R. Smith, A. O. Awojobi, 1979, Technical Drawing for Secondary Schools. A. O. Awojobi, 325 Worked Examples in Intermediate Mechanics. A. O. Awojobi, Notes and Worked Examples in Physics. A. O. Awojobi; Engineering Drawing. A. O. Awojobi (1976); Ayodele Awojobi (1980) Nigeria today. J. West Publications. ISBN 978-163-008-6; Ayodele Awojobi (1981) Nigeria in search of a political order. J. West Publications. ISBN 978-163-013-2; Where our oil money has gone by A. Awojobi, 1982; Nigeria in search of a social order (Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Retrieved 20 June 2012), and many others.

Prof. Awojobi died on Sunday the 23rd of September 1984, at the age of 47.

laudate:


Did you even read the history of all the posts that led to my last comment? And where is the lack of neutrality?

godoluwa Na Yoruba guy(probably) pdp from his past comments but you just can't help dragging Igbo identity on him and finally injecting that guys across the niger eulogize mediocrity and nepotism..yorubas on this thread should focus on their achievements and stop unnecessary jabs at igbos before mad ones come here to do what they do best

asha80:
godoluwa Na Yoruba guy(probably) pdp from his past comments but you just can't help dragging Igbo identity on him and finally injecting that guys across the niger eulogize mediocrity and nepotism..yorubas on this thread should focus on their achievements and stop unnecessary jabs at igbos before mad ones come here to do what they do best

Point out in chapter and verse where I mentioned the word Igbo.

Forgive me, if I do not respond to you again because I know your plan is to derail this thread with your false accusations. Typical.

laudate:


Point out in chapter and verse where I mentioned the word Igbo.

Forgive me, if I do not respond to you again because I know your plan is to derail this thread with your false accusations. Typical.

there is what is called inference..no need mentioning Igbo..like if I say ofe mmanu only a fool will not know what I am talking about.derail thread is for my mad brothers as I have already made inputs in this thread already which op knows.

Pls don't respond to me