List of notable or famous professors from Nigeria, with bios and photos, including the top professors born in Nigeria and even some popular professors who immigrated to Nigeria. If you're trying to find out the names of famous Nigerian professors then this list is the perfect resource for you. Here are also famous Nigerian authors and famous politicians from Nigeria. These professors are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known professor from Nigeria is included when available.
List includes Wole Soyinka, Bolaji Akinyemi, Ayodele Awojobi, and more.
This historic professors from Nigeria list can help answer the questions "Who are some Nigerian professors of note?" and "Who are the most famous professors from Nigeria?" These prominent professors of Nigeria may or may not be currently alive, but what they all have in common is that they're all respected Nigerian professors.
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Adebayo Adedeji (21 December 1930 – 25 April 2018) was a Nigerian economist and academic. A full-fledged Professor at the age of 36 years, he was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. He was responsible for the economic development and reconstruction of post-civil war Nigeria. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. Adedeji wrote the Lagos Plan of Action of 1980 that was adopted by the UN and OAU. On his return to Nigeria, he founded the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), a non-governmental ...more
Age: 92
Birthplace: Ijebu Ode, Nigeria
Profession: Politician, Professor
Schools: University of London
Photo: user uploaded image
Ambrose Alli
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (22 September 1929 – 22 September 1989) was a Nigerian medical professor who served as Executive Governor of the defunct Nigerian state of Bendel State (now the Nigerian states of Edo and Delta ) between 1979 and 1983. He was the first civilian governor.
Ayodele Oluwatuminu Awojobi (12 March 1937 – 23 September 1984), also known by the nicknames "Dead Easy",
"The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist.
He was considered a scholarly genius by his teachers and peers alike. He quickly advanced in his field to become the youngest professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 1974. Earlier the same year, he became the first African to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in mechanical engineering at the then Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (now Imperial College London) – a degree only exceptionally and rarely awarded to a ...more
Age: Dec. at 47 (1937-1984)
Birthplace: Oshodi-Isolo
Profession: Activist, Professor, Author
Photo: user uploaded image
Babalola Borishade
Abraham Babalola Borishade (7 March 1946 – 26 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician. Born into the Ebi Ilotin family, he was a Federal Minister in Nigeria four times, between 1999-2011. He was known as an electrical engineer, teacher and political strategist. He died on 26 April 2017 after a brief illness. He was 71.
Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych (born 5 November 1959) is a licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist throughout Europe and the United States who served as Alumni Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. Johnson's primary area of research expertise is the psychopharmacology of medications for treating addictions, and he is well known in the field for his discovery that topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, is an effective treatment for alcoholism. Professor Johnson also received national media attention for his appearance in the Home Box Office (HBO)Â ...more
Age: 63
Profession: Psychiatrist, Educator, Professor, Author, Physician
Schools: University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, University of London
Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was his country's External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987. He is chairman of the National Think Tank.
Age: 81
Birthplace: Ilesa, Nigeria
Profession: Politician, Professor, Political scientist
Schools: Tufts University, Trinity College, Oxford, Temple University
