UNILORIN Appoints Oloyede, Obafemi, Akanji Emeritus Professors

The Senate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has approved the appointment of three of the instituion’s retired dons as emeritus professors.

They are Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, Prof. Olu Obafemi, and Prof. Musbau Akanji.

The university’s director of corporate affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, said the school’s highest decision-making body at its 304th meeting approved the appointments.

Emeritus Professor Oloyede, who retired from the services of the university in October 2024, is a former vice chancellor of the university and the current registrar and chief executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB).

Emeritus Professor Obafemi, a renowned scholar of English and Dramatic Literature, also retired from the services of the university in 2020.

Emeritus Professor Akanji, a former two-time vice chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, and Federal University of Technology, Minna, is a renowned scholar of Biochemistry.

He retired in 2021.