BREAKING: Tears, Lamentation As First Professor of Geology In Nigeria, Africa Dies

Professor Mosobalaje Olaloye Oyawoye (CON), the first professor of geology in Nigeria and Africa, is dead.  Continue Full Reading>>>

His death was announced in a statement by the Kwara state government on Monday evening, May 22, stating that the Offa crown prince died at the age of 95, The Tribune reported.

Rafiu Ajakaye, the chief press secretary to the governor of Kwara state, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in a condolence message to the people of Offa local government area and the entire people of the state, mourned the death of the crown prince.  Continue Full Reading>>>

The governor, in the statement, said the demise of the elder statesman is a national loss for the country, adding that the professor was one of the greatest Nigerians of all time and the pride of Kwara state.

Abdulrazaq added that the death of the first professor of geology in Africa marked the end of an era of academic accomplishment, community service dedication as well as statesmanship.

He sympathised with the Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II, the Olofa-In-Council, the Muslim community in Kwara State because the professor was the Baba Adini of Kwara and the family of Oyawoye for the demise of the academic.

The governor said the deceased was a great philanthropist, and his death was a national loss for the country.

Abdulrazaq’s statement reads in part:

“He was one of the last men standing, and his death represents a huge void in everything he represented for Offa people, Kwara State, and Nigeria.”