UNIVERSITY INAUGURAL LECTURES
S/N | NAMES | FACULTY | TITLE | DATE OF INAUGURAL LECTURE |
1. | Prof. (Mrs) A.O. Egunjobi | Science | Zoology and Man: The Role of Nematodes in the Economy of Life. | 11th December, 1994 |
2. | Prof. E. Dada Adelowo | Arts | Homo Religious: A Man who holds his own in all Circumstances. | March 1995 |
3. | Prof. D.O. Owuamanam | Education | Youth: The Age of Contrasts in Human Development | 22nd September, 1995 |
4. | Prof. I.O. Orubuloye | Social Sciences | The Social Cultural and Economics Roots of African Reproductive Regimes: Pathways to Fertility Transition. | 30th September, 1995 |
5. | Prof. S.I. Etteh | Science | Biochemistry: The Science of the Living | 18th December, 1997 |
6. | Prof. O. Olaofe | Science | Catalyst: The Bedrock of Chemical Industry | 14th September, 2001 |
7. | Prof. O. Famurewa | Science | Microbes and Man: The Endless Battle | 19th December, 2001 |
8. | Prof. A.O. Akande | Science | Ecological Success: The Case of the Bryophytes | 14th November, 2002 |
9. | Prof. M.F. Alonge | Education | Assessment and Examination: The Pathway to Education Development. | 21st August, 2003 |
10. | Prof. J.B. Aderiye | Science | Contributory Role of Microbes to Human Development. | 11th November, 2004 |
11. | Prof. M.A. Faluyi | Science | Crop Breeding: The Art, The Science, The Biotechnology for Human Survival. | 9th December, 2004 |
12. | Prof. D.C. Uguru-Okorie | Social Sciences | Cinderella on the Wing: What has Psychology got to do with that? | 17th February, 2005 |
13. | Prof. I.O. Akindutire | Education | Repositioning Physical Education and Sports Programmes for the Development of Man. | 12th May, 2005 |
14. | Prof. Dipo Kolawole | Social Sciences | The Symmetry of an Asymmetric Relationship: Nigeria foreign Policy and Military Rule. | 16th June, 2005 |
15. | Prof. E. Olanipekun | Science | Solid Minerals: Indispensable Chemical Raw Materials for Industrial Production and Development. | 14th August, 2005 |
16. | Prof. J.A. Adegun | Education | Health at Cross Roads. | 8th December, 2005 |
17. | Prof. S.O. Bandele | Education | Test Measurement and Evaluation: The Education Tripod. | 9th March,2006 |
18. | Prof. S.S. Asaolu | Science | Chemical Pollutant: A Threat to Human Existence | 13th February, 2007 |
19. | Prof. G.D. Oke | Law | Ownership of Land, a Prime Factor of Socio-Economic and Legal Conflict. | 28thFebruary,2008 |
20. | Prof. S.A. Olorunsola | Science | The Beauty of Seeking the Best: Multiplier Imbedding Extended Conjugate Gradient Method. | 19th June,2009 |
21. | Prof. F. Jemiriye | Arts | Religion: The Complex Equation of Acceptance Between Man, God-Gods and Materials. | 9th December, 2009 |
22. | Prof. Kunle Ajayi | Social Sciences | Seeking Equality in an Unequal World: Nigeria and the Permanent Security Council Seat Aspiration. | 12th January,2010 |
23. | Prof. A.A. Agagu | Social Sciences | Public Policy Instability and Political Instability in Nigeria. | 9th February,2010 |
24. | Prof. R.O. Seweje | Education | Defining Issues in Science Education | 8th March, 2010 |
25. | Prof. (Mrs) G.A. Akinleye | Education | Enhancing the Quality of Life in their Complicated but Dynamic World. | 6th April, 2010 |
26. | Prof. J.O. Kayode | Science | Reconciliation of the Supposedly irreconcilable: Conservation and Development. | 4th May, 2010 |
27. | Prof. S.I.A. Ojo | Engineering | Models in Water, Man on Land Battle for Survival, Hydraulic Engineering to the Rescue. | 1st June, 2010 |
28. | Prof. J.O. Aribisala | Engineering | Water: The Essential Key to Human Survival and Development. | 6th July, 2010 |
29. | Prof. W.O. Adebayo | Social Sciences | The Human Environment: Something to Everyone. | 3rd August, 2010 |
30. | Prof. T.O. Owuamanam | Education | When Thing Fall Apart in Marriage What Next? | 7th December, 2010 |
31. | Prof. A.O. Oyinloye | Science | Beyond Petroleum Resources: Solid Minerals to the Rescue. | 1st February, 2011 |
32. | Prof. E.Y. Aderibigbe | Science | Microbes, Essential Agents in Alleviating Poverty and Hunger. | 1st March, 2011 |
33. | Prof. E.T. Akintayo | Science | Renewable Plant Resources as Platform Chemicals for Sustainable Industrial Development. | 11th September, 2012 |
34. | Prof. J.A. Olaogun | Social Science | Pandemonium in the Land: Social Value System to the Rescue. | 9th October, 2012 |
35. | Prof. O.V. Adeoluwa | Education | Learning Problems and the Technology of Education | 9th March, 2013 |
36. | Prof. S.B. Adeyemo | Engineering | Renewable Energy Resources: Roadmap for Industrialization and Sustainable Development. | 9th April, 2013 |
37. | Prof. A.S. Fasina | Agricultural Sciences | Can these Soils Sustain? The Dilemma of the Penologist. | 22nd April, 2013 |
38. | Prof. I.A. Ajayi | Education | Managing the Education System in a Poverty Ridden-Economy: The Unhealthy Rivalry between Efficiency and Effectiveness. | 8th July,2014 |
39. | Prof. E.I. Adeyeye | Science | ‘You are What You Eat’ | 22nd July, 2014 |
40. | Prof. E.B. Kolawole | Education | Test and Measurement: The Panacea to Educational Evaluation and Research Development in Nigeria. | 26th August, 2014 |
41. | Prof. Ibiyinka Ogunlade | Science | Food and Education Catalysts for Sustainable Development. | 10th March, 2015 |
42. | Prof. Z.B. Ogundare | Arts | Origin and Existence: The Inconsequential Conclusion. | 10th March, 2015 |
43. | Prof. P.O. Oladele | Management Sciences | Luxury of Customer Satisfaction Untangling in the Service Industry in Nigeria. | 7th June, 2016 |
44. | Prof. T.I. Akomolede | Law | Consuming the Consumers: The Paradox of Law and Regulations in Nigeria. | 16th August, 2016 |
45. | Prof. F.A.S. Dairo | Agricultural Sciences | The Battle for Food and Feed: No Victor No Vanquished. | 30th August, 2016 |
46. | Prof. A.A. Owojori | Education | Business, Accounting and Governance: Quintessential change Agents for National Development. | 25th April, 2017 |
47. | Prof. A.O. Olajide | Arts | In Defense of the unborn and the limit of Existential Options. | 6th June, 2017 |
48. | Prof. Lawrence Kayode Olofintoye | Science | SCHISTOMIASS: Beyond the Issue of Blood | 22nd May, 2018 |
49. | Prof. Henry Niyi Ogungbenle | Science | No Food No Life. | 25th September, 2018 |
50. | Prof. Benson Oluwafemi Ademilyi | Science | Plant Eco-Physiology: Panacea for Plant Health Survival for Human Benefit. | 19th March, 2019 |
51. | Prof. Ayodeji Oludare Fasuyi | Agricultural Sciences | Zero Competition for Food between Man and Animal: Emerging Possibilities | 16th April, 2019 |
52. | Prof. Samuel Oladiipo Kolawole | Science | Language Mobility: Translation Studies and Linguistic Universalism. | 14th May, 2019 |
53. | Prof. (Mrs) Titilayo Olufunke Femi-Ola | Science | Microbes: Their Symbiotic Roles as Bio-processors | 18th June, 2019 |
54. | Prof. Funso Isolaowa Afolabi | Social Sciences | Tourism Entrepreneurship Putting Profit After Suitable Location and Sustainable Hotel Operations | 15th August, 2019 |
55. | Prof. (Mrs) O.O. Fapohunda | Agricultural Sciences | Is Man’s Dominion Over Fish Sustainable? | 27th August, 2019 |
56. | Prof. Olumuyiwa Femi Omotoso | Political Science | Politics of Power and Power of Politics: The Anatomy of Nigerian Government and Politics | 10th September, 2019 |
57. | Prof. James Olusegun Bamidele | College of Medicine | Occupational Health Service: The Dilemma of the Unsung and Neglected Informal Sector Workers. | 27th July, 2021 |
58. | Prof. Raphael Ayantunji Adeleke | Science | Life Expressed in Stochastic Processes: Towards Statistical Solutions to the Problematic. | 2 Statistical Solutions to the Problematic.or two (2) Consecutive Semesters without permissiony at the end of 3004th August, 2021 |
59. | Prof. Babatope Kolade Oyewole | Education | Supervising the Supervisors: A rebirth of University Academic Excellence. | 7th September, 2021 |
60. | Prof. (Mrs) Eunice Olufunmilayo Osakinle | Education | Sexuality Education of the Girl-Child: Guidance for a Better Tomorrow | 26th October, 2021 |
61. | Prof. Oluwadare Micheal Owolabi | Education | English, Whose English? English Language Literacy as Pedagogy in a Babble of Voices | 21st December, 2021 |
62. | Prof. Joseph Babatola Ayodele | Education | The Basis and the Basics of Basic Education for Sustainable Development in Nigeria | 11th January, 2022 |
63. | Prof. Gabrial Oludele Oyinloye | Education | “Resolving the Burden of Illiteracy through Language Education Curriculum”. | 8th February, 2022 |
64. | Prof. Florence Modupe Osalusi | Education | “ Securing the Insecure Nation: Social Studies to the Rescue” | 6th December, 2022 |
65. | Prof. Akande Oladimeji Ajayi | College of Medicine | “Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Stopping The Silent Killer” | 20th December, 2022 |
66. | Prof. (Mrs) Akomolafe Comfort Olufunke | Education | Culture of Innovation in Managing Education: What Matters.” | 21st December, 2022 |
67. | Prof. (Mrs) Olajire Adeola Adegun | Education | “Debacle and Conundrum in Education: Management for the Paradigm Shift” | 31st January, 2023 |
68. | Prof. Florence Aduke Adebayo | Education | “Educational Management in Nigeria at a Crossroad: Stake Holders to the Rescue” | 1st February, 2023 |
69. | Prof. Ebenezer Adekunle Ajayi | College of Medicine | “Low Risk, Not No Risk: The Travails of a Lifetime Pump Fighting Fate” | 14th February, 2023 |
70. | Prof. Kehinde Atinuke Omotayo | Education | “Producing Versatility in the Teaching – Learning Process: An Effort to Revitalize Science Education” | 15th February, 2023 |
71. | Prof. Olufemi Julius Ayodele | Agricultural Sciences | “Fertile Nigeria, Infertile Soils and Fertilizers: A Tractable Nexus or Contradiction?” | 27th April, 2023 |
72. | Prof. John Adebayo Oloyede | Management Sciences | “Financial Sector Reforms and the Challenge of Exchange Rate Stability: Dynamics and Paradox of the Nigerian Economy” | 15th June, 2023 |
73. | Prof. Babatope Bukola Arogundade | Education | “Repositioning Work Environment Towards Sustainable Educational Development in Nigeria” | 17th June, 2023 |
74. | Prof. Grace Modupe Adebo | Agricultural Sciences | “De-Escalating Grassroot Gender Poverty: Imperatives for Sustainable Rural Development Agenda in Nigeria. | 25th July, 2023 |
75. | Prof. Awe Abel Ariyo | The Social Sciences | “Sustainable Development and You” | 27th July, 2023 |
76. | Prof. Matthew Borode | Education | Investment in Adult and Non-Formal Education: Options for Policy Makers” | 1st August, 2023 |
77. | Prof. Mary Olufunke Adedokun | Education | Adult Education, A Discipline for all Nations and People: Correcting the Misconceptions” | 2nd August, 2023 |
78. | Prof. (Mrs.) Joyce Olufunke Ogunsan | Education | “That the Home be Happy: Marital Adjustment and Economic Participation of the Woman” | 3rd August, 2023 |
79. | Prof. Ronald Omotayo Fagbuaro | Science | “Fish: The Unavoidable Acquatic Gold” | 19th September, 2023 |
80. | Prof. Olayinka Anthony Awoyinka | Basic Medical Sciences | “Exploring Underutilized Local Fibre: Panacea for Economical and Healthy Foods” | 20th September, 2023 |
81. | Prof. Samuel Akingbade Jegede | Education | “Science Education in Nigeria: Asphyxiating but Undulating” | 6th November, 2023 |
82. | Prof. (Mrs.) Olubunmi Bolanle Ajayi | Science | “Nutrition and Health: The Inseparable Siamese Twins for Life Sustenance” | 7th November, 2023 |
83. | Prof. Nneka Salome Ezeani | Education | “In Defence of No Accounting, No Business: An X-Ray of A Non-Existing Battle in Nigeria” | 19th December, 2023 |
84. | Prof. Olatunde Abass Oseni | College of Medicine | “Medicinal Plants and Human Existence: God’s Greatest Gift for Health Sustenance and Health Living”. | 29th July, 2024 |
85. | Prof. Remigius Oyebode Famiwole | Education | “Dynamics of Agricultural Science and Agricultural Education Pedagogies: The Missing Link Leverage”. | 30th July, 2024 |
86. | Prof. Francis Jide Faleye | Science | “NATURE: Primary Source of Drugs and Blessings to Humanity”. | 22nd October, 2024 |
87. | Prof. Ebenezer Babatope Faweya | Science | “Living with Radiation: Can Man tame the Ubiquitous actiological agent and the Silent Killer”? | 21st January, 2025 |
88. | Prof. Adejoke Abeni Adewumi | Science | “Re-Engineering the Food of Teleosts and Evaluating their Benefits”. | 22nd January, 2025 |
89. | Prof. Mrs Edit Olufunmilola Olorunsola | Education | “Revitalization of Nigeria Universities: A Fulcrum for Workers’ Job satisfaction and Performance”. | 22nd April, 2025 |
90. | Prof. Taiwo Owoeye | Social Sciences | “An empty House Full of People: Poverty Productivity and Prosperity in Nigeria”. | 23rd April, 2025 |
91. | Prof. Haastrup Timileyin Ekundayo | Education | “Towards Sustaining School Effectiveness in Nigeria: The Cosmetic Politics of Stakeholders”. | 20th May, 2025 |
92. | Prof. Anthony Olugbenga Adaramola | Management Sciences | “Greed, Lies and Financial Ruin: The Ponzi Schemes Legacies”. | 21st May, 2025 |
93. | Prof. Christopher Taiwo Oluwadare | Social Sciences | “What is Really Wrong with you? I don’t Know. The Sociological Diagnosis without End”. | 24th June, 2025 |
94. | Prof. Celinah Folakemi Ogundana | Social Sciences | “Beyond Binaries: Gender Relations and the Challenges of Sexual Health Care Delivery in Nigeria”. | 15th July, 2025 |
95. | Prof. Olu-Olu Olufayo | Social Sciences | “APES OBEY: The Conspiracy and Gradual Annihilation of Organized Labour in a Bedridden Nigeria”. | 16th July, 2025 |