Ex-INEC Boss Abel Guobadia is dead

The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Dr. Abel Guobadia is dead. It was learnt that he died in a hospital from prostate cancer on February 4, 2011. Dr. Guobadia was born June 28, 1932 in Benin City, Nigeria. He is an Educationist, Administrator, Diplomat and retired public servant.

Prior to enroling for his Ph. D, Abel Guobadia began his career as a Physics teacher at Osogbo Grammar School (1957); Ilesa Grammar School (1958); Government College Ughelli (1958 - 1959); Edo College, Benin City (1960); Government College Ibadan (1960 - 1961) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1961 - 1962). From 1966 - 1971, Dr. Guobadia was a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Physics at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Guobadia worked at Nigeria's National Universities Commission throughout most of the 1970s and early 1980s and rose to the position of Director of Academic Planning and subsequently, Executive Secretary of the Commission. In 1983, Dr. Guobadia helped the University of Benin, Benin City establish a Consultancy Services Unit and became the pioneer Director of the Unit.

In January 1984, Guobadia was appointed Commissioner of Education for the defunct Bendel State of  Nigeria under the military administration of then Brigadier Jeremiah Useni. Later in 1986, the Colonel  John Mark Inienger military administration appointed him the Bendel State Commissioner of Finance and  Economic Planning. In 1987, President Ibrahim Babangida appointed Abel Guobadia Nigeria’s first  resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea. Upon retirement, Abel  Guobadia floated a private educational consulting firm, Advanced Educational Services Limited, that  was responsible for developing academic programmes for several universities in Nigeria. Abel Guobadia  and Professor T. M. Yesufu played an influential role in the establishment of the Igbinedion  University, Okada in Edo State, Nigeria. 

In 1999, Guobadia became Nigeria’s Chief Electoral Officer. Dr. Guobadia was confirmed as the Chairman  of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission by the Nigerian Senate in May 2000. Guobadia  retired from this position in May 2005 becoming the first, and so far, only Chairman of the Electoral  Commission since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, to complete his tenure.

Guobadia has served as Chairman and member of many boards, including that of the New Nigeria Bank,  West African Examinations Council and the Nigerian Standards Organisation. He has served in several  capacities on Governing Councils of several Universities in Nigeria. Guobadia was former  Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the Edo State University, Ekpoma. He was the President of  the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) from 1971 to 1976. He was a Special Member of the  Senate of the University of Benin, Benin City.        

Olayinka appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor

We are delighted to inform you that just before Christmas 2010, an IGS alumni of 1974 set, Professor Idowu Olayinka has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Ibadan. Before his appointment, Professor Olayinka was the Head of Department of Geology, a position he occupied after being the Dean of Postgraduate school.

Professor Olayinka joined the academic staff of the University of Ibadan in April 1988, as Lecturer Grade II, and rose through the ranks, being promoted Lecturer I in 1991, Senior Lecturer in 1994, and Professor in 1999.

In 1999, he won an equipment grant from the AvH Foundation, Bonn, Germany. The Multi-electrode Resistivity array and accessories, is worth about 27 000 US Dollars. He leads an Applied Geophysics Research Group in the Department of Geology, University of Ibadan and collaborates actively with researchers from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Federal University of Technology, Akure (Nigeria), Technical University, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and Technical University, Berlin (Germany). His current research interests include computer modeling studies and geoelectrical imaging, and their hydrogeological and environmental applications.

He has won The Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited / Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society Prize twice (1998 and 2000). He also won the Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company Nigeria Limited / Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Prize in 1996. He has received travel grants from Schlumberger Nigeria Ltd and Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited.

August 1, 2002, he was elected as the Dean of the Postgraduate School for a 2-year term.

Professor Idowu Olayinka  was elected member of the Council of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Society held in Kaduna from 5 – 9 March, 2006

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday (December 4, 2010) attended the launch of a N50m Endowment Fund and thanksgiving service in commemoration of 50 years of the graduation of the 1956/60 Old Students set of Ilesa Grammar School, Ilesa, Osun State.

A statement on Thursday by the President of the Golden Jubilee set, Chief Tunde Olojo, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Wale Omole, earlier said Adeboye, a member of the set, would deliver a sermon on the occasion. The Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, the father of the day, led other obas and chiefs to the event.

New Vice Chancellor Assumes Duty
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Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, MB BS, FMCOG, FWACS, whose appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan had earlier been approved with effect from Wednesday, 01 December, 2010 by the Federal Government has assumed duty. Professor Adewole's appointment was ratified and announced by the Governing Council on Thursday, 02 September, 2010 and forwarded to the Federal Government for approval.

By this appointment, Prof. Adewole becomes the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan since it attained the status of an Independent University Institution in 1962, having hitherto been a College of the University of London from 1948 - 1962.

The new Vice-Chancellor was until his appointment a member of Council and the Head, Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine. He succeeds Professor Olufemi Bamiro, FNSE, FAS whose tenure as Vice-Chancellor expired on Tuesday, 30 November, 2010.

A Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria since 1997, Isaac Adewole is currently a Consultant Obsterician and Gynaecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan. He is also an adjunct Professor at Northwestern University, Chicago, IIlinois, USA.

Born on 05 May, 1954, Prof. Adewole attended Ilesa Grammar School from 1966 - 1972 where he obtained Grade I with distinction in 1970 and the Higher School Certificate in 1972 in the same school where he made AAC in the three Science subjects he offered. He enrolled as a National Award Scholar at the University of Ibadan in 1973 and obtained his MB BS degree from the University of Ibadan in 1978 with the Glaxo Allenbury prize for the best performance in Paediatrics. He joined the services of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as a Senior House Officer in 1981 and underwent further medical training to become a Senior Registrar in the Deaprtment in 1984. He then travelled to the UK for a Research Fellowship in the Department of Medical Oncology at Charring Cross Hospital in London. Professor Adewole was appointed Lecturer I at the College of Medicine in the University of Ibadan in 1989. He was prompted Senior Lecturer in 1995 and Professor in 1997. He was Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry (2000 - 2002), before becoming a Provost of the College of Medicine from 2002 to 2006.

Professor Adewole is Director of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Project at UCH, Chairman of the PMTCT National Task Team Subcommittee on anti-retrovirals for the PMTCT of HIV and the country's Principal Investigator for 'Operation Stop Cervical Cancer' in Nigeria. Secretary-General of the Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies (CAMAS) from 1997-2003, Professor Adewole holds memberships of many learned societies, including the Nigerian Medical Association, the Society of Gynaecology & Obstetrics of Nigeria, the European Research Organisation on Genital Infection and Neoplasia (EUROGIN), and the International Network on Control of Gynaecological Cancers.

A leading advocate for nationwide access to cervical cancer screening, Professor Adewole is also involved with advocacy work designed to reduce the burden of unsafe abortions in Nigeria and is the Co-ordinator of the Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancy. His current research interests include evaluating novel ideas for promoting cervical cancer screening in developing countries, a multi-country study on HPV in cervical cancer among African women and evaluating attitudes of HIV positive pregnant women to contraception and couple counselling. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and books on gynaecological oncology, abortion, HIV/AIDS and perinatal medicine.

He has delivered many guest lectures, numerous communications at scientific conferences, abstracts and poster presentations and has published over 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books on gynaecological oncology, abortion, HIV/AIDS and perinatal medicine. A widely travelled man, he has attended over 100 scientific conferences and workshops. He is the Guttmatcher Institute's 2008 Bixby Leadership Fellow in Reproductive Health, President Elect of African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) and the current Chair of the sub-saharan African Cervical Cancer Working Group (CCWG). He is a Patron of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria and the Current Chair, National Task Team on prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.

Professor I.F. Adewole is happily married with children and has a grandchild.

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Science block repainted


New School bus


School Hall remodeling