OYEFOLU Akeeb Oriowo Bola

Meet OYEFOLU Akeeb Oriowo Bola, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.

Title

Prof

Designation

PROFESSOR

Department

Microbiology

Office

Old Faculty of Science Building, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos

Visiting Hour

10am - 5pm, Monday to Friday

Awards & Prizes

  1. 2. International Award as a GREAT SCHOLAR OF THE 21ST CENTURY, by the Governing Board of the American Biographical Institute (ABI), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA ---- 2005
  2. 3. “THE OUTSTANDING SCIENCE LECTURER OF THE YEAR 2004”- Awarded by the PEN USERS CLUB of LASU in their LASU HALL OF FAME AWARDS ---- 2004
  3. University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate Declared "Outstanding PhD-Thesis 2002"and Presidential handshake recognition (July, 2002) ---- 2002
  4. Award Winner of "LASU/CDDS Provost/Deans/Head of Campus/Directors Awards in the Junior Category A for the 2001/2002 Session": A FORD-FOUNDATION Sponsored Award as a FORD FOUNDATION SCHOLAR ---- 2002
  5. National Award Winner as “Best PhD-Thesis in Nigeria in the area of Medicine (Medical Microbiology)” in the 2002 Edition of "The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Postgraduate Theses Award Scheme (NUPTAS), 2002 Edition" organized by the Nigerian University Commission (NUC). ---- 2002
  6. Merit Award by the Lagos State University Students’ Union Government (LASUSUG) (December 15, 1999).- ---- 1999

Qualifications

# Certificate SchoolYear
1 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Medical Microbiology University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria 2000
2 Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Medical Microbiology University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria 1994

Biography

OYEFOLU is a philanthropist and has donated numerous books, journals and serials to the library of his Alma mater (LASU) and also donated in 2012, an Ultra-Modern outdoor projector with 120 inches’ big screen to his Department with a view to improving the teaching and learning for students. He has received various awards from Students’ Associations and Unions among which is “The Outstanding Science Lecturer of the Year 2004”- Awarded by the PEN USERS CLUB of LASU. Dr. OYEFOLU has served as a reviewer to many local and foreign reputable Journals. He has attended and presented many quality papers at conferences, seminars, workshops and public lectures both in Nigeria and other countries like; Luxembourg, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, etc. Dr. OYEFOLU has over forty (40) quality academic publications to his credit Nationally and Internationally. Dr. OYEFOLU is widely travelled, passionate in mentoring youths and loves playing indoor games like Chess, Scrabble and Snooker. He is happily married.

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