Notices volume 5-number-1-2016

Volume 5, Number 1, 2016
Editor:
PROFESSOR SAMUEL SEGUN OKOYA
OF THE NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
Council Members of the NMS
List of Fellows of NMS & Award Committee
Reports from LOC, UNILAG 2015
Profiles
Felicitations
LOC Makurdi 2017
President’s Address
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NMS MAKURDI, 2017
On behalf of the local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forth-coming Nigerian
Mathematical Society (NMS) Conference, Makurdi 2017, we wish to felicitate with the
council members and the local organizing committee of the Federal University of
Technology, Minna on their hosting of the Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS)
conference 2016. We wish you successful deliberations.
We also congratulate the new NMS Council members on their recent election into
offices and pray for God's wisdom to take the society to enviable height.
We look forward to seeing all the distinguished members of the NMS at Makurdi in
2017. The date of the conference will be communicated widely as soon as the Council
and LOC meet to fix it.
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DR. S. C. NWAOSU
Chairman LOC, MAKURDI 2017 &
Head of Department
MR. T. T. ASHEZUA
Secretary,
LOC, Markurdi 2017
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science,
University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Nigeria.
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His Excellency,
MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR
President & Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria
N O T I C E S O F T H E N I G E R I A N M A T H E M A T I C A L S O C I E T Y
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VOLUME 5, NUMBER 1, 2016

ALHAJI ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, NIGER STATE
Special Guest of Honour
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PROFESSOR MUSBAU ADEWUMI AKANJI, FNSBMB.
B.Sc (Ibadan), M.Sc, Ph.D (Ife).
Vice Chancellor,
Federal University of Technology, Minna.
Chief Host
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PROFESSOR NINUOLA IFEOLUWA
AKINWANDE
The President of The Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS)
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Prof. N. I. Akinwande President
Federal University of Technology,
Minna
Dr. Bashir Ali Vice President Bayero University, Kano
Prof. G. C. E. Mbah Secretary University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Dr. Siraju Abdulrahman Assistant Secretary Federal University of Technology,
Minna
Dr. E. E. David Treasurer University of Portharcourt
Prof. S. S. Okoya Editor-in-Chief Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
& University of Lagos
Prof. O. J. Adeniran Business Manager Federal University ofAgriculture,Abeokuta
& National Mathematical Centre,Abuja
Prof. Remi Odekunle Ex-Officio Modibbo Adama University of
Technology, Yola
Prof. J. A. Oguntuase Ex-Officio Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta
Prof. M. O. Osilike Immediate Past
President
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE
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Prof. N. I. Akinwande Dr. BashirAli Prof. G. C. E. Mbah Dr. Sirajo Abdulrahman Dr. E. E. David
Prof. S. S. Okoya Prof. J.A. Oguntuase Prof. M. O. OsilikeProf. O. J. Adeniran Prof. Remi Odekunle

In retrospect, the NMS has made awards of fellow to
twelve mathematicians of Nigeria origin for their
meritorious service towards the advancement of
mathematics in Nigeria and abroad.
1. Prof. M. O. Osilike – President
2. Dr. Bashir Ali – Vice President;
3. Prof. N. I. Akinwande – Secretary;
4. Prof. S. S. Okoya – Editor-In-Chief;
5. Prof. G. C. E. Mbah – Treasurer;
6. Dr. E. E. David – Business Manager;
7. Prof. M. O. Ajetunmobi – Assistant Secretary;
8. Dr. O. H. Adagba – Ex-Officio;
9. Prof. K. R. Adeboye
10. Prof. Olusola Adeniran – Rep. Director, NMC, Abuja;
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12. Prof. C. E. Chidume
– Ex-Officio;
– Chairman, LOC, AUST, Abuja 2014
THE MEMBERS OF THE 2015 FNMS AWARD COMMITTEE WERE:
FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF THE 2015 RECIPIENTS
1. Professor Iya ABUBAKAR (FNMS)
2. Pastor Enoch Adejare ADEBOYE (FNMS)
3. Professor James Nwoye ADICHIE (FNMS)
4. Professor Eben Akin AKINRELERE (FNMS)
5. Professor Samuel Akindiji ILORI (FNMS)
6. Professor Olusola AKINYELE (FNMS)
7. Professor John Chukwuemeka AMAZIGO (FNMS)
8. Professor Sunday Osarumwense IYAHEN (FNMS)
9. Professor Monsur Akangbe Kenku (FNMS)
10. Professor Aderemi Oluyomi KUKU (FNMS)
11. Professor Emmanuel Oguntokun OSHOBI (FNMS)
12. Professor Kevin Ejere OSONDU (FNMS)
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have been nominated for the 2016 FNMS award for outstanding
contributions and influence in the Society.
The brief write-ups capture their credentials, silent administrative
achievements, wealth of experience in their endeavours and positive
contributions to the mathematics community at home and abroad. The
names and institutions of the nominee to be inducted follow.
1. PROFESSOR Kayode Rufus ADEBOYE, FUT Minna, Nigeria
2. PROFESSOR Anthony Uyi AFUWAPE, UA, Colombia
3. PROFESSOR Michael Olusanya AJETUNMOBI, LASU, Nigeria
4. PROFESSOR Ninuola Ifeoluwa AKINWANDE, FUT Minna, Nigeria
5. PROFESSOR Udot Isaac Asibong IBE,
6. PROFESSOR Charles Ejikeme CHIDUME, AUST, Nigeria
7. PROFESSOR Godwin Osakpemwoya Samuel EKHAGUERE, UI, Nigeria
8. PROFESSOR Jacob Abiodun GBADEYAN, UNILORIN, Nigeria
9. PROFESSOR Oyewusi IBIDAPO-OBE, UNILAG/, Nigeria
10. PROFESSOR Frank Ikechukwu OCHOR, UNN, Nigeria
11. CHIEF Ajibola OGUNSOLA, LAGOS, Nigeria
12. PROFESSOR James Adedayo OGUNTUASE, FUNAAB, Nigeria
13. PROFESSOR Samuel Segun OKOYA, UNILAG/OAU, Nigeria
14. PROFESSOR Peter ONUMANYI, NMC, Nigeria
15. PROFESSOR Micah Okwuchukwu OSILIKE, UNN, Nigeria
16. PROFESSOR Babangida SANI, ABU, Nigeria
17. PROFESSOR Adewale Roland Tunde SOLARIN, NMC, Nigeria
18. PROFESSOR Abba Ali TIJJANI, ABU, Nigeria
UNIPORT, Nigeria
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MATHEMATICIANS

The FNMS awardees in a group photograph Professor Aderemi Oluyomi KUKU (FNMS)
being presented with certificate of award
The FNMS awardees, council members
and others in a group photograph
New Council members on courtesy visit to Dean (SPS) - Prof. A. S. Abubakar (3rd from right),
Deputy Dean (SPS)- Dr. A. Ndamusa (3rd from left), School Secretary-
Mrs R. Bello, (only lady), Chairman, LOC, Dr. R. O.
Olayiwola (first from right) on 3rd Nov. 2015
Professor John Chukwuemeka AMAZIGO (FNMS)
during the award ceremony
Professor (Senator)Iya Abubakar (FNMS)
at the award ceremony
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THE 34 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NMS HOSTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS,
UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (2015)
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Chairman, LOC Secretary,LOC
Contributing Writer,LOC ViceChairman, LOC
he 34th annual conference of the Nigerian Mathematical Society was successfully hosted by the
Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos from the 23rd of June, 2015 to the 25th of June, 2015
with participants from within and outside the country. The theme of the conference was “Mathematics
for Sustainable Democracy and National Development”. The conference was held in honour of late Professor
Chike Obi, for his laudable contributions to the Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, and to the
Mathematicalcommunityatlarge.
The opening ceremony was witnessed by a mammoth crowd chaired by Professor J. A. Adepoju at the University
of Lagos main auditorium. Professor Babajide Alo (Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic and Research) was at
hand to declare the conference open on behalf of the Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Rahaman Bello. It is on
record that the VC in his charismatic manner expressed his support in cash and kind. Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi,
the Managing Director of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) received the plaque of honour on
behalf of the family. Mr. Chike-Obi's huge support (in cash and kind) was highly appreciated by both the NMS
and the Department of Mathematics. We also thankfully appreciate our esteemed alumni, Pastor E. A. Adeboye
and Dr. D. K. Olukoya, for their support. The Dean of Science, Professor M. O. Ilori, and his predecessor
Professor Wole Familoni were present to grace the occasion. The hall was filled with applause and jubilation when
the twelve first generation mathematics professors were inducted as Fellows of the Nigerian Mathematical
Society.
Therewerethreeinvitedguestspeakerswithattendanttopicspresentedduringtheplenarysessions:
· Prof.A.Kuku:“RecentAdvancesin K-theoryand Connections tootherAreasof Mathematics”
· Prof.F.Famoye:“StatisticalInferenceasa KeytoSharpening PolicyforNational Development”.
· Prof.A .R.T.Solarin: TheRoleof MathematicalCentrein Nigeria:Opportunitiesand Challenges”
Professor Kuku, in his talk summarized the impressive list of results from K-theory and new surprising results
and ideas as well as its applications to Algebra, Geometry, Analysis, and Topology while Professor Famoye gave
an expository on mathematical statistics which gave a standard platform for future research work in his comfort
zone of statistical inference for discrete and continuous probability models. Also, Professor Solarin thrilled the
audience with many innovative and education programmes and outreach initiatives of his management team at
National MathematicalCentre,Abuja, Nigeria.
The annual general meeting was well attended by participants and new executive members of the council of NMS
wereelectedatthefloor.
UNILAG, hosting the conference for the first time in the history of NMS, surprised many with the
unprecedented turnout of participants. However, the immediate past Head of Department, Prof. Ray Okafor,
was dogged in fund raising and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) was aggressive with publicity to achieve
thisfeat.
Themeetingwasa truecelebrationof mathematicsand theparticipantsdepartedwithtremendoussatisfaction.
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A day after the closing ceremony of the conference (26th of June, 2015), a workshop which consisted of four
sessionsthatbasicallyborderedon MathematicalSoftwareTraining washeldin theuniversity.
ProfessorS. O. Ajala Dr (Mrs)E.B. Nkemnole
ProfessorS. S. Okoya Dr. M.O. Adamu
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scholarship. We commend Pastor E. A.
Adeboye, FNMS, the General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, for instituting Professorial chairs in
Mathematics in four Universities, namely,
the University of Ibadan, the University
of Nigeria, Nsukka, Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife and the University of
Lagos. We call on other notable Nigerians
to follow suit and give necessary
encouragement and support to the
teaching, learning and research in
Mathematics.
To the distinguished Awardees, I wish to
congratulate you all and wish you longer
life of service to humanity in general and
more noble contributions to the
advancement of Mathematics. By this
investiture, you are automatically
conferred with LIFE MEMBERSHIP of
theNMS.
Long liveNMS,
Long livetheFederalRepublicof Nigeria.
ProfessorNinuola Akinwande,
President, NMS
May, 2016.
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t gives me great pleasure to write
this address for the Special NMS
Bulletin dedicated to the great
event of the investiture of Eighteen (18)
d i s t i n g u i s h e d a n d e m i n e n t
Mathematicians as Fellow(s) of the
NigerianMathematicalSociety,(FNMS).
The Nigerian Mathematical Society,
(NMS) has come a long way, founded 35
years ago by our fathers of Mathematics
someof whom areon ourhonours listfor
this occasion. It is evident that the Society
iswaxing stronger.
The award of the FNMS finally took off
last year when twelve (12) of the founding
fathers of the Society were conferred
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with the award at the 34 Annual
Conference held at the University of
Lagos. The array of Mathematics
Scholars on this year's list is an indicator
that despite the rather harsh teaching and
research conditions prevalent in the
Country, some have doggedly pursued
this field of knowledge which is dreaded
b y m a n y w i t h v i g o u r a n d
determination.The Awardees are
Mathematicians of international standing
with distinguished accomplishments as
attested to in their profiles/citations
containedin thisbulletin.
Mathematics is the driving force for
meaningful Scientific and Technological
breakthroughs and advancement and so
should be given all the support needed for
President'sADDRESS
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Prof. Kayode Rufus Adeboye was born
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on 12 April, 1949 to the Royal family
at Egbe-Ekiti, Ekiti state of Nigeria.
He obtained his first degree from the
University of Lagos and started his
lectureship career at the University of Ife,
Ile-ife (Now OAU), the first non-UNIFE
graduate to be appointed as graduate
assistant in Ife as was believed then that her
products were the best. He obtained his
second degree from University of Reading,
Reading, England and his PhD from
University of Ilorin, Ilorin. He later joined
the Federal University of Technology, Minna
where he rose to the rank of a Professor of
Mathematics in 1997. He is a Specialist in
Numerical Analysis with particular interest in
the application of Finite Element Methods
to the solution of Boundary Value Problems
in Mathematical Physics, Science and
Engineering. He is also involved in
Modelling. His major contribution to
knowledge is the development of Finite
Element Methods for Boundary Value
Problems with super convergence results
and has published over 50 papers in some
reputable journals, both national and
international. He delivered his inaugural
lecture titled: Mathematics, Mathematicians
and Numerical Analysis: The Bridge and
Bridgehead View of Nigeria with
Mathematical Prism, in March 2014. He has
served as External Examiner (for
Undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D.),
Assessor for Professorial appointments and
member of NUC accreditation panels for
more than 30 Universities in Nigeria, over
the years. He has successfully supervised
and graduated more than 40 students at
masters' level and 8 Ph.D. students. He has
been recognized by the International
Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge, UK
and the American Biographical Institute
(ABI), Raleigh NC, USA and honoured
with many awards over the years for
professional excellence. He was recognized
by the NUC in 2002 with the award of Best
Practices in University Teaching Project
(BESPUT), in Mathematics. He is a
foundation member of Nigerian
Mathematical Society (NMS), Member,
Mathematical Association of Nigeria
(MAN) and American Mathematical
Society (AMS). He is a fellow of MAN
(FMAN), and a Fellow of Academy of
Control (FAC).
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Profile of
PROF. KAYODE RUFUS
ADEBOYE
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rofessor A.U. Afuwape (AUA) was born on the 8 of February, 1948 at
Ode-Erinje, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria. He attended St. John's
Catholic Primary School, Okitipupa between 1953 and 1959. He
started his Secondary School Education at Stella Maris College, Okitipupa in
1960 before moving to St. Patrick College, Iwaro-Oka between 1962 and
1965 from where he completed his School Certificate in Division I. He was
there after sponsored by the Western Regional government to attend the
Federal School of Survey, Oyo to be trained as a Surveyor. After obtaining the
Basic Certificate in Surveying in 1967 he was admitted to the University of Ife,
Ile-Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University) from where he was awarded a
First Class Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics in 1971. He
then proceeded to Duke University, North Carolina obtaining a Master of Arts
Degree in Pure Mathematics in 1974 and Rutgers University, New Jersey
obtaining M.Sc. Degree in Applied Mathematics in 1976 utilizing the African
American Institute Graduate Fellowship. AUA thereafter did doctoral studies
at the University of Ibadan between 1977 and 1983 on part-time.
He started his academic career at the University of Ife in 1971 as a Graduate
Assistant rising through the academic ladder to become a Professor in 1989.
Since 2006 AUA has been with the Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad de
Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia as a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics.
Professor Afuwape served the Nigerian Mathematical Society creditably as
Treasurer between 1991 and 2006.
Professor Afuwape has successfully supervised several doctoral candidates
four of whom are currently Professors of Mathematics.
At the last count Professor Afuwape has published seventy-two journal
articles in Differential Equations and he is still counting
He is married and blessed with children and grand children.
Professor Anthony Uyi AFUWAPE
PROFILE
Profile of
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Michael Olusanya Ajetunmobi was born in
Lagos on 23rd February, 1951 and did his
Primary Education at Ladi-Lark Institute,
Yaba between1957-1964. He attended Lagos City
College, Yaba and sat for the West African
Examination Council Examination in 1969 and passed in
Grade One. He later went to Igbobi College, Yaba for Higher School Certificate (H.S.C)
within the period 1970-1971 and offered four subjects. Applied Maths, Pure Maths, Physics
and Chemistry. In 1972, he went to the University of Ife, Ile-Ife to read Mathematics and
passed with Second Class (Upper Division), the best result in the Faculty of Science during the
1975 Degree Examination. He served in the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) in 1975-
1976atGovernmentGirls'College,Minna, NigerState.
In 1976, he was employed as a Graduate Assistant in Mathematics Department,
University of Ife, Ile-Ife. Within the same period, he studied for his Master of Science
Degree in Mathematics in the department of Mathematics and graduated in 1978. Later
he was employed as a Lecturer II in Mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida,
NigerState.Herosetotherank of aSenior Lecturerin Mathematicsin 1983.
He obtained a Ph.D in Mathematics in 1984 and was employed as a Lecturer II in
Mathematics at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State. In 1986, he transferred his
employment records to Lagos State University Ojo, where he was employed as a
LecturerI. in Mathematicsand a Professorin 2004.
Prof. Ajetunmobi attended several International schools among which are: International
Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Nice, France, International Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Trieste, Italy, PISA Cortona, Italy, Department of Mathematics, University of
Manchester,U.K. and UniversiteDu Barcelona,Balletera,Barcelona,Italy.
Prof. Ajetunmobi occupied several positions in LASU including: Head of Mathematics
Department, Dean, Faculty of Science Chairman, Ikorodu Division Indigenship
Verification Panel, Chairman, Business Committee for LASU Senate, Chairman, Staff
WelfareCommittee.
Prof. Ajetunmobi is a consultant to several Universities and Professional Bodies
including:
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), National Open University of
Nigeria(NOUN)
TetFund, Abuja, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja and National University
Commission(NUC)
He researches in Algebra and Topology and has published widely in National and
International journals.
Prof. Ajetunmobilovesreadingnovelsand travelling.
Profile of
Michael Olusanya
Ajetunmobi
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PROFILE

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rofessor Ninuola Ifeoluwa Akinwande was born on the 22 January, 1959 at
Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. He attended Baptist Boys’ High school,
Abeokuta from 1972-1976. He holds a Bachelor of Science [B.Sc. First Class
(Hons)] degree in Mathematics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in
Biomathematics/Applied Mathematics and a Philosophy (PhD) degree in
Mathematics all from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria between 1988-1997.
Before bagging all his degrees at the University of Ibadan, he had a brief stint at the
Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State, Nigeria between 1977-1980
where he obtained the Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C.E) specialising in the
teaching of Mathematics and Physics with Distinction grades.
Professor Akinwande taught Mathematics in some Secondary Schools in plateau and
Ogun States between 1977 and 1985. He started his university teaching career as an
Assistant Lecturer at the University of Ibadan in May 1990 and rose to the rank of
Lecturer I in 1995. He transferred his services from the University of Ibadan to the
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria as a Senior Lecturer in2000 and
became a Professor of Mathematics in 2007. He has supervised 7 PhD, over 40
M.Tech. and several undergraduate students thesis/projects.
Professor Akinwande is a member of several learned societies including the Nigerian
Mathematical Society (NMS) where he held the position of the Assistant Secretary
(April 2006-July 2011), Secretary (July 2011-June 2015). He was elected President
of the Society in June 2015.
Professor Akinwande was a Visiting Scholar to the Abdu Salam Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Trieste, Italy, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, Visiting
Professor at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and some other Universities, He has
many scholarly publications to his credit both locally and internationally.
Professor Akinwande is an ordained Assistant Pastor in the Redeemed Christian
Church of God He is happily married to Arinola and blessed with children.
Doctor of
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PROFESSOR
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IFEOLUWA
AKINWANDE
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Professor Ufot Isaac Asibong Ibe was born on
November 2, 1948, to the family of Late Chief Isaac
Asibong Ibe and late Madam Jenny Isaac both
devout Christians and farmer. He hails from Ikot
Eka Ide Minya, Ukpum Minya in Mkpat Enin LGA in
AkwaIbom State. He did his primary school in QIC School
Minya from 1954 to 1959. He had his secondary education
from 1960 in the State College, Ikot Ekpene, later from
1962 to 1964 in the Salvation Army Secondary School
Akai in Nsit Ubium LGA where he completed his WASC
Examination with a grade 1 pass.. He did his Higher School
Certificate in Qua Iboe Mission Sec. Sch.(now Etinan
Institute) from 1965 to 1966. In 1972, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) degree pass in Mathematics in a
1st class division from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and won the Ahmadu Coomassie Prize for the
best graduating student in the Faculty of Science. Earlier in 1971 he had won the I.C.L Prize for the
best second year student in Mathematics in the Faculty of Science. He was awarded an MSc degree in
Mathematics (ABU) in 1974 with specialization in Lie Algebra and M.Phil degree in Pure Mathematics
1978and obtained D.Phil.degreein 1981fromtheUniversityof York,England.
His return to Nigeria in 1981 presented another phase of active involvement in Mathematical activities.
As soon as he settled down at Ahmadu Bello University he started publications of his mathematical
results obtained while in University of Waterloo, Canada and in University of York, England. His
papers on Quasivarieties of Algebras, Type A Semigroups, among others are widely published in both
national and international journals. He participated in several local and international conferences and
workshops including those in Institute of Research in Mathematics and Application in Abidjan in
(CoteD'Ivoire)wherehepresentedpaperson each occasion.
In 1983, he received the ICM Travel Award to Warsaw from International Mathematical Union
to represent Nigeria as one of the most promising young mathematicians in the developing
countries of the world. At the ICM in Warsaw, he cofounded with Dr Guidy Wandja (Cote
D'Ivoire) the International Committee for Mathematics in Developing Countries (ICOMDC)
which was followed with several activities in developing countries like Cote D'Ivoire, Tunisia,
Brazil etc. In 1984, he was elected the Treasurer of the Nigerian Mathematical Society,
contributingtothedevelopmentof theSocietytill 1991.
In 1988 after much persuasion, by the then Dean of Faculty of Science, Prof Samuel Okiwelu, he
transferred his appointment to the University of Port Harcourt. He was appointed the Head of
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, from 1988 to1992 during which tenure
a proper foundation was laid for the three degree programmes in the Department, M.Sc. and PhD
degrees programme in Mathematics commenced and the first accreditation exercise of the
undergraduate programmes by the NUC was successfully handled. He had served in several
committees both in Ahmadu Bello University and in the University of Port Harcourt. He also served as
theDirectorof Computing ServiceCentrefrom1993to1998.
Prof. Asibong-Ibe had served as an External Examiner and External Assessor to a number of
Universities. He served as an invited lecturer to National Mathematical Centre between 1989 and 2000
on the Foundation Post Graduate course in Algebra and also Research oriented course on Semigroups.
He has written over thirty research articles including four books published in national and international
journals.Hehas successfullysupervisedM.Sc.and PhDstudentsand over50undergraduateprojects.
In 2001, he was appointed as a Member of the National Population Commission Board,
representing Akwa Ibom State, where he performed meritoriously. He returned to University
of PortHarcourtin 2011whereheisstill serving.
Prof.Asibong-Ibeismarriedwithnine children.
Profileof
Professor Ufot Isaac
Asibong Ibe
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PROFILE

Professor Charles Ejikeme Chidume was born in 1947 in Nimo, Anambra State, Nigeria. He
holds B.Sc. Mathematics, UNN; M.Sc. (Canada); M.Sc., Ph.D. (USA). He joined the University
of Nigeria in Nsukka in July, 1984 as Lecturer I and was promoted to Full Professor of
Mathematicson 1stOctober,1989.
Professor Chidume later joined the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
of IAEA and UNESCO of the UnitedNations in 1992 as a Research Mathematician and Coordinator
of the Postgraduate Diploma Programme (Mathematics) of the Centre. During his long stay at the
ICTP (1992 -2009), Professor Chidume helped many young Africans to visit the Centre and use the
excellent facilities of the Centre to improve on their education. Furthermore, he attracted funds from
International Donours to organize training programmes in Sub-Sahara African for young scientists
fromthesub-region.
As regards his scientific work, Professor Chidume has solved several important open problems in his
area of research - Nonlinear Functional Analysis, in particular, -Nonlinear Operator Theory. We
mention some of them here. In 1981, he proved that the Mann sequence for nonexpansive maps is
uniformly asymptotically regular in any real normed space provided the domain of the map is
bounded (Houston J. Math. Vol. 7 (1981) 345-355 (Math. Review 83b:47063), hence resolving a
problem which had been open since 1978 ; In 2001, he produced (with S. A. Mutangadura) an example
to show that the Mann iteration sequence will not always converge strongly to a fixed point of a
Lipschitz pseudo-contractive map Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), No. 8, 2359 - 2363, thereby
resolving a problem that had been open since 1974. This paper has been cited over 120 times (web of
knowledge).
Professor Chidume has supervised 16 (sixteen) Ph.D theses in Mathematics. Five of those whose
Ph.D theses he supervised are now Full Professors of Mathematics. Because of the quality of his
research accomplishments, he has served and is still serving in several Editorial Boards of national
and international journals including: J. Nigerian Math. Soc.; J. Math. Anal. Appl. (Elsevier) 10 years; J.
Fixed Point Theory and Appl. (Springer); Intern. J. Math. & Math. Sci.; Intern. J. Di_. Eqns.; Fixed
Point Theory (Romania);Pan. Amer. Math. J.; Proc. Nigerian Acad. Sci.; African J. Sci. & Tech.;
Carpathian J.Math.(Romania); J.Inequl.Appl.
Professor Chidume has published over 145 (one hundred and forty-five) journal articles in Elsevier,
Springer-Verlag as well as in journals in Edinburgh, Australia, Japan, USA etc. He has published one
Research Monograph and three text books in Springer-Verlag, two published by Ibadan University
PressPublishingHouse,Nigeriaand one byLongman NigeriaLtd.
Professor Charles Ejike Chidume is currently the Vice President (Academic); Director (Mathematics
Institute); and Head, Department of Pure & Applied Mathematics, African University of Science
And Technology,Abuja, Nigeria.
Professor Chidume has given invited talks in Africa, Canada, Europe, Israel and USA. He is a Fellow
of the Nigerian Academy of Science (FAS) and a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences
(FTWAS).Heismarriedand has fourchildren.
PROFILE OF
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rofessor Godwin Osakpemwoya Samuel
EKHAGUERE, FAAS, was born on May 23, 1947 in
Benin City, Nigeria. He obtained the PhD degree in
Mathematical Physics from the University of London in
1976 and joined the teaching staff of the University of
Ibadan in the same year. He attained the grade of a full
Professor in 1988.
His research activities are in the core areas of
mathematical physics; algebras and partial algebras; and
classical and noncommutative stochastic analysis,
including financial mathematics. He has made landmark
contributions to these branches of mathematics in a series
of seminal papers published in highly reputed international
academic journals.
Professor Ekhaguere has visited all the continents of the
world and has, over the years, had the distinction of being
an invited academic speaker on multiple occasions in many
international conferences held in Nigeria and abroad. In
global recognition of his outstanding publications,
Professor Ekhaguere has held several visiting
scientist/professorial positions in reputable research
institutions around the world and won many highly
c o m p e t i t i v e a n d p r e s t i g i o u s
scholarships/fellowships/sponsorships from diverse
academic foundations/institutions. These include Regular
Associateship and Senior Associateship of the Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy,
Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,
Bonn, Germany, Staff Exchange Fellowship of the
Association of African Universities, and sponsorships by the
London Mathematical Society and the Japanese Society for
the Promotion of Science.
He is a member of several academic societies and also of
the Advisory Board of the Academics for Higher Education
He pioneered and opened up an
entirely new field of mathematical research when he
introduced stochastic differential inclusions, and then
studied the classes of Lipschitzian quantum stochastic
differential inclusions, hypermaximal monotone quantum
stochastic differential inclusions and quantum stochastic
evolutions, between 1992 and 1996. He also introduced,
for the first time, a wide class of noncommutative
semimartingales-driven stochastic integral/differential
equations in seven different locally convex operator
topologies and studied the existence and uniqueness of
their solutions. In the area of partial *-algebras, he has
established several seminal results on the characterization
of their structure and representations.
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PROFESSOR GODWIN
OSAKPEMWOYA SAMUEL
EKHAGUERE
and Development (AHED), based in
Montreal, Canada. He also acts as a
reviewer for several international journals
of mathematics/mathematical physics,
including: Abacus: Journal of the
Mathematical Association of Nigeria,
Journal of Science Research (Faculty of
Science, University of Ibadan), Journal of
the Nigerian Mathematical Society, Journal
of the Nigerian Association of
Mathematical Physics, Journal of
Mathematical Analysis & Applications,
Elsevier Publishers, USA, Journal of
Mathematics & Mathematical Sciences,
Hindawi Publishers, USA, Mediterranean
Journal of Mathematics, Springer
Publishers, Germany, Stochastic Analysis &
Applications, Taylor & Francis Publishers,
USA, Afrika Matematika, Springer Verlag,
Acta Mathematica Sinica, Elsevier
Publishers, USA.
Professor Ekhaguere has also acted as an
a s s e s s o r o f c a n d i d a t e s f o r
appointment/promotion to professorial
grades in Mathematics and as an external
examiner at several universities in Nigeria
and on the continent.
An inspiring lecturer and mentor, he
upholds the highest standard of
mathematical research and training, as
evidenced by the high quality of the MSc,
MPhil and PhD graduates supervised by
him. Some of his former PhD students have
themselves become highly distinguished as
academics in the professorial cadre. He is
the Founder and President of the
International Centre for Mathematical &
Computer Sciences (ICMCS), Lagos
(www.icmcs.org). Professor Ekhaguere is a
Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
He served as a former Vice President of the
Nigerian Mathematical Society.
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Professor Jacob Abiodun Gbadeyan, is a
distinguished Professor of Mathematics and a
committed academician. He attended Christ Anglican
Primary School, Ijomu – Oro, Ijomu, Kwara State,
Nigeria, for his Primary education between January,
1957 and December, 1964. Thereafter, he had his
secondary education at Oro Grammar School, Oro,
Kwara state, between January, 1965 and December,
1969. He later proceeded to the famous Government Secondary School, Ilorin, for his Higher
School Certificate (H.S.C) between January, 1970 and December, 1971. He was a recipient of
several prizes during his secondary school and H.S.C days. Professor Gbadeyan had his
University education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, where he obtained his B.Sc
degree in Mathematics with first class in 1976 under the auspices of Federal Government
Scholarship. In his quest for Golden fleece, he went to one of the top Universities in Canada,
University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, where he meritoriously earned his Masters (M.Maths)
(1980) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees having won the prestigious Canadian Commonwealth
Scholarship (1978–1983)and theUniversityof WaterlooDean'sScholarship (1983–1984).
Professor Gbadeyan began his career as a Mathematics teacher, at Government Secondary
School, Pankshin, Plateau State, Nigeria between 1976 – 1977 as a Youth Corper. He thereafter
joined the services of the University of Ilorin as an Assistant Lecturer in 1977.As a recognition
and reward for his handwork, he rose through the ranks and expectedly, he was promoted to the
rank of Professor of Mathematics with effect from October 1, 1993.To date he has over thirty
yearsof teaching experienceatUniversitylevel. He is a dedicated researcher and his main
research interest is in Solid and Fluid mechanics. He has successfully supervised many
postgraduate students at both Masters (over 60 students) and Ph.D. (over 30 students) levels
and he is currently supervising at least six Ph.D. students in some Universities across the
country. His research efforts have resulted in over 140 locally, nationally and internationally
published articles. Some of these postgraduate students he supervised are already professors,
readers and senior academics in various Universities and Tertiary Institutions all over the
country while some are competent leaders in highly placed national and international positions.
For instance, one of his former Ph.D. students is currently a V.C in one of the highly ranked
Universitiesin thecountry.
Prof Gbadeyan has served the University of Ilorin in several positions, including: (i) Head,
Department of Mathematics (1991 – 1998; 2002 – 2005). (ii) Member, University of Ilorin
Senate (1991 to date). (iii) Chairman Local Organizing Committee of 1996 National
Mathematical Association of Nigeria's Annual Conference (1996). (iv) Member of senate
(Unilorin) Ad-hoc Committee on Harmonization of Minimum Standards with Guidelines on
Academic Programmes. (v) University of Ilorin Senate Representative on Staff Disciplinary
Committee.(vi)Dean,PostgraduateSchool, Universityof Ilorin (2005–2009).
He has been external examiner/moderator to several Colleges of Education and Universities in
Nigeria. The National University Commission (NUC) has engaged his services as member of
Accreditation team to various Universities in the Country. He has served as Editor-in-
Chief/memberof EditorialBoardsof someJournals,withinand outsidetheCountry.
He is happily married to Mrs. Felicia Sijuwade Gbadeyan and the marriage is blessed with
talented,God fearingchildrenand grand-children.
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PROFESSOR
JACOB .A.
GBADEYAN,FMAN, fac
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Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe was born on July 5 1949.
He was awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Mathematics in
st
the 1 Class Division by the University of Lagos (UNILAG)
in 1971; M. Maths degree in Applied Mathematics with a minor
in Computer Science in 1973 and a PhD in Civil Engineering
with specialisation in Applied Mechanics/Systems in 1976 both
from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is an awardee of
''distinguished alumnus'' of both the University of Lagos and the
University of Waterloo
He was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar (1980-1981) at the
State University of New York at Buffalo, N.Y. U.S.A. where he served as a Visiting Research
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He has had several international
teaching/research exposures as Visiting Research Professor at The Pennsylvania State University
(2008), Texas Southern University in Houston, USA (2007/8), the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville, USA (2001), the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA (1998), the University of
Toronto, Canada (1990), the Louisiana State University/ Southern University, Baton Rouge,
USA (1989), the University of Zimbabwe (1989) and University of Yaoundé I (1995).
Professor Ibidapo-Obe major academic contributions are in the areas of Control and
Information Systems including specialist interests in Stochastic/Optimization Problems in
Engineering. He has published extensively in reputable international journals with some 100
papers after the appointment as Professor in 1983.
This eminent professor was conferred in 2004 with the prestigious Fellowship of the
Academy of Science (of which he served as the President from 2008-2011 as well as the
past Vice President of NASAC-), Academy of Engineering, Nigeria Computer Society,
Mathematical Association of Nigeria. African Academy of Science (AAS), Third World
Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2010 and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
in 2015.
Professor Ibidapo-Obe was a Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering and former
Vice Chancellor (2000-2007) at UNILAG and at the Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo
Ebonyi State Nigeria (2011-2016). He was subsequently conferred with the National
Honour as Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in
2005.
He is married to Olusola and blessed with 4 children and 6 grandchildren.
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IBIDAPO-OBE
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P R O F I L E
Professor
OCHOR
FRANK IKECHUKWU
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rofessor Frank Ikechukwu Ochor was born on
December 6, 1956 at Obekwesu in Abia State,
Nigeria. He has the following degrees: B.Sc. (First
Class Hons.) in Mathematics (1981) and M.Sc. (1985) from
UNN; M. Phil. (1986) and Ph. D. (1988) from SISSA, Trieste,
Italy.
Professor Ochor started his academic career as a Graduate
Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Nigeria (UNN)
in 1983 and rose to the rank of Professor of Mathematics in
2003 at the same University. He has been the Head,
Department of Mathematics, UNN on three different tenures.
Prof. Ochor was a Visiting Scientist on several occasions and
Regular Associate at the Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; Visiting Professor of
Mathematics/External Examiner to many foreign and local
institutions;
Prof. Ochor has published three mainline books and over
twenty articles in reputable journals.
Professor Ochor is a member of the following bodies:
Nigerian Mathematical Society (Council Member, 1994 -
2013 as Assistant Secretary and Secretary); American
Mathematical Society; Steering Committee (Pontifical Council
for Culture, Vatican City / Federal Ministry of Science and
Technology, Abuja) on the Assumpta Science Centre,
Ofekata-Owerri.
Professor Ochor has the following academic awards:
Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Merit Award,
(1980 – 1981) ; Imo State of Nigeria Prize for 1980/81 Best
Project in the Faculty of Physical Sciences, UNN.
Course organizer on several occasions at the
National Mathematical Centre, Abuja.
He is a knight of St. Mulumba, Nigeria.
He is married to Lady Ahunna Cecilia Ochor and the
marriage is blessed with two children – Chidinma and
Cherechi.
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A
jibola Ogunsola was born in 1934 in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State. He was the first
Actuary Nigeria ever produced. Chief Ajibola attended Government College in Ibadan in
1967. Chief Ajibola studied mathematics at the University of Ibadan and thereafter, he
traveled abroad to further his education where he qualified as a fellow of the Certified Institute of
Actuary in the United Kingdom. After graduation, Chief Ajibola returned to Nigeria and was
employed at the NICON Insurance Company. After a brief spell as the Head of the Life Department
at NICON at that time, he moved to Niger Insurance Company where he became the Chief Executive
in 1984.
He started a consultancy firm as an Actuary and later became the Chairman of Punch Newspaper in
1987, three years after the death of his brother. Ajibola Ogunsola became a household name when he
became the Chairman of Punch Nigeria Ltd. It is interesting to note that for well over two decades
Ajibola steered the ship of the Punch Group of newspapers, which sailed through turbulent waters at
different times. Throughout these years, the group suffered many hard and near-devastating punches
from the unrelenting blows of the powers of the day. Together with the board members and the
management team, Chief Ajibola saved the group from extinction, albeit at a great cost and risk to
himself and others. He brought the company from a state of virtual bankruptcy to one of buoyancy
withtheGroup'snewspapersbecomingwidelyreadall overtheworld– thankstotheinternet.
Chief Ajibola's long reign, first as Nominal Chairman and subsequently as The Executive Chairman,
ranks among one of the most successful company turnarounds in Nigeria's history. He was well
prepared for the job because he needed more than just his actuary skill to make the kind of impact he
made. Those who know him say he is a perfectionist. He is an advocate of transparency, propriety and
frugality. One of the legacies of Chief Ajibola's board was the decision to relocate their corporate
headquarters to Km 14, Lagos Ibadan Expressway by Ayorinde Bus Stop, Ogun State, otherwise
known as “The Punch Place” from their former office at No 1, Olu Aboderin Street, Onipetese, Ikeja,
Lagos. It was at the opening of the new corporate office that Ogunsola announced his retirement as
Chairman and since then the very brilliant Actuary and Insurance guru has been active in the general
running of themediaindustryin termsof policyformulation and theissueof ethics. Forthefirsttime
last week, Chief Ajibola spoke about how he worked with other board members to revive Punch
Newspapers and how they were able to make it the No.1 newspaper it is today. He actively participated
in the just concluded National Confab where he represented the Southwest Region. He is indeed a
man of themedia.
AJIBOLA
OGUNSOLA
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Professor James Adedayo Oguntuase was born on 27
January, 1963 in Ogbagi, Ondo State to the family
of Chief and Mrs. Jacob Oguntuase. He had his
elementary education at St. John Anglican Primary
School (1969-1975) and AUD Modern School (1975-
1977). He had his secondary school education at St.
Patrick's Secondary School, Iwaro-Oka, Ondo state (1977-
1982). In the years (1983-1987) he studied mathematics
at Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti (now Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti). After that, he did his National Youth
Service (1987-1988) at Enugwu-Ukwu, Anambra State.
Thereafter, he proceeded for his postgraduate studies
(1990-1992) and (1998-2001) at Obafemi Awolowo
University in Ile-Ife and received his M.Sc. and Ph.D.
degrees in 1992 and 2001 under the supervision of Late
Professor Christopher Olutunde Imoru.
He held appointments at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (1990-1994) and
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (1994 – to date). He rose through the ranks to become a
full professor of mathematics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 2010. He received
University Research Council Award of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, for his Ph.D.
Research (1998-2001), Mathematics Research Fellowship 2002 of the Abdus Salam International
Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2002), Young African Mathematician Medals in Pure
Mathematics (2003), Swedish Institute Guest Fellowship Award for Research (2006 – 2007),
Award of Excellence as a Distinguished Alumnus of University of Ado-Ekiti,(Ogun State Chapter) in
2008 and 2010, IMU grant 2010 to attend International Congress of Mathematicians
,Hyderabad, India(2010), Senior Associate of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Trieste, Italy (2010-2015), NANUM 2014 Travel grant awarded by International Congress
of Mathematicians, COEX, Seoul, Korea (2014).
His research interests include functional analysis, real analysis, inequalities and algebra. His is the
author or co-author of 58 mathematical papers and one monograph. He had supervised or co-
supervised 6 Ph.D. and 7 M.Sc. theses and also collaborates with 26 mathematicians from 10
different countries. He is a member of many professional societies which include the European
Mathematical Society, Nigerian Mathematical Society.
He is happily married to Mrs Oluwaseun Omolola Oguntuase and the marriage is blessed with 6
children (3 boys and 3 girls).
He has held appointments as Ag. Head,
Department of Mathematical Sciences (2004-2005), Pioneer Ag. Head, Department of
Mathematics (2005-2006), Deputy Dean, College of Natural Sciences (2007 - 2009) and presently
serving as the Chairman of Publications Committee (2012- to date).
Working Group on Generalized Convexity
and RGMIA - Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications.
He is a Pastor and Chairman of Council of New World Order Church (2006 - to date).
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Professor James Adedayo
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Professor Samuel Segun Okoya was born in 1958
at Zaria, Kaduna state. He started his elementary
school in Zaria and completed his primary
education at New Eden Primary School, Ibadan. He
attended Christ's High School, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo
state, before he moved to Ile - Ife, Osun state in 1979
for his university education. He earned B.Sc (First
Class Honours) 1983, M.Sc. (1986) and Ph.D.
(1989) from the Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU). He started his academic career at the
Department of Mathematics, University of Ife
(now OAU) as a Graduate Assistant in 1984 and
rose through the ranks to become a professor of
Mathematicsin 2003.
Prof. Okoya's research interests are reactive complex fluid flow, differential equations,
modelling, qualitative and quantitative analysis. He has several conference papers and working
documents as well as scientific publications in Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, Taylor and Francis,
Pergamon and Hindawiand mostof hisarticlesarewellcited.
Professor Okoya was a recipient of international Fellowships and grants for visits to
institutions in UK, Austria and USA and severally to Italy. Also, twice (1994 in Switzerland and
1998 in Germany) he has been invited to International Congress of Mathematicians to deliver
papers. He was Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Associate (1997 - 2000) to Madras,
India, Regular Associate to Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste,
Italy (2001 - 2006). In fact, he is the first don to occupy the Pastor E. A. Adeboye Endowed
Professorial Chair in Mathematics at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Nigeria (2013 to
date)
Generally very generous with time and ideas, Okoya has supervised several postgraduate
theses (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) who, as a matter of duty, served as the Head of the Department
(HOD) of Mathematics, OAU (2008-2011). In addition, he influenced two international
visitors under the International Mathematical Union to the University during his tenure as
HOD. Also, he instituted a course prize in Mathematics awarded during the OAU's
convocation ceremonies (2013 to date) and he is external examiner to Universities in Nigeria
and Ghana.
As a member of the society from 1985, he has also made profound achievements during his
two terms as the treasurer (2006 - 2011) and currently the Editor - in - Chief of the Journal
(2011todate).
Professor Okoya is married to his ever supportive wife, Dr. (Mrs)Aderonke A. Okoya of the
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies, OAU, Ile - Ife and blessed with three lovely,
supportiveand understandingchildren.
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PROFILE

Professor Micah Okwuchukwu
Osilike holds B.Sc. (1st class
honours) ; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
Mathematics from University of Nigeria,
Nsukka (UNN); and DICTP in
Mathematics from the Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical
Physics(AS-ICTP),Trieste,Italy.
He joined UNN as Lecturer II on
01/11/1991, and rose to Professor of
Mathematicson 01/10/1998.
His main research interest is in Fixed Point
Theory and Applications (FPTA) where
he has made invaluable contributions. He
has proved several novel theorems, lemmas and propositions, and constructed several
incisive examples that are outstanding contributions to the area. He introduced the k-
strictly nonspreading and the asymptotically ?-demicontractive operators among
others. Professor Osilike is certainly one of the leading researchers in FPTA in the
world and undoubtedly the second most prominent one in the whole of Africa. One of
his articles on strictly pseudocontractive mappings of Browder-Petryshyn-type is
described in AMS Mathematical Reviews as a well-researched article which is very
useful and fundamental to research mathematicians. He has over sixty (60) journal
articles in reputable journals with thirty-five in high impact Elsevier and Springer
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journals. In the 3 Edition of the ranking of scientists in Nigeria Institutions
according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles released in October
2015, Professor Osilike was ranked among the top 20 in the whole Nigeria and
among the top 4 in UNN. A member of Editorial Board of Abstract and Applied
Analysis, and Journal of the Nigerian Mathematical Society (JNMS) which is now in
Elsevier ScienceDirect, and former Editor-in-Chief of JNMS, Professor Osilike
coordinatesa formidable research groupin FPTA atUNN.
He has served UNN in several key academic positions—Head of Department of
Mathematics, Associate Dean and Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences etc. He has
supervised several M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. The first position in the UNN Vice-
chancellor's Prize for Ph.D. thesis has been awarded to his candidates in 2001/2002;
2006/2007 and 2012/2013 sessions. In 2012/2013 he also received the UNN Vice-
chancellor's Research Leadership Prize. He has been a great asset to Nigerian
Mathematical Society where he was Assistant Secretary (2000—2006), Vice-President
(2006—2009), Acting Editor-in-Chief (2008), Editor-in-Chief (2009—2011) and
President (2011—2015). He has been regular Associate of the AS-ICTP, Trieste, Italy
for two terms, and he was a member of the University of Nigeria Governing Council
2009—2013, and currently the Director, Academic Planning Unit, UNN. On January
28, 2016, he was elected a Fellow of Nigeria Academy of Science and will be inducted
on May12,2016.
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PROFILE

P
th
rofessor Babangida Sani was born on 17 August, 1961 at
Katsina in Katsina State. He attended S/Kuka Primary
School, Katsina from 1966 to 1972 after which he
proceeded to Kagoro Secondary School 1973 to 1974 and then to
Kaduna Teachers' College from 1974 to 1977 where he obtained
a Grade II Certificate. He was the best mathematics student of the
college in 1977. He later taught at the then Rafindadi Primary
School, Katsina 1977-1978/79, before proceeding to College of
Education, Kafanchan where he finished in 1981 obtaining an
NCE certificate. He was the best mathematics student of the
college in 1981. He did his NYSC at Shelleng and Mubi in the
then Gongola State. He later taught at Government College Katsina 1982-1983, before proceeding to
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to read B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics. He finished in 1986 where he
passed out with first class (Hons). He was retained in the university as a Graduate Assistant in 1986
after briefly teaching at Alhuda-huda College Zaria. As a graduate assistant, he pursued his M.Sc.
Mathematics in the University where he obtained it in 1988. He secured a Federal Government
Scholarship to read at Lancaster University, England in 1990/1991 where he obtained both M.Sc.
and Ph.D. in Operational Research in 1992 and 1996 respectively.
He was on secondment at Kano University of Science and Technology from 2004 to 2008 where he
served as Head of Mathematics Department and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Science
Education. While at that University, he obtained a Commonwealth Fellowship for a Post-Doctoral
research programme at Lancaster University in 2006. He was also elected as Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Academics) in January, 2008.
At Ahmadu Bello University, he was the Departmental Examinations officer from 1996 to 1999 and
from 2001 to 2003. He was the Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator from 1996 to 1998, 1999 to
2001 and 2008 to 2011. He was the Acting Head of Department in 2009 and 2011. He was the
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Head of Department from 2012 to 2016. In 2012, he was the LOC Chairman of the 31 NMS
conference which took place at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and in 2013, the North West Zonal
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Coordinator of the 32 NMS conference which took place at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife.
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Currently, he is the LOC Chairman of the 53 MAN conference which will take place at Ahmadu Bello
University, in August/September, this year.
He served in many committees both at Ahmadu Bello University and at Kano University of Science and
Technology. He also supervised many undergraduate projects, many Masters Dissertations and several
Ph.D. theses. He has to his credit over 40 peer reviewed publications in national and international
journals. He is also an External Examiner at Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto, Bayero University
Kano (Postgraduate), Umar Musa Yar'adua University Katsina, Kano University of Science and
Technlogy, Wudil and SBRS, ABU, Funtua. Also formally that of Polytechnic Kaura - Namoda and NDA
College, Kaduna.
Professor Babangida Sani is married with five children, four males and one female.
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P
th
rofessor ART Solarin was born in Ibadan on the 5 of April, 1954 to the
Solarin ruling family of Sagamu. He had his elementary education at the
Wesley School, Oko, Sagamu and his Secondary Education was at the famous
Mayflower School, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State beween 1966 and 1970. After a year in
Higher School Certificate Class of the Mayflower School he gained admission to the
University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1971 to pursue a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Mathematics which he completed in 1975 with Second Class
(Upper Division). He also bagged his Master Degree and Doctor of Philosophy
Degreesin MathematicsfromthesameUniversityin 1978and 1987respectively.
His working career began after his Youth Service in 1976 with Meteorological
Services of the Federal Ministry of Aviation as a Meteorological Officer. His stay on
this job was very brief as he was offered and accepted the position of Graduate
Assistant in Mathematics by the University of Ife. He completed Masters and
DoctoralDegreefromtheUniversityof Ifein 1978and 1987respectively.
Professor Solarin rose through the ranks of the academic ladder to become a
Professorof Mathematicsin 1997.
Professor Solarin transferred his services to the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
in 1997. In the course of his career in Abeokuta he was Head of Department,
Director of Academic Planning and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. He moved to the
National Mathematical Centre (NMC) in year 2007 to serve as the Co-ordinator of
Mathematics Programme. He has since 2012 been the Director and Chief Executive
of theNMC.
Professor Solarin has successfully supervised eleven (11) Ph.D. Candidates in
Mathematics eight (8) of whom are distinguished Professors in various Universities
in Nigeria and abroad. He has more than fifty articles in high impact journals to his
credit.
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P
th
rofessor Tijjani was born on 6 June,
1963 at Maiduguri in Borno State. He
attended Konduga Primary School from
1968 to 1975 after which he proceeded to
Government Secondary School Gashua , in
present Yobe State, from 1975 to 1980 and then
to University of Maiduguri from 1981 to 1985
where he graduated with first class (honors) in
Mathematics. He was the best student of the
Faculty of Science and awarded the Dean's prize. He did his NYSC at Federal College of
Education Pankshin from 1985 – 1986. In July 1986 he was employed as Graduate
Assistant at the University of Maiduguri. In 1987, he was admitted to the University of Ibadan
to study for his M.Sc. degree in Mathematics where he completed in 1988. He then
proceeded to the University of London (Imperial College) for his Ph.D degree from 1989 to
1994. While at the Imperial College, he was awarded the Committee of Vice Chancellors
and Principals of the University of the United Kingdom Overseas Research Student's Award
from 1990 to 1993.
He was on Secondment to Borno State Government to serve as Commissioner for Basic
Education and Executive Chairman of Borno State Universal Basic Education Board from
2011 to 2014.
At Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, he was the Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator from
2002 to 2005 and Head of Department from 2009 to 2011. From 2010 to 2011 he was
the Deputy Dean of Faculty of Science. He served in many committees at the University. He
supervised many Postgraduate students for their M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertation and theses.
He was the Vice President of the Nigerian Mathematical Society from 2009 to 2013. He
was External Examiner to University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2008, University of Ibadan in
2010, Bayero University Kano in 2010 and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Ogbomosho in 2009.
He is happily married with Children.
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The family of ALHAJI SANI MAISANDA
wishes to felicitate and rejoice
with our amiable Son, Brother and Uncle
Professor Babangida Sani
for the
This honour is recognition of your leadership qualities, commitment and dedication to the
upliftment of your leadership qualities, commitment and dedication to the upliftment of
Mathematics, your profession, and indeed well deserved.
We are confident of your ability to sustain the efforts for which this honour is bestowed on you.
We wish you the best and pray for more honours and successes in your desire to bring happiness
and honour to our family.
The family members are very proud of this achievement and wish you every success in your
future endeavours.
ALHAJI SHEHU SANI
For and on behalf of the family
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award of Fellow of Nigerian Mathemetical
Society (FNMS) by this esteemed Association

CONGRATULATIONS!
To my loving husband and a wonderful father to my children
FIRST OCCUPIER OF PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE ENDOWED PROFESSORIAL CHAIR
IN MATHEMATICS, UNILAG
PROFESSOR SAMUEL SEGUN OKOYA
“FELLOW OF THE NIGERIAN
MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (FMNS)”
a s i oc nc oo fe yh ot un rO
InvestitureInvestitureas a
We pray the Lord Jesus Christ shall continue to move you to higher
grounds in all your endeavours. Amen
With love from
Your Wife DR. (MRS) ADERONKE A. OKOYA &
Children: TIMILEYIN, IFEOLUWA AND FUNMBI OKOYA
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL
OF NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (JNMS)

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CongratulationsCongratulations
We, the entire Doctoral & Masters' Graduates and Students of
LATE PROFESSOR REUBEN
OLAFENWA AYENI (THE AYENITES)
wish to heartily Felicitate with our senior,
PROFESSOR SAMUEL
SEGUN OKOYA
of the Department of Mathematics,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
INVESTITURE AS A FELLOW OF
NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (FNMS)
on the occasion of his
bytheNigerianMathematical Society (NMS).
Professor Okoya, this laudable recognition by the
Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS) testifies to
your commitment, selfless service and contributions
to the Mathematical Sciences, nationally and
internationally.
We pray that God grants you the wisdom and good
health for greater accomplishments.
Best wishes on this important milestone of your life.
Signed:
Dr. Rasaq Oyeyemi Olayiwola (Ph.D. Lautech)
Coordinator (Ayenites)
(First doctoral graduate of Professor Ayeni),
on Wednesday May 4, 2016
First occupier of Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Endowed Professorial Chair,
University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos
(2013 to date)
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a colossus of mathematics
PROFESSOR JACOB
ABIODUN GBADEYAN
Conferment of the
prestigious
ON THE
HONOUR TO HIM,
TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE
We felicitate with
Fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society (FNMS).
No doubt this is in recognition of your
contributions to the development of Mathematics
and Mathematicians in Nigeria and beyond.
We pray the Almighty God to grant you wisdom
and good health to continue to impart on the
academic world.
God bless you sir!
Signed
- Professor Yomi Aiyesimi
- Dr. Israel Abiala
- Dr. Hamzat Afe Isede
- Dr. Usman Mustapha Adewale
- Mr. Olasunbo Olaoluwa Agboola
- Mr. Amos Sesan Idowu
- Prof. (Mrs.) Folake Oyedigba Akinpelu
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Congratulations!!!Congratulations!!!
PROFESSOR JACOB
ABIODUN GBADEYANThe UNILORIN Group of your Post graduate Products
felicitate with you onyour
CONFERMENT OF FELLOW OF
NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
AT THE MINNA NMS CONFERENCE 2016
Our prayer is that the Lord will grant you strength and
good health to continue in your service to humanity through Research.
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Today is a major milestone in the professional life of one of the longest serving and most dedicated members of
the AUST family. It is therefore also a very proud moment for AUST, whose profile will be greatly enhanced by the
stellar achievements of our own very distinguished colleague, senior member and community elder, Professor
th
Charles Ejikeme Chidume. On this day, the 4 of May, 2016 he joins the rarefied ranks of the select few whom
the equivalent of the Hall of Fame in Mathematics, the Nigerian Mathematical Society finds worthy of the
honour and title of Fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society (FNMS).
For those of us who have come to know Professor Chidume well, know that such an honour is well-deserved and
perhaps long overdue. For those who may not know him as well and for the public record, let it be known that
Professor Chidume, apart from his significant contributions to the development of AUST as a Distinguished
Professor who has produced dozens of Ph.D.s in Mathematics and innumerable M.Sc. graduates, he has also
served at various points as Director of the Mathematics Institute, Acting President of the University and currently,
while continuing with oversight for the Mathematics Institute is also Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The work for which he is now being recognised arises directly from his scholarship and mentorship in the field of
Mathematics. The nearly two decades he spent at the internationally renowned International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP), at Trieste in Italy, made him a global superstar in Mathematics. There, he served not
only as a researcher in his own right but also as a program leader, a role in which he set up a new program and
led the team of scholars who came from every corner of the globe. With over 100 articles in top-ranking
journals, he has written on and supervised post-graduate in four major areas of Mathematics - Functional
Analysis; Nonlinear Operator Theory; Non-linear Optimization; and Differential Equations. It is admirable that
a scholar of his stature still also finds time to go to schools in the backwaters of this country, to coach high school
students in Mathematics. The results of those efforts have also been astounding, he has made Mathematicians
out of reluctant school boys and girls, some of whom have pursued it to post-graduate level.
AUST could not be prouder to count such a giant in his field as one of its own. It speaks volumes about the quality
of work to be expected to come out of AUST, especially with the kind of uncompromising insistence on quality
that Professor Chidume is known for. The output of his current students and those who have passed through his
hands is proudly displayed on our website.
We salute you Professor Chidume, and on behalf of all of us at AUST, a very hearty “congratulations”!
African University of Science and Technology (AUST)
CHIDUME INVESTITURE
Knowledge is Freedom
Prof. Kingston Nyamapfene
President: AUST

FELICITATIONS!The entire Akinwande family
wishesto rejoice and felicitate
with our Daddy,
PROFESSOR
NINUOLA IFEOLUWA
AKINWANDEof the Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Technology, Minna
onhis recent electionas
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN
MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (NMS)
and the occasionof his
On Wednesday May 4, 2016
by the NMS.
Investiture as a Fellow of Nigerian
Mathematical Society (FNMS)
We wish you outstanding success as President of
the NMS, many more great accomplishments
and giant strides in all your endeavours.
Hearty cheers daddy.
Mrs. Arinola Akinwande & Children
CONGRATULATIONS
DADDY!!!
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Felicitations!Felicitations!We, the entire postgraduate students of
PROFESSOR NINUOLA IFEOLUWA
AKINWANDE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS,
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA
wish to heartily join other numerous well-wishers in
felicitating with our supervisor and mentor
on his recent election as the
PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN
MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (FNMS)
PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN
Dr. Sirajo Abdulrahman (Ph.D FUTMinna)
Coordinator
Signed:
Congratulations Sir!
We pray that God grants you the wisdom and good health
for greater accomplishments.
and the occasion of his investiture as a
Fellow of Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS)
On Wednesday May 4, 2016 by the NMS.
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FELICITATIONS!
With profound joy, we, the entire postgraduate students of
PROFESSOR KAYODE
RUFUS ADEBOYE
of the Department of Mathematics,
Federal University of Technology, Minna
wish to Heartily
join other numerous well-wishers in felicitating
with our supervisor and mentor
INVESTITURE AS A FELLOW OF
NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL
SOCIETY (FNMS)
on the occasion of his
We pray that God grants you the wisdom and good health for greater accomplishments.
CONGRATULATIONS SIR!
Signed:
Dr. Ahmed Umar Egbako
Rector, State Polytechnic, Zungeru.
Prof. Franklin Ogunfiditimi
Department of
University of Abuja
Mathematics,
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FelicitationFelicitationThe entire staff members of Mathematics Department,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
PROFESSORA.A.TIJANIANDPROFESSORBABANGIDASANI
herebyfelicitatewithourtwovibrantProfessors,
conferring on them Fellow of
Nigerian Mathematical Society (FNMS).
at this occasion of
Both of you surely deserve this honour for your dedication, hard work, thoroughness
and commitment to Mathematics cause. You have both been our Heads of
Department at different times and the developments recorded during your tenures are
of immense importance to the department.
We wholeheartedly congratulate you and pray for you to achieve more successes in
life.
Prof. B. K. Jha
For Head of Department
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We, the entire staff of the Department of Mathematics
and Department of Statistics, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna
wish to heartily felicitate with
Our dear colleagues and Professors, this laudable recognition by the Nigerian Mathematical Society
(NMS) testifies to your commitment and selfless service to our departments and the mathematical
Community within and outside Nigeria.
We pray that God will grant you greater wisdom and good health for higher accomplishment.
Best wishes on this important milestone.
PROFESSSOR KAYODE RUFUS ADEBOYE AND
PROFESSOR NINUOLA IFEOLUWA AKINWANDE
of the Department of Mathematics, FUT, Minna
INVESTITURE AS FELLOW(S) OF NIGERIAN
on the occasion of their
by the Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS).
On Wednesday May 4, 2016
Signed:
Dr. Rasaq Oyeyemi Olayiwola (Ph.D Lautech)
HOD, Mathematics Department
Dr. Isah Audu (Ph.D Ilorin)
HOD, Statistics Department
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.......for this truly deserved FNMS award. You are a gift to your generation. No
wonder the world celebrates you just as we do everyday. May God grant you many
more years of services to NMS, Nigeria and the world at large.
Congratulations
ALHAJI SOKUNBI SHUAIB ADEOLA (GCGI)
Immediate Past Worldwide President
Great Ife Alumni Association
Hearty Congratulations
PROF. A. R. T.
SOLARIN
PROF.
A.U. AFUWAPE
PROF. M. O.
AJETUNMOBI
PROF. J. A.
OGUNTUASE
PROF. S. S.
OKOYA
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TO

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, NIGERIA
th
On their Conferment of Award as Fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society (FNMS) on the 4
of May, 2016. By this honor and award, we are proud of your achievements in the academic and
administrative world in human-capital development.
We pray that this award shall be the harbinger of more honor and recognitions –nationally and
internationally.
CongratulationsandBestwishes.
FELICITATIONS!
FELICITATIONS!!
FELICITATIONS!!!
DR. A. K. OLAPADE
Acting Head,
Department of Mathematics.
Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!
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The staff and students of the Department of Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University
(formerly University of Ife) hereby felicitate with our distinguished alumni
Professor Anthony Uyi Afuwape (Colombia, B.Sc., 1975)
Professor A. R. T. Solarin (NMC, Abuja, B.SC.; 1975)
Professor Oguntuase (FUNAAB, Abeokuta, M.SC. 1992)
Professor M.O. Ajetumobi (LASU, Lagos, B.Sc. 1975)
Professor. S. S. Okoya (OAU, Ile-Ife, B.Sc. 1983)
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PROFESSOR SAMUEL
SEGUN OKOYA
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KOLAWOLE SUNDAY ADEGBIE
DR. & ARCHITECT (MRS.)The Family of
heartily congratulates the erudite Professor of
Mathematics on his investiture as Fellow of Nigerian
Mathematical Society (FNMS) and first occupier of
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Endowed Professorial
Chair of Mathematics at the University of Lagos.
We acknowledge this unique accolade and your
contributions to mathematics community. We wish you
more achievements in life.
We the family of PROF. UFOT ASIBONG IBE
felicitate withour father and husband,
on this great occasion of his
On behalf of the family:
UKO O. ASIBONG IBE, National Population Commission
MAYEN ASIBONG IBE, Akwa Ibom State University
May the Almighty God continue to reward his ingenuity
and hardwork. Amen.
INVESTITURE AS FELLOW OF THE
NIGERIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY.

Complex Fluid flows in different geometries and their solutions;
Nonlinear Functional Analysis with applicants to differential equation and automatic control of dynamical
inclusions;
Parallel computing implementations of some algorithms in applied mathematics;
Turbulent fluid flows in definite geometries and numerical solutions;
ICPT Regional Climate Model;
1st Pastor E. A. Adeboye Endowed Chair Enrichment Training
Workshop in Applied Mathematics, University of Lagos
in collaboration with National Mathematical Centre, Abuja.
Complex Fluid flows and
its Environmental Application
theme:
Date:
Arrival: Sun. 5th June, 2016
Workshop: Mon. 6th - Fri. 10th June, 2016
Departure: Sat. 11th June, 2016
Workshop Fees:
N50,000.00 - Academics/Professionals
N100,000.00 - Corporate
$250/ 150 - International (Prevailing Naira Equivalent)
N20,000.00 - PG Students
Registration
Deadline:
Fri. 13th May, 2016
50%REDUCTION FOR EARLY
BIRDREGISTRATION
(TAC apply)
First come, First Serve
AUDIENCE/ELIGIBILITY:
Applied mathematics, interdisciplinary researches,
statisticians, engineers or researchers in any related
sciences, corporate bodies and government agencies.
Sub-theme:
CONTACTS:
LOC Chairman - Professors S. O. Ajala 08023227229
Arrowhead - Professor S. S. Okoya 08035622581
ACCOUNT DETAILS:
ACCOUNT NAME: E. A. Adeboye Endowed Chair
Enrichment Training Workshop
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
Speakers:
1019335679 (UBA)
Professor Samuel S. Okoya (UNILAG & OAU, Nigeria)
Dr. Najmeh Foroozani (ICTP, Italy)
Dr. (Engr.) Clement Onime (ICTP, Italy)
Dr. Sikiru A. Sanni (UNI-UYO, Nigeria)
Dr. Graziano Giuliani (ICTP, Italy)
OBJECTIVES:
1. Provide adequate foundational principles of
mathematicsandstatistics,
2. Highlight examples after examples on each
principle,
3. Bridgethegapbetweentheoryandpractice,
4. Expound the knowledge base of the candidates
through hands-on of an international reputable
article in the area of specialization of the leading
lecturer,
5. Enrich expertise in modelling, analysis and
numerics
6. B u i l d m a n p o w e r t h r o u g h e a c h
lecturer/assistant mentoring a group of at least
fiveparticipants,
7. Assess the educational development and
performanceofparticipants
Objectives of the training workshop are to:

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