BREAKING: LAUTECH world renowned professor dies.||InsideOgbomosonews

Admin -

A world renowned professor at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Abass Olajire, slumped and died on Friday during jumaat prayer.

Sources at the university confirmed to InsideOgbomosonews that the Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry died while observing Juma’at prayer on Friday, at Ansarudeen Central mosque along stadium road Ogbomoso.

Family sources said the late scholar would be buried in Ibadan on Saturday, according to Islamic rites.

The 59 years old professor was recently listed among the top scholars in the world, according to a ranking released by Elsevier B. V (Netherlands) and a team of researchers led by Prof. John P.A. loannidis from Stanford University, United States.

He was ranked 128th of 66,925 of the top world scientists in the world in March 2021.

The late Professor Abass who is known for this popular chemistry textbook called Big Abass & Small Abass,was rated as number three on the list of ten top world class scientists in Nigeria, his profile also prove that he rose to become a Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry in the Lautech university in 2004. 


Abass Olajire who became Professor at 42, is a professor of international and national repute, he also remains the foremost LAUTECH Professor with the highest number of publications and citations from Scopus and Google 
scholar databases. 

He is a seasoned scholar with over 100 scientific publications in internationally recognized journals, with 3965 citations and an h-index of 28. He was at the topmost position on the list of the topmost 100 Scientists in Nigeria from the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) in 
2015. 
He had his professional training as an Environmental Chemistry specialist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Department of Chemical Ecotoxicology, Leipzig, Germany in 2003, sponsored by the prestigious German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He has supervised many Master and PhD theses/ dissertations and he has served as a Postgraduate and an Undergraduate external examiner to numerous universities, nationally and internationally and such as Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India,Federal University of Technology Akure, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile- Ife, Afe 
Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and at the College of Science and Technology among others.

LAUTECH’s Public Relations Officer, Lekan Fadeyi, also confirmed the professor’s death to our correspondence.

-InsideogbomosoNews 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SAD: Bride slumps on her wedding day in Ogbomoso

Admin -
Image
Tragedy as bride slumps on wedding day in Ogbomoso  In Ogbomoso, Oyo state, tragedy struck over the weekend when a bride passed away the morning after the day her wedding was scheduled to take place. It is one of the tragic tales that emphasises the enigmatic nature of life. Our correspondence gathered that the groom, Abiodun Oluwadamilare and Rebecca Oyedotun, who was the bride but never became a wife, set Saturday, August 19th 2023, as the day for their wedding. The groom, who is from Abeokuta in Ogun State, had arrived in Ogbomoso with his family and friends by Thursday, August 17, as preparations were well under way. The late Rebecca had been in Ogbomoso since Monday. A deceased sister-in-law revealed to our correspondence at their residence in Caretaker area on Wednesday in the presence of the deceased’s father, Evangelist Moses Oyedotun, that “everything was set by Friday, the cows had been slaughtered and the meat fried, every necessary preparation had been made, the
Read more

SOUN: Committee Reels Out 6-Day Coronation Activities, Créme de la Créme to Storm Ogbomoso, 14th-19th December

Admin -
Image
The final programme outline for the official coronation ceremony of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, has been released. This was made known Tuesday (exactly two weeks to the grand finale in which the staff of office will be presented by the Oyo state governor Engr Seyi Makinde), during a World Press Conference at Ogbomoso Recreation Club, addressed by the chairman, central coronation planning committee, Professor Adeshola Adepoju, assisted by co-chairman, Air Vice Marshal Bolaji Adigun (rtd.) Who is the Akogun of Ogbomosoland and General Secretary, Rear Admiral Jacob Ajani (rtd.). An highlight of the programme to be held between December 14 and 19, is ministration by the revered Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), where Oba Ghandi Olaoye is formerly a pastor in the United States of America. Pastor Adeboye will be ministering on Sunday December 17 during the Coronation interdenominat
Read more

Fire Accident Claims Lives of LAUTECH Final Year Students on Excursion

Admin -
Image
In a devastating incident, a yet-to-be confirmed number of 500-level Accounting students from Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, lost their lives in a fatal accident while returning from an excursion to Erin-Ijesa Waterfall in Osun State. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening, September 27, as the students were making their way back from the excursion. The ill-fated bus carrying the students was involved in an accident that resulted in a fire outbreak along the Ilobu-Okinni-Osogbo road in Osun State. The details surrounding the accident remain unclear at this time, leaving the university community and the affected families in a state of shock and grief. Lekan Fadeyin, the Public Relations Officer of LAUTECH, confirmed the tragic incident, expressing his deep condolences to the families of the victims. While he acknowledged the loss of lives, Fadeyin stated that he was still awaiting further information regarding the exact number of casualties and the iden
Read more