Ondo Town is the second largest town in Ondo State,Nigeria. Ondo Town is the trade center for the surrounding region;commercial crops such as yams,cassava,grain,tobacco and cotton are grown,the latter of which is often used to weave a culturally significant cloth known as Aso Oke fabric,which is commonly used to make clothing amongst the local population. Ondo Town is the largest producer of cocoa products in the region.
Adekunle Ajasin University,Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is located in Akungba Akoko,Ondo State,Nigeria.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife,Osun State,Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria,which was led by Samuel Ladoke Akintola. It was renamed "Obafemi Awolowo University" on 12 May 1987,so by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida led military administration,in honour of Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987),the first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria,who initially thought of the idea of establishing the university.
Chief Ògúnwán̄dé"Wán̄dé" Abím̄bọ́lá is a Nigerian academician,a professor of Yoruba language and literature,and a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ife. He has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chief Abimbola was installed as ÀwísẹAwo Àgbàyé in 1981 by the Ooni of Ife on the recommendation of a conclave of Babalawos of Yorubaland.
Dr. Oba Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo Adenrele Ademefun Kiladejo,or Jilo III,was appointed the 44th Osemawe,or traditional ruler of the Ondo Kingdom in Nigeria on 1 December 2006. He was crowned on 29 December 2008 at a ceremony attended by dignitaries including the Ondo State Governor,Olusegun Agagu,the Ooni of Ife,Oba Okunade Sijuade,and the leader of Afenifere,Chief Reuben Fasoranti.
Gbenga Elegbeleye is a Nigerian sports administrator and a politician. Gbenga Elegbeleye is the Director-General of the National Sports Commission in Nigeria. He was a legislator in the House of Representatives (Nigeria).
Nahzeem Olufemi "Femi" Mimiko is a Nigerian educational administrator and former vice chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University,a state-owned university named after the former governor of Ondo State,Nigeria,Adekunle Ajasin. The university was ranked the best state university in Nigeria by the United States Transparency International Standard (USTIS) in April 2014. Mimiko was the only vice chancellor delegate at the National Conference in Nigeria held in 2014 under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mimiko assumed office in January 2010 and was preceded by Philip Olayede Abiodun. In 2016,he had a stint as African and African-American Studies Associate,at Harvard University,Cambridge,MA,USA.
Micheal Oladimeji Faborode is a Nigerian educational administrator and a professor of Agricultural Engineering. He was vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University from 2006 to 2011.
Idowu Bamitale "Tale" Omole is a Nigerian professor of international relations,educational administrator,and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife,Nigeria.
Cyril Agodi Onwumechili was a Nigerian physicist,academic administrator,and professor of geophysics at the University of Ibadan and later University of Nigeria,Nsukka. He was the fourth Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife from January 1979 to December 1982 and the former President/Vice Chancellor of the Anambra State University of Technology,Enugu,Nigeria,from January 1983 to December 1986. He delivered the Ahiajoku lecture on 20 November 2000. He was the first Nigerian geophysicist and the second president of the Nigerian Academy of Science. He was elected as president of the Academy in 1979 to succeed Professor Victor Adenuga Oyenuga,the first emeritus professor of the University of Ibadan and the first African professor of Agricultural science.
Friday OkonofuaFAS is a Nigerian professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics. He is the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ondo State University of Medical Sciences and founder of Women Health and Action Research Centre,a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Benin City,that focuses on promoting female reproductive research.
Anthony Elujoba is a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy,fondly referred to as the "village chemist" because of his involvement in research into medicinal plants. He was acting vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University,Nigeria. He attended the legendary boys-only St John's Grammar School,ÒkèAtan,Ilódè,Ilé-Ifè.
University of Medical Sciences,Ondo (UNIMED) is a university of medical sciences in Ondo City,Nigeria,owned by the Ondo State Government,established in 2015. It is the third specialized medical university in Africa and Nigeria's first specialized medical university to be accredited by the National Universities Commission.
Joseph Abiodun Balogun,FAS,is a Nigerian-American academic,he is a distinguished professor in the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University,Illinois and emeritus professor of physiotherapy at University of Medical Sciences,Ondo,Nigeria. He served from 1999 to 2013 as Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University (CSU). While at CSU as Dean,Balogun established the HIV/AIDS Research and Policy Institute to address the disproportionate incidence and complex burdens of HIV/AIDS in minority populations.
Olukoya Ogen is a Nigerian Professor of History. He is a Fellow of both the Nigerian Academy of Letters as well as the Historical Society of Nigeria and former Provost of Adeyemi College of Education,Nigeria.
Chukwuemeka Jude Diji born 2 December 1966,a Nigerian,Associate professor of Mechanical engineering and Deputy Vice Chancellor:Research,Innovation,Consultancy and Extension (DVC-RICE) for Kampala International University Uganda. He also served as the head of department Mechanical Engineering for the University of Ibadan Nigeria.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer,entrepreneur,philanthropist and politician who is the current minister of interior of Nigeria. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State from 2019 to 2023.
Adebayo Simeon Bamire is a Nigerian academic and professor of agricultural economics who is the 12th substantial Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife,since 2022. He previously served as deputy vice chancellor academics.
Adebiyi Gregory Daramola was a Nigerian academic and professor of agricultural economics,who served as the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology,Akure from May 2012 to May 2017.
Tola Wewe is a Nigerian artist.
