The Governing Council of Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, at its 78th meeting on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, approved the elevation of 45 people among the institution’s academic staff to ‘professorial cadre’.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by Professor Saeedat B. Aliyu, who is the Ag. Director, University Relations, noted that 20 among them are now ‘full professors’ while 25 others are ‘Associate Professors’.
Among the new professors are Saeedat B. Aliyu, Tajudeen Yusuf and Kayode Ayantoye.
‘The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences produced Professor Henry Olawale Sawyerr with specialization in Environmental Health Toxicology and Risk Management while the Faculty of Agriculture produced 3 professors: Professor Olayinka Jelil Yusuf with specialization in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology; Professor Kayode Ayantoye with specialization in Agricultural Development and Policy; and Professor Isaac Ade Afe, a specialist in Agronomy.
In the Faculty of Arts, there are 4 new professors; Professor Tajudeen Yusuf with specialization in Arabic Linguistics; Professor Saeedat Bolajoko Aliyu with specialization in Environment and Gender in African Studies; Professor Reuben Kehinde Akano with specialization in African Literature and Cultural Studies; and Professor Ayoola Oladunke Aransi with specialisation in Yoruba Literature, Cultural and Gender Studies.
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology has produced 6 new professors. Professor Sikiru Ottan Abdulrahman, a specialist in Materials Development, Mining Operations, Machineries, Corrosion Phenomena; Professor Kabiru Mustapha, a specialist in Sustainable Composite Materials Development and Characterization for Multifunction Engineering Applications; Professor Fadeyibi Adeshina, Post-Harvest Technology and Food Engineering; Professor Adeniyi Ganiyu Adeogun specialist in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; Professor Samson Odeyemi, a specialist in Structural and Materials Engineering; and Professor Lambe Mutalub Adesina, specialist in Electrical Power Systems, Control and Renewable Energy.
In the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Professor Shehu Usman Adam, an Environmental Economics specialist and Professor Zekeri Abu, an Entrepreneurial Marketing and International Business specialist were elevated.
4 professors emerged from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences. They are Professor Adeyinka Elizabeth Ajiboye and Professor Majekodunmi Rachael Adedayo, both of them specialists in Food/Industrial Microbiology; Professor Lukman Bola Abdulrauf, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry; and Professor Jimoh Ajadi, a specialist in Mineral Exploration/Geochemistry.
The new Associate Professors are Dr. Wasiu Awoyale (Food Processing and Storage Technology) , Faculty of Agriculture, while there are Dr. Hakeem Olawale (Yoruba Literature and Cultural Studies); Dr. Michael Olanrewaju Agboola (Drama: Theory and Criticism); Dr. Bamidele Olusegun Fawenu (Old Testament Interpretation and Eco-theology); Dr. Adesina Abiodun Olubitan (African Christian Theology and Interaction of Religions); and Dr. Peter Olanrewaju Awojobi (Biblical Studies, Christian Theology and African Christianity) from the Faculty of Arts.
From the Faculty of Education are Dr. Adedayo Adesokan (Learning Disability) and Dr. Joshua Sule Mamman (Accounting Education).
Dr. Morakinyo Wasiu Kareem (Renewable Energy/ Fluid Engineering) and Dr. Mutiu Akinpelu (Structural and Materials Engineering) were elevated to Associate professorship in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Jumoke Falilat Ajao (Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence); Dr. Abdulsalam Olaniyi Sulaiman (Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence), and Dr. Akinbowale Nathaniel Babatunde (Artificial Intelligence and Information Security) are the newly promoted Associate Professors in the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology.
From the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, the new Associate Professors are Dr. Nurudeen Bello Ahmed (General Management), Dr. Ismaila Yusuf (Human Resource Management, General Management and Entrepreneurship), Dr. Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf (Corporate Finance and Development Finance), Dr. Ahmed Oluwatobi Adekunle (Energy Finance and International Finance), and Dr. Musa Ilias Biala (Environment, Energy and Behavioural Economics), while the newly promoted Associate professors at the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences are Dr. Damilola Temitope Ogundele (Analytical/Environmental Chemistry), Dr. Wahab Adesina Osunniran (Inorganic- Bio-inorganic Chemistry), Dr. Gabriel Babatunde Egbeyale (Numerical Analysis), and Dr. Risqot Ibrahim-Garba (Algebra (Transformation of Semigroup and its Applications)’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
