Professor Oladele Orimoogunje, Director of the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has sadly passed away.
The university administration, in an official statement on its website, announced that Oladele passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, August 22nd.
The statement reads: “The University of Lagos (UNILAG) announces the passage of Professor Oladele Caleb Orimoogunje of the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies (LAAS), Faculty of Arts.
“Prof. Orimoogunje died in the early hours of Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. He was, until his death, the Director of the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), UNILAG.
On behalf of the entire University of Lagos community, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, commiserates with the Orimoogunje family and prays for the repose of the soul of Prof. Oladele Caleb Orimoogunje.”
Earlier, Prof. Ogunsola had given his approval for Orimogunje to continue serving as the director of the ICE.
The appointment is reported to be in effect from May 1, 2023, until April 30, 2025.