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- ItemOpen AccessIt is well with the Nigerian child?(Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2005-01-11) Gabriel Ademola OyedejiThe bible students in this audience will easily recognize that many of the words of the topic of my lecture have been borrowed from the prophet Elisha who when sitting on mount Carmel, sighted a Shunamite woman afar off and sent his servant to ask the woman the triple headed question in Kings 4: 26.
- ItemOpen AccessLanguage, mirror, weapon and shield(Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2006-02-14) Yisa, Kehinde YusufIn my academic odyssey, i have savored the sweetness of intellectual honey and borne the pains of quite a few intellectual stings. After all, as the English saying goes, "No pains, no gains: no sweat. no sweet" (Mieder et al 1992:447)
- ItemOpen AccessRevolutionizing Nigerian Agriculture With The Golden Seed(Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2001-10-09) M.A.B. FakoredeMr. Vice-Chancellor Sir, Distinguished Guests, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is the first inaugural lecture this 2001/2002 session. It is the first inaugural lecture in the area of plant breeding in the department of plant science of this university. It is the first inaugural lecture to be given from my family. And the first inaugural lecture to be chaired by our present Vice-Chancellor since his appointment as the substantive Vice-Chancellor of this great university
- ItemOpen AccessArise and walk; Upright in stance, forthright in swing.(Obafemi Awolowo University Press., 2008-10-14) L.M OginniMr. Vice-Chancellor Sir, it gives me great pleasure to deliver this inaugural lecture, the first ever from the department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Obafemi Awolowo University even as the department attains the age of 25 years. I commend the founding fathers of the department and Dr. Z. O. Alabi, both of blessed memory, for their passionate commitment to the specialty of Orthopedics all their life. I also praise all members of staff that have passed through the department and those currently on ground for all their contributions to the upliftment and sustenance of the department.
- ItemOpen AccessTHE ODYSSEY OF A HISTORIAN OF THE POLICE(Obafemi Awolowo University Press., 2022-04-12) ROTIMI, Emmanuel OlukemiMany Nigerians think of "policing" as a body of men (and/or women) constituted by a political authority to enforce laws made by the governing elite came with colonial rule. No. A major thrust of my academic research into the subject is to show that prior to colonial rule, centralized state systems in Nigeria had had bodies of men, located in the palaces of paramount rulers, who did the duty of enforcing laws, apprehending criminals, and bringing violators to justice.