Afe Babalola, CON, OFR, SAN  is a Nigerian Lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University

NAME: Afe Babalola

DATE OF BIRTH: 1929

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CHILDREN: Bolanle Austen-Peters and Michael Opeyemi Babalola.

OCCUPATION: Lawyer Farmer Educationist Educational administrator

EDUCATION: He attended Emmanuel Primary School, Ado Ekiti. He later enrolled for the Senior Cambridge School Certificate examination by private study from Wolsey Hall, Oxford. He later obtained the A’Level certificate of London University before he proceeded to London School of Economics where he received a bachelor’s degree in Economics.

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Afe Babalola began his career at Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, western Nigeria as a litigation lawyer Olu Ayoola and Co, law firm. In 1965, after two years of legal practice, he established his own law firm, Afe Babalola and Co. (Emmanuel Chambers). In 1987, he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, the highest rank in Legal profession in Nigeria. In 2001, he was appointed, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria. He held the position till 2008 during which he emerged as best Pro-Chancellor of Nigerian Universities consecutively in 2005 and 2006. In 2009, he established Afe Babalola University to promote education in Nigeria and the university’s College of law has at different times rated best in Nigeria. In 2013, the university was ranked the second best private university in Nigeria and 17 of 136 universities in Nigeria

HONORS AND AWARDS: CON OFR SAN