dayo23: Chai! Chai!chai!.....PROF GABRIEL OYINBO the World best MAthematician...Argument over! A.B.U ZARIA On point.

Jarus:
Gabriel Oyibo is another intellectual fraud like Emegwali. I should be proud of him, attending same secondary school, but hey.

Jarus:
Gabriel Oyibo is another intellectual fraud like Emegwali. I should be proud of him, attending same secondary school, but hey.

Jarus:
Gabriel Oyibo is another intellectual fraud like Emegwali. I should be proud of him, attending same secondary school, but hey.

Mysteriously in 2002, there has appeared a hoax around the internet that Dr. Oyibo is a Nobel Prize Nominee (some of the writers call it the Nobel Peace Prize). THIS IS FALSE (akin to an acquaintance saying I ought to be nominated for the Nobel Prize)... A simple check would be to search whether anyone else has been told they nominated, and nominated in a period so close to the time of discovery of the research.

The previous paragraph was written in 2002. At the time of this writing, it is 2004 and the legend of repeaters of the hoax are growing. As I understand it from the OFAPPIT institute web site, Oyibo is the source. He claims he was nominated because he solved the Unified Field Theorem (http://groups.msn.com/Dr-GabrielOyibosGrandUnifiedFieldTheorem). THIS IS FALSE. Were this fact be true, there would be a hundred American Universities alone who would give him a tenured Full Professor position with no teaching and $200,000 salary. They would seek him out, not the reverse. Otherwise, someone of repute, would steal his work - this also appears not to have occured and is proof that Oyibo's work has not such high value.

anuary 10 2005: A few days ago there was a call for Oyibo to prove his GAGUT Theorem for Nigerian Professors of Mathematics. A few days later he responded with an equivalent of I don't need to prove my work is true, you need to show it is false. The reason for this absurd stature is his claim,"The Nigerian scientist also said a fellow Nigerian mathematician Alexander Animalu, as well as the American Mathematical Society and the European Mathematical Society had carried out extensive reviews on GAGUT without any problem."

Commentary January 12, 2005: I have searched for these so-called reviews, extremely easy to do online if you have a subscription to MathSciNet. The only so-called reviews I have found in Mathematics Reviews or in Zentrablat are autoreviews. These are mere summaries of content, not reviews.

It is not surprising Professor Oyibo has thrown the ball back in the Nigerian scientists court. This is a ploy which only works for the non-mathematics public, but mathematicians will trust him even less. If its costs are reasonable, a real mathematician never turns down an opportunity to prove your work. If the costs are unreasonable, then a real mathematician will say travel/housing expenses are the reason. But all we get is an equivalent of I don't need to prove my work is true, you need to show it is false. He can't defend a vacuum.

Apparently when Brooklyn Polytechnic failed to tenure Dr. Oyibo, he filed a racial discrimination suit. I have been told that, as part of Oyibo's settlement of the suit with Brooklyn Polytechnic, that university was to nominated him for a Nobel Prize; however, I been unable to get an independent verification.

Recently Dr. Oyibo discovered a new hodograph technique for determining exact nonlinear two-dimensional unsteady and three dimensional flow. This discovery has already begun to change a century old scientific and mathematical perception that the hodograph tool was only useful for two-dimensional fluid flow problems. In evolving the Hodograph transformation concept into a practical design tool, Dr. Oyibo has been involved in extensive application of numerical methods and large computer programs utilizing the Cray supercomputer. This Cray experience has convinced Dr. Oyibo that the resulting design tool would potentially be a significant discovery. In fact, some 3-D aerodynamic shapes are now being evolved from this discovery which theoretically promises to make shock free flight at the speed of sound possible. This research is suggesting that the solutions of most mathematical physics equations can be found from group transformation theory, the core of my research. This theory hopefully can be used to solve the full Navier Stokes and Reynolds Averaged equations for turbulence in closed form.

kozykid: Some of the distinguishe alumni from the university of first choice and nations pride (unilag) Wande Abimbola, Yoruba professor
Wale Adenuga, publisher/film producer
Francis Agu, actor
Omowunmi Akinnifesi, public relations
consultant
Bisi Alimi, gay rights activist[4]
Daré Art-Aladé, singer
Adewale Ayuba, singer
Regina Askia, actress former Miss
Unilag
Philip Begho, writer
Stella Damasus, actress
Ufuoma Ejenobor, model/actress
Grace Ekpiwhre, former minister
Chidi and Chika Nwaogu, founders of
LAGbook[5]
Eldee, rapper
Obiageli Ezekwesili, accountant
Kayode Fayemi, current Ekiti governor
Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, actress
Matilda Kerry, doctor
Oliver Mbamara, lawyer
Richard Mofe Damijo, actor
Tony Momoh, lawyer
Genevieve Nnaji, actress
Ramsey Nouah, actor
Chinenye Ochuba, former MBGN Left
before graduation
Bayo Ojo, lawyer
Ikedi Ohakim, former Imo governor
Afolabi Olabimtan, writer
Dele Olojede, journalist
Simbo Olorunfemi, writer/television
producer
Mike Omoighe, artist
Helen Ovbiagele, writer
Joke Silva, actress
Ganiyu Solomon, politician
Farida Mzamber Waziri, EFCC chairman
Kunlé Adeyem

Unkl':
Most alumni of ABU are politicians and any Tom, Dick and Harry can fall into that class in Nigeria, we are talking about people who hv distinguished themselves in their field of specialization and are recognized across the world for the values they hv added to learning, compare the list of UNN and ABU and u'll understand what I'm saying. As for smbody claiming that UI is a first generation I make bold to say that UNN is the first recognised University in Nigeria, UI was a university college and was subsequently giving the status of a full flegded university.

olusogo: It is amazing to see a list comprising alumni of University of Ibadan being claimed by enthusiasts of other universities. Professor Ango Abdullahi was alumnus of U.I. He was honored by the NAAS, University of Ibadan branch in 2003 at their Maiden Alumni Lecture delivered by Emeritus Professor Adenuga Oyenuga(rtd). He graduated in 1965.

The fact is that you can not beat the reach. University of Ibadan stands out when you are writing history of who is who in Nigeria. The Premier University is equal to the rest.

Masoro:
I think I need to school you a little.. Alumnus simply means a former graduate, student,member or employee of a school, colledge or university. Professor ango Abdullahi was ofcourse a graduate of UI. However he obtained his professorship from ABU andsubsequently became a Vice chancellor.

CHESSBOARD:

Is NDA a University

BTW, why all the Alumni from ABU are all Politicians and are mostly from The north unlike UNN and Unlag that has both Yorubas and IGBOs.

Afam4eva:
The fact that you has three universities in the west as at time does not mean the SW liked education more than other regions. It was just a case of circumstance that led to the citing of these schools in those locations. University of Ibadan for instance was established by the British and it was cited in Ibadan. it could have been cited anywhere else. The establishment of another Federal university, Unilag is as a result of the location. A city like Lagos cannot be left without a federal university because it's a melting point of Nigerians from every nook and cranny. So, that leaved University of Ife(OAU) as the true university of the SW just like UNN is to the east and ABU is to the North.