Education[edit]

Yemi attended Corona School for his primary school education. Between 1969- 1975, he attended Igbobi College Yaba where he won the following prizes- the winner of the State Merit Award 1971; the School Prize for English Oratory, 1972; Adeoba Prize for English Oratory 1972-1975; Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC) – 1973, School Prize for Literature (HSC), 1975; African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker’s Prize, 1974.

Between 1975-1978, he proceeded to the University of Lagos where we was awarded an LLB. In obtaining a Second Class Upper Degree, he received the Graham-Douglas Prize for Commercial Law. In 1979, he undertook the mandatory one year professional training at the Nigerian Law School prior to being admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor of Nigeria's Supreme Court. In 1980, he attended the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he obtained a Master of Laws

simpleseyi:


Wole Soyinka has no MSc, he is a African most celebrated Professor. Go and use google, I am not here to lecture you.

simpleseyi:

he is a African most celebrated Professor. .

He (Yemi) became a Professor of Law in 1990 at the age of 33

Francis5:


Yes, I know that both Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe do not have PhD degrees. But that was many years ago when Nigeria was undeveloped and when anything goes. Moreover, that was in Literature studies, not a relatively more intellectually tasking discipline such as Law. In contrast, Yemi is a much younger person compared to Wole and Achebe, and all his peers who are professors have PhDs. Can you mention any Nigerian professor of Yemi's age without a PhD?

MSc 1980-1982
Professor 1990

Johnnyessence:
he obtained his PhD in unilag hmmmmmmm

Francis5:
Osinbajo, please tell us how you became a professor

simpleseyi:



Do you want to see Osinbajo WAEC statement of result also? Don't start what you cannot end ooo. Remember that Namadi Samboribodo does not have BSc and MSc result also, what he included in the INEC form is a sworn affidavit that fire don burn the certificates.

emmasege:
I hope it's not true that he lacks a PhD. Notwithstanding, a very distinguished scholar in the class of Soyinka & Achebe needs not have a PhD to be ranked a professor. But Yemi obviously falls below the class. This is why some European scholars use Prof (Dr) as their title. PhD is prestigous & earned. You can hardly be stripped of PhD which is recognized anywhere in the world irrespective of where it is obtained. A Prof in LAUTECH may not rank more than a senior lecturer in UI/OAU, but he can't be stripped of his PhD.
@OP, a professor with no PhD is not qualified to supervise/examine a PhD candidate in an ideal situation and I doubt if Wole Soyinka ever supervised a PhD student.

ARKdiscloser7:
After I had an encounter with one professor Oyedekun at Ibadan few years ago, my respect for professors especially those from the south west diminished.
Its like they share professorship with reckless abandon ( just to prove a point)

my respect for NIGERIAN professors especially those from the south west diminished.

simpleseyi:
Another fool just escaped from the gate of hell when our pastor opened the gate with the key he holds.

Wole Soyinka has no MSc, he is a African most celebrated Professor. Go and use google, I am not here to lecture you.

Xwaggzdude:
no mind the fool

Francis5:


Yes, I know that both Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe do not have PhD degrees. But that was many years ago when Nigeria was undeveloped and when anything goes. Moreover, that was in Literature studies, not a relatively more intellectually tasking discipline such as Law. In contrast, Yemi is a much younger person compared to Wole and Achebe, and all his peers who are professors have PhDs. Can you mention any Nigerian professor of Yemi's age without a PhD?

simpleseyi:
Another fool just escaped from the gate of hell when our pastor opened the gate with the key he holds.

Wole Soyinka has no MSc, he is a African most celebrated Professor. Go and use google, I am not here to lecture you.

Francis5:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemi_Osinbajo#Education

manny4life:
Honestly, please you people should quit this. There are more pressing issues plaguing our economy, as well as other problems. Whether a professor at UNILAG or not, this isn't a core issue.

ntyce:


Did Oshinbajo put the info on Wikipedia?
has Unilag denounced or renounced his PhD?

However, I think he had his Doctorate at LASU - not so sure though.

His tertiary education was at the University of Lagos and the London School of Economics where he obtained the LLB and LLM degrees respectively. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/meet-buharis-running-mate-prof-yemi-Osinbajo/#sthash.r21NZ2YK.dpuf