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The First Nigerian Professor of Computer Science, Professor Olu Longe, is dead at the age of 88 years after a brief illness.

Professor Olumide Babatope Longe died on Monday evening in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

He is a citizen of Ekiti State, precisely Ikere Ekiti, headquarter of Ikere local government area.

Professor Longe was born on March 20, 1932 at his country home, Ikere Ekiti.

He attended St. Luke’s primary school (now Holy Trinity Primary school) in Ikere Ekiti between 1938 to 1946.

The renowned Professor of Computer Science attended Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti for his Secondary school education between 1947 to 1951.

He later proceeded to the University of Ibadan, Oyo State for his first degree between 1954 to 1959. READ FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE

lackren:
The First Nigerian Professor of Computer Science, Professor Olu Longe, is dead at the age of 88 years after a brief illness.

Professor Olumide Babatope Longe died on Monday evening in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

He is a citizen of Ekiti State, precisely Ikere Ekiti, headquarter of Ikere local government area.

Professor Longe was born on March 20, 1932 at his country home, Ikere Ekiti.

He attended St. Luke’s primary school (now Holy Trinity Primary school) in Ikere Ekiti between 1938 to 1946.

The renowned Professor of Computer Science attended Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti for his Secondary school education between 1947 to 1951.

He later proceeded to the University of Ibadan, Oyo State for his first degree between 1954 to 1959. READ FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE

RIP

nah all these kind people deserve RIP not some foolish politicians

Are you sure he was a professor Was there computer in the 1920s

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What a huge loss of gemstone to the black race of Africa!

This genius of a man contributed to the body of knowledge on human kind, than all the Nigerian yeyebrities combined. He researched and proved beyond doubt that the binary system of the ancient Ifa corpus system is the basis of what computers are codified with.

RiP great man.

BlackfireX:
Are you sure he was a professor Was there computer in the 1920s

Charles Babbage invented the first but crude form of computer in 1830, which was but build in 2002! This man single handedly proved that the binary system by which device computes their complex calculation in the CPU is basically in correlation with how the Ifa divination system works.

We lost a great man on Monday...

On Monday we lost Professor Olú Lóngẹ́, Nigeria’s first professor of computer science. He joined the ancestors in the great beyond at 88 after a brief illness.

He was a great scientist who explored the relationship between Ifá and computer science. In his inaugural lecture in 1983, he posited:

"Ògòdò òwú s'òkè odò, ó p'ayín kekekeke s'ólóko.
A dífá fún alántàakùn,
Ọmọ a ṣ'ohun gbogbo bí idán bi idán.
Ifá bi idán bi idán, ni yio ṣ'ere temi fúnmi.
Ògòdò òwú s'òkè odò, ó p'ayín kekekeke s'ólóko".

“Open cotton buds, on the other side of the stream, smiling invitingly to the farmer”
Divined for the Spider - the offspring of those who do all things in a wonderful way.
Ifa, in your wonderful way, bring all good things to me.
“Open cotton buds, on the other side of the stream, smiling invitingly to the farmer”.

In his words:“Ifá divination system is like a spider’s web, artistically crafted. It is very attractive, like lily-white cotton, beckoning, on the other side of the stream to the farmer

However, even though the system is so attractive, it is also complex and puzzling. Thus to the casual observer, it is like magic.
An enquirer has to think hard to get at the meaning just as the farmer has to cross the stream to reap the cotton buds.” [macof]

RIP Professor.

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BlackfireX:
Are you sure he was a professor Was there computer in the 1920s

Professor of Typewriter

Great genus! He must have tutored many younger great minds.Rest on sir.God bless your contributions to the progress of humanity.