B.A, M.A, Ph.D, historian, administrator, born July 2, 1936, Abeokuta, Ogun State; married Megan Rose Clayton 1963, one son, one daughter; Education: Yaba Methodist; School, Lagos, 1945-47, Olowogbowo Methodist School, 1948-49, Methodist Boys' HighSchool, Lagos, 1949-54, NigerianCollege of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, 1955-57, University College, Ibadan, 1957-60, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1960-61, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1961-64; Lecturer in Commonwealth History, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1964-66; Lecturer, Department of History, University of Lagos, 1966-73; Senior Lecturer, Unilag, 1973; Associate Professor, 1973-76; appointed Professr of History and Head, Department of History, University of Lagos, 1976-79; Director of Studies, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1979-82; Visiting Professor, University of Ibadan, 1982-83; Director, Correspondence and Open Studies Institute, University of Lagos, 1983-84; appointed Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, since April 13, 1984; member, Nigerian Museum Society; fellow, Historical Society of Nigeria, 1986; fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society; member, African Association of Public Administraton and Management; Con sultant and Member, African Association of Political Science, Vice-President, West AfricanChapter;Traditional-Title:Asiwaju of Iporo, Abeokuta; National Honours: Confer red with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 1983; Publications: TheSecond World War and Politics in Nigeria, 1939-53, (Lagos, Evans/University of Lagos, 1973); The Evolu tion of the Nigerian Civil Service: The pro blems ofNigerianization, 1861-1960, (Univer sity of Lagos Press, 1975); A Hundred Years of the Methodist Boys' High School, co author, (Lagos, Academy Press, 1978); The West African Students Union and the Politics of Decolonization, 1925-58, (Daystar Press, 1982); Studies in YorubaHistoryand Culture, editor, (Ibadan, University Press Limited, 1983);Fifty Years of the National Bank (National Bank Press, 1983); Nigeria's External Relations: The First Twenty-Five Years, coeditor, (Ibadan, University Press Limited, 1986); Hobbies: reading, writing, music, drama, walking, table tennis; Official Address: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 13/15 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, GPO Box 1727, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 614309; Home: 33 Queen's Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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