As Professor Babajide Owoeye marks his 70th birthday, his life offers a remarkable story of scholarship, vision, and institution-building in Nigeria’s educational landscape. Renowned as

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Picture this: You’ve just graduated from Florida International University with a Master’s degree in Hospitality Management. Multiple lucrative job offers await you in America. Instead,

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