Renowned academic and Guardian editorial board chairman
Professor Adebowale Omole is dead .
Omole ,former Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife died in the early hours of Wednesday, November 11, 2026, according to family sources.
His death brings to an end the life of a distinguished academic, university administrator and public intellectual whose career spanned academia, journalism and public affairs.
He served as Vice-Chancellor of OAU, then known as the University of Ife, from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first alumnus of the institution to rise to the position.