Nigeria’s First Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose, Dies at 94

Nigeria’s academic community is mourning the passing of Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose, the country’s first Professor of Linguistics and one of Africa’s most respected language scholars, who died on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the age of 94. The distinguished academic reportedly passed away at about 6:45 a.m. at a Christian-owned private hospital in the […]