Nigerian National Anthem Co-author, Babatunde Ogunnaike Dies

Nigeria’s National Anthem co-author, Prof. Babatunde Ogunnaike has been reported dead.

The Chemical Engineer and statistician died at age of 65, Naija News understands.

The Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State-born was one of five citizens whose words and phrases were combined to form the nation’s anthem.

The others were: John A. Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, Sota Omoigui, and P.O. Aderibigbe.

Ogunnaike’s demise was confirmed to newsmen on Tuesday by notable Nigerian educationist and publisher, Gbenro Adegbola.

Naija News understands that the deceased before his death made reputable publications not limited to;

• Radhakrishnan, D.; Robinson, A.S.; Ogunnaike, B.A. (2018) Controlling the Glycosylation Profile in mAbs Using Time-Dependent Media Supplementation. Antibodies, 7, 1.
• Birtwistle, M.R., Rauch, J., Kiyatkin, A. et al. (2012). Emergence of bimodal cell population responses from the interplay between analog single-cell signaling and protein expression noise. BMC Syst Biol 6, 109.
• Ogunnaike, Babatunde A. (2009). Random phenomena : fundamentals of probability and statistics for engineers. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-14200-449-73.
  Doyle, F. J.; Pearson, R. K.; Ogunnaike, B. A. (2002). Identification and control using Volterra models. London: Springer. ISBN 978-1852-331-498.
• Ogunnaike, Babatunde A.; Ray, W. Harmon (1994). Process dynamics, modeling and control. New York [u.a.]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509119-9.