Amongst the 55 faculty members who were recently
promoted at Covenant University are notably two of Nigeria’s
distinguished academics and certainly some of the youngest professors
ever named in the Nigerian Academic Community.
Roland Tolulope Loto
is a Graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo(BSc),
University of Lagos(MSc) and Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria,
South Africa(PhD).
Roland Tolulope Loto served as a
distinguished Faculty Member in Tshwane University of Technology where
he received numerous awards on his top notch research work in Corrosion
Engineering. He left the Tshwane University of Technology in South
Africa to join his father, Cleophas Loto as faculty member in Covenant
University who is ranked one of the most cited Researchers in the world
in Corrosion Engineering. In 2016, Roland Loto was ranked one of the
highest published and cited researcher on Elsevier.
Evans Osarobuohien
Evans
is a Graduate of Ambrose Alli University, Edo(BSc), Lund University,
Lund Sweden where he studied Advanced Mathematical Statistics and
Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria where he had his Doctorate degree in
Economics.He coordinates the collaboration between Covenant University,
Nigeria and German Development Institute, Bonn as well as the
cooperation between Covenant University, Nigeria and United Nations
Conference on Trade & Development Virtual Institute (UNCTAD Vi),
Geneva. He has executed research consultancy services for international
organizations such as: UNCTAD Vi; The Centre for Economic and Policy
Research (CEPR); African Economic Research Consortium (AERC); Economic
Community for West African States (ECOWAS); Trade Policy Training Centre
in Africa (TRAPCA), among others. He has research interest in
Institutional, International and Development Economics where he has
published over 60 scholarly articles and presented research findings in
international conferences/workshops in five continents of the world.
Ada Peter
A graduate of Covenant University (BSc, MSc, PhD)
She
was an A.Professor of Media and International Security at Covenant
University, Ota, Nigeria. She explores the processes of terrorism,
violent extremism and conflicts to help governments curb terrorist acts
and violent extremists and conflicts in her region. Also, as a lead
researcher of investigations on online communication and social change
in developing nations, she uses machine learning algorithms to analyze
online Big Data that could predict acts of terror and armed conflicts in
countries in Africa. Dr. Peter received a SUSI Scholar award on U.S.
National Security and Foreign Policymaking from the US Department of
State. She is also a received a Brown University International Advanced
Research Institutes (BIARI) award and the African Guest Researcher
Scholarship Award at the Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden. She
was invited to contribute to a United Nations University of Peace book
project on governance and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Peter has
also had engaging discussions on the dynamics of terrorism and national
security with security experts at the U.S Department of State, Princeton
University, Columbia University, the U.S Army War College, U.S.
Military Academy, World Affairs Council, CATO Institute, CSIS and
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is a graduate of
Nigeria’s leading Private University, Covenant University.