Bachelor of Science & Master of Science in Microbiology from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical Microbiology, from Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. Received Graduate Student Teaching Award of Walter Sisulu University in 2009. Overseas Studies Program: 1 semester at Tohoku University, Japan, focus on Bioactive compound and cytotoxicity assays of medicinal plants. Received Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria Postgraduate National Merit Scholarship, 1997, 2001 and Marquis Who’s Who in medicine award 2011/2012.