Nigeria, March 6 -- The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, has been thrown into mourning following the death of Jimoh Famakinwa, a professor in the Department of Philosophy.

According to a release by the university's Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, Mr Famakinwa started breathing abnormally during a departmental meeting on Wednesday.

Concerned colleagues quickly intervened and rushed him to the university's medical centre for urgent medical attention.

"Upon prompt medical examination by the team of Doctors on duty, he was referred to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), also in Ile - Ife, where he was pronounced dead," Mr Olarewaju said.

The news of Mr Famakinwa's passing ha...