Prof (Maj. Gen.) Obashina Ogunbiyi

Major General (Professor) Obashina Ogunbiyi, mni (Rtd.) was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in November, 1959 and he is the second child and cherished son of Chief Samson Oyun Ogunbiyi and Mrs. Jehosabeth Ajike Ogunbiyi, both of blessed memory.

He hails from the renowned Ogunbiyi Royal Family of Oke-Olola Compound of Odo-Eku, Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State.  He attended the esteemed Methodist Boys’ High School, Lagos for his Secondary school education and the premier University of Ibadan, where he graduated with the degree of MB.BS in June 1982.He is the first Major General in the Nigerian Army that hails from Isinland.  He is also the first Major General who has also attained the prestigious academic position of a “Professor” in the Armed Forces of Nigeria, serving or retired, till date.

Maj. Gen. Obashina Ogunbiyi, mni, is an internationally respected Professor of Anaesthesia, Intensivist, Physician-Leader, and Medical Educator whose career spans clinical excellence, academic scholarship, healthcare leadership, and military medicine. Recognised with a biographical citation in the Millennium Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare in the World (2000). He has made significant contributions to anaesthesia, intensive care, perioperative medicine, patient safety, military medicine and health systems development across Africa. He is the first Black African to be elected into the Council of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care (WFICC: 2017-2021) in 2017, at Rio de Janiero, Brazil, in the 40 years history of the world body.

A retired Major General and former Corps Commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, Professor Shina Ogunbiyi, mni is an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. He has consistently provided strategic leadership in clinical governance, specialist training, and healthcare capacity building. He has held senior academic appointments, established and strengthened departments of anaesthesia, mentored generations of specialists, and continues to champion excellence in postgraduate medical education and critical care services.

An accomplished international Speaker and global health advocate, Professor Ogunbiyi, mni has travelled to 44 countries across five continents, gaining rich insights into diverse healthcare systems and cultures. His presentations are distinguished by intellectual depth, practical relevance, and a compelling vision for strengthening healthcare delivery, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Prof Obashina Ogunbiyi, mni, as part of encouraging scholarship and capacity building among Nigerian medical postgraduate residents, in 2022, endowed a prize for the best Part II Final Dissertation in Critical Care Medicine in the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Fellowship Examination. To celebrate and honour Prof Obashina Ogunbiyi for his commitment and service to the global and national critical care space, the Intensive and Critical Care Society of Nigeria (I-CCSN) instituted, in perpetuity, the “Prof Obashina Ogunbiyi, mni Annual Lecture” Series, the maiden edition was held in July 2026, at Abuja, Nigeria.

Widely respected for his integrity, humility, and commitment to service, Professor Ogunbiyi, mni is also a “grassroots ” son of Isinland. As an illustrious son of Late Chief Samson Oyun Ogunbiyi, a valiant community leader, who delivered his Isinland people from the extortionist hands of the “Ajia” of Ilorin Emirate, Major General Shina Ogunbiyi, mni, is also a community leader in his own rights. He facilitated the introduction of the MTN telephony system of communication to his Odo-Eku Community in 2006 and he has been a consistent financial supporter of different community projects both in Odo-Eku and Isinland. He has also facilitated the enlistment of qualified candidates into the Nigerian Armed Forces and in some cases the Nigerian Police, while inspiring others through his unique ability to integrate his network and net-worth with his strategic leadership and global perspectives in advancing the future of youths and young adults of Isinland.

Maj Gen (Prof) Ogunbiyi is married to Arch (Mrs.) Abimbola Ogunbiyi, FNIA and they are blessed with two amiable children, Olusanya and Oluwafikunmi.