Personal Life

Abiola Olufunke Otaniyi (Née Osoba) was born in Ibadan on October 11, 1958. She attended St Anne’s School Molete Ibadan thereafter graduated with B.Sc Social Sciences (Economics) from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife in 1981.

In October 1977, during her week of induction at UNIFE, she encountered The Lord Jesus through a group of vibrant young ladies who had come to welcome new students to the campus from the Students Christian Movement (SCM). There she gave her life to Christ and joined the SCM group where she worshipped for the next four years at UNIFE. She met Bro. Oladele Otaniyi at UNIFE, they got married in 1985 and are blessed with wonderful children and lovely grandchildren. Bro. Dele was called home to the Lord on July 4, 2020.

From New Estate Baptist Church (NEBC), she transferred her membership to New Light Baptist Church on October 2006 as a Foundation member and served on the Pupilt commiee. Currently, Sister Biola is a member of the Prayer Ministry, the Sunday School ministry as well as the Missions and Evangelism commiee. She currently serves as the Lydia Adviser and is a member of the Board of trustees. She has been privileged to serve as a representative of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) on the board of Bowen Microfinance as the 1st Chairman, as a Director of GORAH Healthcare limited and as a member of the council of Bowen University.

Professional Life

1. Parnell Kerr Forster (Charted Accountants) NYSC. 2. Coppers & Lybrand - ICAN and professional training. 3. Banking Career - Intercontinental Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd (Feb. 1989 - May 2007).