Background
Taiwo was born on 27 October 1910, at Oru-Ijebu in Ogun State, Nigeria, to Isaac and Lydia Taiwo.
Taiwo was born on 27 October 1910, at Oru-Ijebu in Ogun State, Nigeria, to Isaac and Lydia Taiwo.
He started school shortly after World War I and attended Saint Luke"s School, a Content Management System school of Saint Luke"s Church. He proceeded to Street Andrews College, Oyo, and later attended Yaba Higher College, Lagos. He attended the University of London and earned a Doctorate. Litt degree in 1982.
Doctor of Laws (Cape Coast).
Oru, Ijebu in 1921. He also earned an M.A Degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge University, a Barrister-at-Law degree of the Middle Temple Inn"s Court and Honorary Taiwo commenced his teaching career as the headmaster of Sagun United School, Oru-Ijebu, a government-assisted institution in 1932. He was the first African Principal of Edo College, Benin City and became Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources in the former Regional government of Western Nigeria.
He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple (Inn of Court), London on 4 February 1964, and enrolled as Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 3 July 1964.
Taiwo worked with the Western Nigerian Government between 1960 and 1966 when he served variously as Administrative Officer, Inspector of Education and ultimately as Permanent Secretary, to the University of Lagos where he spent 11 years, private legal practice and authorship of books He became the first Emeritus Professor of Education and Provost of the University of Lagos.
He was also appointed as Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Ilorin on 1 September 1990 and became a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He taught in many other universities including University of Lagos before retiring from active service.