Professor Daniel Kolawole Olukoya was born in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria to Mr. Olukoya, a Police officer and Mrs. Olukoya, a trader. He was registered at St. John’s CAC Primary School, Akure, where he was recognized as an exceptionally intelligent child coming tops throughout his stay at the school. Later when his family moved to Lagos, he was enrolled at St. Jude’s Primary school, Ebute metta from which he graduated with excellent results.
Professor D.K. Olukoya then proceeded to Methodist Boys’ High School (MBHS), Broad Street, Lagos (established in 1878). Incidentally, this is where he became born again. It was also at MBHS that he encountered an Indian teacher who once said in class “Boys, if you want to escape poverty, READ YOUR BOOK!” DKO doggedly followed this advice, studying from 9pm to 3am daily. By the time DKO finished from MBHS, he was the best graduating student of his set.
In 1976, Professor Daniel Olukoya was admitted into the University of Lagos (Unilag) to study Microbiology. He graduated from Unilag in 1980 with a first-class degree in Microbiology. He was the first person to have achieved a first-class in the course at the university and his G.P.A is still the highest recorded so far (as at February 2010) in that course.
Professor D.K. Olukoya then proceeded to Methodist Boys’ High School (MBHS), Broad Street, Lagos (established in 1878). Incidentally, this is where he became born again. It was also at MBHS that he encountered an Indian teacher who once said in class “Boys, if you want to escape poverty, READ YOUR BOOK!” DKO doggedly followed this advice, studying from 9pm to 3am daily. By the time DKO finished from MBHS, he was the best graduating student of his set.
In 1976, Professor Daniel Olukoya was admitted into the University of Lagos (Unilag) to study Microbiology. He graduated from Unilag in 1980 with a first-class degree in Microbiology. He was the first person to have achieved a first-class in the course at the university and his G.P.A is still the highest recorded so far (as at February 2010) in that course.
Biography of Professor Daniel Kolawole Olukoya
Professor Daniel Kolawole Olukoya was born in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria to Mr. Olukoya, a Police officer and Mrs. Olukoya, a trader. He was registered at St. John’s CAC Primary School, Akure, where he was recognized as an exceptionally intelligent child coming tops throughout his stay at the school. Later when his family moved to Lagos, he was enrolled at St. Jude’s Primary school, Ebute metta from which he graduated with excellent results.
Professor D.K. Olukoya then proceeded to Methodist Boys’ High School (MBHS), Broad Street, Lagos (established in 1878). Incidentally, this is where he became born again. It was also at MBHS that he encountered an Indian teacher who once said in class “Boys, if you want to escape poverty, READ YOUR BOOK!” DKO doggedly followed this advice, studying from 9pm to 3am daily. By the time DKO finished from MBHS, he was the best graduating student of his set.
In 1976, Professor Daniel Olukoya was admitted into the University of Lagos (Unilag) to study Microbiology. He graduated from Unilag in 1980 with a first-class degree in Microbiology. He was the first person to have achieved a first-class in the course at the university and his G.P.A is still the highest recorded so far (as at February 2010) in that course.
Professor D.K. Olukoya then proceeded to Methodist Boys’ High School (MBHS), Broad Street, Lagos (established in 1878). Incidentally, this is where he became born again. It was also at MBHS that he encountered an Indian teacher who once said in class “Boys, if you want to escape poverty, READ YOUR BOOK!” DKO doggedly followed this advice, studying from 9pm to 3am daily. By the time DKO finished from MBHS, he was the best graduating student of his set.
In 1976, Professor Daniel Olukoya was admitted into the University of Lagos (Unilag) to study Microbiology. He graduated from Unilag in 1980 with a first-class degree in Microbiology. He was the first person to have achieved a first-class in the course at the university and his G.P.A is still the highest recorded so far (as at February 2010) in that course.
Soon after graduation, he won a scholarship to study for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Molecular Genetics at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Despite the natural difficulty of the programme, DKO earned his PhD in 3 years and returned to Nigeria.
Prof. Olukoya’s father, apart from being a policeman, was also a pastor at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC). Thus, he was raised in a Christian home with Christian beliefs. Throughout all his years in school, DKO was committed to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ. His passion for Jesus and his spiritual fire increased tremendously during his doctorate degree in the United Kingdom. Prof. Olukoya’s ministry is heavily influenced by the work of Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola, the founder of the Christ Apostolic Church. In the dedication pages of the Prayer Rain and Prayer Passport books, Dr Daniel Kolawole Olukoya wrote in reverence that Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola was a minister of God who understood the power of prayer. He was a man mightily used by God to ignite the fire of the first Christian revival in Nigeria in the 1930s. Apostle Babalola and his team of aggressive prayer warriors entered forbidden forests, silenced demons that demanded worship and paralysed deeply rooted, anti-gospel activities.
Dr. Olukoya heads the Mountain of Fire and Miracles ministry. The church began in a rented hall on Old Yaba road, Ebute-Meta, Lagos, in the early 1990s, but has grown big with branches across Nigeria and abroad. It is worth billions of naira in assets. The church owns a tertiary institution, the Mountain Top University, and a football club, MFM FC, which its Chairman, Godwin Enakhena, a sports journalist, has always explained was established to provide worthwhile engagements for you with football talents.
Dr. Olukoya is a musician and song composer. His popular song, "Oke Nla Sidi" translated to mean "O ye mountain, be removed" was said to be formed after many years of waiting on the Lord for his son, Elijah Toluwani Olukoya. According to a testimony by his wife, Pastor Dr. Shade Olukoya, she said that Dr Olukoya, upon hearing the news of his son's birth immediately burst into singing. According to her, she said that he sang till they got to their house and he was so happy that he missed the way, went to another apartment and was trying his keys on the lock. At the time, they had waited on the Lord for over 16 years of marriage, so there was every reason to be joyful.
Professor Olukoya is happily married to his heartthrob, Pastor (Dr) Elizabeth Folasade Olukoya. They got married on November 11th 1989 and together, they are blessed with a son, Elijah Toluwani Olukoya.
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