Sunday Iyahen

Sunday Osarumwense Iyahen was a Nigerian mathematician and politician, recognised for his contributions to the field of topological vector spaces and his service as a senator representing Bendel Central Senatorial District. Born in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Iyahen was the eldest of at least seventeen children and embarked on an academic journey that led him to earn a first-class honours degree in mathematics from the University of Ibadan and later a Ph.D. and D.Sc. from the University of Keele.