Prof. Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji was born on 9th April, 1963 in Lagos to the family of Late Chief Imam Alh. Oseni Oladimeji and Alhaja Muneerat Oladimeji. He hails from Doyin Compound of Oko-Ode in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The first son of his parents, Prof. Oladimeji is the 3^rd of the thirteen children of his late father.

After Post-Primary Education, Lateef Oladimeji proceeded to Lagos Secondary Commercial Academy (LASCA), Obakoro. He was the first student to register for IRK in the School and made A² in 1981 West African School Certificate (WASC). Later, he went to the University of Ilorin in 1983 where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A. Hons.) with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Islamic Studies. Again, he was the best student in Islamic Studies during the 1987 Convocation and was thus given the Islamic Publications Bureau Award for the year. For this feat, Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji was retrained in his Department (Religions) Faculty of Arts for the mandatory National Youth Services (NYSC) Programme in 1987/88 service year. He also won the Unilorin Postgraduate Scholarship Award which enabled him pursued and successfully completed his Master of Arts degree (M.A.) in Islamic Studies, 1989.

Furthermore, Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji enrolled and successfully completed another Master degree in Public Administration (MPA), in 1995 for his organization and leadership qualities, he was the elected Pioneer Director-General (D.G.) of the Association of Master of Public Administration Students (AMPAS) for the 1994/95 Academic year. In addition, he enrolled and successfully completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) in 2000 and to cap it all, he bagged his Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in Islamic Studies in 2005, all from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He rose through the rank to become a professor of Islamic Studies in 2018, thus becoming one of the home-grown professors of Al-Hikmah University.