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Adewale
Adewale is both a given name and a surname of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin, meaning "the king/crown/royalty came home". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Adewale Ademoyega (born c.1934), Nigerian Army officer * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967), British actor and model * Prince Adewale Aladesanmi (1938–2017), Nigerian businessman * Adewale Sunday Amusan (born 1989), Nigerian footballer * Adewale Ayuba (born 1966), Nigerian singer-songwriter * Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953), Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic * Adewale Ogunleye (born 1977), American football player * Adewale Ojomo (born 1988), American football player * Adewale Olukoju (born 1968), Nigerian discus thrower and shot putter * Adewale Tinubu (born 1967), Nigerian businessman, consultant and lawyer * Adewale Wahab (born 1984), Nigerian footballer Surname * Segun Adewale (born 1955), Nigerian musician Fictional characters * Adéwalé, a character in the video game series ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Maja-Pearce
Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953) is an British Nigerian, Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic, who is best known for his documentary essays. He is the author of several books, including the memoirs ''In My Father's Country'' (1987) and ''The House My Father Built'' (2014), several other non-fiction titles and a collection of short stories entitled ''Loyalties and Other Stories'' (1986). Early years and education Adewale Maja-Pearce was born in London, England, to British and Yoruba people, Yoruba parents. He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, attending St. Gregory's College, Lagos, St. Gregory's College, Obalende (1965–69), and returned to Britain for further education at the University College of Wales, Swansea (BA, 1972–75), and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (1984–86), where he gained a Master of Arts degree in African studies. Literary career He was employed a researcher at ''Index on Censorship'' and became the journal's Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (, ; born 22 August 1967) is an English actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Lock-Nah in ''The Mummy Returns'', Nykwana Wombosi in '' The Bourne Identity'', Heavy Duty in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', Kurse in '' Thor: The Dark World'', Killer Croc in ''Suicide Squad'', Mr. Eko in ''Lost'', Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series '' Game of Thrones'', and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama '' Concussion''. Akinnuoye-Agbaje's feature directorial debut, ''Farming'', wrapped production in 2017 and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Early life and education Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin, who were students in the UK. When he was six weeks old, his biological parents gave him up to a white working-class family in Tilbury, Essex. His foster parents had at least ten African children, including Akinnuoye-Agbaje's two sisters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Ogunleye
Adewale Ogunleye (; born August 9, 1977) is a former American football defensive end who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2000 and also played for the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans. He played college football at Indiana. Early years Ogunleye is of a Nigerian & Yoruba background. His paternal grandfather, Emmanuel Taiwo Ogunleye, later Oba Ogunleye II Amugbayanwo (1922-1974) was the Oba (Elemure) of the city-state of Emure in Ekiti State, thus making him an Omoba of the Yoruba people. His last name means "Ogun (the god of Iron) has honor." His father is a social worker employed by the City of New York. Ogunleye played high school football at Tottenville High School in his hometown of Staten Island, New York City, New York. He was a classmate of Major League baseball All Star starting pitcher Jason Marquis and a teammate of three-time Super Bowl winning offensive guard Joe Andruzzi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Ayuba
Adewale Ayuba (born 6 May 1966, commonly known as Mr. Johnson), is a Nigerian singer known for singing Fuji music. Biography Early life and education Adewale Ayuba, popularly known as Ayuba, Mr. Johnson, and the Bonsue-fuji maestro, was born on 6 May 1966 in Ikenne Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. He grew up as a child singer, and by the age of eight he had started singing at local musical competitions and fiestas in Ikenne. This led to him pursuing music as a career after his secondary school education at Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, Ogun State. Although he had gained admission to study Architecture at the Ogun State Polytechnic in Abeokuta, his music career took center stage. To carve a niche for himself, Ayuba released his first album ''Ibere'' (Beginning) at the age of 17 and as a result he rose rapidly in the Fuji music scene. In early 1990, Ayuba signed with Sony Music (Nigerian) to record an album, ''Bubble'', which was released in 1991 and brought Ayuba into internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Tinubu
Jubril Adewale Tinubu ( CON) (born 26 June 1967) is a Nigerian business executive and lawyer, who is the group chief executive of Oando PLC. He began his career in 1990 as an attorney, specialising in corporate and petroleum law assignments. In 1994, he co-founded Ocean & Oil Group and guided its strategic development from an oil trading and shipping company. Education Tinubu had his primary education in Lagos state and later obtained the West African School Certificate in 1983 from the Federal Government College, Odogbolu. He studied law at the University of Liverpool and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics. He returned to Nigeria at 22 to attend the Nigerian Law School in order to qualify to practice and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1990. Career Tinubu began his career with his family law firm, K. O. Tinubu and Co, where he specialised in corporate and petroleum law. In 1994, he co-founded Ocean and Oil Limited, an oil company located in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Ademoyega
Adewale Ademoyega (died February 21, 2007) was one of the five revolutionary Nigerian Army Majors who led the 1966 coup that ended the first democratic Nigerian government. Early life and education Adewale was born in Ode Remo in present-day Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria. He earned a degree in history from the University of London. He was one of the first graduates that enrolled as an officer in the Nigerian Army along with Lieutenant Colonels Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and Victor Banjo, and Majors Olufemi Olutoye, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, and Oluwole Rotimi in the 1966 Nigerian army. Adewale Ademoyega was the last graduate to be commissioned directly into the Nigerian Army Infantry. The Biafra War During the Biafran Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated for ... civil war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Adewale Aladesanmi
Prince Abejide Adewale Aladesanmi (4 August 1938 – 21 January 2017) was a Nigerian banker, businessman, and Yoruba prince of the Ekiti people. Early life Aladesanmi was born on 4 August 1938 in Nigeria. His father was Oba Daniel Aladesanmi II, the ruler of Ado Ekiti from 1937 until 1983, and his mother was Oloori Awawu Omosuwaola. His paternal grandfather was Oba Ajimudaoro Aladesanmi I. Education and career He was educated at Osuntokun School and Christ School in Ado Ekiti. He went to the United Kingdom for his college education, studying accounting and banking at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He returned to Nigeria in 1967 after obtaining a combined honours degree in banking and accounting where he worked as an assistant general manager of credit and operation at the National Bank of Nigeria. Prior to his work at the National Bank he had worked at Lloyds Bank and Barclays in London. He retired from banking in 1989 and was appointed by the Nigerian Federal gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Ojomo
Adewale Ojomo (born November 11, 1988) is a former American football defensive end. He signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent. He played college football at the University of Miami. Early years Ojomo attended Hialeah High School in Florida. He was rated as the No. 72 player in the state by the Orlando Sentinel. College career He played college football at the University of Miami. Ojomo finished college with 79 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 3 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles. In his freshman season, Ojomo had 22 tackles, 3 sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble. In his junior season, he had 38 tackles, 5 sacks and a pass deflection. On September 2, 2010, in the season opener against Florida A&M in which Ojomo recorded 3 tackles and 2 sacks helping the Miami Hurricanes win 45-0. In his senior season, Ojomo had 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble. Professional career New York Giants On May 1, 2012, Ojomo signed with the New York Gia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segun Adewale
Omoba Segun Adewale (born 1949) is a Nigerian musician. He is considered the pioneer of Yo-pop, a mix of funk, jazz, juju, reggae, and Afro-beat. Biography Omoba Segun Adewale was born into a royal family in Osogbo Nigeria. Because his father objected to his career in music Adewale left home and moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where he met Juju musicians S. L. Atolagbe and I. K. Dairo. In the 1970s, Adewale and Shina Peters both played with Prince Adekunle, a pioneer of Afrobeat Jùjú music Jùjú is a style of Yoruba popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name juju from the Yoruba word "juju" or "jiju" meaning "throwing" or "something being thrown". Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which is a .... Musical career In 1977 Adewale, along with Shina Peters, formed a new group called ''Shina Adewale and the Superstars International''. They released nine recordings but split in 1980 to form their own separate groups. By 1984 the music of Adew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Wahab
Adewale Dauda Wahab (born 4 October 1984 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Until end of the season 2010–11 he played for AC Bellinzona. Career Roma Wahab started his European career with Italian club Reggiana, along with Obafemi Martins and other Nigerian players. Both players were signed by Italian giants Roma in July 2001, for 3 billion lire, while Giuseppe Di Masi moved in the opposite direction for 2.5 billion lire on a co-ownership deal. Wahab was loaned back to Reggiana in the 2001–02 season. He played for Roma's Primavera team in 2002–-03 season, and was promoted to the first team in the 2003–04 season, playing once in Serie A and once in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, when he substituted Daniele De Rossi against FK Vardar. Wahab also played for Bologna in the 2001 . He then spent three seasons loaned to clubs in the Italian lower divisions. Although he was loaned to other clubs, in 2006 his contract was extended from 2007 to 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Sunday Amusan
Adewale Sunday Amusan (born 12 June 1989 in Makurdi) is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for Wikki Tourists F.C. He has previously played in Slovenia. Career He began his career by Lobi Stars F.C., than joined on 2 September 2007 for 140.000 € on loan to FC Koper, after 18 months turned back to Lobi Stars F.C. He signed than on 7 February 2009 with FC Unirea Urziceni, he comes on loan from Lobi Stars, he played his debut for his new team in a friendly game against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 25 January 2009 and turned in July 2009 back to Lobi Stars. He signed in summer 2010 for Macedonian Macedonian First League side FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnichki ( mk, ФК Работнички) or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First ... before returned in May 2012 to Wikki Tourists F.C. References External sources P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Olukoju
Adewale Oluson Olukoju (born 27 July 1968) is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games. His personal best discus throw is 67.80 metres, which he achieved in May 1991. Olukoju is married to sprinter Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju (born 2 May 1971 in Owo, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is marr .... International competitions External links * * * 1968 births Living people People from Zaria Nigerian male shot putters Nigerian male discus throwers Olympic male discus throwers Olympic athletes of Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
