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Abimbola
Abimbola (diminutive form as ''"Bimbo"'') is both a Yoruba surname and a unisex given name meaning: "born with wealth" Notable people with the name include: *Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi (1910–1971), Nigerian physician, * Victor Abimbola Olaiya (1930–2020), Nigerian musician *Bola Abimbola, Nigerian musician *Wande Abimbola (born 1932), Nigerian academic *Abimbola Adelakun, Nigerian writer *Abimbola Alao (born 1967), Nigerian writer *Abimbola Lagunju (born 1960), Nigerian writer * Abimbola Afolami, (born, 1986) British politician *Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Nigerian executive Notable people with the diminutive name form include: *Bimbo Manuel, Nigerian actor *Bimbo Oloyede, Nigerian journalist *Bimbo Odukoya, Nigerian televangelist *Bimbo Akintola, Nigerian actress *Bimbo Oshin Abimbola Oshin (born 24 July 1971) is an actress, writer, producer, and businesswoman from Nigeria. Early life Oshin was born on 24 July 1971 in Ondo State southwestern Nigeria. She is one of Pa Olasanmi T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abimbola Alao
Biography Abimbola Gbemi Alao is a literary scholar and author. Abimbola was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. She studied at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where she obtained a BA (Hon) degree in classics in 1988 and an MA Classics in 1991. She later studied PGCE and MA in creative writing at the University of Plymouth in 2001 and 2009 respectively. She earned her PhD in 2023 at the University of Lapland, Lapin yliopisto in Finland. Her research focuses on the prevalence of Frontotemporal Dementia, and how to raise awareness of FTD for early diagnosis. She is the author of ''Dear Toriola, Let's Talk About Perimenopause'' (2019), ''Trickster Tales for Telling'' (2016), ''How to Enhance Your Storytelling With Music'' (2016),''The Legendary Weaver: New Edition'', a young-adult fiction book (2003 and 2011), and ''The Goshen Principle: A Shelter in the Time of Storm'' (2010). She has also written numerous poems, short stories and plays. In 2008, her short play, 'Legal Stuff', won the BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi
Chief Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi, (née Akerele, 1910–14 September 1971) was the first woman to practise as a physician in Nigeria. She was also the first West African woman to earn a license of Royal Surgeon in Dublin. In 1938, Elizabeth Awoliyi became the second West African woman to qualify as an orthodox-medicine trained physician after Agnes Yewande Savage who graduated from medical school in 1929. She was the second president of the National Council of Women's Societies of Nigeria from 1964 until her death in 1971. Life Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi was born in Lagos, South-western part of Nigeria, to the Aguda family of David Evaristo and Rufina Akerele. She commenced her education at St. Mary's Catholic School, Lagos from where she proceeded to Queen's College, Lagos. Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi earned her medical degree in 1938 from the University of Dublin, Cafreys College. She graduated from Dublin with first class honors, including a medal in Medicine and distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wande Abimbola
Chief Ògúnwán̄dé "Wán̄dé" Abím̄bọ́lá (born 24 December 1932) is a Nigerian academician, a professor of Yoruba language and literature, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chief Abimbola was installed as Àwísẹ Awo Àgbàyé in 1981 by the Ooni of Ife on the recommendation of a conclave of Babalawos of Yorubaland. Academic studies Abimbola received his first degree in History from University College, Ibadan, in 1963 when that college was affiliated to the University of London. He received his Master's Degree in Linguistics from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in 1966, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Yoruba Literature from the University of Lagos in 1971. Abimbola was the first PhD graduate of the University of Lagos. He became a Full Professor in 1976. Abimbola taught in three Nigerian universities, na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Abimbola
Bola Abimbola (born c. 1968) is a vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria. Musical career Abimbola's career in music began at the age of nineteen with his first recording, ''Silifa Bamijo'', which featured a Yoruba-language version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough". Abimbola has toured and recorded as a solo artist, as well as with King Sunny Adé, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo. Discography * ''Silifa Bamijo'' (1987) - Bola Abimbola * ''Computer'' (1992) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma * ''Orobokibo'' (1993) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma * ''Merit'' (1993) - Shina Akanni * ''Master Blaster'' (1993) - Sayeed Osupa * ''The Man'' (1994) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma * ''Fuji Scorpio'' (1995) - Shina Akanni * ''Stainless'' (1995) - Sayeed Osupa * ''The Way Forward'' (1996) - King Sunny Adé * ''Lift Me Up'' (1997) - Kingsley Ogunde * ''Tukasa'' (1997) - Alhaji Ayinla Kolington * ''Buyanga'' (1998) - Bola Abimbola * ''Seven Degrees North'' (2000) - King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abimbola Adelakun
Abimbola Adunni Adelakun (born 15 September) is a Nigerian writer. Biography Born in Ibadan, SouthWest Nigeria, she was educated at the University of Ibadan, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree and a Master of Arts degree in communication and language arts. She graduated as a Ph.D. holder in dance and theater at the University of Texas, Austin. She works with ''The Punch'' newspaper in Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ..., Nigeria, as a writer. She studied modern African culture as they are lived and performed through the disciplinary lenses of performance, gender, Africana, and Yoruba studies. She writes academic articles which have been published in different journals including the Journal of Women and Religion, and Journal of Culture and African Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abimbola Lagunju
'Abimbola Lagunju (born in 1960 in Ibadan) is a Nigerian writer. He studied medicine in St Petersburg, Russia from 1979 to 1987. He returned to Nigeria in the middle of the economic crisis engendered by the World Bank/IMF Structural Adjustment Program imposed on Nigeria. It was a Nigeria quite different from what he had left in 1979. The Middle Class to which he now belonged was destitute. He later wrote in The Children of Signatures (): The socio-economic melt-down of his country prompted his interest to shift from ideological idealisms to questioning the harsh political economy experiments visited on developing countries, particularly fragile sub-Saharan African countries by the Bretton Woods Institutions. The relationship between these institutions and African countries would later become a regular subject in his writings. He left Nigeria for Portugal with his family in 1993, and after a brief stint of working and studying in Lisbon, he found a job as a Development Aid worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abimbola Ogunbanjo
Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo was the Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, (NGX Group), the non-operating holding company the emerged from the demutualisation of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) from 2021 to 2022. Prior to this, he was the President of the National Council of the NSE from 2017 to 2021. He currently serves as Managing Partner of the renowned, leading corporate law firm of Chris Ogunbanjo LP (Solicitors), a firm he joined in 1990 after a spell as a credit analyst with Chase Manhattan Bank (Nigeria) Limited. He serves on the boards of several multinational corporations and non-profit organizations including Beta Glass Plc and the Advisory Board of the University of Buckingham Centre for Extractive Studies. He previously served on the Board of GTL Registrars Limited, AIICO Insurance Plc and ConocoPhillips Limited amongst others. Bamofin Ogunbanjo is a member of the International Bar Association, Nigerian Bar Association, Institute of Petroleum and a registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bim Afolami
Abimbola "Bim" Afolami (born 11 February 1986) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hitchin and Harpenden since the 2017 general election. Early life Afolami was born and brought up in Crowthorne, Berkshire. His father Samuel is a Nigerian consultant doctor in the NHS, who moved to the UK in his early twenties. Afolami was educated at Bishopsgate School, Eton College and University College, Oxford, where he read Modern History, served as Librarian of the Oxford Union Society, and played football for the university team. Before he became an MP, Afolami worked as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and then as a senior executive at HSBC. Political career Afolami was the Conservative Party candidate for Lewisham Deptford at the 2015 general election, where he finished in second place with 7,056 votes. Afolami voted "Remain" in the 2016 referendum on EU membership. He was selected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Given Names
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 42 million people in Africa, are a few hundred thousand outside the continent, and bear further representation among members of the African diaspora. The vast majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 21% of the country's population according to CIA estimations, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba to the northwest in Benin and Nigeria, the Nupe to the north, and the Ebira to the northeast in central Nigeria. To th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Olaiya
Victor Abimbola Olaiya , (31 December 1930 – 12 February 2020), also known as Dr Victor Olaiya, was a Nigerian trumpeter who played in the highlife style. Though famous in Nigeria during the 1950s and early 1960s, Olaiya received little recognition outside his native country. Alhaji Alade Odunewu of the '' Daily Times'' called him "The Evil Genius of Highlife." Early life Olaiya was born on 31 December 1930, in Calabar, Cross River State, the 20th child of a family of 24. His parents, Alfred Omolona Olaiya and Bathsheba Owolabi Motajo, came from Ijesha-Ishu in Ekiti State. Olaiya came from a very rich family. His father's house, Ilọijọs Bar, stood at 2 Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island, until it was demolished in September 2016. Career At an early age he learned to play the bombardon and the French horn. After leaving school he moved to Lagos, where he passed the school certificate examination in 1951 and was accepted by Howard University, US, to study civil engineering. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimbo Odukoya
Abimbola Rosemary "Bimbo" Odukoya Akinsuyi, Yemi.Its an Act of God, Says Pastor Bimbo’s Mother" ''Thisday''. 12 December 2005. Retrieved on 23 February 2009See version atAllAfrica (nee Williams; 12 September 1960 – 11 December 2005), was a Nigerian pastor and televangelist who was married to the founder of the Fountain of Life Church, Taiwo Odukoya. Odukoya, often called "Pastor Bims," was a receiver of over 60 national and international awards for her contributions to nation building, the development of her country, Nigeria, and the West Africa sub region, and for leadership as a woman of high moral standards and a role model to many. A writer, popular televangelist, highly sought conference speaker, youth mentor and marriage counsellor, she was one of several individuals chosen by Samsung to represent Nigeria in carrying the Olympic Torch in Athens, Greece at the 2004 Olympic Games. She died as a result of the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash. Life Pastor Bimbo married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimbo Oshin
Abimbola Oshin (born 24 July 1971) is an actress, writer, producer, and businesswoman from Nigeria. Early life Oshin was born on 24 July 1971 in Ondo State southwestern Nigeria. She is one of Pa Olasanmi Theophilus Oshin's eight children, the second to last. Oshin attended the University of Lagos where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Philosophy. Oshin commenced her acting career in 1996 but rose to recognition after starring in a 2012 Yoruba film titled '' Omo Elemosho''. Oshin grew up in Ondo State where she attended her primary school education at Saint Anne's Primary School. Later, she went to Staff Primary School in Ifẹ, Osun State. For her secondary education, she attended Girls Academy, Sandgrouse in Lagos State. Oshin then went for higher education at the University of Lagos, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree in Philosophy. Career Oshin's love for acting began at a tender age. She has been doing some minor drama in the house with her e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
