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Adeyemo Alakija As President
Adéyẹmọ is a Yoruba given name and surname meaning "the crown or royalty befits a child." People with this name include: ;Given name: * Adeyemo Alakija (1884–1952), Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman * Adeyemo Fatai, Nigerian former table tennis player ;Surname * Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Nigerian physician-scientist and genetic epidemiologist * Adewale Wally Adeyemo (born 1981), Obama Foundation President and Biden Administration Deputy Treasury Secretary * Alhaji Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo (1941–2002), Nigerian Yoruba politician * Ola Adeyemo (born 1995), Nigerian footballer * Olanike Adeyemo Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo (17 July 1970, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of veterinary public health and Preventive Medicine, preventive medicine at the University of Ibadan. Olanike was appointed by the Oyo State Government Under Engr. Se ... (born 1970), Nigerian professor of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Ibadan See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba People
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 List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid languages, Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba people, Bariba to the northwest in Benin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeyemo Alakija
Oloye Sir Adeyemo Alakija, (25 May 1884 – 10 May 1952) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman. He served as a member of the Nigerian legislative council for nine years starting in 1933. In 1942, he became a member of the governor's Executive Council. Alakija was president of Egbe Omo Oduduwa from 1948 until his death in 1952. Alakija's collaboration with Herbert Macaulay and Egerton Shyngle early in his political career brought him prominence but after falling out with Macaulay and because of his moderate political views, his popularity began to wane until the early 1950s when he had begun to develop favour in the eyes of the public. Alakija developed close relationships with many organizations and communities among whom were the Lebanese and Syrian community in Nigeria, he was decorated with a medal of the cedars after his visit to Lebanon in 1949. He held the chieftaincy titles of the Lisa of Egbaland and the Woje Ileri of Ile-Ife. Early life and education Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeyemo Fatai
Adeyemo Fatai is a male former table tennis player from Nigeria. From 1985 to 1994 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the African Table Tennis Championships. He competed in men's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics. See also * List of table tennis players This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ... References External links * ** * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nigerian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Nigeria Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Nigeria-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adebowale A
Adébọ̀wálé is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty returns back home". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Nigerian physician-scientist and genetic epidemiologist * Adebowale Adefuye (1947–2015), Nigerian diplomat and historian * Adebowale Ogungbure (born 1981), Nigerian footballer Surname * Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigerian poet, writer, critic and librarian * Emmanuel Adebowale (born 1997), English footballer * Michael Adebowale (born 1991), Islamist convicted of the murder of Lee Rigby * Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale Victor Olufemi Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, (; born 21 July 1962) is the former Chief Executive of the social care enterprise Turning Point, current Chair of the NHS Confederation and was one of the first individuals to become a People's Pee ... (born 1962), British politician References {{given name, type=both Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Adeyemo
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo (born May 20, 1981) is a Nigerian-American government official serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, United States deputy secretary of the treasury. He was the first president of the Obama Foundation and also served during the Presidency of Barack Obama, Obama administration as the Deputy National Security Advisor (United States), deputy national security advisor for international economics from 2015 to 2016 and deputy director of the National Economic Council (United States), National Economic Council. Early life and education Adeyemo was born to Yoruba people, Yoruba parents in Ibadan, Nigeria and raised in Southern California. His father was a teacher and his mother was a nurse. He has two younger siblings. After graduating from Eisenhower High School (Rialto, California), Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California in 1999, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and a Juris Doctor degree f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alhaji Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo
Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo (June 14, 1941 – March 12, 2002), popularly known as 'Alhaji how are you', was a Nigerian and prominent Yoruba politician. He was born in Ado-Ekiti the Ekiti State capital to Sir. Rufai Adeyemo & Princess Adebolarin Agunsoye. Growing up as a Catholic during the British colonial era, he later converted to Islam. He became a politician early in his career. He joined the Western Region campaign of Egbe Omo Oduduwa founded by Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo. He was also a front-line member of Action Group political party which later metamorphosed into Unity Party of Nigeria. His main legacy was to secure democracy and good governance in post independent Nigeria. Background and political life A clergy, a painter, a successful business man, and an orator who assumed his first political office in the Second Republic as a Member of Parliament on October 1, 1979, when Alhaji Shehu Shagari was sworn in as the first civilian President and Commander-in-Chief o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Adeyemo
Olajuwon Bamidele Adeyemo (born 13 February 1995) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for League of Ireland First Division club Longford Town. Born in Nigeria, Adeyemo moved to London, England as a baby and then to Dublin, Republic of Ireland at the age of two. He later went on to play youth football with Stella Maris and St Patrick's Athletic, and was part of the Football Association of Ireland's national youth development programme. Playing career Club Adeyemo joined UCD from St Patrick's Athletic, where he went on to make his first senior appearance. He joined Scottish Premiership club Dundee United in June 2014 after a spell on trial with Leyton Orient. After making his debut for Dundee United as a substitute in a Premiership match at Kilmarnock on 3 October 2014, Adeyemo signed a contract extension in December 2014 to keep him at the club for a further eighteen months. In February 2015, he joined East Fife in Scottish League Two on a development loan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olanike Adeyemo
Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo (17 July 1970, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of veterinary public health and Preventive Medicine, preventive medicine at the University of Ibadan. Olanike was appointed by the Oyo State Government Under Engr. Seyi Makinde as the Secretary to the State Government on 25 July 2023. She was the pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership, University of Ibadan, 2017-2021. Olanike's research focuses on aquatic and wildlife epidemiology and toxicology, food safety (including fish food safety), global public health, aquatic toxicology, and aquatic veterinary medicine. Member of the Steering Committee of veterinary medicine, High-Level signal Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (2022-2024) of the UN Committee on World Food Security. Adeyemo is the first female veterinarian to be inducted into the African Academy of Sciences and the Nigerian Academy of Science. and thonly person in any Nigerian Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeyemi
Adeyemi is a Yoruba name that means "The crown befits me". It could also mean crown is meant for me. The prefix 'Ade' which means Crown is typically reserved for people born into the royal family. Given name * Adeyemi Abayomi, Nigerian boxer * Adeyemi Afolahan, Nigerian Navy admiral * Adeyemi Afolayan, Nigerian actor * Adeyemi I Alowolodu, last ruler of the Oyo Empire * Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Nigerian politician * Adeyemi Olayemi, Nigerian politician Surname * Karim Adeyemi, German footballer * Kunlé Adeyemi, Nigerian architect * Tom Adeyemi, English footballer * Tomi Adeyemi, American author * Walé Adeyemi Walé Adeyemi MBE is a British-Nigerian fashion designer. He has worked as head designer at B-side, former creative director at New Era, an entrepreneur, industry spokesperson, music promoter, ambassador for The Prince's Trust and stylist to nume ..., British fashion designer See also * Adeyemo References {{surname Yoruba given names Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba-language Surnames
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they use remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. Usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritual is also common, but they have gone through changes due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
