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Bola (name)
Bola has been used as both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Bola Abimbola (born ), vocalist from Lagos, Nigeria * Bola Afonja (born 1943), Nigerian politician * Bola Agbaje (born 1981), British playwright of Nigerian origin * Bola Ajibola (born 1934), Attorney General and the Minister of Justice of Nigeria from 1985 to 1991 * Bola Akindele (born 1963), Nigerian entrepreneur, business strategist and philanthropist * Bola Are (born 1954), Nigerian gospel singer * Bola de Nieve (1911–1971), Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter * Bola Ige (1930–2001), Nigerian lawyer and politician * Bola Ikulayo (1948–2016), Nigerian professor of sport psychology * Bola Johnson (1947–2014), Nigerian musician * Bola Kuforiji-Olubi (1936–2016), Nigerian politician and banker * Bola Odeleke (born 1950), Nigerian pastor * Bola Sete (1923–1987), Brazilian guitarist * Bola Shagaya (born 1959), Nigerian businesswoman and fashion enthusiast * Bola Tinubu ... [...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] |
Bola Odeleke
Bola Odeleke (born 1950) is a Nigerian pastor, evangelist, preacher, founder and general overseer of Power Pentecostal Church. Early life Odeleke is from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education at Ilesa Ilesa () is an ancient town located in the Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that village. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ij ..., her mother's hometown. She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014. She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop. References Living people 1950 births People from Oyo State Nigerian religious leaders Nigerian Protestant missionaries Yoruba Christian clergy Women bishops Nigerian Pentecostal pastors Pentecostal missionaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samu Bola
Samuela Bola (born 17 March 1983, in Suva) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for the Fiji Barbarians in the Pacific Rugby Cup. He is also part of the Fiji team to the 2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup The 2010 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji national rugby union team, Fiji, Japan national rugby union team, Japan, Samoa national rugby union team, Samoa and Tonga national r .... External links Profile of Samuela Bola 1983 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fiji international rugby union players Sportspeople from Suva I-Taukei Fijian people Rugby union flankers {{fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olalekan Bola
Olalekan Akinde Bola (born 10 February 1992 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer who is currently a free agent. He started his senior career at Ocean Boys FC. Career Bola began his career with the University of Lagos and moved 2008 to the Ocean Boys F.C., where he won the Nigerian FA Cup in his first season. Honours * 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...: Nigerian FA Cup Champion References 1992 births Living people Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian footballers Ocean Boys F.C. players Nigerian expatriates in Albania Expatriate footballers in Albania KF Bylis players Kategoria Superiore players Association football forwards {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Bola
Marc Joel Bola (born 9 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Süper Lig club Samsunspor. Early and personal life Bola grew up supporting Arsenal, the team he started his professional career at. He is of Congolese descent. Career Arsenal Born in London Borough of Greenwich, Bola joined Arsenal Academy when he was 13 after being spotted playing Sunday league football and at 16, he earned a scholarship. After progressing through the ranks, he was promoted to the reserve side. At the reserve side, Bola became a regular there and scored his first goal for the reserve side on 9 March 2016, in a 3–3 draw against Fulham U23. Bola turned professional with Arsenal in April 2016. Bola moved on loan to Notts County in January 2017. He made his Notts County debut on 4 February 2017, where he played 53 minutes, in a 2–0 loss against Accrington Stanley, and went on to make 13 appearances for the side before returning to his parent club a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelemedi Bola
Kelemedi Bola (born July 7, 1981 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He played halfback for the Fiji Barbarians The Fiji Barbarians is a Fijian former rugby union representative team that played in the Pacific Rugby Cup from 2006 to 2010. The other Fijian team in the Cup was the Fiji Warriors. The players were drawn from the Fijian domestic competitions. The .... External links Profile of Kelemedi Bola 1981 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fiji international rugby union players Rugby union players from Suva I-Taukei Fijian people Rugby union halfbacks {{fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo Bola
Boba Bola (born 2 October 1985) is a Rwandan former footballer. Career Bola joined Landskrona BoIS 2005, coming from APR FC. He was close to be loaned out to the Swedish side IF Limhamn Bunkeflo but the affair didn't go off, instead he was loaned out to Bodens BK. He made 26 appearances and scored 3 goals for Landskrona BoIS, before he left on 22 December 2008. He was promoted after the 2008 season to the reserve team of Landskrona BoIS and was than on trial with Motala AIF. In summer 2009 and a half year for Landskrona BoIS II signed a contract for Syrianska IF Kerburan. After the releasing by Syrianska IF signed the typically striker in March 2010 for Panellinios IF. In August 2010 he signed a contract for Finnish Atlantis FC Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (''Kakkonen''). History The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) me ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic. In June 2022, he was chosen as the All Progressives Congress nominee in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to United States where he studied Accounting at Chicago State University. He returned to Nigeria in the early 1980s and was employed by Mobil Nigeria as an accountant, before entering politics as a Lagos West senatorial candidate in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party. After dictator Sani Abacha dissolved the Senate in 1993, Tinubu became an activist campaigning for the return of democracy as a part of the National Democratic Coalition movement. Although he was forced into exile in 1994, Tinubu returned after Abacha's 1998 death triggered the beginning of the transition to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Shagaya
Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya (10 October 1959) is a Nigerian businesswoman and fashion enthusiast. She is one of the richest women in Africa. She is the founder and CEO of Bolmus Group International, a conglomerate with holdings in real estate, oil and gas, banking and photography. Biography Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya was born on 10 October 1959, she is the daughter of Adut Makur, a Sudanese seamstress, and Emenike Mobo, a Nigerian Public Servant. Bola Shagaya is known to have had her secondary school education at Queens School, Ilorin, and her tertiary education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Armstrong College (Berkeley, California), Armstrong College in California, where she studied economics and accountancy. She started her career with the audit department of the Central Bank of Nigeria before venturing into commercial activities in 1983. Her business experience started with the importation and distribution of photographic materials. She introduced the Konica brand of ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Sete
Bola Sete (born Djalma de Andrade; July 16, 1923 – February 14, 1987) was a Brazilian guitarist who played jazz with Vince Guaraldi and Dizzy Gillespie. History Born Djama de Andrade in Rio de Janeiro, Sete was the only son of a family with seven children. His nickname means "Seven Ball". In snooker, which is fairly popular in Brazil, the seven ball is the only black ball on the table (like the eight ball in pool). Bola got this nickname when he was the only black member of a small jazz group. Sete's family were poor and often struggled with finding food. Every member of the family played a musical instrument and would often play together. Sete first began playing music when he found a Cavaquinho in his home. With the help of his Uncle, he taught himself to play and eventually got his own instrument. For Christmas in 1932, he was gifted his first guitar. At age 10, Sete was fostered by an affluent married couple who sent him to school and introduced him to classical music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Kuforiji-Olubi
Chief Bola Kuforiji-Olubi (September 28, 1936 – December 3, 2016) was a Nigerian traditional aristocrat, banker and federal minister of commerce. In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, she held that of the Otunba Ayora of Ijebu-Ode. Life Education and memberships Kuforiji-Olubi Bola was born on 28 September 1936. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi graduated from the University of London in 1963 with B. Sc. honours in Economics. She started her profession as a Grade two(II) Teacher at Zawan Girls Catholic Primary School, Jos, Plateau State and she became 1955 headmistress in at age 19. During her subsequent career, she became a fellow of the Institute of Charted Accountants, England and Wales in 1977, ICAN Nigeria in 1976, and the British chartered institute of company secretaries (ACIS) in 1964. She was also a member of both the Nigerian Institute of Management (FMIN) and the British Institute of Directors. she died on Saturday barely over two months after she clocked 80 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Afonja
Bola Afonja (born 21 February 1943) is a Nigerian politician. He was Minister of Labour under Ernest Shonekan, and was once a member of the board of trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ... (ANPP). He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bank plc, Nigeria's biggest commercial bank. He retired from the Board following his 70th birthday on 21 February 2013. References Living people 1943 births All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians Federal ministers of Nigeria {{Nigeria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |