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Bukola Elemide
Bukola is a Nigerian unisex given name of Yoruba origin which means "added wealth." It is a diminutive version of names such as "''Oluwabukola''" meaning "God has added to Wealth" and "''Adebukola''" meaning "The Crown has added to Wealth". Notable people with the name include: * Bukola Abogunloko (born 1994), Nigerian sprinter * Bukola Wright (born 1967) Nigerian actress-politician * Bukola Elemide (born 1982), Nigerian French singer-songwriter * Bukola Oriola (born 1976), Nigerian American journalist * Bukola Saraki Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was ... (born 1962), Nigerian politician References {{given name, nocat Yoruba given names Nigerian names Unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami script, Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern Middle Belt, and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the Ethnic group, 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 ritua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukola Abogunloko
Bukola Dammy Abogunloko (born 18 August 1994) is a Nigerian sprinter. She was part of the Nigerian 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... that made it to the final. However, they were disqualified in the finals. References External links * 1994 births Nigerian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Living people Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Nigerian women 21st-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukky Wright
Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright (born 31 March 1967), professional known as Bukky Wright is a Nigerian actress, businesswoman and politician. She runs the fashion house ''B Collections'' and the beauty spa ''B Wright''. Biography Bukky was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother in Abeokuta. She attended the University of Lagos, and earned a bachelor's degree in economics. Bukky began her acting career in 1996. She has featured in several Nollywood movies of Yoruba and English languages, including Wale Adenuga's Television series ''Super story''. In 2014, Bukky Wright contested for the post of a Honourable in Ogun State House of Assembly under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by former Governor Olusegun Osoba. Personal life Bukky Wright is married, and she has two sons, Eniola and Gbenga. She became a grandmother when one of her sons had a child. Politics In 2014, through the Social Democratic Party, she ran for the position of Senator in Ogun S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukola Elemide
Bukola is a Nigerian unisex given name of Yoruba origin which means "added wealth." It is a diminutive version of names such as "''Oluwabukola''" meaning "God has added to Wealth" and "''Adebukola''" meaning "The Crown has added to Wealth". Notable people with the name include: * Bukola Abogunloko (born 1994), Nigerian sprinter * Bukola Wright (born 1967) Nigerian actress-politician * Bukola Elemide (born 1982), Nigerian French singer-songwriter * Bukola Oriola (born 1976), Nigerian American journalist * Bukola Saraki Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was ... (born 1962), Nigerian politician References {{given name, nocat Yoruba given names Nigerian names Unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukola Oriola
Bukola Oriola (born 1976) is a Nigerian-American journalist. She lives in Anoka County, Minnesota, and has a son named Samuel Jacobs. She spent six years as a journalist covering education in Nigeria while still living in that country. In 2005, she came to the United States from Nigeria on a two-month work permit in order to cover a New York City meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. She married a US citizen who prevented her from establishing interpersonal relationships with anyone other than himself. He subjugated her to a life of unfree labour, confiscating all of her earnings. She was imprisoned in her home in this manner for two years. Bukola is a speaker, author, mentor, advocate, and entrepreneur. Publicity She wrote and self-published a book ''Imprisoned: The Travails of a Trafficked Victim'' about her experiences with human trafficking. In August 2013, she appeared on a discussion panel following a screening of the documentary film ''Not My Life'' at the Humphr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukola Saraki
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was previously the Governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011; and was elected to the Senate in 2011, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District, and then re-elected in the 2015 general elections under the party of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He left the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) and returned to his former party People's Democratic Party (PDP) Where he became the opposition leader, on 31 July 2018. Saraki declared his presidential campaign for the PDP presidential ticket in the 2019 election, but lost the primaries to Atiku Abubakar. He was subsequently announced as the director general of Atiku Abubakar's presidential campaign for the 2019 presidential electio ... [...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] |
Nigerian Names
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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