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Ekpo Nta Amaku
Ekpo is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Akpan Hogan Ekpo (born 1954), Nigerian economist and professor *Comfort Ekpo (born 1954), Nigerian Vice Chancellor at the University of Uyo *Efioanwan Ekpo (born 1984), Nigerian female footballer *Emmanuel Ekpo (born 1987), Nigerian footballer *Felix Ekpo (born 1981), Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category *Florence Ekpo-Umoh (born 1977), Nigerian-German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres *Friday Ekpo (born 1969), Nigerian footballer *Isaac Ekpo (born 1982), Nigerian boxer *Margaret Ekpo (1914–2006), Nigerian women's rights activist *Mfon Ekpo (born 1982), Nigerian entrepreneur and author *Moses Ekpo, Nigerian politician, Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State Given name: *Bassey Ekpo Bassey (born 1949), Nigerian journalist, politician and traditional ruler of the Efik people of the Akwa Akpa kingdom *Ekpo Eyo (1931–2011), Nigerian scholar mostly known for his work on archeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akpan Hogan Ekpo
Akpan Hogan Ekpo (born 26 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist and professor. He is currently a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Ekpo is also the Chairman of the Foundation for Economic Research and Training (FERT) in Lagos, Nigeria. He was the Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) in Lagos, Nigeria from May 2009 to December 2018. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Ekpo is also a former Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Early life Akpan Hogan Ekpo was born in Lagos, Nigeria to Hogan Ekpo Etuknwa (1917–1997) who was a policeman and Affiong Harrison Hogan Ekpo (née Udosen) (1936–2019). He is the oldest of four children. Ekpo originally hails from Ikot Obio Eka in Etinan Local Government of Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Ekpo attended Anglican Isoko Primary School, Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos from 1959 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfort Ekpo
Comfort Ekpo (born 12 November 1954) was a Nigerian Vice Chancellor at the University of Uyo. Life Comfort Memfin Ekpo was born in Uyo in 1954. Her parents were Etim Udoh Isok and Nyong Sam Akpan. She worked her way up starting as a Sunday School teacher and serving as a Teaching Assistant at Cross River University from 1983 to 1991. Ekpo became the fourth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo and also, the first female Vice-Chancellor.Leading Women 2014, SunNewsOnline.com, Retrieved 8 February 2016 In December 2015, she was scheduled to leave as Professor had been identified as her successor. However, she wrote to the Minister of Education, |
Efioanwan Ekpo
Efioanwan Ekpo (born 25 January 1984) is a Nigerian female footballer. A member of the Nigeria women's national football team, Ekpo competed at the 2003 World Cup, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 African Championship, 2007 World Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... References 1984 births Living people Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Nigeria Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women's association football defenders {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Ekpo
Emmanuel Ekpo (born 20 December 1987 in Ekori) is a Nigerian professional footballer. Career Professional Ekpo spent his early years in the youth system of Calabar Rovers, before going on to play professionally for Akwa United and Enyimba in the Nigerian Premier League. Ekpo signed a contract with Columbus Crew on 15 April 2008, and scored an impressive first goal for the Crew on 28 June 2008, in a game against Colorado Rapids. He went on to be an invaluable part of the Crew team which won the 2008 MLS Cup, the 2008 MLS Supporters Shield, and the 2009 Supporters shield repeat, featuring in over 80 games in all competitions in his first three seasons with the club. In December 2011 Ekpo became a free agent when he did not re-sign with the Crew. In February 2012 he signed with Molde of Norway, managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, on a three-year contract through 2014. After two and a half seasons with Molde, Ekpo moved to Haugesund in July 2014, leaving Haugesund after the 2014 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Ekpo
Felix Ekpo (born 10 May 1981) is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. His personal best is 335 kg. He won overall gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games, with a total of 333 kg. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 23rd with a total of 327 kg. He won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and overall silver at the 2008 African Championships, with a total of 335 kg. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing fifteenth with 325 kg. In 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ... he competed in the same weight division and finished 8th with a total of 331 kg. He is 5 ft 3 inches tall and weighs 170 lb. Notes and refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Ekpo-Umoh
Florence Ekpo-Umoh (born 27 December 1977 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-German sprinter, who specializes in the 400 m. She was suspended from competing for two years for doping. Career Ekpo-Umoh last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German citizenship in 2000. Since 1998, she represented the sports club USC Mainz. In 2003, Ekpo-Umoh was found guilty of stanozolol doping. The sample was delivered on 24 January 2003 in an out-of-competition test in South Africa. She was suspended from the sport until March 2005. Her personal best time is 51.13 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart. Achievements See also *List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday Ekpo
Friday Ekpo (born 13 August 1969) is a Nigerian footballer. He played in 19 matches for the Nigeria national football team from 1989 to 1993. He was also named in Nigeria's squad for the 1992 African Cup of Nations The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each ... tournament. References External links * 1969 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers 1992 African Cup of Nations players Footballers from Lagos Men's association football midfielders Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Leventis United F.C. players Abiola Babes F.C. players Heartland F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Gabon {{Nigeria-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Ekpo
Isaac Ekpo (born 22 October 1982) is a Nigerian professional boxer who has challenged three times for a super-middleweight world title between 2013 and 2018. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career In 2004, Ekpo was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team, and was defeated in the first round by Utkirbek Haydarov from Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co .... References 1982 births Olympic boxers for Nigeria Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Super-middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Nigerian male boxers African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Abuja Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Ekpo
Chief Margaret Ekpo (27 July 1914 – 21 September 2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and social mobilizer who was a pioneering female politician in the country's First Republic and a leading member of a class of traditional Nigerian women activists, many of whom rallied women beyond notions of ethnic solidarity.Toyin Falola, Adebayo Oyebade. Africa World Press, 2002, p. 374. She played major roles as a grassroots and nationalist politician in the Eastern Nigerian city of Aba, in the era of a hierarchical and male-dominated movement towards independence.Jeremiah I. Dibua. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, 2006, p. 68. Early life and education Margaret Ekpo was born in Creek Town, Cross River State, to the family of Okoroafor Obiasulor ho was originally from Aguluzigbo, a rural town in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra Stateand Inyang Eyo Aniemikwe. Through her mother, she was a member of the royal family of King Eyo Honesty II of Creek Town. She reached standard six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mfon Ekpo
Mfon Ekpo (born November 16, 1982) is a Nigerians, Nigerian entrepreneur and author. In 2017, Ekpo was named one of the most inspiring and influential women in Nigeria by Leading Ladies Africa and shortlisted for the British Council Alumni Awards for Social Impact in Nigeria. Ekpo serves as an Executive Director with The John C. Maxwell, John Maxwell Team. Early life and education Mfon holds multiple degrees in Public and International Law, Business law and Social sciences, Journalism, Neuro-linguistic Programming and has a master's degree in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton, England. Career She has also served as the Executive Director of The Future Project, owners of the Future Awards, Africa's largest youth focused awards connecting young Africans to leadership, enterprise and governance. She took over from Chude Jideonwo, who was appointed Executive Director in 2010 and had functioned as Chief Executive of TFP and its parent organization, Red Media Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Ekpo
Moses Frank Ekpo (born in Akwa Ibom State) is a Nigerian politician and the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe .... He is popularly known as "Uncle Mo". References Akwa Ibom State politicians Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassey Ekpo Bassey
Bassey Ekpo Bassey II (born November 1949) is a Nigerian journalist and politician Early career Bassey was born in November 1949, son of Etubom Dr EE Bassey a medical doctor and grandson of King James Ekpo Bassey of Cobham Town. He had his early education in Calabar, Onitsha and Lagos. In 1974 he graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with a degree in journalism. . He followed a journalism career which saw him working in several parts of the country for organizations like the Nigerian Chronicle, The Punch, Newbreed magazine and The Call. Bassey was also for a time vice-president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, and National Publicity director in the now defunct Nigerian Peoples Party. A socialist, in February 1989 he was head of the Directorate for Literacy and at about the same period he moved from crypto-politics to actual participation when he contested and won the elections for chairmanship of calabar Municipal council. . In 1991 he was a gubernatorial aspirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |