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Idowu Elijah (1934–2018), Nigerian jurist
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Idowu is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Akinjide Idowu (born 1996), Nigerian footballer *Bolaji Idowu (1913–1995), Nigerian Methodist leader * Brian Idowu (born 1992), Russian footballer * Dorcas Idowu (born 1903), Cameroonian politician *Olumide Idowu (born 1987), Nigerian youth campaigner and climate change activist * Oluyinka Idowu (born 1972), British athlete *Phillips Idowu (born 1978), British athlete *Saheed Idowu (born 1990), Congolese table tennis player * Yemi Idowu (born 1968), Nigerian businessperson Given name * Idowu Philips (born 1942), Nigerian actress *Idowu Sofola Chief Idowu Sofola, SAN, MON (29 September 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, Bencher and president of the Nigerian Bar Association. He was Previously the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers. Early life Chief Idowu was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akinjide Idowu
Akinjide Elijah Idowu (born 9 September 1996) is a Nigerian footballer. Career Idowu joined United Soccer League side Portland Timbers 2 on 22 January 2016. In 2018 was a member of lithuanian FK Palanga FK Palanga was a professional Association football, football club based in Palanga, Lithuania. The team competes in the A Lyga, the top division of Football in Lithuania, Lithuanian football in 2018 and 2019 seasons. History FK Palanga was found .... In 2019 he changed team and became a member of FK Atlantas Klaipėda. References External linksTimbers 2 Profile 1996 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Portland Timbers 2 players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USL Championship players Nigeria men's youth international footballers {{Nigeria-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolaji Idowu
E Bolaji Idowu (1913–1995 was the third native-born leader of the Methodist Church Nigeria, serving from 1972 to 1984. He is also well known for his ethnographic and theological studies of the Yoruba people. Life Idowu was born on 28 September 1913, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. His early education was at the Anglican and Methodist schools in Ikorodu. There, he met the Rev. A. T. Ola Olude and was converted to Christianity. After finishing at Wesley College in Ibadan, he became headmaster at the primary school in Remo, Ogun State. He was ordained in 1942. From 1945 to 1948, he continued his studies at Wesley House, Cambridge. From 1957 to 1958, he was posted in Germany in an effort to resolve some of the problems that were facing African and Asian students there. In 1958 he joined the staff of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Ibadan and served as its head from 1963 to 1976. Church leader In 1972, he was elected president of the Methodist Church Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Idowu
Brian Oladapo Idowu (russian: Брайан Оладапо Идову; born 18 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian club Khimki. Born in Russia, he represents the Nigeria national team. Club career Born in Saint Petersburg to a Nigerian father and a Russian-Nigerian mother, Idowu moved to Owerri, Nigeria at early age, and later moved back to Russia. He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Amkar Perm on 6 May 2012 in a game against FC Terek Grozny. After a loan spell with Dynamo St Petersburg during the 2013–14 season, Idowu signed a new 3-year deal with Amkar on 30 June 2014, extending his contract again in February 2017 until the summer of 2020. Lokomotiv Moscow On 10 July 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Khimki On 7 August 2020, he joined Khimki on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 7 June 2021, he moved to Khimki on a permanent basis, signing a 2-year contract with an additional 1-year extension ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorcas Idowu
Dorcas Ewokolo Idowu (born 27 August 1903) was a Cameroonian politician. She was the first woman to sit in the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly, and the first female parliamentarian in what is now Cameroon. Biography Idowu was born in 1903, the daughter of Joseph Lifanjo Ekema.''Who's who in Nigeria'', 1956, p164 She married Thomas Faguma Idowu and worked as a teacher at the government school in Buea.Emmanuel Konde (2005) ''African Women and Politics: Knowledge, Gender, and Power in Male-dominated Cameroon'', p121 A member of the Kamerun National Congress The Kamerun National Congress (KNC) was a political party in Southern Cameroons. History The KNC was established in 1952 as a merger of two pro-unification parties, the Kamerun United National Congress and the Cameroons National Federation.Mark ..., Idowu was appointed to the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly in July 1955 as a member representing women's interests, becoming the first female parliamentarian in Camero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olumide Idowu
Olumide Idowu (also known as Mr. Climate), is a Nigerian youth campaigner and climate change activist. He is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI Africa), Climate Wednesday and Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition. Olumide was an Atlas Corps fellow, State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni, social media and communications officer for Association for the Development of Education in Africa Triennale 2017 in Senegal, and the senior communication director for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC). He was the Organizing Committee Member for 7th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Mexico, African Youth Champion for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and received the 2015 Save the Children Award of Contribution toward (in) Sustainable Development in Nigeria. Olumide is the Youth Focal Point Nigeria UNDP Small Grant Program, youth lead author for Global Enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oluyinka Idowu
Oluyinka 'Yinka' Lola Idowu (born 25 February 1972) is a female former British athlete. Athletics career Idowu competed in the women's long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won a silver medal in the long jump event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References 1972 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics British female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillips Idowu
Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu, (born 30 December 1978) is a British athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a former World Outdoor and Indoor, European Outdoor and Indoor, and Commonwealth triple jump champion. He was also a silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Idowu is a member of the London-based Belgrave Harriers athletics club and has been for much of his career. Despite his successes, Idowu has at times been accused of inconsistency and of failing to fulfil his potential, including his disappointing failure at the London Olympics 2012. His championship record since 2008, especially his gold medal at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, has addressed some of these criticisms; the Olympic Games is the only major championship to have eluded him, with a silver medal in 2008. Career Idowu grew up in Hackney, and was a talented sportsman at school in both basketball and American football, yet he was most successful as a junior in athletics. In 1997 he cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saheed Idowu
Saheed Idowu (born 3 January 1990 in Brazzaville) is a Congolese table tennis player. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the preliminary round. 2018 ITTF African-Cup Idowu competed in the 2018 ITTF African-Cup, placing second in group 2 behind Quadri Aruna, dropping the group match to Aruna (1-3),allowing him to qualify for the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals, Idowu faced and defeated African Table Tennis legend Segun Toriola (4-2). In the Semi Finals, Idowu lost to eventual winner Omar Assar, dropping four straight games (0-4). He was then paired against Ahmed Saleh Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar ( ar, أحمد علي عبد الله صالح الأحمر; born July 25, 1972) is the eldest son of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and was a commander of approximately 80,000 troops of the Republi ... in the placement round, losing that match (1-3), finishing the tournament in fourth place. Playing Style Like m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemi Idowu
Yemi Idowu, or Adeyemi Idowu, (born 3 December 1968) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist. Early life and education An alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, Idowu holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounts and Financial Analysis from the Newcastle upon Tyne University, England. Business career and sports Until July 2014, Idowu served as a non-executive Director with Sterling Bank (Nigeria) PLC from its inception in 2005 and was a onetime Chairman of Sterling Capital as well as being the vice chairman of NBM Bank between 1999 and 2005. Idowu also sat on the governing council of the Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) as its general secretary between 2009 and 2014. Idowu also serves as Chairman Leyland Nigeria (Nigeria’s largest indigenous automobile assembly plant) and is a director of the Lagos Junior League and the current chairman of Nathaniel Boys Football Club where the likes of Leicester City F.C. midfield mae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idowu Philips
Idowu Philips (born 16 October 1942), popularly known as Iya Rainbow, is a Nigerian veteran actress. Early life and career Idowu Philips was born on 16 October 1942 at Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. She attended African Methodist School and Anglican Modern School for her primary and secondary education. Her stage name "Iya Rainbow" stems from "Osumare" (meaning "rainbow" in British English), the name of the theatre group of Sir Hubert Ogunde, who died in 1990. Idowu Philips worked as a healthcare assistant in general hospitals in Nigeria for several years and occasionally acted in theatre. Idowu ventured into full-time acting after the death of her husband - Augustine Ayanfemi Phillips (who worked closely with the late patriarch of Nigerian Film Industry Sir Herbert Ogunde. She has featured in several Nigerian films, including ''Apaadi'', ''Eru'', and ''Aje ni iya mi'' among others). Idowu has five children. Endorsement Idowu Philips is a brand ambassado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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