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Okoro
Okoro is a surname of Igbo origin with a meaning of "greatness", especially in one's character. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Christopher Okoro Cole, (1921–c.1990), Sierra Leonean government official * Dawn Okoro, American artist * Fidelis Okoro, Nigerian politician *Isaac Okoro (born 2001), American basketball player * Kenny Okoro, American football player * Marilyn Okoro, British athlete * Osas Okoro, Nigerian footballer *Sandie Okoro (born 1964), British lawyer *Stanley Okoro, Nigerian footballer *Sunday Patrick Okoro, Nigerian footballer Given name *Okoro Idozuka, 19th-century Nigerian leader See also * Ikot Okoro, Nigerian village *Okoro Oilfield Okoro Oilfield is an oilfield located offshore Nigeria in an average water depth of in the eastern Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is l ..., Nigerian offshore oilfield References {{surname, Okor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Okoro
Isaac Nnamdi Okoro (born January 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers. Listed at and , he plays the small forward position. Okoro played basketball for McEachern High School in Georgia for four years, helping his team win the state championship and achieve national success in his senior season. He was considered a five-star recruit by Rivals and a four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN. After his freshman college season at Auburn, he was named to the second team All-SEC. Early life Okoro was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Nigerian parents and was raised close to metro Atlanta. His father, Godwin, emigrated from Nigeria in the 1980s. His mother, Gloria, is also from Nigeria. Okoro started playing basketball in his local church league. When he was around seven to eight years old, he began training under the guidance of Amateur Athletic U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Okoro
Chibuikem Kenneth Okoro (born October 18, 1989) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Wake Forest University and attended James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He has been a member of the San Diego Chargers, San Jose SaberCats and Washington Redskins. His name Chibuikem means "God is my power" in Igbo Early years Okoro's parents are both Nigerian immigrants. He played high school football for the James B. Dudley High School Panthers. He was the Greensboro News and Record All-Area Player of the Year as a senior and a member of the NCPreps.com 3A All-State team. Okoro was an honor roll student all four years of high school. College career Okoro played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from 2009 to 2012. He was redshirted in 2008. He started 37 games for the Demon Deacons, recording seven interceptions. Professional career San Diego Chargers Okoro was signed by the San Diego Chargers on April 27, 2013 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Okoro
Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro (born 23 September 1984, in London) is a British track and field athlete. She finished third in the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. She represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and finished sixth (1:59.53 mins) in the semi-finals. She was part of the 4 × 400 m relay team which finished fifth in the final of the 2008 Summer Olympics although the team was later upgraded to bronze medal position following disqualification for doping offences of the teams finishing in third and fourth place. She attended Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and on 26 June 2007 graduated from the University of Bath with a B.A. degree in Politics and French, then starting her first season as a full-time athlete. She speaks four languages (English, French, Spanish and Igbo) and sings in the jazz band The Felonius Monks. Marilyn suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Okoro
Stanley Osaretin Okoro (born 8 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger or forward. Career Born in Enugu, Okoro finished his graduation with Heartland FC, after spells with River Lane FC and National Grammar School. He made his senior debuts with the former in 2009. On 14 April 2010, Okoro joined UD Almeria in Spain, signing a four-year contract. He was initially assigned to the ''Juvenil'' squad, being promoted to the reserves in the following year. In July 2013, Okoro moved to Bulgarian A Professional Football Group side Cherno More Varna in a season-long loan deal. He played his first match as a professional on 3 August, starting in a 0–0 draw at CSKA Sofia, and scored his first goal on 11 December, netting the first of a 2–0 win at Lokomotiv Sofia. On 29 May 2014, Okoro was promoted to the Andalusians' main squad for the pre-season, but returned to the B-side in August. Released in the summer of 2015, he returned to his nation in 2016, signing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Okoro
Dawn Okoro (born 1980, in Houston), is a Nigerian American artist who paints figurative art Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork (particularly paintings and sculptures) that is clearly derived from real object sources and so is, by definition, representational. The term is often in contrast to abstract a ... works, as well as practices photography and videography, all inspired by fashion and popular culture. She graduated from University of Texas-Austin in 2002 with a B.A. in Psychology and Fashion Design and graduated with a law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 2009. Okoro currently lives and works in Austin, Texas, but her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and has also been commissioned by celebrities. Biography Born to an American mother and a Nigerian father from the Igbo tribe, Okoro was raised in Lubbock. Okoro has participated in both solo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Okoro
Sandie Okoro (born 1964) is a British lawyer, appointed in 2016 as senior vice-president and general counsel at the World Bank Group. She has previously been general counsel at Barings Asset Management, and head of legal at Schroders Investment Management International. Early life Okoro was born in Fulham, London, in 1964, and grew up in nearby Balham. Her father was a teacher from Nigeria, and her mother a nurse from Trinidad. At the age of nine she decided she wanted to become a judge, influenced by the television programme ''Crown Court'', and undeterred by a school teacher, asking the class their chosen careers, who said "Sandie, little black girls from Balham don't become judges." She attended Putney High School and then studied law and politics at the University of Birmingham. After university she studied at the Inns of Court School of Law, now part of City, University of London, and joined Lincoln's Inn, qualifying as a barrister in 1988. In a change of course she re-quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osas Okoro
Osadebamwen Moses Okoro (born 7 September 1990) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays for Enugu Rangers, as a midfielder. Personal life Okoro's brothers, Stanley and Charles, are also footballers. Club career Okoro has played club football in Nigeria for Bayelsa United, Heartland and Enugu Rangers. In December 2016, he was crowned the Edo Footballer of the Year by the Edo FA International career He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2011. He was named in the Nigerian team for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship and 2016 African Nations Championship The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men' .... International goals :''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.'' References External links * 1990 births Living people Nigerian footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Patrick Okoro
Sunday Patrick Okoro (born 27 April 1986 in Abuja) is a Nigerian footballer playing with Dhivehi Premier League side New Radiant S.C. Career Okoro previously played professionally for Serbian club FK Radnički Pirot, Belgian clubs KSK Beveren and Germinal BeerschotSunday Okoro at Zerozero and semi professionally for Nigeria side Shooting Stars, Faroes clubs and . He also played amateur football for HSV Hoek. He played with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okoro Oilfield
Okoro Oilfield is an oilfield located offshore Nigeria in an average water depth of in the eastern Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical .... The field is located in OML 112 block (formerly OPL 469). The Okoro Oilfield is operated and owned entirely by Amni. History Okoro was discovered in 1973 by Japan Petroleum with the drilling of Okoro-1 well. The well penetrated the two oil bearing sands between 4,900 and in the Agbada Formation and was logged and tested. One of oil zone flowed and 1,000 BW and well was deemed commercial discovery. Okoro-2 follow up appraisal well was drilled in Nov 1974 by Japan Petroleum at the eastern extension of the field but it was water wet. Okoro-2 appraisal well confirmed the presence of both reservoir sands. The field is cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo Language
Igbo ( , ; Igbo: ''Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò'' ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, a meta-ethnicity from Southeastern Nigeria. The number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, so there could be around 15 different Igboid languages. The core Igbo cluster or Igbo proper is generally thought to be one language but there is limited mutual intelligibility between the different groupings (north, west, south and east). A standard literary language termed 'Igbo izugbe' (meaning "general igbo") was generically developed and later adopted around 1972, with its core foundation based on the Owerri (Isuama), Anambra (Awka) and Umuahia (Ohuhu) dialects, omitting the nasalization and aspiration of those varieties. However, nobody speaks "general Igbo" natively and it isn't accepted by all Igbo groups. The largest variety of the core Igbo cluster is Ngwa. History The first book to publish Igbo terms was ''History of the Missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Okoro Cole
Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole, CMG OBE (April 17, 1921 – 1990) was a Sierra Leonean politician. He served as Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone for 1 day in 1971. Cole was appointed officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965 for "Public services as minister without portfolio" and inducted as a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1973. Early life Cole was born to Creole parents at Waterloo, Sierra Leone, then a British colony. He studied at Seventh Day Adventist School Waterloo, Buxton Memorial School, Freetown, C.M. S.G.S. He attended London School of Economics and London University. He graduated LLB. In 1946 Cole entered the Bar at The Middle Temple. From 1946–1951 he worked in private practice in Sierra Leone. From 1947–1951 he served as part-time lecturer in law. Department of Economic Studies, F.B.C. Career He worked as the City Solicitor.; Police Supreme Courts 1952. Commissioner of Oaths. Crown Counsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Okoro
Fidelis C. Okoro is a Nigerian politician who was Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Okoro was appointed to committees on Senate Services, Industries (chairman), Police Affairs, Agriculture and Niger Delta. He changed allegiance to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and became an ally of Governor Chimaroke Nnamani. In December 2001, he was named in an assault suit by Chief Mike Ejinima, an aspirant to become governor, along with Nnamani, Ike Ekweremadu Ike Ekweremadu (born 12 May 1962) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since May 2003. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party, and was the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate f ... and David Atigwe, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly. He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
