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Oladipo
Oladipo (alternatively spelled " Ladipo"; variant: Oladipupo) is both a Yoruba language surname and a given name meaning "more wealth". Notable people with the name include: *Victor Oladipo (born 1992), American basketball player * * Divine Oladipo, British Athlete * * Destiny Oladipo, British Football Player * *Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968), British playwright *Oladipo Diya (born 1944), Nigerian general *Oladipo Jadesimi, Nigerian oil businessman *Adebukola Oladipupo Adebukola Oladipupo or Bukola Oladipupo (born May 23, 1994) is a Nigerian actress who debuted on '' MTV Shuga''. Life Oladipupo was born in London and educated in Lagos. She has two siblings. Oladipupo had her primary education in Bellina Nurse ..., Nigerian actress References {{given name, type=both Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Oladipo
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012-2013 season he was named the ''Sporting News'' Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the Co-NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and ''Sporting News''. That year he was also named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, given annually to the top player in men's NCAA Division I basketball. Oladipo was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic and went on to be named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 and then traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2017. He became a first-time NBA All-Star, led the league in steals, was named to the All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Third Team, and won the NBA Most Improved Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oladipo Diya
Donaldson Oladipo Diya (born 3 April 1944) is a Nigerian general who served as Chief of the General Staff, (''de facto'' Vice President of Nigeria) under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997. He previously served as Chief of Defence Staff and was Military Governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985. Early life Donaldson Oladipo Diya was born on 3 April 1944 at Odogbolu, Ogun State, then Western Region, Nigeria. He was educated at the Methodist Primary School, Lagos, the Odogbolu Grammar School. Military career Diya joined the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and fought during the Nigerian Civil War. He later attended the US Army School of Infantry, the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1980–1981) and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. While serving in the military, Diya studied law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained an LLB degree, and then at the Nigerian Law Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divine Oladipo
Divine Oladipo (born 5 October 1998) is a United States based English international athlete. She has represented England at the Commonwealth Games. Biography Oladipo was educated at Bexley Grammar School, the University of Connecticut and Ohio State University. She has won two bronze medals in the discus at the 2019 British Athletics Championships and the 2021 British Athletics Championships. In 2022, she was selected for the women's shot put and the women's discus throw events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Oladipo became a British champion in 2024, after winning the gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships The 2024 British Athletics Championships (sponsored by Microplus Timing) is the national championships in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, which also served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The even ..., held in Manchester, with a throw of 54.78 metres. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oladip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oladipo Agboluaje
Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968) is a British-Nigerian playwright. He was born in London Borough of Hackney, Hackney and educated in Britain and Nigeria, studying theatre arts at the University of Benin (Nigeria), University of Benin. He later wrote a doctoral thesis at the Open University on West and South African drama. Works *''Early Morning'', at Oval House Theatre, Ovalhouse, produced by Futuretense in 2003. *''God is a DJ'', presented in 2006 at the Redbridge Drama Centre and elsewhere. *''The Estate'', presented in 2006 as a co-production of the Tiata Fahodzi company and the Soho Theatre. *''The Christ of Coldharbour Lane'', presented in 2007 at the Soho Theatre, where he was Writer in Residence. *''For One Night Only'', presented on tour and at Ovalhouse in 2008. * ''The Hounding of David Oluwale'', an adaptation of Kester Aspden's book of the same name, which had originally been issued with the title ''Nationality: Wog'', about the life and death of David Oluwale, presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oladipo Jadesimi
Chief Oladipo "Ladi" Jadesimi is a Nigerian oil businessman and founder of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, where he serves as the executive chairman. Education and career Oladipo Jadesimi completed his secondary school education at King's College, Lagos. He graduated from Oxford University in 1966 with M.A. and L.L.B. degrees in Jurisprudence, and began working as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in London. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (F.C.A.). He is a founding partner in Arthur Andersen Nigeria, where he serves as an Independent Financial Consultant, and a major investor in the Niger Delta Oil Company. He was appointed the director of Niger Delta Exploration and Production PLC in 2010 and became Chairman of the Board on June 21, 2016. He served as a non-executive director of First City Monument Bank from 1983 until 2011. Jadesimi is a founder of Lagos Offshore Logistics Base and serves as the executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladipo
Ladipo (alternatively spelled Oladipo) is both a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "Wealth and Prosperity". Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Duro Ladipo (1931–1978), Nigerian dramatist * Kehinde Oluwatoyin Ladipo, Nigerian geologist * Margaret Ladipo (born 1961), Nigerian academic *Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968), Nigerian-British writer * Sule Ladipo (born 1974), Nigerian tennis player Given name: * Ladipo Oluwole (1892-1953), Nigerian physician * Ladipo Adamolekun (born 1942), Nigerian academic *Ladipo Solanke Ladipo Solanke (c. 1886 – 2 September 1958) was a political activist born in Nigeria who campaigned on West African issues. Biography Birth and education Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, as Oladipo Felix Solanke, he studied at the Fourah Bay Coll ... (c. 1886–1958), Nigerian activist References {{given name, type=both Yoruba given names Yoruba-language surnames ... [...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] |
Destiny Oladipo
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' have distinct connotations. *Traditional usage defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. Fate defines events as ordered or "inevitable" and unavoidable. This is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe, and in some conceptions, the cosmos. Classical and European mythology feature personified "fate spinners," known as the Moirai in Greek mythology, the Parcae in Roman mythology, and the Norns in Norse mythology. They determine the events of the world through the mystic spinning of threads that represent individual human fates. Fate is often conceived as being divinely inspired. *Fate is about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
