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Olufunke Adeoye (born 1959), Nigerian banker
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Olufunke (sometimes shortened as Funke) is a Yoruba given name. Notable people include: *Funke Abimbola, Nigerian businesswoman and lawyer * Olufunke Adeboye, Nigerian professor * Olufunke Adedoyin (1962–2018), Nigerian politician and lawmaker * Funke Adesiyan, Nigerian actress *Funke Akindele (born 1977), Nigerian actress *Olufunke Baruwa (born 1976), Nigerian gender and development practitioner * Funke Bucknor-Obruthe (born 1976), Nigerian entrepreneur and lawyer *Funke Egbemode, Nigerian journalist * Funke Oladoye (born 1993), Nigerian sprinter *Funke Opeke (born 1961), Nigerian electrical engineer * Olufunke Oshonaike (born 1974), Nigerian table tennis player *Funke Osibodu Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu or Funke Osibodu is a Nigerian banker who led Ecobank Nigeria and the Union Bank of Nigeria. Life Funke Osibodu was born in January 1959. She attended the University of Ife and the Harvard Business School.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Names
A Yorùbá name is a name that is part of a naming tradition that is primarily used by the Yoruba people and Yoruba language-speaking individuals in Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. Naming ceremonies Originally, male Yorùbá children were named on the ninth day after their birth, while the female child was named on the seventh day. However, nowadays, both genders are named on the seventh day. The names of the children are traditionally found by divination performed by a group of Babalawo - traditional Ifá priests, but in recent times names can also come from those of ranking members of the family, including the father, mother, grandparents, or next of kin. Both the mother and father and other elderly relatives can give their own favorite names to the child or children. That is why the Yorùbás usually have a long list of names. Baby names often come from the grandparents and great grandparents of the child to be named. The name traditionally divined by the Babaláwo indicates the Orisha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Abimbola
Funke Abimbola MBE is a Nigerian businesswoman and lawyer. She advocates for diversity across UK society with a specific focus on the legal profession. Abimbola attended Newcastle University to study law. Funke Abimbola is a mother of a 19 year old who is presently at Newcastle University studying Software Engineering. Early life and education Abimbola comes from a family of medical doctors. She was educated at Burgess Hill Girls. She did not study medicine because of her fear for "pains and blood" (algophobia and hemophobia). She obtained her law degree from Newcastle University and returned to Nigeria to sit for the Nigerian Bar examination.Abimbola became a mother at the age of 28 years while working with Campbell Hooper. In the year 2000, she qualified as an in-house solicitor. Her father died in 2012 after being diagnosed with cancer. Career Abimbola became the most senior black solicitor for Roche's pharmaceutical operations in the UK, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta. She q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olufunke Adeboye
Olufunke Adeboye is a Nigerian professor of Social History at the Department of History and Strategic Studies of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she was a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts. Adeboye's research interests include gender in Africa, pre-colonial and colonial Nigerian history, nineteenth and twentieth century Yoruba society, African historiography, and Pentecostalism in West Africa. In 2013, she won the Gerti Hesseling Prize awarded by AEGIS ( Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) for the best journal article published in a European African Studies journal by an African scholar. Background Olufunke Adeboye (née Òjó) was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. She completed her secondary schooling at Our Lady's Girls' High School, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria in 1983. She proceeded to the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where she earned Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Masters of Arts (M.A.), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) degrees in History in 1988, 1990, and 1997 res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olufunke Adedoyin
Olufunke Adedoyin (14 June 1962 – 28 September 2018) was a Nigerian politician and lawmaker representing Irepodun/Oke-Ero/Isin/Ekiti Federal Constituency of Kwara State at the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja. She joined the National Assembly under the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). She was however among some APC lawmakers who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in 2018. Olufunke died in September 2018 after battling with cancer for two years. Prior to being a legislator at the National Assembly, she had served as a Minister of Youth Development and Minister of State for Health during the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Education Olufunke completed her first degree at the College of Higher Education, Buckinghamshire (also known as Brunel University) before proceeding to the Slough College of Higher Education, Berkshire for her DMS. She then earned a master's degree at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Political car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Adesiyan
Funke Adesiyan is a Nigerian film actress, politician and personal assistant on domestic and social events to Aisha Buhari, the Nigeria’s Former First Lady. Early life and education Adesiyan hails from Ibadan, Oyo State. She attended Time and Tide International School, Ibadan City academy, Saint Anne's School, and Oriwu College Ikorodu for both her elementary and post-elementary school. She holds both a bachelor's degree in Performing Arts and a Diploma in Law from Olabisi Onabanjo University. Adesiyan studied filmmaking and directing at the New York Film Academy. Career Acting Adesiyan started acting professionally in 2003. Politics In 2011, Funke Adesiyan joined active politics when she became the southwest coordinator for Ibrahim Shekarau's presidential campaign. In 2014, she became the second entertainer to win a primary election, after Desmond Elliot Desmond Elliot'' (born Desmond Oluwashola Elliot; 4 February 1974)'' is a Nigerian director, and politician He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Akindele
Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele-Bello (born 24 August 1977) popularly known as Funke Akindele or Jenifa, is a Nigerian film actress, politician and producer.Funsho AkinwaleFunke Akindele gives first glimpse of her twins ''The Guardian'' Akindele starred in the sitcom ''I Need to Know (TV series), I Need to Know'' from 1998 to 2002, and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She rose to fame for her role in the movie titled ''Jenifa'' which earned her the nickname Jenifa. The ''Omo Ghetto'' trilogy contributed to her fame. Funke Akindele played the lead role in the show ''Jenifa's Diary'', for which she was named the Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Africa Magic Viewers Choice AwardsL. Again, at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, 2020 and 2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, 2022 AMVCA, she took home the same award, making it her third win for the Best Actress in a Comedy category. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olufunke Baruwa
Olufunke Baruwa is a Nigerian gender and development practitioner, feminist and public speaker with a focus on gender, public policy and governance. For more than two decades, she has been at the forefront of social policies and reforms in Nigeria working with government, civil society and international development partners. Education Baruwa was educated at the University of Abuja (BSc) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (MBA), and completed further courses at the University of East Anglia and the University of York. Career Baruwa is renowned for her advocacy on the inclusion of women in strategic political, social and economic positions in Nigeria. From 2000 to 2015, she was a program officer at the defunct National Poverty Eradication Programme, gender advisor at the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, and as a technical assistant on research, policy and planning in the Ministry of Communication Technology. In 2015, she was appointed as the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Bucknor-Obruthe
Funke Bucknor-Obruthe (born 27 June 1976) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and lawyer. She is the founder and CEO of Zapphaire Events and is regarded as one of Nigeria's pioneering event planners. Early life and education Bucknor-Obruthe was born to Segun and Shola Bucknor in Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria. She began her basic and secondary school education at Fountain Nursery and Primary School, Lagos, and Nigeria Navy Secondary School, Lagos, before she proceeded to study Law at the University of Lagos. In 2000, she was called to bar after attending the Nigerian Law School in Abuja. Career After practising law briefly, Bucknor-Obruthe was employed at Tie Communications, an advertisement agency, where she worked for a short period. In 2003, her love for event planning made her start Zapphaire Events, an independent event planning enterprise. She has since gone on to plan and organize several high-profile events within and outside Nigeria and has won awards and recognition includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Egbemode
Funke Egbemode is a Nigerian female journalist, Managing Director of the '' New Telegraph'' newspaper. She attended Baptist Practising Primary School, Iwo, Osun State Iwo is a City in Osun State, Nigeria. The Iwo people, like all other people of the Yoruba kingdom, are said to have originated from Ile-Ife - where they migrated sometimes in the 14th century according to Alademomi kenyon and Prince Adelegan Ad .... Her Secondary school education was at Baptist Girls High School, Osogbo (Osun State) She is a columnist with The Sun Newspaper. Funke served as the President of Nigerian Guild of Editors for two terms. She is currently the Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Osun State, Nigeria. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nigerian women journalists {{Nigeria-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Oladoye
Funke Oladoye (born 5 December 1993) is a Nigerian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing finishing fifth. Her personal best in the 400 metres is 52.55 seconds (Warri 2014). International competitions References External links * * * 1993 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games People from Ondo City Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funke Opeke
Funke Opeke is a Nigerian electrical engineer, founder of Main Street Technologies and Chief Executive Officer of Main One Cable Company, a communications services company based in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria. Education and early life Funke Opeke attended Queens School (girls only) in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She grew up in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, although, she is a native of Ile- Oluji, Ondo state. Born into a family of 9, her father was the first ''Nigerian director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria while her mother was a teacher. Funke Opeke obtained a bachelor's and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and Columbia University, respectively. After she graduated from Columbia University, she followed with a career in ICT in the United States as an executive director with the wholesale division of Verizon Communications in New York City. In 2005, she joined MTN Nigeria as chief technical officer (CTO). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olufunke Oshonaike
Olufunke Oshonaike, also known as Funke Oshonaike (born 28 April 1974) is a professional Nigeria table tennis player based in Hamburg, Germany. She competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Oshonaike started her playing career on a street called Akeju Street in Shomolu, Lagos, in the early 1980s while very young. She was a spectacle each time she played because she was very small and used to amaze people with her skill at that early age. She attended Community Primary School, now known as Ola-Olu Primary School, Agunbiade, Shomolu, Lagos. While in primary 4, she won a competition for the school and was honoured by the Headmaster of the school, Mr G.O. Taiwo, on the assembly ground in front of her schoolmates. After her primary education, she proceeded to Igbobi Girls High School, Igbobi-Yaba; she left the school after completion of SSCE to proceed with her education at the University of Lagos where she bagged a Diploma in Physical Education and thereafter pursued a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
