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Seyi Memene
Seyi, Oluseyi, or Oluwaseyi is a Yoruba unisex given name and an occasional surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Oluseyi Petinrin, Nigerian Air Force officer *Josephine Oluseyi Williams, Nigerian financial expert *Oluseyi Smith, Canadian sprinter *Oluseyi Bajulaiye, United Nations official *Seyi Ajirotutu, soccer player * Oluwaseyi Makinde, Nigerian businessman * Samuel Oluwaseyi Ameobi, professional footballer * Oluwaseyi Babajide "Sheyi" Ojo, English footballer * Oluwaseyi Akerele, Nigerian record producer and songwriter * Joseph "Joe" Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo, English professional footballer *Seyi Abolaji, American soccer player *Seyi Akiwowo, British women's rights activist and campaigner * Adam Adeoye Oluwaseyi Yusuff, English professional footballer *Seyi Shay Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born Oluwaseyi Joshua; 21 December 1985), professionally known as Seyi Shay (pronounced Shay-yee Shay), is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She wro ... [...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] |
Joe Aribo
Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo (born 21 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Southampton and the Nigeria national team. He began his club career at Staines Town then spent four years with Charlton Athletic in the English Football League. In 2019 he signed for Rangers, where he won the Scottish Premiership in 2021 and the Scottish Cup a year later. Born and raised in London, Aribo plays for the Nigeria national team, being eligible due to his heritage. He gained his first cap in 2019 and was part of their squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Staines Town Aribo played for Staines Town under Marcus Gayle in the Isthmian League Premier Division, winning the club's academy player of the year award in April 2014. Charlton Athletic Aribo joined Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial, and signed a one-year contract in May 2016. He made his first-team debut as a 62nd-minute su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakeem M
Hakeem is an Arabic-language given name, a romanization variant of Hakim. It can also be used as a surname. Notablle people with the name include: Given name *Hakeem Abdul-Saboor *Hakeem Abdul-Shaheed *Hakeem Adeniji *Hakeem al-Araibi *Hakeem Ali Mohammad * Hakeem Achour * Hakeem Araba *Hakeem Belo-Osagie *Hakeem Butler *Hakeem Dawodu *Hakeem Fateh Mohammad Sehwani * Hakeem Jeffries *Hakeem Kae-Kazim * Hakeem Kashama *Hakeem Khaaliq *Hakeem Manzoor * Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar *Hakeem Muhammad Saeed * Hakeem Muri-Okunola *Hakeem Nicks * Hakeem Noor-ud-Din *Hakeem Odoffin *Hakeem Olajuwon * Hakeem Oluseyi *Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez Malik *Hakeem Shaker *Hakeem Valles *Hakeem Yasin Surname *Adam Hakeem * Amer Hakeem *Ayman Hakeem * Rauff Hakeem *Yusuf Hakeem *Zayn Hakeem Fictional characters *Hakeem Lyon See also * * Hakim (other) *Abdul Hakim Abdul Hakim ( ar, عبد الحكيم, translit=ʻAbd al-Ḥakīm) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyi Olofinjana
Seyi George Olofinjana (born 30 June 1980) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Olofinjana began his career with local sides Crown and Kwara United before moving to Europe with Norwegian side SK Brann. After two seasons at Brann he moved to English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He became a regular at Molineux making 213 appearances for the club over four seasons before joining Premier League club Stoke City in August 2008 for a fee of £3 million. He played only the 2008–09 season with the team before joining another top flight side, Hull City, again for a fee of £3 million. Career Early career Born in Lagos, he has a degree in Chemical Engineering. He made his debut for the Nigeria national team in June 2000, in a 3–2 win over Malawi. He moved from Nigeria to play club football in Norway for Brann. Wolverhampton Wanderers In July 2004 he moved to England to sign for Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £1.7 million. After having become a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyi Shay
Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born Oluwaseyi Joshua; 21 December 1985), professionally known as Seyi Shay (pronounced Shay-yee Shay), is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She wrote and produced three songs for the soundtrack to Konami's video game '' Crime Life: Gang Wars'' (2005). She also wrote "You Will See", a song that was included on Melanie C's third studio album ''Beautiful Intentions'' (2005). Shay wrote "White Lies", a song from Chip's ''Transition'' album. In 2008, she became the lead singer for the now defunct pop girl group From Above. The group signed a recording deal with Sony's Columbia Records and was managed by Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment company. In November 2013, Shay signed an endorsement deal with telecommunications service provider Etisalat. In July 2015, she signed a record deal with Island Records. In 2015, she signed a 2-year endorsement deal with Pepsi. Shay released her debut studio album ''Seyi or Shay'' in November 2015. It was su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeoye Yusuff
Adam Adeoye Oluwaseyi Yusuff (born 25 May 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hornchurch. Career Yusuff started his career in the youth system at Stevenage, signing a two-year scholarship in the summer of 2010. In March 2012, he joined South Midlands League Premier Division side Biggleswade United on work experience. During his time with the club he scored eight goals, including a hat-trick and man-of-the-match display in a 4–2 win over Oxhey Jets. In April 2012, he was released by Stevenage after he had completed his scholarship. Following his release he enrolled with the Tresham College of Further and Higher Education in Kettering, where he played for the under-21 development side in the Conference Reserve League. In October 2012, he signed for Southern Football League Premier Division side St Neots Town, where he went on to make fifteen appearances in all competitions scoring twice. In January 2013, he moved to fellow Southern Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyi Akiwowo
Seyi Akiwowo (Shay-ee Aki-wo-wo) is a British-Nigerian women's rights activist and campaigner. She is the founder and director of Glitch, a non-profit campaigning to end online abuse. Akiwowo was selected as the Amnesty International Human Rights Defender in 2018 and the Digital Leader of the Year in 2019. She is one of the Evening Standard's 2019 list of most influential people and appeared in Marie Claire in September 2019 as a Future Shaper. Early life and education Akiwowo grew up in the London Borough of Newham. Akiwowo attended Sir George Monoux College, where she completed A-Levels in Law, History, Government and Politics. Whilst at college Akiwowo successfully campaigned for a position in the Newham Youth Council. In this capacity she attended the UK Youth Parliament, where she campaigned to improve sexual health policy. She studied at the London School of Economics, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in social policy. Her dissertation considered whether the right q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyi Abolaji
Oluwaseyi Abolaji (born May 6, 1983) is a former American soccer player. He and his brother, Oluwaseun Abolaji is the founder of Wilson's Juice Co, a lemonade juice company with a start-up of $10 in 2010 after his arrival to Nigeria. Career Abolaji spent four years of his college career at Stanford University where he made a total of 51 appearances for the Cardinal. He also played professionally for California Cougars in the MISL and for Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system b .... References External linksStanford University bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Abolaji, Seyi 1983 births Living people American men's soccer players Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players California Cougars players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizzi
Oluwaseyi Akerele, popularly known as Shizzi, is a Nigerian platinum record producer, disk jockey and songwriter. Music career 2009–2015: Early life and career Shizzi started out as a drummer in church. He achieved recognition for his work on Davido's 2011 single "Dami Duro", and produced six songs on the singer's debut album ''Omo Baba Olowo'' (2012). He produced Wizkid's " Love My Baby", a song from the artist's debut studio album ''Superstar'' (2011). He has been credited for producing "Skelewu" and " Gobe". He was also the producer behind Wande Coal's highly controversial songs "Baby Face" and "Go Low". Shizzi has worked with Sasha, Harrysong, OD Woods, Naeto C, Sauce Kid, Wande Coal, Wizkid, D'Prince, May D, Danagog, Emmy Gee, Skuki, DaBaby, Chris Brown, and Fireboy DML, among others. In 2013, he co-produced Davido's "Tchelete" with Uhuru/dj maphorisa featuring Mafikizolo. On 26 June 2014, Shizzi worked alongside Davido, Tiwa Savage, Lola Rae, Sarkodie, Diamond Platnumz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oluseyi Petinrin
Oluseyi Petinrin (born 19 January 1955) is a retired air chief marshal in the Nigerian Air Force, who was Chief of the Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff, he had held the position of Chief of Air Staff. Early life Petinrin attended the Federal Government College, Sokoto Federal Government College, Sokoto is a unity school that was founded by P.H Davis in 1966. History The school was the first of the first three unity schools, which were originally called Inter Regional Secondary Schools but later called Federal .... References 1955 births Nigerian Air Force air marshals Living people Yoruba military personnel Nigerian Defence Academy alumni {{Nigeria-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheyi Ojo
Oluwaseyi Babajide "Sheyi" Ojo (born 19 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Cardiff City. Ojo joined Liverpool as a 14-year-old and came through their academy. He spent time on loan with Championship clubs Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers before making his competitive debut for Liverpool in January 2016. Ojo has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. Club career Early career Ojo joined MK Dons' academy when he was 10 years old. By the age of 13, he had played for the Dons' U18 side and was training with the first team squad. During his time at the club, Ojo became the first MK Dons trainee to receive an international cap at youth level. Liverpool On 11 November 2011, Liverpool beat off competition from a host of Europe's top clubs including a multimillion-pound offer from Chelsea to sign Ojo, then 14, for an undisclosed fee believed to be in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Ameobi
Samuel Oluwaseyi Jesutoromo Ameobi (born 1 May 1992) is a professional footballer who played most recently for Championship club Middlesbrough, although he has since been made a Free Agent. He is the younger brother of fellow players Shola and Tomi Ameobi. He began his career with Newcastle United, joining the club's youth academy in 2008. After progressing into the first team, he made his senior debut in May 2011. However, he struggled to establish himself in the first team, making 70 appearances during a seven-year spell and spending time on loan with Middlesbrough, Cardiff City and Bolton Wanderers. He was released by Newcastle in 2017 and returned to Bolton on a permanent deal. Born in England, Ameobi was capped by Nigeria at under-20 level and England at under-21 level before switching his allegiance to Nigeria in August 2014. Early life Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Ameobi attended Heaton Manor School in Newcastle and Grindon Hall Christian School in Sunderland, and fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
