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Yetunde Omisade
Yetunde (variant forms: Yewande, Yeside, Yetide, Yejide, Yetunji, Yebode; alternatively spelled Iyabo or Iyabode) is a traditional name of the Yoruba ethnic group for females which factors into Yoruba religious beliefs, meaning "Mother has returned". Notable people with the name include: * Anthonia Yetunde Alabi, Nigerian musician and businesswoman. * Yetunde Barnabas, Nigerian actress * Yetunde Onanuga, Nigerian politician * Yetunde Price, the elder half-sister of tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams. * Yetide Badaki, American actress * Yejide Kilanko, Nigerian-Canadian writer * Agnes Yewande Savage, Scottish-Nigerian physician * Yewande Osho, British comedian and actress. * Yewande Adekoya, Nigerian actress. * Yewande Akinola, Nigerian engineer * Yewande Olubummo, American scientist * Yewande Komolafe, American chef Notable people with the alternative name form include: * Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of Nigerian former president. * Iyabo Anisulowo, Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babatunde
Babatunde (variant forms: Babatunji, Babajide, Babawande, Babaside, Babatide, Bababode, Babs) is a male given name. In the Yoruba language, it means 'father returns', or ' a father has returned'. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great-grandfather. People named Babatunde As a given name *Babatunde Adebimpe, American actor and musician known professionally as Tunde Adebimpe *Babatunde Aiyegbusi, Polish-Nigerian wrestler and former American football player *Babatunde Aléshé, British actor, writer and comedian * Samuel Babatunde Bajah, Nigerian educator * Babatunde Elegbede, military governor of Cross State, Nigeria, 1978–1979 *Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, 2015–present; governor of Lagos State, 2007–2015 * Bomani Babatunde Jones, American sports journalist *Babatunde Jose (1925–2008), Nigerian journalist *Babatunde Lawal, Nigerian art historian in the United States *Babatunde Lea, Afro-Cuban and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yewande Olubummo
Yewande Olubummo (born February 8, 1960) is a Nigerian-American mathematician whose research interests include functional analysis and dynamical systems. She is an associate professor of mathematics at Spelman College, where she served as chair of the mathematics department from 2006 to 2010. She is a member of the National Association of Mathematicians, as well as the Mathematical Association of America. Early life and education Olubummo is originally from Ibadan in Nigeria, and is the oldest of three children of mathematician Adegoke Olubummo and hospital administrator Edak Olubummo; her father was the second Nigerian to earn a doctorate in mathematics. As a child, she was educated at the staff school of the University of Ibadan, where her father taught, and then at the International School Ibadan on the university campus. She earned a bachelor's degree with first class honours in mathematics from the University of Ibadan in 1980, and did her compulsory national service in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Given Names
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 42 million people in Africa, are a few hundred thousand outside the continent, and bear further representation among members of the African diaspora. The vast majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 21% of the country's population according to CIA estimations, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba to the northwest in Benin and Nigeria, the Nupe to the north, and the Ebira to the northeast in central Nigeria. To th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunde
Tunde is a unisex name, originally a diminutive form of a Yoruba name for a native of Nigeria which also means "returns". Hence, when ''Tunde'' is combined with other Yoruba words such as ''Baba'' (father) or ''Yeye/Iya/Mama'' (mother) to form ''Babatunde'' and ''Yetunde'' respectively, the meaning becomes 'father or mother has returned'. Similarly, ''Omo'' (son) or ''Ola'' (wealth) can be added to Tunde. Notable persons with the name Tunde include: *Tunde Adebimpe (born 1975), American actor, director and musician *Tunde Adisa, Nigerian para table tennis player *Tunde Baiyewu (born 1965), British-Nigerian singer *Tunde Idiagbon (1942–1999), Nigerian soldier *Tunde Jegede (born 1972), Nigerian composer and musician *Tunde Nightingale (1922–1981), Nigerian musician See also *Babatunde *Yetunde *Tünde Tünde is a Hungarian feminine given name, derived from Hungarian ''tündér'' meaning "fairy". This name was coined by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfort Momoh
Comfort Iyabo Amah Momoh, (born 1962) is a British midwife who specializes in the treatment of female genital mutilation (FGM). Born in Nigeria, Momoh is a member of the British FGM national clinical group, established in 2007 to train health professionals in how to deal with the practice. Until 2017 she served as a public-health specialist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London. She is the editor of ''Female Genital Mutilation'' (2005). Early life and education Momoh was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian-Ghanaian family."‘Girls born here can say no to being cut — so families are doing it to them as babies’" ''London Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Wallinkoski
Iyabode Ololade Remilekun "Lola" Odusoga (previously Wallinkoski; born 30 June 1977 in Turku) is a Finnish model who won the Miss Finland contest in 1996. In 1997, she won the crown of Miss Scandinavia. On 17 June 1996 at the Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas, she was second-runner up. Her mother is Finnish and her father is Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute .... She is also an actress, known for Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012), Hilander-TV (2010) and 3 asiaa: Petri Nygård (2013). Odusoga married Jarkko Wallinkoski on 12 August 2005. They have two children together: a daughter(born 2004) and a son (born 2006). After the couple divorced in 2015, she changed her last name back to her maiden name. References External links *Short bio 1977 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.New CEOs resume immediately, who they are? Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016 She was CEO and later a director of the holding company of Ecobank Nigeria until she left in 2006. Her husband Victor Gbolade Osibodu is a Nigerian entrepreneur. , SocietyNowNG, Retrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyabo Ojo
Alice Iyabo Ojo (born 21 December 1977) is a Nigerian film actress,director, and producer."Actress Iyabo Ojo Full Biography, Life And Career" ''T.I.N. Magazine'', 27 January 2016. She has featured in over 150 films and has produced more than 14 of her own. Early life Iyabo Ojo was born as Alice Iyabo Ogunro on 21 December 1977 in , , although her father was from , |
Iyabo Anisulowo
Iyabo Veronica Anishulowo (née Ajibogun) is a Nigerian educator and elder stateswoman who served the Federal Government of Nigeria at many levels, she is one of the most prominent female political personalities and proponents of gender equality in Africa. She rose through the ranks from grass root level as a teacher to serve as a Federal Minister and Senator. Iyabo Anisulowo is described a Liberal Conservative because of her pro-family values and feminine independence through universal quality education stance when she served in the Senate, she is an 'Afropolitan Feminist'. State politics Anishulowo joined politics in 1991 when she was appointed Secretary to the Local Government in Ogun State. A year later, she became the Commissioner of the Ogun State Civil Service Commission. She also served as Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Resources and Minister of State for Education during General Sanni Abacha's regime. She however left the State Ministry for Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
Iyabo Obasanjo (born 27 April 1967) is a former Nigerian senator and the daughter of former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and his wife Oluremi Obasanjo. Early life and education Obasanjo attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, Capital School in Kaduna, and Queen's College in Lagos. She obtained a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Ibadan in 1988, a master's degree in epidemiology from University of California, Davis in Davis, California, United States, in 1990, and a PhD in the same subject from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1994. Political career Before her senatorial election, Obasanjo was Ogun State Commissioner for Health. She was elected as a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State in April 2007. She ran for re-election April 2011 on the PDP platform, but was defeated by Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), who gained 102,389 votes to Obasanjo Bello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yewande Komolafe
Yewande Komolafe is a Nigerian-born food writer, author, and food stylist. She is best known for her work introducing Nigerian food to audiences in the US. Komolafe joined The New York Times as a cooking editor in February 2021. Early life Komolafe was born in Berlin, and German was her first language. She moved to Lagos, Nigeria with her parents when she was less than two years old. At the age of 16, she moved to the United States for studies. Komolafe graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a degree in psychology and biology. She earned a culinary degree from Baltimore International College where she did both pastries and culinary arts. While she was in culinary arts school, an administrative mistake that was not her fault led to the deletion of her school record which caused her to lose her student status. Komolafe opted to remain in the United States, even though she was undocumented. She was not able to leave the country for twenty years because she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yewande Akinola
Yewande Akinola (born 1984) is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in sustainable water supplies. She works as Principal Engineer for Laing O'Rourke and hosts television shows about engineering for Channel 4 and National Geographic. Education Yewande Akinola was born in 1984 in Nigeria. As a child she designed model-sized houses. Her father, J. M Akinola, was Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works of the old Western Region in Nigeria. Yewande Akinola studied Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology at the University of Warwick, which she completed in 2007. During her degree she was a mechanical engineer for Thames Water, where she worked on clean water treatment sites. In 2007 she was employed by Arup Group as a Design Engineer designing water supplies and water management systems. Whilst working for Arup, she earned a master's degree from Cranfield University in 2011. Career Yewande Akinola is interested in developing water and sanitation for underdeveloped c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
