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Share, Nigeria
Share (Saare) is an ancient Yoruba town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Share is the headquarter of Ifelodun Local Government Area.about 64 Kilometres from Ilorin the state capital of Kwara state. The people of Share belong to the Igbomina extract of Yoruba tribe. TOURIST ATTRACTION IN SHARE TOWN * Spring goddess called Soose Spring Odò Soose * Agbonna Hill called Òkè Àgbonnà * Stillborn's Cave called Kòtò-Àbíkú * Mysterious Tree called Igi-Aìmò Prominent Higher institutions in Share Town * Adeshina College of Education * UMCA Bible College Notable people *Abdulfatah Ahmed Abdulfatah Ahmed (born 29 December 1963) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the former Governor of Kwara State. Background Ahmed was born on 29 December 1963 in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He attended Gove ... Governor of Kwara State) * Late Balogun of Share Alhaji AbdulAzeez Ismail Balogun. First Ifelodun Local Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba People
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 List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid languages, Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba people, Bariba to the northwest in Benin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
