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Tejuosho Adedapo Adewale; Egba monarch titled Karunwi III, the eight Osile of Oke-Ona, also medical practitioner and industrialist. In 1989, following the death of Oba Ademola II, Dr. Adedapo Tejuosho became the Oba of this kingdom- one of the four entities which make up Abeokuta. Origin Adedapo’s both parents originate from Ago-Oko section of…
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Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Nigerian civil war hero and politician. Born March 5, 1943 Shehu Musa Yar’Adua was the son of an aspiring politician who later became the first minister of Lagos Affairs during the First Republic. He retired as a major-general occupying positions of the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters which made him de facto,…
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Odia Ofeimun; Nigerian Poet, also essayist, social commentator, and administrator in editorial board of TheNEWS magazine, Ofeimum is an accomplished man of letters and poetry is his prime choice. His astounding corpus of poetic output is partly revealed in his three published collections of poetry: The Poet Lied; A Handle for the Flutist, and Under…
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Umar Yar’Adua; President of Nigeria from 2007-10, brother to Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, general and former military vice president. Yar’Adua’s career in politics started while he was a lecturer. He became an active member of the People’s Redemption Party PRP in the First Republic. His identification with the party is often tied to his belief in…
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Muhammadu Dildto Yusuf or MD Yusuf; was the only Nigerian politician who established his own political party to challenge a military self-succession agenda. He served as Inspector General of Police from 1976 to 1979. Yusuf was chairman of Nigeria LNG in 1994 when a consortium led by Halliburton was bidding for a contract to construct…
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Alaba Lawson; Educationist and fourth Iyalode of Egba. Alaba is the school proprietress of Alaba Lawson Group of Schools, a private co-educational school in Abeokuta. She was described in a tribute marking her golden year by Akarigbo Sonariwo of Remo as a front line mobilizer of Human Resources, and by a Keesi Abeokuta chief, Sorunke…
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LIPEDE Mofolorunsho Oyebade, ninth Alake of Egbaland who reigned from August 1972 till his demise in 2005, one week after his 90th birthday. As the Alake, Lipede was part of the lobbying for the creation of Ogun State, and the designation of Abeokuta as the state capital. He is remarked to have demystified the palace…
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Hakeem Olajuwon; Nigerian born American basketballer who holds the record as the NBA All-time Rebounds Leader. Hakeem Olajuwon is ranked as number seven overall in the All-time Points Leaders. In the citation of Less Alexander, Houston Rocket’s owner, Olajuwon was described as the greatest player in the club’s history. Childhood Seven-feet tall Olajuwon never…
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Elemure Ogunyemi; Ekiti-centric traditional musician from Nigeria. Elemure made more than 50 records, with Seramo in which he talked about petrol scarcity, shooting him into stardom. Because of this, he was invited to USA, Poland and Germany by the Ekiti indigenes living there. He passed on at the age of 70 in 2014. Travels…
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Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian midfielder who slumped and died on August 12, 1989 while playing for the Super Eagles in a crucial 1990 World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Angola at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Lagos. Okwaraji who had a Masters Degree in International Law (LLM) from the University of Rome, was…