Tag: Ijebu

  • Solomon Odunaiya Odutola

    Solomon Odunaiya Odutola was the first full Nigerian Anglican Bishop after Samuel Ajayi Crowther‘s consecration in 1864. Odunaiya was educated at Fourah Bay College and the University of Durham, England, with degrees in Arts, and a diploma in Theology. In July 1941 Solomon Odunaiya assumed the headship of the Anglican Church in Ijebu Ode and…

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  • William Christopher Adedoyin

    William Christopher Adedoyin born in 1881, was the Akarigbo of Ijebu-Remo from 1916 to 1952. Adedoyin adopted the name of the first indigenous Nigerian lawyer, Christopher Sapara William, under whom he worked in his youth as a clerk. He was educated in Wesley School, Sagamu, from 1896 to 1899. Relocating to Lagos in search of…

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