Tag: Joseph Odumosu


  • Joseph Odumosu, founder of the Aborigines Society with strong base in Lagos, was born in 1863 to ‘Daddy Odubela’ of Ita Ntebo, Ijebu Ode. Odumosu acted as the leader of Ijebu Christians during the reign of Awujale Adeleke and Fusigboye Adeona, outrivaling both in in wealth, popularity, power, followership and respectability. Though sickly as a…

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  • Nathaniel Taiwo Olusoga was the first Ijebu medical doctor, son of Daniel Adenuga Olusoga and member of the Odubela family of Ijebu which also produced Joseph Odumosu who was the first Yoruba to reduce indigenous therapeutics into writing. Nathaniel was the only child of his mother and he grew up living with a philanthropist, J.H.…

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