ABIODUN OLUSINA SHOBANJO Communications Practitioner and Nigeria’s Advertising Man of the 20th Century. Abiodun Olusina Shobanjo was born in Jebba, Moro local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria, on December 24, 1944. He received his basic and secondary education at St. George’s Primary School and Odogbolu Grammar School, respectively. He also earned a certificate in …
Professor Niyi Osundare Leading African Poet, Dramatist, and Linguist. Professor Niyi Osundare was born in 1947 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He is a prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic, essayist, and media columnist. He was educated on three continents: a B.A. (Honours) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an M.A. from the University of …
Dr. Tunde Adegbola Language Technologist, Culture Activist Dr. Tunde Adegbola; a Research Scientist, Consulting Engineer and Cultural Activist with vast experience in information and communication media systems, was born in the defunct Western Region of Nigeria on the 1st of August 1955. He began his education at the St Paul Primary School, Shagamu, Ogun State. …
Chief Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu (Baba Ijebu) Industrialist, Businessman And Philanthropist The name Premier Lotto might not immediately ring a bell to the ears of the average Nigerian but the name ‘Baba Ijebu’ does. Chief Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu, popularly known and referred to as “BABA IJEBU”, is a renowned industrialist, an astute businessman and a philanthropist …
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CHIEF MICHAEL ADE-OJO Business Magnate Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, OON (born June 14, 1938) is a Nigerian business magnate and founder of Elizade University in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo state, Nigeria. He is an Entrepreneur, Chairman, Toyota Nigeria Limited. Michael Ade-Ojo, known as “The Chief” is a Yoruba from Ondo state southwestern, Nigeria and was born Michael Adeniyan Ojo on June 14, 1938, in Ilara-Mokin, a town in Ondo state into the family of the …
CHIEF DELE FAJEMIROKUN. Billionaire Businessman, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Chief Dele Fajemirokun is a son of Late Chief Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun, CON who was a trade unionist that later became a prominent Nigerian industrialist and businessman and one of the country’s dynamic indigenous entrepreneurs. Chief Dele Fajemirokun is a chip off the old block. His father was an …
GBENGA OYEBODE Born on the 30th of March 1959, He is one of the founding partners and Chairman, Management Board of Aluko & Oyebode a full-service commercial law firm in Nigeria. He is the Chairman of Aluko & Oyebode, one of the largest integrated law firms in Nigeria with over 70 lawyers and three offices in …
IYALODE ALABA LAWSON Iyalode of Yorubaland Iyalode Alaba Lawson is a respectable woman in Yorubaland. She is the Iyalode of Egbaland, as well as the Iyalode of Yorubaland. The nickname Omo Aderu Lona Meji, which translates to “child of load carriers,” was given to Alaba and her siblings by their merchant grandparents on both the …
OMOBOLA JOHNSON Nigerian Technocrat Nigerian technocrat Omobola Olubusola Johnson, born on June 28, 1963, serves as the Alliance for Affordable Internet’s Honorary Chairperson (A4AI). She previously served as President Goodluck Jonathan’s first Minister of Communication Technology. Johnson received her primary education at the International School, Ibadan in the state of Oyo after being born a …
Maye Olubadan of Ibadan The chairman of West-Midland Communications, the parent company of Splash FM and Lagelu FM, he is a businessman. Chief Bayo Akande is well-known for his success in business. He is the chairman of West-Midlands Communication Limited and the founder of Splash F.M., the first independent radio station in Oyo State. Few …
