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 …
DAWN Commission, based on available data, has been engaging in conversations on some aspects of governance in the Region that are in our considered opinion in dire need of governments’ focused attention in order to change the fortune of the people for better. Four issues are in focus; food insecurity and increased investment in agriculture, …
As Nigerians go to the polls this week, DAWN Commission calls on the Western Nigeria public to focus on the Region’s security and sustainability as a composite unit and reinforce its uniqueness as a welcoming, tolerant and law-abiding space where the peaceful coexistence and welfare of all residents, irrespective of their ethnic origin and tongue, …
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 …
The 2023 Southwest budget analysis presents the approved government expenditure and revenue projections for the six Southwest states including Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo. The budget analysis shows the direction of state governments in the region in terms of capital and recurrent expenditure as well as the priority are as that will stimulate …
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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 …
