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 …
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 …
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, would inaugurate the Yoruba language millionaire contest, the members of the Yoruba Language Teachers Association in Secondary Schools, Egbe Akomolede, have said. The President of Akomolede, Omowumi Faleye, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the contest scheduled for May is being organised by the Yoruba …
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In a bid to revive Yoruba langauge and culture in secondary schools across the South West region, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) has entered into a partnership with Yoruba World Center (YWC) Oodua Investment Company Limited (OICL). Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Yoruba Language and Culture Revival, held at DAWN Commission Headquarters, …
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13th Edition of the DAWN Yoruba Historical Conversations Topic: Lagos in Yoruba History: Overcoming the Politics of Alienation Guest Speaker: Prof. Rasheed Olaniyi Date: Wed. 4th August, 2021 Venue: Subomi Balogun Hall, U.I. Hotels, University of Ibadan Prof. Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi Profile RASHEED OYEWOLE OLANIYI is a Professor of Economic and Social History …
Professor Wole Soyinka Nigerian Playwright, Poet, Author, Teacher, Political Activist and Nobel Laureate DAWN Commission celebrates our very own literary icon, intellectual social critic, inspiring activist, globally renowned, Africa’s finest, respected Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on the occasion of his 88th Birthday Celebration Professor Akínwándé Olúwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyínká was born on 13 July 1934 …
