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Yoruba People From Kogi State. - Culture - Nairaland 5q2p52
Yoruba People From Kogi State. (26741 Views)
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| Doylestown92(m): 7:00pm On Jan 15 |
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In no particular order. As a Yoruba man from Kogi, I noticed there's less discussion about the Okun people. So I made this compilation of famous Okun people. We're one Yoruba people, this is not a competition against any other subgroup. Also, none Yoruba people should keep off, this thread is not for disunity, but just one more glory of the Yoruba people. 1. Pius Adesanmi- Former Professor of Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, United States., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University. 2. Sam Adeyemi- Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Center. 3. Bayo Ojo- S.A.N., Former Attorney General of Nigeria. Former head of The Nigerian Ministry of Justice. 4. John Onaiyekan- Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Abuja. Cardinal Priest of San Saturnino in Rome. 5. Eyitayo Lambo- Professor, Former Nigerian Federal Minister of Health. 6. Olu Obafemi- Professor of English and Dramatic Literature at The University of Illorin, former President of The Nigerian Academy of Letters. 7. Jide Omokore- Marine and Construction businessman, Forbes multimillionaire. 8. Abiodun Faleke- Member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives for Ikeja Federal Constituency, Lagos. 9. John Obaro- Technology entrepreneur, public speaker, and founder of SystemSpecs Nigeria Limited. 10. John Olatunde Ayeni- Lawyer, investor and business magnate, Chairman of Skye Bank. 11. Tolulope Arotile- First-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force. 12. Etannibi Alemika- . Professor of Criminology and the Sociology of Law at the University of Jos, member The American Society of Criminology and The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 13. Ibiyinka Alao- Nigerian-American artist, architect, writer, film director and musical theater composer. 14. Nike Davies-Okundaye- Artist, owner of the Nike Arts Galleries in Lagos, Abuja, Osogbo, and Ogidi. 15. Gbenro Ajibade- Actor, producer, model and presenter. 16. Seth Sunday Ajayi- Scientist, scholar, and the first African Professor of Wildlife Ecology. 17. Tunde Baiyewu- Nigeria-British singer and songwriter. 18. Joseph Abiodun Balogun- Nigerian-American academic, distinguished professor of Health Sciences at Chicago State University, Illinois, United States. 19. Sunday Bada- Sprinter, gold medal winner. 20. Grace Oyelude- Beauty Pageant, First Miss Nigeria. 21. TY Bello- Singer, songwriter, photographer and philanthropist. 22. Jaywon- Singer, songwriter and actor. 23. Darey Art Alade- Singer, Song Writer. 24. WizzyPro- Music Producer. 25. Ruger- Singer, Songwriter. 26. Tunde Ednut- Internet blogger and musician. 27. Dino Melaye- Former Senator for Kogi West . 28. Yetunde Barnabas- Model, actress and Movie Producer. 29. - Smart Adeyemi- Senator for Kogi West. 30. Deji Adeyanju- Lawyer. 93 Likes 14 Shares |
| Biodun556(m): 7:02pm On Jan 15 |
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Good đź‘Ť
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| flokii: 7:06pm On Jan 15 |
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Arotile caught my attention.. may her soul continue to rest in peace. Nice one OP, we want to be seeing more of this.. Yoruba to the world. God bless all Odua sons and daughters worldwide. 133 Likes 13 Shares |
| SalamRushdie: 7:09pm On Jan 15 |
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Timi Ajayi that beheaded a girl in Abuja this week is also from Kogi
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| adeoyekay(m): 7:31pm On Jan 15 |
SalamRushdie:Please stop, this is not necessary We also have bad egg among JESUS disciples 66 Likes 6 Shares |
| mrjoeblinks: 8:18pm On Jan 15 |
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Ehen? . Una wan dey count who and who don com out for each state 
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| iCauseTrouble: 8:18pm On Jan 15 |
| BlocksNG(m): 8:19pm On Jan 15 |
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ebiras in kogi. Awon aje ati oso to lagbara.
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| RollinTNDA: 8:19pm On Jan 15 |
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Ok
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| Snake001: 8:20pm On Jan 15 |
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Proudly Yoruba!!!
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| Toneypen247(m): 8:20pm On Jan 15 |
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Interesting
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| SpatialKing(m): 8:21pm On Jan 15 |
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There no Yoruba people in kogi state Yorubas are only found in the 6 south west states 27 Likes 9 Shares |
| A305: 8:21pm On Jan 15 |
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Mercy Johnson
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| miniziter(m): 8:21pm On Jan 15 |
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Babajide Kolade Otitoju
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| stonemasonn: 8:21pm On Jan 15 |
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I represent myself
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| NaijaNaWaa: 8:22pm On Jan 15 |
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As dem hear say Ikwerre man na Ohaneze President-General, dem come up with this one. Na so e pain dem reach.
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| miniziter(m): 8:22pm On Jan 15 |
SpatialKing: Are you saying there are no Yorubas in Kwara and Edo too? 37 Likes 5 Shares |
| wazobeer: 8:23pm On Jan 15 |
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RIP to the late Tolulope Arotile...
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| strangest(m): 8:23pm On Jan 15 |
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That one that killed the gf
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| happney65: 8:24pm On Jan 15 |
SalamRushdie: One single sense like this,you dont have 60 Likes 6 Shares |
| Housing(m): 8:24pm On Jan 15 |
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Babajide Otitoju is also from Kogi
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| ffo(m): 8:25pm On Jan 15 |
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Add my name to the list
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| MICHEALADEX(m): 8:25pm On Jan 15 |
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Jide omokore the oil kriminal and kola aluko who aided Alison Madueke in defrauding Nigerians in tunes of billions of dollars
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| Bowwow11(m): 8:25pm On Jan 15 |
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Waw this is fantastic. thank you for the enlightenment.
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| JASONjnr(m): 8:25pm On Jan 15 |
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Hmmmm
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| Konquest: 8:25pm On Jan 15 |
Doylestown92:That's an impressive list of distinguished folks of Okun-Yoruba descent. I used to think the British-Nigerian co-founder of the iconic music group, Light House Family 'Tunde Baiyewu is paternally from Abeokuta in Ogun State but he's right here under Kogi State. A younger sister of his Kofo (who I know) is former President Olusegun Obasanjo's biological daughter married to a White guy. Sam Adeyemi is another surprise here... That's mad cool. Yinka Dare (who is from Kabba but was born in 1972 in Kano. He painfully ed on in 2004 in New Jersey) played in the U.S. Collegiate basketball for George Washington University in the United States back from the early 1990s (long before we ever heard of the Bam Adebayos or the Giannis Adetokunbos of today). Because of his very tall height at 7 ft tall, he was seen by American NBA analysts as the next big replacement for the iconic 2-time NBA MVP, Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets after being drafted into the NBA, but his sudden death on January 9, 2004 at Englewood, New Jersey truncated that. Yinka Dare hailed from Kabba in the current Kogi State. He has a British-born biological older brother named Michael. I actually personally knew both of them from back in the day. Yinka Dare's commanding memories will remain. OK, I found two good links. Read more about Yinka Dare right BELOW. =>http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yinka_dare/index.html =>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinka_Dare The iconic Chief Sunday Awoniyi who was the FIRST EVER Yoruba man to become the Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in the 2000s till he ed on. His first son was also the past Deputy Governor of Kogi State when Governor Wada was in charge of Kogi State. I also know of the seasoned TV and media personality Babajide Kolade Otitoju and a TV political analyst Gbola Oba who are both from Kogi State. The badass Gbola Oba was born in Lagos State though but is actually from Kogi. Indeed, looking at the names here from a bird's eye view, Yoruba folks of Kogi State are NO pushovers. They are absolutely well-read and accomplished folks from the music maestro Art Alade (Dare Art Alade's biological father), to Yinka Dare of George Washington University and the U.S. NBA, to Tolu Arotile (the FIRST ever female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force in 2019 who actually flew on combat missions against terrorists), and more. 31 Likes 4 Shares |
| omonla555: 8:26pm On Jan 15 |
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Where is Kola Jamodu? Former Industries Minister and PZ Cussons PLC CEO and host of Generals in the Nigerian Armed forces.
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| Jossyroyal1: 8:26pm On Jan 15 |
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Hmmmm I reserve my comment |
| demoBaba: 8:26pm On Jan 15 |
Doylestown92: Their from Kabba local government area council. 1 Like |
| cybersoldiers: 8:27pm On Jan 15 |
flokii: When it's other tribes you Yorubas will be trying to divide them. Imagine the attacks you Yorubads have given the Ikweres for the last few day when they reutuned home as Igbos and reconciled with the upland brothers. WIKE, Amaechi, Odili, FUBARA and almost all prominent people in Rivers are Rivers Igbo. Anyways, Congratulations to the Ikweres and other Igbos in Rivers state. 18 Likes 7 Shares |
| tunary(m): 8:27pm On Jan 15 |
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Nice one
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| gabbrri(m): 8:27pm On Jan 15 |
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The current first deputy director of DSS
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