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Ondo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to the southeast, Ogun State to the southwest, Osun State to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state's capital is Akure, the former capital of the ancient Akure Kingdom. The State includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bights of Benin.
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is located in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Ikare is a town in the northern senatorial part of Ondo State, Nigeria.
Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university, located in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was established as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti on 30 March 1982 by the administration of Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first civilian governor of Ondo State. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
The Akoko are a large Yoruba cultural sub-group in the Northeastern part of Yorubaland. The area spans from Ondo state to Edo state in southwest Nigeria. The Akokos as a subgroup make up 20.3% of the population of Ondo state. Out of the present 18 Local Government Councils it constitutes four; Akoko North-East, Akoko North-West, Akoko South-East and Akoko South-West, as well as the Akoko Edo LGA of Edo State. The Adekunle Ajasin University, a state owned university with a capacity for about 20,000 tertiary education students and more than 50 departments in seven faculties is located in Akungba-Akoko. A state specialist hospital is situated at Ikare Akoko, while community general hospitals are located in Oka-Akoko and Ipe-Akoko.
Adebayo Adefarati ; 14 February 1931 – 29 March 2007) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ondo is a diocese located in the Ondo State in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria. The Cathedral and diocesan secretariat are located in Akure.
Ukaan is a poorly described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation. Roger Blench suspects, based on wordlists, that it might be closest to the (East) Benue–Congo languages. Blench (2012) states that "noun-classes and concord make it look Benue-Congo, but evidence is weak."
Akoko North-West is a local government area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Okeagbe.
Akoko South-West is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Oke-Oka. It has its area council at Oka-Akoko
Akoko South-East is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in Isua (Akoko). Akoko South-East is one of six Local Government Areas in the Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State.
Michael Adekunle Ajasin was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1979 to 1983 on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform during the Nigerian Second Republic.
Robert Ajayi Boroffice is a Nigerian politician who was Senator for Ondo North from 2011 to 2023.
Akungba Akoko, commonly called Akungba, is a town in Ondo State, south-western Nigeria. It is the host community to Adekunle Ajasin University.
Jesse "BUGA" King is a Nigerian musician who primarily sings in the Yoruba language, with his songs featuring aspects of the Yoruba culture and its proverbs. In 2016, he advocated support for Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, in an effort to help stabilize Nigeria's economy.
Issac Rotimi Ajayi is a Nigerian current Vice Chancellor of Wellspring University, Nigeria.
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi is the current director general of Directorate of Technical Aid Corps of Nigeria, since August 15, 2013.
Akogun Olugbenga Akinola Omole, is a Nigerian politician, legislator, football administrator and farmer. He is the chairman of Akogun Farms Nigeria Limited and currently represents Akoko South West Constituency I in the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Olukayode "Kayode" Abraham Ajulo,OON is a Nigerian lawyer, arbitrator, tutor, orator and civil rights activist. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. and the Diocesan Registrar of the Anglican Communion, Church of Nigeria.
HRM Tinuade Babalola Adejuyigbe Adele I of Iboropa Akoko, also known as, Akokoland, Ondo State, Nigeria. She is the first female traditional ruler/monarch of the Iboropa-Akoko kingdom. Tinuade was made a regent king to oversee the Akokoland as a community head on February 23, 2015, which was not long after her father, Oba Emmanuel Ayowole Adejuyigbe, died on 10 February, 2015. She was made the Adele at the age of 16, According to the interview she had with the Tribune Newspaper interviewer, she stated that she went through a few customary rites of passage before she was declared the regent and she administered till December 16, 2021. Additionally, she was a freshman when the process of being a female regent started. She was the first sitting monarch to attend the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp without being noticed, which place in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
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- ↑ "Elevation Of Monarchs-Alale Of Akungba Applauds Gesture As Govt Elevates Status To First Class". Osrc.ng. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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