Ota is a town in Ogun State,Nigeria with an estimated 163,783 residents. Ota is the capital of the Ado–Odo/Ota Local Government Area. The traditional leader of Ota is the Olota of Ota,Oba Adeyemi AbdulKabir Obalanlege. Historically,Ota is the capital of the Awori Yoruba tribe.
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. As a Nigerian state,Ogun is the second most industrialised state after Lagos,with a focus on metal processing. It has good road and rail connections to the harbours in Lagos and Lekki. Wole Soyinka,winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1986,lives in Ogun.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a public research university located in Lagos,Nigeria,which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Africa in major education publications. The university presently has three campuses in the mainland of Lagos. Whereas two of its campuses are located at Yaba,it's college of medicine is located at Idi-Araba,Surulere. Its main campus is largely surrounded by the Lagos lagoon and has 802 acres of land. As at 2024,the University of Lagos admits around 8,500 undergraduate students annually and enrolls over 57,000 students.
The Ẹgbado,now Yewa,are a subgroup of the Yoruba people and mostly inhabit the eastern area of Ogun West Senatorial District,Ogun State,in south-west Nigeria,Africa. In 1995,the group's name was changed to Yewa after the Yewa River,the river (odo) they foraged towards. The name of this river is derived from the Yoruba goddess Yewa. Yewa/Ẹgbado mainly occupy four Local Government Areas in Ogun State,Yewa South,Yewa North,Imeko-Afon,and Ipokia,while the Ado-Odo/Ota LGA forms the fifth Awori part of the senatorial district. Other Yewa/Ẹgbado are located in Lagos West,Lagos East,Oyo North,and Oyo South senatorial zones.
Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is a Nigerian politician who is the 16th and current president of Nigeria. He was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007,and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic.
Comprehensive High School is a secondary school in Ayetoro,a district in the Egbado Division of Ogun State,South Western Nigeria.
Ayetoro is a town in Nigeria. It lies on the latitude 70 12’N and longitude 30 3’E in a deciduous- derived savannah zone of Ogun State. The climate is sub-humid tropical with a longtime average annual rainfall of 1,909.30mm. Ayetoro is about 35 km northwest of Abeokuta,a town in south-west part of Nigeria and the capital of Ogun State. The town is the administrative seat/headquarters of Yewa North Local Government Area. It is connected to Lagos by road and rail and serves as the shipping centre for an area in which cocoa,cassava,cowpea and maize are produced.
Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe,better known as Dr. Doyin Okupe,is a Nigerian physician and politician who co-founded Royal Cross Medical Centre and was the National Publicity Secretary of National Republican Convention (NRC). He was once detained under General Sani Abacha,and subsequently disqualified from participating in United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) primaries;later on,he was a governorship aspirant of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.
Abeokuta Grammar School is a secondary school in the city of Abeokuta,Ogun State,Nigeria. It is currently located at Idi-Aba area,of Abeokuta. Often called the first grammar school in Nigeria,it is attended by students from all parts of Nigeria,the West Coast of Africa,South Africa,Europe and even Asia.
Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola is a Nigerian politician who is the current minister of Marine and Blue Economy. He served as governor of Osun State from 2018 to 2022.
Olalekan Olude is a Nigerian entrepreneur,the co-founder of Jobberman,West Africa's most popular job search engine and Special Adviser on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment to Ogun state Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Bayo Onanuga is a Nigerian journalist. He was appointed as the Special Adviser on information and strategy on the 13th of October 2023 by the current Nigerian President,His Excellency,Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He co-founded TheNews Magazine and was appointed as the managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2016. Prior to that,he served as the CEO and editor-in-chief of PM News and TheNEWS magazine.
Noimot Salako-Oyedele is a Nigerian politician,public health engineer and real estate professional,who has served as the deputy governor of Ogun State since 2019. She emerged deputy governor after winning the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election alongside Dapo Abiodun,under the platform of the All Progressive Congress.
The 2023 Ogun State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Ogun State,concurrent with elections to the Ogun State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Dapo Abiodun was eligible to run for re-election.
The Federal Ministry of Environment is a ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria created in 1999 with a mandate to address environmental issues and to ensure the effective coordination of all environmental matters in the country. The ministry works to ensure the control of environmental issues and the protection and conservation of natural resources. It also formulates policies and supervises activities for curbing desertification and deforestation;the management of flood,erosion and pollution,as well as climate change and clean energy.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ogun State was held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Iganmode Cultural Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the Awori Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ota in Ogun State,Nigeria. The week long annual festival usually takes place in December of every year,to showcase the cultural,spiritual and mystical heritage of the Ota Awori people. The festival is also a spiritual bugle,a home coming call for a cultural renaissance and re awakening call to all sons and daughters of Awori sub-nationality,in Lagos,Ogun,Osun,Republic of Benin,diaspora and wherever they be may be on the face of earth.
Kayode Egbetokun,is a Nigerian police officer who is the current and 22nd Inspector General of Police. He was appointed by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to replace Usman Alkali Baba.
Tunji Alausa is a Nigerian medical doctor specialising in nephrology who is the current minister of State for Health and Social Welfare.
Chief Adebayo Olawale Edun,commonly known as Wale Edun,is a Nigerian economist,investment banker and politician who is the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy since August 2023.
