Osun State, occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively, to the north by Kwara State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the west by Oyo State, mostly across the River Osun. Named for the River Osun—a vital river which flows through the state—the state was formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, which was led by Samuel Ladoke Akintola. It was renamed "Obafemi Awolowo University" on 12 May 1987, so by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida led military administration, in honour of Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), the first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, who initially thought of the idea of establishing the university.
The Obafemi Awolowo University massacre was a mass murder of students of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria on 10 July 1999. Five students of OAU were killed and eleven injured.
Ife North is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ipetumodu in the north of the area at7°31′00″N4°27′00″E.
Ife South is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ifetedo at 7°11′00″N4°42′00″E.
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade CFR was the fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife from 1980 to his death in 2015, taking the regnal name Olubuse II. He was a traditional ruler of Ile-Ife, Yoruba town in Osun State, Nigeria. He was crowned on 6 December 1980 in a ceremony attended by the Emir of Kano, Oba of Benin, Amayanabo of Opobo and Olu of Warri, as well as by representatives of the Queen of the United Kingdom.
Babajide Christopher Omoworare is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Osun East in April 2011, He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He was re-elected into the Nigerian senate on 28 March 2015 under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and was succeeded by Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in June 2019.
Gbenga Elegbeleye is a Nigerian sports administrator and a politician. Gbenga Elegbeleye is the Director-General of the National Sports Commission in Nigeria. He was a legislator in the House of Representatives (Nigeria).
Idowu Bamitale "Tale" Omole is a Nigerian professor of international relations, educational administrator, and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Taiwo Asaolu is a Nigerian professor of accounting and finance. He is also a Fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is the former Dean, faculty of administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade is a Nigerian academic, she is a former vice chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED).
Najeem Folasayo Salam, popularly called Iwaloye, is a Nigerian politician, philanthropist. He is a former speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly. Aside Dr. Najeem Folasayo Salaam's active presence in progressive fold politics as a grassroot politician, he has several academic publications to his credit. One of such works is the best-selling textbook, Rudiments of Government and Politics, published in 2019 by Concept Publications, Lagos, Nigeria, which he co-authored with Dr. Solomon Ayegba Usman.
Oluwole Busayo Oke is a Nigerian businessman, administrator, economist and politician who is serving in the 8th and current House of Representatives. He is the chairman committee on Public Account at the Nigerian House of Representatives representing Obokun/Oriade federal constituency of Osun State under the People's Democratic Party in Nigeria.
Olusola Amusan is a Nigerian social entrepreneur, speaker and youth advocate. He was the leader, Philanthropies and Corporate Social Responsibility at Microsoft Nigeria. He was the 2017-2018 curator for the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum in Lagos. He is known for his work as an Artificial Intelligence Evangelist.
Oluwatomi Somefun is a Nigerian business woman and banker. She currently serves as the Managing Director and CEO of Unity Bank plc.
Chief Muraina Oyelami is a Nigerian painter and drummer of Yoruba descent. He was among the first generation of artists to come out of the Osogbo School of Art in the 1960s. He was a drummer and actor with the theatre company of Duro Ladipo. He taught traditional music and dance at Obafemi Awolowo University from 1976 to 1987. As a musician, he trained in the dùndún and the Batá drum. He was the chief of his hometown Iragbiji.
Adebayo Simeon Bamire is a Nigerian academic and professor of agricultural economics who is the 12th substantial Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, since 2022. He previously served as deputy vice chancellor academics.
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex is a tertiary hospital established in 1967. The teaching hospital affiliated with the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
Kabiru Aderemi Adeyemo is a Nigeria Professor of Management & Accounting at Lead City University Ibadan. Oyo State, Nigeria. He is the Vice chancellor of Lead City University.
The Opa River is a significant watercourse in southwestern Nigeria, flowing through the city of Ile-Ife and the Obafemi Awolowo University campus. It is a tributary of the Shasha River and plays a crucial role in the hydrological landscape of the region.
