This is a list of notable Yoruba people.
Robert Adeyinka Adebayo officer of the Nigerian Army(Governor of Western Region)
Adeniyi Adebayo(Politician and first Governor of Ekiti State,Minister of the federal Republic of Nigeria)
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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, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in the country 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. The University of Lagos currently admits over 9,000 undergraduate students annually and enrolls over 57,000 students.
Igbobi College is a college established by the Methodist and Anglican Churches in 1932, in the Yaba suburb of Lagos, Lagos State, South-western Nigeria. It is still on its original site and most of the original buildings are intact. It is one of the oldest colleges in Nigeria, and has been the alma mater of a number of well-known Nigerians. In 2001 the school was returned to its original owners by the Bola Tinubu led Lagos state government.
Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of Lagos by railway, or 130 kilometres (81 mi) by water. As of 2006, Abeokuta and the surrounding area had a population of 449,088.
Fẹ́mi is a common Nigerian given unisex name of Yoruba origin which means "love Me". Femi is most commonly a diminutive form of "Olufemi" which means "The Lord loves me" ,("Olú" means Lord, Leader, or the "Prominent one," in the Yoruba language). "Olufemi" can also be diminutive of "Olúwafẹ́mi". Other full forms of the name include Olorunfemi, Jesufemi, Nifemi, Babafemi, Obafemi, Adefemi, Ifafemi etc.
The Badagry in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. For decades it was the main source of African clergymen and administrators in the Lagos Colony.
St. Gregory's College, Lagos, is a Catholic Boys' School with boarding facilities, located 1.0 km from Tafawa Balewa Square in the vicinity of Ikoyi – Obalende, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Rotimi is a name of Yoruba origin which means "stay with me". It is also a diminutive of names such as Olarotimi, Aderotimi, Olurotimi, Akinrotimi, Ayorotimi, etc.
Events in the year 2017 in Nigeria.
Thunderbolt: Magun is a 2001 Nigerian drama film directed and produced by Tunde Kelani. It was based on a book title Magun written by Adebayo Faleti and adapted for screenplay by Femi Kayode.
The 2019 Oyo State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Oyo State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 32 seats were up for election in the Oyo State House of Assembly. PDP won 26 seats, APC won 5 seats, while ADP won 1 seat.
Kesari is a 2018 Nigerian Yoruba-language action film produced by Ibrahim Yekini. It was directed by Tope Adebayo.
Kayode is both a surname and a masculine given name of Yoruba origin.
Jagun Jagun (The Warrior) is a 2023 Netflix original epic Yoruba film produced by Femi Adebayo Salami and Euphoria360 Media. It was directed by Adebayo Tijani and Tope Adebayo Salami. The film stars Femi Adebayo, Adedimeji Lateef, Bimbo Ademoye, Faithia Balogun, Mr Macaroni, Bukunmi Oluwasina, Ibrahim Yekini and Muyiwa Ademola. It was released on Netflix streaming platform on 10 August 2023.