Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo,,is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist,he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015,and from 2018 has been a member of the African Democratic Congress party (ADC).
Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as at the 2006 population census.
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is a retired Nigerian Army general and politician. He served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Chief of Army Staff;going on to orchestrate his seizure of power in a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari.
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.
Chief Daniel Olorunfẹmi Fágúnwà MBE,popularly known as D. O. Fágúnwà,was a Nigerian author of Yorùbáheritage who pioneered the Yorùbálanguage novel.
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu was a Nigerian politician who was governor of Ondo State in Nigeria from 29 May 2003 until February 2009,when a court voided his re-election as governor on account of electoral irregularities. He was replaced as governor by Olusegun Mimiko,his political rival,based on a court injunction. He was a member of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDP) is a centre-left political party in Nigeria. It was created alongside the National Republican Convention by former military president Ibrahim Babangida,as part of a democracy project meant to form two detribalized political parties –one slightly to the left and one to the right. During the Nigerian Third Republic it was seen as a moderate party attractive to young radical intellectuals and socialists. In its manifesto,it called for concerted efforts to improve welfare and fight for social justice.
The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1993 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution.
Abdul Azeez Kolawole AdeyemoListen,popularly known as 'Alhaji how are you',was a Nigerian and prominent Yoruba politician. He was born in Ado-Ekiti the Ekiti State capital to Sir. Rufai Adeyemo &Princess Adebolarin Agunsoye. Growing up as a Catholic during the British colonial era,he later converted to Islam. He became a politician early in his career. He joined the Western Region campaign of Egbe Omo Oduduwa founded by Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo. He was also a front-line member of Action Group political party which later metamorphosed into Unity Party of Nigeria. His main legacy was to secure democracy and good governance in post independent Nigeria.
Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II (1950–2013) was chosen as the traditional ruler,or Deji,of the Akure Kingdom,based in the city of Akure in Ondo State,Nigeria on 13 August 2010. State governor Olusegun Mimiko presented him with the staff of office.
The Akure Kingdom is a traditional state with headquarters in Akure,Ondo State,Nigeria. It is the successor to an ancient Yoruba city state of the same name. The ruler bears the title "Deji of Akure".
Senator Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi was a Nigerian politician from Oyo State,south-western Nigeria. He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company,a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum,Nigeria. He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After one term in the senate,he contested in 2007 for the governorship seat of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People's Party,a bid which he lost. He contested again in the April 2011 gubernatorial elections under the Action Congress of Nigeria and was elected Governor of Oyo State in a closely contested vote. In 2019,he was succeeded by Oluwaseyi Makinde. He contested for Senator for his senatorial district but lost. In June 2020,he was confirmed to have COVID-19 and was announced dead on the 25th of June.
Ahmadu Adah Ali is a retired Nigerian military officer,a physician and a politician. He was born in Idah,Igala Kingdom. Ali served as the Deputy Director of Army Medical Services and Chief Consulting Physician of the Military Hospital,Kaduna. In 1973,he became the first Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps,a position he held until 1975 when he was appointed Minister of Education. He served also as Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee from 2005 to 2007.
Alara is the royal title of the king of Ilara-Mokin land in Nigeria. The Alara may be addressed as Oba,like rulers in other Yoruba kingdoms,or as His Royal Majesty. Alara is also known to be unquestionable,with an authority that is said to be next to the gods.
Onwuka Kalu was a Nigerian businessman who founded Onwuka Hi-Tek a manufacturing concern in Aba which was later quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange but later fell into decline after Kalu fell out with the Nigerian government. He was a promoter of made in Nigeria and made in Aba products and was also a co-founder of Fidelity Union Merchant Bank.
Osupa I,otherwise known as Òṣùpát'ÀdólàOgiso Otolu Apaara,was a Yoruba monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from 1834 until 1846.
Odundun I,otherwise known as Ọ̀dúndún asòdedẹ̀rọ̀ was a Yoruba monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from 1882 until 1890.
Adesida I was a Nigerian monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from June 22,1897 until 1957.
Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi,Odundun II,is a Nigerian monarch. He is the 47th and current traditional ruler of Akure Kingdom,a traditional state in Akure,the Ondo State capital. He was proclaimed Deji of Akure in 2015,taking the regnal name Odundun II and succeeding the deceased Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida.
Isinkan is a Nigerian traditional state. It is based in a town of the same name in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. It is contiguous to the Akure Kingdom,and shares such a close proximity to that kingdom that visitors may not know that both are traditionally distinct entities.
listen ) CFR (born 21 September 1938), [1] is a Nigerian banker,administrator and politician, [2] he was secretary to the military government of Ibrahim Babangida from January 1986 to December 1990,and was briefly the Finance Minister in 1990. He ran for president in Nigeria's Third and Fourth republics.