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Festus Ayodele Adefiranye
Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is a former telecommunication engineer, a Nigerian politician and a Member of the House of Representative in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly representing the people of Ileoluji/Okeigbo & Odigbo Federal Constituency. He is from Okeigbo in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government of Ondo State. Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is also a former member of the Ondo State House of Assembly where he contested and won to represent the Ileoluji/Okeigbo State Constituency under the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). He was Chairman, House Committee on Human Capital Development, Public Accounts and Deputy Chief Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly between 2019 and 2023. Early life and education Festus Ayodele Adefiranye was born in Okeigbo, Ondo State, Nigeria. He had his elementary and secondary educations in Okeigbo before proceeding to then Federal School of Arts and Science Ondo in 1988 for his higher school certificate (HSC). He graduated from the prestig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Lagos
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a Public university, public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the education in Nigeria#First generation universities, first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Africa in major education publications. The university presently has three Campus, campuses in the Lagos State University, mainland of Lagos State, Lagos. Whereas two of its campuses are located at Yaba, Lagos, Yaba (the main campus in Akoka and the recently created campus at the former school of radiography), its 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 of 2024, the University of Lagos admits around 8,500 undergraduate students annually and enrolls over 57,000 students. A visitation panel, created to look into the affairs of the university between 2016 and 2020 detected cases of financia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo
Ile Oluji is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ile Oluji. The postal code of the area is 351. Background Ile-Oluji is a town in Ondo State, Nigeria. The town serves as the headquarters of Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government. The indigenes are Yoruba people whose progenitor was the legendary Oduduwa. The monarch of the kingdom is known as the Jegun of Ile-Oluji. Its present monarch is HRM Oba (Dr) Oluwole Olufaderin Adetimehin, FIIN, FCIB, Jimoko II, a former President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria who was crowned on June 10, 2016 Economy Ile-Oluji is an agrarian town. It is one of the largest producers and exporters of Cocoa production in Nigeria. Cassava, Yam, Maize and Oil Palm are other major crops cultivated by farmers in the town. The major manufacturing company in the town is Premium Cocoa Products (Ile-Oluji) Limited. It has one of the largest cocoa processing companies in West Africa. Its products c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Lagos Alumni
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The House Of Representatives (Nigeria)
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Nigeria)
The House of Representatives (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly of Nigeria, National Assembly. The Senate of Nigeria, Senate is the upper chamber. The Green Chamber has 360 members who are elected in single-member Constituency, constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system, most recently 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election, in 2023. Members serve four-year terms. The presiding officer of the house is the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, Speaker, currently Tajudeen Abbas, Tajudden Abbas (as of May 2024). State delegations The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly of Nigeria, National Assembly for the federation which consists of a Senate of Nigeria, Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate consists of three members from each States of Nigeria, Nigerian state and one member from the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent National Electoral Commission (Nigeria)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria. It was established in 1998 shortly before Nigeria's transition from military to civilian rule. History Regulation and administration of elections The administration of democratic elections in Nigeria dates back to the period before Independence when the Electoral Commission of Nigeria (ECN) was inaugurated in 1958 to conduct the 1959 federal elections. Prior to 1958, regional laws and government regulated and conducted elections. ECN was headed by an expatriate, Ronald Edward Wraith and four Nigerian members representing each region and the Federal Capital Territory of Lagos. The Federal Electoral Commission (FEC), established in 1960, conducted the immediate post-independence federal and regional elections of 1964 and 1965. Prior to the conduct of the 1964 election, the Chief Electoral Officer, Kofo Abayomi resigned and some party officials from the NCNC and Actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Polytechnic, Oko
Federal Polytechnic, Oko is a Nigerian polytechnic located in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State. Established in 1979, it was previously named the College of Arts, Science and Technology. Federal Polytechnic, Oko has established memoranda of understanding with several universities in Nigeria and abroad. On July 31, 2024, Eugene C. Ubaka was accounted the Acting Rector by the Chairman of Federal Polytechnic Oko Governing Council, Sen. Engr. Barnabas Gemade. Faculties/Schools Presently, there are 8 academic faculties/schools in the polytechnic. School of Engineering Technology * Civil Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Electrical Electronics Engineering * Agricultural Engineering * Computer Engineering * Agricultural Technology * Chemical Engineering School of Environmental Design and Technology * Architecture * Building Technology * Estate Management * Urban and Regional Planning * Quantity Surveying * Surveying and Geo-informatics School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayowa Samuel Akinfolarin
Mayowa Samuel Akinfolarin (born 5 January 1962) is a businessman and a Nigerian politician who was a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly from 2003 to 2011 and was also a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. Early life and education Akinfolarin is a native of Odigbo, Ondo State, Nigeria who lived his early life in his hometown of Odigbo; where he attended Our Saviour Primary School, Odigbo from 1969 to1974 and Isero Grammar School, Odigbo from 1976 to 1981. He further continued his academic pursuit at College of Advanced Studies, Zaria from 1985 to1987. He then proceeded to the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study Sociology and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1990. Political career In 2003, Akinfolarin was elected to the Ondo State House of Assembly on the platform of the People Democratic Party PDP, where he served till 2011 and rose to the position of deputy speaker. In 2015 Nigeria general elections, Akinfolarin w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is a public research institution located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The university enrolls over 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff. History In 1987, Governor Tunji Olurin, Adetunji Olurin, the Military Governor of Oyo State received a request from the Polytechnic, Ibadan's Governing Council to establish a State University. In 1988, he formed a seven-member Interministerial Committees, interministerial committee, chaired by Mrs. Oyinkan Ayoola, which recommended the University's creation. On 13 March 1990, Nigeria's Federal Military government, Military Government approved the State's request. The edict establishing Oyo State Institute of technology, University of Technology was signed on 23 April 1990, by Sasaenia Oresanya, Colonel Sasaenia Oresanya . Olusegun Ladimeji Oke served as the inaugural Vice-Chancellor of the University, and in January 1991, Moshood Abiola, Late Bashor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondo State House Of Assembly
The Ondo State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Ondo State, Ondo State Government inaugurated on 2 October 1979. The assembly is unicameral with 26 representatives elected from each constituencies of the 18 local government area of the state. Presently, the Assembly comprises 22 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC and 4 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP. History In 2011, the assembly consisted of two political parties, the Labour Party (Nigeria), Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), Peoples Democratic Party, the assembly was dominated by the Labour party with a total number of 25 representatives and the PDP with only one representative. In October 2015, all members of the assembly defected to the PDP following the defection of Olusegun Mimiko, the then Governor of Ondo State, governor of the state from the LP to the PDP. Speaker and Leadership The incumbent Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, speaker i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
