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	Folake Soetan Folake is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Folake Akinyemi (born 1990), Nigerian-Norwegian sprinter Folake Coker (born 1974), Nigerian fashion designer Folake Olayinka, Nigerian physician Folake Olowofoyeku (born 1983), Nigerian actress and musician Folake Olunloyo, Nigerian politician Folake Onayemi (1964–2024), Nigerian literary scholar Folake Solanke Chief Folake Solanke (born 29 March 1932), SAN, CON, is a Nigerian lawyer, administrator, and social critic. She is the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the first Nigerian female lawyer to wear the silk gown as Senior Counsel. Sh ... (born 1932), Nigerian lawyer {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Akinyemi Folake Akinyemi (born 31 March 1990) is a retired Nigerian-Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Lagos. A promising junior, she finished fourth in the 100 metres at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival, and at the 2009 European Junior Championships she won the silver medal in the 100 metres and finished sixth in the 200 metres. She also competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships (relay only), the 2007 European Junior Championships (100 only) the 2008 World Junior Championships (100 and 200 metres) and the 2011 European U23 Championships (100 and 200 metres) without reaching the final. In senior events she competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the 2010 World Indoor Championships, the 2010 European Championships, the 2012 European Championships and the 2013 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final. In her last international outing she reached the semi-final of the 100 metres at the 2013 Summer Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Coker Folake Folarin-Coker (born 1974) is a Nigerian fashion designer and creative director of Tiffany Amber. Early life and education Folake was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1974. She is ethnic Yoruba and of Ibadan descent. After her education in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, she earned a postgraduate degree in petroleum law and returned to Nigeria to pursue her fashion interests. Career Her fashion brand, "Tiffany Amber" was launched in Lagos in 1998. The brand has four stand alone stores and boutiques in Lagos and Abuja. She has staged several fashion shows in Africa, Europe and the United States. In 2008, she made history as the first African-based fashion designer to stage a show twice at the New York Fashion Week. She was the first recipient of the "Designer of the Year" award at the African fashion week in Johannesburg in 2009 and was also awarded "Fashion Brand of the Year" at the ''ARISE'' Magazine Fashion week in 2011. In 2013, she received an Enterprise Award at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Olayinka Folake Olayinka, physician and global health leader. Since October 2020 has served as the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Global Immunization lead/STAR Fellow. She also served as Technical and Strategy lead for the COVID19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Initiative Washington DC, United States. Prior to joining USAID Washington, she worked with JSI Arlington VA, USA (Aug 2015-Oct 2020) as Project Director MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity (MRITE); Senior Immunization Advisor and Immunization Center Senior Leadership team member ;. and Global Immunization Team Leader USAID's Flagship Maternal Child Survival Program aimed at ending preventable maternal and child deaths. She has been the Program Director of Support to National Malaria Program,(SuNMAP) a UKAID funded project supporting Nigeria's National Malaria Control Program and to provide comprehensive malaria control technical assistance, led by Malaria Consortium. She is a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Olowofoyeku Folake Olowofoyeku (born 26 October 1983) is a Nigerian actress and musician. She currently stars in the Chuck Lorre CBS sitcom ''Bob Hearts Abishola''. Early life, family and education Olowofoyeku was born in Nigeria to Nigerian politician Babatunji Olowofoyeku and Felicia Olowofoyeku. She is the youngest of 20 children. One of her older brothers is the musician and guitarist Toby Foyeh. Olowofoyeku was named after the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Folake Solanke. Olowofoyeku has spoken about the importance of names in Yoruba culture. Her first name means to use non-monetary wealth to pamper, and her surname means a rich man uses a chieftaincy title to top off their wealth. She was raised on Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria, and also spent time in London. Olowofoyeku attended Igbinedion Education Centre, a Montessori boarding school in Benin City. She then transferred to Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls in Ikeja, Lagos and then attended Oxbridge Tuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Olunloyo Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo is a Nigerian politician and former member of the House of Representatives. Career Olunloyo-Oshinowo was educated at St Anne's Grammar school and the International School in Ibadan before attending Obafemi Awolowo University. She graduated in 1990. She was a senior aide to the former Speaker of the House, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, before switching from the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Olunloyo-Oshinowo holds the chieftain title of Aare Egbe Omo Iyalode; she is married to Dr. Tunde Oshinowo. In 2011 she was elected to the House of Representatives, along with Suleiman Oba Nimota, Maimunat Adaji, Martha Bodunrin, Betty Okogua-Apiafi Betty Jocelyne Okagua - Apiafi (born 19 February 1962) is a Nigerian politician, economist, retired banker and educationist. Apiafi was elected to the Nigerian Senate for Rivers West Senatorial District in 2019. She has also served as a Hous ..., Rose Oko and Nkoyo Toyo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Folake Onayemi Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi (4 October 1964 – 14 February 2024) was a Nigerian literary scholar. She was Professor of Classics and served as Head of the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Classics in Nigeria and the first black woman to become a Professor of Classics in sub-Saharan Africa. She was an expert on comparative Greco-Roman and Nigerian literature, cultures, and mythology, particularly relating to the roles and representations of women. Education Folake Onayemi was born on 4 October 1964, in Ijebu-Jesa, Nigeria. She attended the University of Ibadan for her BA in Classics (1986), followed by an MA (1990), MPhil (1997), and PhD (2001); she was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Classics in Nigeria, with a thesis entitled ''Fear of Women's Beauty in Classical and African/Yoruba Literature''. During her PhD, she spent time as a visiting scholar at Brown University, Rhode Island. Career O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]