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Lanre Idewu
Lanre is a Nigerian given name of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin that is gotten from, Ọlánrewájú which means, (Wealth/nobility is progressing). Notable people bearing the name *ELDee (born Lanre Dabiri in 1977), Nigerian rapper *Rilwan Lanre Babalola, Nigerian minister *Lanre Buraimoh, Nigerian-born artist *Lanre Fehintola, British photojournalist *Lanre Hassan (born 1950), Nigerian film actress *Lanre Kehinde (born 1994), Nigerian football player *Lanre Oyebanjo (born 1990), British football player *Adeola Lanre Runsewe (born 1989), Nigerian football midfielder *Lanre Tejuosho (born 1964), Nigerian senator *Lanre Towry-Coker (born 1944), Nigerian architect, politician and socialite References {{given name Yoruba given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. ) is a Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern and Middle Belt, Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. Yoruba speakers number roughly 50 million, including around 2 million second-language or L2 speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin, and Togo with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in African diaspora religions such as the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language, and various Afro-American religions of North America. Most modern practitioners of these religions in the Americas are not fluent in the Yoruba language, yet they still use Yoruba words and phrases for songs or chants—rooted in cultural traditions. For such pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ELDee
Lanre Dabiri (born May 23, 1977), better known by his stage name Eldee, stylized as eLDee, is a retired Nigerian-American rapper, singer, and record producer based in the United States. He is a member of the band Trybesmen, which was started in 1998 with rappers KB and Freestyle. He has made five solo albums. In 2019, he said he does not regret quitting music as the path his career was going would not make him have time for his family. On October 1, 2016, Netng longlisted him on its list of 56 greatest Nigerian entertainers of all time, for his contribution towards the music industry, and for founding the first official Nigeria airplay chart, known as Playdata, for monitoring music consumption on radio. Early life eLDee was born on May 23, 1977, in Kaduna state, a northern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. He is originally from Lagos Island in Lagos State of Nigeria. Education He attended Command Children School kaduna and Essence International School before Moving to Lago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rilwan Lanre Babalola
Rilwan Lanre Babalola was appointed Nigerian Minister of Power on 17 December 2008 after a cabinet shuffle by President Umaru Yar'Adua. He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet. Background Babalola gained a PhD in Energy Economics from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. He was an investment banker with Lead Bank in charge of the Public Sector and Infrastructure Department. Babalola joined the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in November 2001 as head of the Power Sector Team. Under a program assisted by USAID and later the World Bank, he was responsible for reform measures including setting up the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, and unbundling the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). After leaving the BPE, he was Deputy General Manager at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission for a short period. He then joined the Economic Advisory Team of President Umar Yar'adua. Minister of Power Appointed Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Buraimoh
Lanre Buraimoh is a Nigerian-born artist who is based in Texas, US. His "bead paintings" are exhibited internationally. Art work Buraimoh received his art training from his parents, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh and Alake Buraimoh, both celebrated contemporary artists well known in Nigeria and abroad. Lanre Buraimoh's artwork is inspired by the beadwork of the Yoruba people of West Africa, who have traditionally incorporated beads in their art forms and to decorate the crowns, shoes and walking sticks of their kings. Buraimoh's innovative pieces adapt this tradition to the more contemporary art form of "bead painting." His paintings are adorned with thousands of small, colorful glass beads that depict Yoruba objects and symbols, including drums and native drummers, masks, lizards, foxes and the Shankofa bird—a mythical bird with an egg in its mouth that is shown flying forward while looking backward. The egg "represents the knowledge of the past upon which wisdom is based and also si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Fehintola
Lanre Fehintola was a British photojournalist. He was a photographer for ''The Independent'' from 1989 until 1991. According to Fehintola, his focus has always been "to document the ordinary, everyday, lives of 'real' people whose stories are very seldom told".LinkedIn profile Lanre Fehintola Early life Fehintola's father was an accountant and his mother ran an old people's home in . They moved to England when Lanre was two years old, in 1960. He was sent to a children's home at age 11 and at 12 to reform school in |
Lanre Hassan
Lanre Adesina Hassan (born ), popularly called Iya Awero is a Nigerian film actress, who features majorly in the Yoruba-language cinema of Nollywood, although she features in English-language productions as well. Since the start of her career with the Ojo Ladipo Theatre Group, Iya Awero has starred in multiple films. Early life Hassan was born in Lagos. She spent most of her early life in Lagos Island, Lagos state. Education Hassan attended Oduwabore Memorial School, Mushin, Lagos. Before acting, Hassan attended the School of Drama for professional training. Career At the age of 14, Hassan joined the drama group Young Stars Concert Party alongside members like Ojo Ladipo (also known as Baba Mero) and Adebayo Salami. Later, they changed their name to Ojo Ladipo Theatre Group. She entered the Lagos School of Dramatic Arts in 1970 under the direction of Chief Olude, a drama professor at the time, to give her performance an intellectual bite and flare. She received straigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Kehinde
Olanrewaju "Lanre" Kehinde (born 7 May 1994) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for 1. MFL club Struga. Career Club Kehinde's career started in Nigeria with Dominion Hotspur, who he joined Kwara United on loan from in 2011 before leaving in 2012 to join Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Tel Aviv. He didn't make a first-team appearance for Maccabi, but was loaned out twice to Liga Leumit clubs. Firstly to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan for the 2013–14 season and secondly to Hapoel Afula for the following season, 2014–15. In total, Kehinde scored 28 goals in 60 appearances across the two loan spells. He left Maccabi permanently in 2015 and subsequently had spells with Premier League teams Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Acre. In July 2016, Kehinde joined UAE First Division League club Al-Fujairah. After six months in the United Arab Emirates, Kehinde left to join TFF First League side Elazığspor Elazığspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Elazığ and cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Oyebanjo
Olanrewaju Olusegun Mark Bamidele "Lanre" Oyebanjo (born 27 April 1990) is a professional Association football, footballer who last played as a Defender (association football), defender for club Welling United F.C., Welling United. He has played in the Football League for York City F.C., York City and Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town. Oyebanjo started his career with West Ham United F.C., West Ham United's youth system and after being released joined Waltham Forest F.C., Waltham Forest in 2006. He spent 2006–07 Isthmian League#Division One North, one season with the Isthmian League Division One North club before joining League Two team Brentford F.C., Brentford in 2007. Having not made any first-team appearances for Brentford, Oyebanjo dropped into the National League (division), Conference Premier with Histon F.C., Histon in 2008. He helped Histon to the play-off semi-final in his 2008–09 Football Conference#Conference Premier, first season, but after their Promotion and rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeola Lanre Runsewe
Adeola Lanre Runsewe (born 1 December 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Cypriot club Baf Ülkü Yurdu. Career On 19 June 2011, Runsewe's contract with HB Køge was turned into a professional one with a duration of two years. Having joined Silkeborg IF in 2012 he left the club in summer 2016 after his contract ran out. In February 2017 Runsewe signed for Faroese club ÍF Fuglafjørður. On 7 September 2019, Runsewe joined Turkish Cypriot club Baf Ülkü Yurdu BAF or Baf may refer to: Biology * Barrier-to-autointegration factor, a family of proteins * BRG1, or hbrm-associated factors, a family of proteins; see SWI/SNF re BAF complex Military * Bagram Airfield * Balkan Air Force, a late-World War II All .... pressreader.com, 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Tejuosho
Olanrewaju Adeyemi Tejuoso (born 1964) is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as a senator representing Ogun Central in the 8th National Assembly from 2015 to 2019. Background Tejuoso was born in Abeokuta as a prince of the dynasty of HRM Oba Dr. Adedapo Tejuoso, CON, Karunwi III, Oranmiyan, the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba, and Olori Adetoun Tejuoso. As the son of the Oba, he is also the grand son of one of the first female industrialists in Nigeria, Iyaloye Bisoye Tejuoso, the Iyalode of Egbaland. He represented Ogun Central in the 8th National Assembly where he was the chairman, Senate Committee on Health. Tejuoso is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was the chairman of the National Convention Committee of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) party in 2011 that led to the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential flag bearer of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) before it was merged to form All Progressive Congress (APC). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanre Towry-Coker
Dr. Lanre Towry-Coker FRIBA (born 1944) is a Nigerian architect, politician and socialite. He has worked in the public sector as well as the private sector and was the first Commissioner for Works and Housing of Lagos State.Kemi Akinyemi"Celebrating Society Patriarch, Lanre Towry-Coker at 70" ''The Elites Nigeria'', 15 November 2014. Early life and career Born in 1944 to a Nigerian civil engineer, who was the planning adviser to the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in the early 1960s, Lanre Towry-Coker attended St. Matthias School, Lagos, and Kingston College, Surrey, England, before going on to the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the University of North-East London for his architectural training. He subsequently earned a further qualification from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (OPM). He established his architectural firm, Towry-Coker Associates, in 1976. An indigene of Lagos (Towry Street on Lagos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
