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Odundun II
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. Early life Prince Patrick Bankole "Kole" Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi was born on December 28, 1956, in the nearby Akure settlement of Ayede-Ogbese, to the Baale, the Alayere of Ayede-Ogbese, Prince Ogunlade Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo and Princess Omowunmi Aladetoyinbo (née Adedipe) (1926-2018), a member of the notable Adedipe family that bear the Elemo chieftaincy title in Akure. He is the third of ten children. He started his elementary education at St. Patrick School, Aponmu Akure. He then proceeded to Oyemekun Grammar School Akure where he received his secondary school certificate (SSCE). He graduated as an Architect from Florida State University in Miam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deji Of Akure
Deji is a common Nigerian given name of Yoruba origin which means "becomes two" or "has doubled". Dèjì is most commonly a diminutive form of "Dimeji" or "Dímèjì" which means "has become two". Other full forms of the name include Adedeji (or Adédèjì) which means "The crown becomes two"; Adè in Yoruba language means "crown". Notable people bearing the name Sportspeople * Deji Akindele (born 1983), Nigerian basketball player * Deji Aliu (born 1975), Nigerian track and field sprinter * Deji Karim (born 1986), American football running back * Deji Oduwole (born 1987), Canadian football defensive lineman * Deji Olatoye (born 1991), American football cornerback * Deji Tobais (born 1991), English track and field sprinter * Deji Oshilaja (born 1993), English footballer playing as defender Others * Deji Olatunji (born 1996), British YouTuber See also * "Deji" Meets Girl, a Japanese anime television series References {{given name Given names of Nigerian origin Yoruba g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States cities by population, 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the Metropolitan statistical areas, 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country at 2.84 million residents. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an Independent city (United States), independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the central Maryland region together with Baltimore County, Maryland, the surrounding county that shares its name. The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 160 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985. Buhari ran for president of Nigeria on the platform and support of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2003 and 2007, and on the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) platform in 2011. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress party for the 2015 general election. Buhari won the election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. This was the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost a re-election bid. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was re-elected, defeating his closest rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, by over 3 million votes. Early life Buhari was born to a Muslim family on 17 December 1942, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idanre
Idanre town known previously as Ufẹ̀ Òkè is a historic town in Ondo State, and the headquarters of the Idanre Local Government Area which carries its name. The town is located at the foot of the scenic Idanre Hill which is of unique cultural and environmental significance, and attracts many tourists. The town is about southeast of the state's capital Akure, it has an area of 1543.4 square kilometers (595.91 sq mi) and a population of 129,795 as of the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 340. Idanre is Nigeria's largest cocoa producing area. Idanre are mainly a Yoruba speaking people (with a tongue similar to the ''Ondo'' dialect). A majority of its people are into farming and trading. History Ufe Oke was founded by Olofen Aremitan from the Oduduwa royal household who was said to have left Ife with his band of followers with an item of inestimable value, a brass crown (Ade Ude). Idanre is made up of three disjointed township or localities, namely; Atosin, Alade an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imo State
Imo () is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its name from the Imo River which flows along the state's eastern border. The state capital is Owerri and the State's slogan is the "Eastern Heartland." Of the States of Nigeria, 36 States in Nigeria, Imo is the List of Nigerian states by area, third smallest in area but is List of Nigerian states by population, fourteenth most populous with an estimated population of over 5.4 million as of 2022. Geographically, the state is divided between the Niger Delta swamp forests in the far east and the drier Cross–Niger transition forests in the rest of the state. Other key geographical features are the state's rivers and lakes with the Awbana River, Awbana, Imo River, Imo, Orashi River, Orashi, and Otamiri River, Otamiri rivers along with the Oguta Lake in western Imo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilara-Mokin
Ilara-Mokin () is located in a central part of Ifedore local government of Ondo State, Nigeria. Ilara-Mokin is about 12 km from Ondo state capital, and has Ipogun, Ipinsa, Ikota, Ibule-Soro and Ero as neighbouring towns. History According to oral history, the first Alara (Alaa), or king, of Ilara Mokin was Olutipin Modulua claimed by the people of Ilara to be the same person as Obalufon Alayemore (known in the Ekiti dialect as "Obanifon"), a ruler of Ife between the 14th and 15th centuries, who established many different hamlets before returning to Ile-Ife to rule. Olutipin also a descendant of Olofin Adimula, or Oduduwa. Obalufon and his supporters founded Ilara-Mokin (or at least a settlement known simply as Ilara) after he was deposed from the throne as Ooni of Ife by Oranmiyan. His supporters included several other leaders and priests, whose present descendants serve as religious leaders. In particular, four of these leaders became the leaders of the 4 major clans or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olu Falae
Chieftain, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae (born 21 September 1938), is a Nigerian banker, administrator and politician who was secretary to the military government of Ibrahim Babangida from January 1986 to December 1990, and briefly the Finance Minister in 1990. He ran for president in Nigeria's Nigerian Third Republic, Third and Nigerian Fourth Republic, Fourth Republics Early life and education Falae was born to the family of Chief Joshua Alekete Falae and Abigail Aina Falae on September 21, 1938, in Ilu-Abo, Akure. Joshua Falae was originally from Akure but due to opportunities in cocoa bean, cocoa farming, Falae's family and a few other Akure natives moved to a nearby location called Ago-Abo – also known as Ilu Abo – where they settled as pioneers. Falae's father was later made the chief of Ago-Abo village. Falae's mother was born and raised in the village of Igbara-Oke and died during childbirth in 1946 when Falae was only 8. He was then raised by his father and his pater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Sunny Ade
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by fixed laws. Kings are Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarchs when they inherit power by birthright and Elective monarchy, elective monarchs when chosen to ascend the throne. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European languages, Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (cf. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as ''rex (king), rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adesida I
Adesida I (Olofinlade Afunbiowo Ojijigogun Asodeboyede; c. 1860 – 1957) was a Nigerian monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from June 22, 1897 until 1957. His lineal descendants are today known as the House of Adesida, a part of the House of Ojijigogun. The Ojijigoguns serve as one of Akure's two legally recognized royal families. Early life Oba Adesida I was born as Prince Olofinlade Afunbiowo of the Asodeboyede dynasty in 1856; he was the youngest son of Oba Ojijigogun (c. 1790-1882), the Deji of Akure from 1852 to 1882 and one of his wives, Olori Adojolomo Lagokun (c.1810-1890), daughter of the Sashere of Idanre. He had many older half brothers including Aladejimokun, Olokunjuwon, Aladejana (later Arosoye I) and Prince Ifaturoti Adegoroye, and many other siblings. Through his father, he claimed hereditary kinship with all of the preceding rulers of both Akure. His father was the son of Oba Arakale, who was executed by the Benin Empire in 1818, during the Akure-Benin War. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osupa I
Osupa I, (Adesoro Olokunwolu; c. 1776/1780–1846) was a Yoruba monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from 1834 until 1846. His lineal descendants are today known as the House of Osupa. They serve as one of Akure's two legally recognized royal families. Early life ''Òṣùpá t'Àdó là'' (which means "The moon has returned from Benin City and survived"), of the House of Asodeboyede, was born in Akure at some point in the late 18th century as Omoba Adésọ́rọ̀ Olokunwolu. His paternage is uncertain. In most sources, his mother was said to be Adeubi, who was a daughter of Oba Ausi, the 31st Deji of Akure. Some sources state that his father was Oba Osuan, and that he was a grandson of Oba Arakale. This is unlikely as Osuan is said to have challenged Osupa for the throne. What is most likely is that he was one of the many children of Arakale. In around 1818, the Benin empire invaded Akure, executed the reigning monarch, Arakale (who may have been his father) and carted away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odundun I
Odundun I, otherwise known as Ọ̀dúndún asòdedẹ̀rọ̀ ( Yoruba: ''Aládélúsì Oṣùpá Aṣọdẹ́bóyèdé''; c. 1835 - 1890) was a Yoruba monarch. He ruled the Akure Kingdom from 1882 until 1890. His lineal descendants are today known as the House of Osupa. They serve as one of Akure's two legally recognized royal families. Early life Oba Odundun I was born as Prince Aladelusi in Akure around the year c.1835, as a member of the Asodeboyede Dynasty. He was the son of Oba Osupa I, who ruled Akure from 1834 until 1846, and through him claimed hereditary kinship with all of the preceding rulers of both Akure and the neighbouring kingdoms of Ijeshaland and Ikereland, and Olori Ọ̀bọ́wẹ̀, from the town of Ado Ekiti. He had many half-siblings from both his mother and his father. His mother was married twice previously, where she had two sons (Ọ̀tẹ́kùn, with the chief Ọ̀bẹ̀lé, and Fátúyọ̀lé with the chief Sáò Òsọ́nà). His only full b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orisha
Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. The preferred spelling varies depending on the language in question: òrìṣà is the spelling in the Yoruba language, orixá in Portuguese, and orisha, oricha, orichá or orixá in Spanish-speaking countries. In the Lucumí tradition, which evolved in Cuba, the orishas are synchronized with Catholic saints, forming a syncretic system of worship where African deities are hidden behind Christian iconography. This allowed enslaved Africans to preserve their traditions under colonial religious persecution. According to the teachings of these religions, the orishas are spirits sent by the supreme creator, Olodumare, to assist humanity and to teach them to be successful on ''Ayé'' (Earth). Rooted in the native religion of the Yoruba people, mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
