• Oba Oyekan I (died September 30, 1900) reigned as the Lagos Monarch from March 1885 - September 30, 1900. He ascended the throne about a month after the...
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  • Adeyinka Oyekan II (30 June 1911 – 1 March 2003) was Oba of Lagos from 1965 to 2003. He was the grandson of Oba Oyekan I. Adeyinka's father was a Methodist...
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  • Lawson Oyekan (born 1961), British sculptor Oyekan I (1871–1900), Yoruba monarch Soni Oyekan (1946–2021), American chemical engineer "Oyekan". Online...
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  • Messrs G.L. Gaiser. Dosunmu died in 1885 and was succeeded by his son Oba Oyekan I. A prominent descendant of his is Oloye Abiola Dosunmu, the Erelu Kuti...
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    he was friendly with Obas Dosunmu and Oyekan I. He served as an adviser to Oba Oyekan I, and financed Oyekan's candidacy for the Lagos throne until the...
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    Of Nigeria (1929)". Archive.org. Retrieved 27 October 2023. Oloruntoba, C.I. (1992). Sociocultural Dimensions of Nigerian Pidgin Usage (Western NigerDelta...
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    1851-1853) Oba Kosoko (1845–1851) King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885) Oba Oyekan I (1885–1900) Oba Eshugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932) Oba Ibikunle Akitoye...
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  • and Oba Sanusi Olusi (from 1928 to 1931). Oba Eleko succeeded Oba Oyekan I upon Oyekan's death in 1901 and was officially recognized by the British colonial...
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  • 1974), Ooni of Ile-Ife Adeyinka Oyekan (1911–2003), second Christian Oba of Lagos Ajaka, Oyo Emperor Ajimudaoro Aladesanmi I (r. 1886–1910), Ewi of Ado Ekiti...
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    Spirit Chant 2022 - See How Far featuring Nathaniel Bassey, Dunsin Oyekan 2023 - I Get Backing 2024 - My Master, My Lord 2024 - Faith Anthem. 2024 - Secret...
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    Governor of Lagos, Sir Gilbert Carter. Others in attendance included Oba Oyekan I, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Abdullah Quilliam (who represented Sultan Abdul...
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  • Boys' High School, Lagos founded. 1881 - Population: 37,452. 1885 - Oba Oyekan I in power. 1886 - Telephone cables connect Lagos to London. 1888 - Lagos...
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    involved in Abeokuta king-making activities as well, supporting Prince Oyekan over Ademola for the Alake of Egbaland's title in 1879.[citation needed]...
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    Teniade. His rise to throne was bitterly contested with his Oyekan, and supporters of Oyekan, who were primarily the Ogboni chiefs, refused to recognize...
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  • years, and the founder of the lineage from which the late Oba Adeyinka Oyekan came) and Shokun (the founder of the Fashina-Jinadu-Bombata, Fadu lineage)...
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    served in this position since May 2003, when he succeeded Oba Adeyinka Oyekan. The Akinsemoyin Royal Family of Lagos has challenged Oba Akiolu's coronation...
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  • Babatunde Ogunnaike an American chemical engineer of Nigerian descent Soni Oyekan is a Nigerian-American chemical engineer, Azikiwe Peter Onwualu (27 April...
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    as a land surveyor with the Cameroon Expeditionary Force during World War I. In 1920, Prince Adeniji Adele escorted Chief Amodu Tijani Oluwa to London...
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    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 738. ISBN 0-521-20413-5. Owomoyela, Oyekan (2002). Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe. Westport: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31583-1...
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    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 738. ISBN 0-521-20413-5. Owomoyela, Oyekan (2002). Culture and customs of Zimbabwe. Westport: Greenwood Publishing...
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  • Newland Lucia Nogueira Ewart Oakeshott David Ogle Helen Oxenbury Lawson Oyekan Eric Parker (illustrator) Victor Pasmore Herry Perry Pollyanna Pickering...
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    Space At Ewusi House; Open Space At Isote Street Midway; Open Space At Oyekan House; Open Space At Odiolowo/ Olukokun; Open Space At Osisanya St. Midway...
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  • consider themselves animists, such as author Daniel Quinn, sculptor Lawson Oyekan, and many contemporary Pagans. English anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor initially...
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  • Dosunmu was made the Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos by her relative (Oba Adeyinka Oyekan of Lagos) in 1980. In this capacity, she serves as the ceremonial queen...
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    Nigeria. He was made "freeman of the city" in Lagos, Nigeria, by Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, for his "influence on black people all over the world". With his company...
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    Research in African Literatures Vol. 27, No. 3: 110–118. Owomoyela, Oyekan. 1988. A Kì í : Yorùbá proscriptive and prescriptive proverbs. Lanham, MD : University...
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    situations (except, for example, public property of the predecessor state) in Oyekan v Adele (1957). The first Indigenous land rights case under the common law...
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  • Osgerby, designer Thérèse Oulton Graham Ovenden Roy Oxlade, painter Lawson Oyekan Tom Palin, painter Lilian Parker, sculptor Susan Parkinson, ceramic artist...
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  • secure payment channel. The idea was founded by Nigerian programmer Adebambo Oyekan Oyelaja and is funded by 440.ng a startup accelerator based in Lagos, Nigeria...
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    (1854–1862) Ademola I, Alake (1869–1877) Oyekan, Alake (1879–1881) Oluwajin, Alake (1885–1889) Oshokalu, Alake (1891–1898) Gbadebo I, Alake (1898–1920)...
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