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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List of Nigerian engineers (section I)
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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Animism (section Relation to the concept of 'I-thou')
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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List of alumni of the Royal College of Art (section I)
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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