In d spirit of Ogun state @ 40years...
1. Obafemi Awolowo - ONE OF THE
FOUNDING
FOUNDERS OF NIGERIA
2. Alexander Akintola Sapara - THE FIRST
NIGERIAN
LAWYER
3. Folake Solanke - THE FIRST FEMALE
SENIOR
ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA(SAN)
4. Frederick Rotimi Williams - THE FIRST
LAWYER
TO
BE A SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA(SAN)
5. Hon. Justice Olumuyiwa Jibowu - THE
FIRST
NIGERIAN JUDGE TO SIT ON THE SUPREME
COURT
BENCH
6. Sir Adetokunbo Ademola - THE FIRST
INDIGENOUS
CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA
7. Olusegun Obasanjo - THE FIRST NIGERIAN
TO
BE
BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HEAD OF
STATE
8. Ernest Shonekan - THE SHORTEST
PRESIDENT
BY
NUMBER OF DAYS
9. Oladipo Diya - THE FORMER VICE
MILITARY
PRESIDENT TO SANNI ABACHA
10. Moshood Abiola - BUSINESS MOGUL,
POLITICIAN,
ONCE THE MOST RICHEST IN AFRICA
11. Mike Adenuga - CEO OF GLOBACOM,
BUSINESS
MOGUL, THE SECOND RICHEST NIGERIAN
12. Asa..internatio nal female Singer from
Itoko,
Abeokuta.
13. Adebutu Kessington - THE INVENTOR OF
LEGAL
GAMBLING IN NIGERIA(BABA IJEBU)
14. Adeola Odutola - THE FIRST
ENTREPRENEUR,
FIRST
TO OWN A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL,
FIRST
PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION
OF
NIGERIA
15. Tai Solarin - ACTIVIST, FOUNDER OF
MAYFLOWER
SCHOOLS
16. Oba Otudeko - BUSINESS TYCOON
17. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti - THE FIRST
WOMAN TO
DRIVE A CAR, LED THE ABA WOMEN RIOT,
ACTIVIST
OF THE FIRST ORDER
18. Wole Soyinka - NOBEL PRIZE IN
LITERATURE
19. Femi Osofisan - A NIGERIAN WRITER OF
THE
FIRST
ORDER
20. Ola Rotimi - LEADING PLAYWRIGHTS AND
THEATRE
ACTOR
21. Olu Jacob - NIGERIAN ACTOR
22. Subomi Balogun - THE OWNER OF FCMB
23. Peter Akinola - FORMER PRIMATE OF
CHURCH OF
NIGERIA, ANGLICAN CHURCH
24. Ola Makinde - PRELATE OF THE
METHODIST
CHURCH
25. Ebenezer Obey - JUJU PIONEER AND
MUSICIAN
26. Shina Peters - JUJU MUSICIAN
27. Fela Anikulapo Kuti - AFROBEAT PIONEER
28. Adewale Ayuba - FUJI
MUSICIAN
29. Dapo Daniel Oyebanji(D'banj ) - HIP HOP
ARTIST
30. Hubbert Ogunde - STAGE THEATRE
PIONEER
(THE
FATHER OF NIGERIAN NOLLYWOOD)
31. Wasiu Ayinde Marshall(K1) - FUJI
MUSICIAN
32. Kuforiji Olubi - FIRST FEMALE ICAN
PRESIDENT
33. Chief J.F. Odunjo - FOREMOST AUTHOR
34. Thomas Adeoye Lambo - Psychiatrist
35. Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona(THE AWUJALE
OF
IJEBULAND) - THE LONGEST REIGNING OBA
IN
NIGERIA(APRIL 2,1960 TILL DATE)
36. Madam Efuroye Tinubu - THE FIRST
WOMAN
TO
BUY A CAR IN NIGERIA
37. Dr. Elizabeth Awoniyi Aimbola - THE
FIRST
FEMALE
DOCTOR IN NIGERIA
38. Dimeji Bankole - THE YOUNGEST SPEAKER
IN
THE
HISTORY OF NIGERIA
39. THE FIRST CHURCH IN NIGERIA - St.
Peters
Church
Abeokuta
40. OGUN STATE HAS THE LARGEST
CONCENTRATION
OF UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
41. OGUN STATE ALSO HOUSE ALMOST ALL
THE
RELIGIOUS CAMP SITE IN NIGERIA
42. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER WAS SITUATED
AT
ABEOKUTA, CALLED 'IWE IROYIN'
43. Olubi Sodipo - THE FIRST NIGERIAN
PROFESSOR
OF
PHILOSOPHY
44. Tunde Kelani - THE BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHER IN
AFRICA
45. Ambassador Segun Olusola - THE VILLAGE
HEADMASTER PIONEER
46. Professor Peter Okebukola - FORMER
CHAIRMAN
OF THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
47. Professor Ogunlesi - FIRST PROFESSOR OF
MEDICINE IN NIGERIA
48. Chief Olu Oyesanya -
CO-FOUNDER OF NIGERIAN
UNION OF JOURNALIST
49. Professor Oluyemi Banjoko - Special
Adviser
to
The
American president and the British prime
minister
on
African matters (Manchester, U.K)
50. Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, CFR, - Former
Executive
Secretary of Economic Community for Africa
and
Founding Executive Director ofAfrican Centre
for
Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)
51. OGUN STATE IS REPUTED TO HAVE
PRODUCED
THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF SENIOR
ADVOCATES
OF
NIGERIA AND MEDICAL DOCTORS.
52. Aina Onabolu The father and pioneer of
Contemporary Art.
53. Ogun State have the highest
concentration of
tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
IF YOU'RE FROM OGUN STATE, YOU MUST BE
PROUD OF THE STATE. TELL SOMEONE ELSE
ABOUT YOUR STATE

and our very own seun osewa......

cc: lalasticlala..mynd44......let's show d world d stuff yorubas are made off

I am proud of my state omo ogun

omo ogun ise ya........