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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 8:27pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Seal emerged from England's house music scene in 1990 to become the most popular British soul vocalist of that decade. Although his earliest material still showed signs of acid house, by the mid-'90s he was known for a distinctive fusion of soul, folk, pop, dance, and rock that brought him success on both sides of the Atlantic. Early on, he enjoyed a very high level of success -- an Ivor Novello Award was given to him for the writing of his first single, and he won three Grammy Awards only a few years later. His albums were typically released a few years apart, yet they tended to earn multiple gold and platinum certifications in different countries. The son of Nigerian and Brazilian parents, Seal , born Sealhenry Samuel in 1963, was raised in England. After graduating with an architectural degree, he took various jobs around London, including electrical engineering and designing leather clothing. After a while, he began singing in local clubs and bars. He joined an English funk band called Push , touring Japan with the band in the mid-'80s. When he was in Asia, he joined a Thailand-based blues band. After a short time with that group, he traveled throughout India on his own. Upon returning to England, Seal met Adamski , a house and techno producer who had yet to make much of an impression in the U.K. Seal provided the lyrics and vocals for Adamski 's "Killer," which became a number one U.K. hit in 1990 and was acknowledged with an Ivor Novello Award. Seal signed a solo recording contract with ZTT and recorded his eponymous debut album with label founder Trevor Horn , who had previously worked with Yes, ABC , Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Grace Jones , among others. The first single pulled from the album, "Crazy," became a number 15 hit in the U.K. in 1990 and reached number seven in the U.S. upon its release there the following year. Seal was likewise a success, reaching number 24 in America and selling over three-million copies around the world. Seal subsequently took three years to complete his second album. In between the two records, he appeared on the Jimi Hendrix tribute album Stone Free, singing on Jeff Beck 's version of "Manic Depression." In the summer of 1994, he released his second album, also titled Seal . Preceded by the American Top 40 hit "Prayer for the Dying," the album did well upon its release, peaking at number 20 and selling a million copies by the spring of 1995, but it didn't really take off until a year after its release, when "Kiss from a Rose" was featured on the soundtrack to Batman Forever . That song became a number one pop single in America and spent a total of 12 weeks at the top of the adult contemporary chart. Its success sent the parent album into multi-platinum status; two years after its original release, the album had sold over four million copies in the U.S. alone. Additionally, the song was connected to three Grammy awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Human Being , Seal 's third album, hit the shelves in 1998 and didn't fare nearly as well on a commercial level. Five years passed -- a period that included the recording of Togetherland, a shelved album Seal termed "crap" -- prior to the release of Seal IV . That album put the singer back in the Top Ten of the U.K. album chart and, for the first time, in the U.S. Top Ten. As another lengthy between-album period ensued, there were a couple stopgap packages, namely Best: 1991-2004 and the live CD/DVD combo Live in Paris. Additionally, Seal married Heidi Klum , who appeared as a duet partner on "Wedding Day," a song on the 2007 album System . For the next several years, Seal was more productive than ever. He switched gears with Soul (2008), for which he covered classic soul songs. In eight territories, the album was certified gold, platinum, or diamond, while it reached number 13 in the U.S. It was produced by David Foster, who remained a creative partner for Commitment (2010) and Soul 2 (2011), the latter of which -- a second set of covers -- also involved Trevor Horn. The album 7 (2015), issued three years after Seal and Klum 's divorce, was previewed with the tracks "Every Time I'm with You" and "Do You Ever." Those two songs, as well as all others on the album, were produced by Horn. Seal Awards American Music Awards 1997 Got nomination for American Music Award category Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist 1996 Got nomination for American Music Award category Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist BET Awards 2009 Got nomination for Centric Award Brit Awards 1992 Won Brit Award category Best British Male Solo Artist 1992 Won Brit Award category Best British Album for "Seal" 1992 Won Brit Award category Best British Video for "Killer" Golden Globes, USA 2007 Got nomination for Golden Globe category Best Original Song - Motion Picture (from movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006) for "A Father's Way" shared with Christopher Bruce (music) Grammy Awards 2011 Won Grammy Award category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Imagine" shared with Herbie Hancock, India.Arie, Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare 2010 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "If You Don't Know Me by Now" 2008 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Amazing" 2006 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Walk on By" 2005 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male for "Love's Divine" 1998 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male for "Fly Like An Eagle" 1996 Won Grammy Award category Song of the Year for "Kiss From A Rose" 1996 Won Grammy Award category Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male for "Kiss From A Rose" 1996 Won Grammy Award category Record of the Year for "Kiss From A Rose" 1995 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Album of the Year for "Seal" 1995 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Pop Album for "Seal" 1995 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male for "Prayer For The Dying" 1992 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best New Artist 1992 Got nomination for Grammy Award category Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male for "Crazy" MTV Video Music Awards 1996 Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award category Best Male Video for "Don't Cry" 1995 Won MTV Video Music Award category Best Video from a Film for "Kiss From A Rose" 1991 Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award category Best New Artist for "Crazy" 1991 Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award category Breakthrough Video for "Crazy" NAACP Image Awards 2016 Got nomination for NAACP Image Award category Outstanding Song - Traditional for "Everytime I'm with You" 2009 Got nomination for NAACP Image Award category Outstanding Album for "Soul" 2008 Got nomination for NAACP Image Award category Outstanding Male Artist 2008 Got nomination for NAACP Image Award category Outstanding Album for System. 7 Likes
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 8:36pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
A Nigerian won an award at the 57 Annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, February 9, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. On a night when Sam Smith , Beyonce , Beck and Eminem » picked up awards, Kelvin Olushola, a member of the Acapella band, Pentatonix took home the award in the ‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’. Kelvin Olusola is a 26 year old beatboxer. He was born in the United States to Nigeria born Oluwole Olusola, a psychiatrist, and his Grenadian-born wife Curline Paul, a nurse. He is a graduate of prestigious Ivy League college, Yale University from where he graduated in 2011 with a degree in East Asian Studies. Prior to that, he was also accepted to other Ivy League universities like; Princeton, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University. Kelvin also plays the cello, piano and saxophone. In addition to these, he speaks fluent Chinese & Spanish. 5 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by gberra: 8:38pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Ereolamide:Lawd!! where have you been? Laudate had been savouring our Amala and Ewedu since the days of Oyo Empire  His love is unbelievable.7 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 8:41pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Kevin Olusola (born October 5, 1988) is an American musician, beatboxer , rapper, record producer, singer, and songwriter. Olusola is perhaps best known as the beatboxer of the vocal band Pentatonix . [2] After the group won NBC 's The Sing-Off in 2011, they released five albums, which all charted in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 charts, have sold over 2 million records, [3] and have amassed more than two billion views on their YouTube channel. Olusola has also been identified as developing the art of "celloboxing" (playing cello and beatboxing simultaneously). [4] His celloboxing version of Mark Summer 's "Julie-O" went viral in April 2011, which led him to become involved with Pentatonix. Olusola has performed at classical musical festivals such as the Amsterdam Cello Biennale and the Kronberg Academy Festival, opened the TED Conference in Vancouver, and was chosen by Quincy Jones to represent him in concert at the 2012 Montreux Jazz Festival on the same program as Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea . [5] Olusola is fluent in Mandarin. [6] Early life and education Olusola was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Nigerian-born Oluwole Olusola, a psychiatrist, and Grenadian -born Curline Paul, a nurse. At that time, his father had just come from medical school in Nigeria and an internship in Trinidad and Tobago to Loma Linda University (a Seventh-day Adventist institution), where he met his wife while she was doing her MPH . After they married, they moved to Hershey, Pennsylvania (where Kevin's sister Candace was born) for a short period of time, and then to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , for his father to finish residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center (where Kevin’s brother Kellon was born). Olusola started his education at Greater Philadelphia Junior Academy, but his family eventually moved to Owensboro , Kentucky where he was raised. He attended the Triplett School, a Montessori-based school, for a short period of time before his parents transferred him to the Owensboro Public School system for their accelerated math program that allowed him to take precalculus starting in the 9th grade. He applied and was accepted to Phillips Academy Andover , Choate Rosemary Hall , and Deerfield Academy for boarding school for 11th grade (upper year) but decided on Andover. Olusola says that Andover taught him work ethic, tenacity, and discipline. [ citation needed ] He went from an average student to a high honors student in his senior year. He was involved in community service (directing a music program for elementary string students) and Spanish-speaking activities, where he led the Spanish language table and went to Costa Rica for four weeks to study Spanish. Olusola chose to attend Yale University , but was also accepted at Princeton University , Stanford University , University of Pennsylvania , and Brown University . At Yale, Olusola planned to pursue medicine and finished all his pre-med requirements. He started as an academic music major, but decided to switch to East Asian Studies after being introduced to China through a 10-day Chinese government sponsored trip for 100 Yale students. He lived in Beijing for 6 months through a PKU-Yale joint program during his sophomore year, and then took a leave of absence during the 2009-2010 academic school year on Yale’s Light Fellowship to study intensive Chinese at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study in Beijing. In school, Olusola was the Director of Communications for a Rhodes Scholar-led non-profit called College Outreach, and he worked as a book monitor in the Yale Law School library and as a practice room monitor at the Yale School of Music . He graduated from Yale in 2011. Musical career 1988–2010: Career beginnings Olusola’s parents discovered his musical talent when he was six months old and decided to put him in music lessons. He started the piano at age 4, the cello at age 6, and alto saxophone at age 10. He was heavily involved in music programs throughout grade school at Owensboro, Kentucky, in school and the community participating in jazz band , marching band , concert band , orchestra , and community youth orchestra. When Olusola was 12 years old, he was selected as the principal saxophonist of the United States Collegiate Wind Band and toured Europe during the summer for three weeks. He was also the principal cellist of the Kentucky State Youth Orchestra and received the highest honor at the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts . He soloed and performed in a piano trio at Carnegie Hall as the winner of the American Fine Arts Festival , and soloed a second time on alto saxophone for PBS ’s special " From the Top at Carnegie Hall ". While at Yale , Olusola was one of the principal cellists of the Yale Symphony Orchestra and participated in chamber music. It was during his junior year when he started thinking about music as a career when, that previous summer in Beijing, he began working on "celloboxing". One of his teachers at a Harvard summer intensive Chinese program suggested that he should try combining the two abilities. He won runner-up in Yo-Yo Ma ’s "Celebrate and Collaborate With Yo-Yo Ma" competition (Ma said Olusola’s version of Dona Nobis Pacem was "inventive and unexpected"  and opened for KRS-One at Southern Connecticut State University . Olusola says that, during that spring break, his pre-med mentor Brandon Ogbunugafor (who was MD/PhD at Yale at the time) helped him to make the decision to finally go into music, saying medicine would always be there. After a summer of neurobiology research at Yale, Olusola moved to Beijing for his academic year of Chinese study and continuously honed his celloboxing skills. He started uploading celloboxing covers to his YouTube channel and performed for Ambassador Jon Huntsman, Jr. at his residence, and on Beijing Television with Li Yu Gang and Chong’er (Chinese beatboxer). He also met KorElement , an American rapper in Beijing, and they did covers on YouTube, in addition to performing together at the American Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo . [10]2010–present: Pentatonix After Olusola’s academic stint in China, he spent the summer in Beijing working on his celloboxing version of Mark Summer’s "Julie-O" the summer of 2010 while living in a Chinese friend’s apartment as a way to begin expanding his skills. He continued working on it throughout the year and decided to audition to music schools with it. He was accepted at New England Conservatory for their Third Stream Program and Berklee School of Music , but chose Berklee in the end. During his spring semester of senior year, Olusola (along with YouTube sensation Sam Tsui ) was nominated for a graduation-day prize and videotaped "Julie-O" with the help of YouTube star and Yale alum Jake Bruene. Olusola posted the video on April 14, 2011, and by the second week, the video had reached number 6 on Reddit, and had become a viral video on the Internet, garnering national and international acclaim. At the time the video was going viral, Olusola was contacted by Scott Hoying who was impressed by his musicality and beatboxing skills. Hoying was forming a group with Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, and Avi Kaplan to compete in season three of NBC ’s The Sing-Off and he wanted Olusola to join. The second weekend after Olusola graduated college, he met the group the day before the audition, and Pentatonix was born. After the taping of the show, Olusola did a brief stint as the cellist for Gungor on the David Crowder Band "7" Tour before returning with Pentatonix for the season finale. The group won the Sing-Off title on Nov. 28th, 2011, which landed them a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment and a $200K cash prize. The band immediately moved to Los Angeles to record their first album with producer Ben Bram, whom they met on the show. [11][12] Their first EP , PTX, Volume 1, was released on June 26, 2012, charting at #14 in the US Billboard 200 chart and #5 on the digital chart. [13] It sold 20,000 copies in its first week of release. [14][15] They embarked on a fall 2012 tour and released their Christmas EP, PTXmas, on November 13, 2012. After their winter–spring 2013 tour, Pentatonix returned to the studio to finish their second EP, PTX, Vol. II. [16][17][18] Olusola became more interested in songwriting and production, especially with how stomping and clapping could be used as an effective production tool for bolstering their a cappella tracks. Olusola co-wrote four of the songs on the album, Natural Disaster, Love Again , Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack and Run to You . The album was released on November 5, 2013 and debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Independent charts, selling 31,000 copies in the first week. The Christmas album was re-released on November 19, 2015, additionally labeled the "Deluxe Edition", and contained two additional tracks. [19] One of these, The Little Drummer Boy , charted in several Billboard categories including peaking at number two on the "Streaming Songs" chart and number one on the "Holiday 100" chart. It became the fourth-highest charting holiday song on the Hot 100 in Billboard history. [20] Pentatonix signed a deal with RCA Records after finishing their third US tour and their second European tour in 2014, and have finished and released [ when? ] their self-titled album. Olusola also released a solo EP in early 2015, titled The Renegade EP . It charted #1 on Billboard Classical Albums Chart and Apple Itunes Classical Chart. On February 8, 2015, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the "Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a cappella " category for their song "Daft Punk", a medley of songs by Daft Punk . [21] On February 15, 2016, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the same category, this time for “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from their “That’s Christmas to Me” album. [22] On February 12, 2017, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the "Best Country duo/group performance" category for "Jolene" which featured Dolly Parton. [23] Wikipedia 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by gberra: 8:42pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
laudate:WoW!, He accepted the offer . I'm thinking in my head what her name would sound like  1 Like |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 8:47pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Taslim Olawale Elias Facts Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), Nigerian academic and jurist, was the president of the International Court of Justice. He also modernized and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria. Taslim Olawale Elias was born in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, on November 11, 1914. He received his secondary education at the Church Missionary Society Grammar School and Igbobi College in Lagos. Marriage to Ganiat Yetunde Fowosere occurred in 1932; the couple would have five children together (three sons, two daughters). After passing the Cambridge School Certificate examination in 1934 he worked as an assistant in the Government Audit Department. In 1935 he joined the Nigerian Railway and served in the Chief Accountant's Office for nine years. While working at the Nigerian Railway Elias became an external student of London University, and later he passed the intermediate examinations for the B.A. and LL.B degrees. He left Nigeria for the United Kingdom in 1944 and was admitted to University College, London. As this was during World War II, with London the target of frequent bomb attacks, he spent some time at Cambridge's Trinity College. He graduated with a B.A. the year he entered University College and two years later received the LL.B. In 1947 he was called to the bar from the Inner Temple where he was a Yarborough Anderson Scholar, and in the same year received his LL.M degree in law. He continued his graduate education at London University and in 1949 earned a Ph.D. in law. Entered Academia In 1951 Elias was awarded a United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Fellowship to undertake research into the legal, economic, and social problems of Africa. Later that year he had his first academic appointment, the Simon senior research fellow at Manchester University. There he was an instructor in law and social anthropology. It was also in 1951 that he published his first book, Nigerian Land Law and Custom. Elias moved from Manchester to Oxford in 1954 when he became the Oppenheimer research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Nuffield College and Queen Elizabeth House. He continued his research into Nigerian law and published Groundwork of Nigerian Law in the same year. In 1956 he was visiting professor of political science at the University of Delhi. He was instrumental in organizing courses in government, law, and social anthropology and in establishing the African Studies Department. Elias also lectured at the universities of Aligarh, Allahabad, Bombay, and Calcutta. In that year he also published two books, Makers of Nigerian Law and The Nature of African Customary Law. Turbulent Yet Promising Years He returned to London in 1957 and was appointed a governor of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. As the constitutional and legal adviser to the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (which later became the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens), he participated in the 1958 Nigerian Constitutional Conference in London. He was one of the architects of Nigeria's independence constitution and in 1960 was invited to become the country's attorney-general and minister of justice. Elias served in this capacity through the whole of the first republic. Although he was dismissed after the coup d'état in January 1966, he was reinstated in November of that year. In 1966 Elias was also appointed professor and dean of the faculty of law at Lagos University. Four years earlier he had received the LL.D. degree of the University of London for his work on Nigerian and African law and British colonial law. In 1967, Elias was appointed Nigeria's commissioner for justice and five years later, in 1972, became chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. By this point he had long been active in the international legal world. A member of the United Nations International Law Commission from 1961 to 1975, he served as general rapporteur from 1965 to 1966 and was its chairman in 1970. He was the leader of the Nigerian delegations to the conference held to consider the Draft Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States in 1963 and to the Special Committee on the Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in 1964. He was a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts which drafted the constitution of the Congo, 1961-1962. He helped to draft the charter of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.), and its Protocol of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration. Elias was also the representative of the O.A.U. and Nigeria before the International Court of Justice in the proceedings concerning the status of Namibia. Elias held a position of great import in Nigeria as its chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, but he had to contend with a sometimes tenuous political climate and the repercussions of an oil boom that made some Nigerians rich a bit too quickly. He was ousted in 1975 by Nigeria's military regime after an investigative paper published a story accusing him of trying to influence a court case involving his brother. Those who spoke out in support of Elias noted his incorruptibility and the fact that he lived quite modestly; furthermore, unlike other esteemed Nigerians in leadership positions, Elias had never used his high position to reap financial reward. Vindicated by High Honor The following year Elias was appointed a judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The government of Nigeria did not voice any objection to this appointment, since the elevation to the International Court carried with it a great deal of prestige, and its judges were considered to be the most exemplary (thus ethics-minded) jurists. In 1982, after the death of Sir Humphrey Waldock, Elias was elected president of the International Court of Justice, and became the first African jurist to hold that honor. Five years later Elias was also appointed to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague as well. Esteemed Intellectual A prolific writer, Elias published nearly 20 books and numerous articles in scholarly journals. The field of emerging legal systems in African nations was his specialty, and he wrote of it broadly and specifically in titles such as Africa Before the World Court (1981) and Africa and the West: The Legacies of Empire (1986). He was a member of several international legal associations, including the International Commission of Jurists, the World Association of Judges (he served as president in 1975) and an honorary member of the American Society of International Law. He received honorary degrees from universities all over the world. Elias died on August 14, 1991, in Lagos, Nigeria. Sadly, he was never able to refute charges of corruption, and attempted to sue the paper that first raised them, but he passed away before the case could be decided. No doubt his 1969 treatise Nigerian Press Law was cited at some point in the legal documents. Further Reading on Taslim Olawale Elias There is no biography of Elias. Some of his many books include British Colonial Law-A Comparative Study (1962), Ghana and Sierra Leone: The Development of their Laws and Constitutions (1962), The Nigerian Legal System (1963), Africa and the Development of International Law (1972), Africa Before the World Court (1981), and The International Court of Justice and Some 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by emmaodet: 8:48pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
laudate: Laudate, pls can w be frnds? like ur comments. aw cn w contact? cheers |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by mercyville: 8:57pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Laudate,pls see if you can feature a couple of these people if they have not been featured..  Mike Ayinde Akinpelu Obisesan Bisi Onasanya Olatorera Oniru Nike Oshinowo Taiwo Afolabi Bisoye Tejuoso Olusola Teniola Adewale Tinubu Joseph Fadahunsi Henry Fajemirokun Samuel Fawehinmi Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi Ralph Alabi Demola Aladekomo Adeyemo Alakija Kehinde Kamson Tunde Kelani Alaba Lawson Lola Maja Olufemi Majekodunmi Mobolaji Bank Anthony 3 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 9:05pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Grammy award-winner, Lekan Babalola dedicates new song to the Yoruba ‘god of iron’ ON June 17, 2017 1:59 AM / IN Entertainment / BY Nwafor Polycarp / Comments By Benjamin Njoku Nigerian percussionist, Lekan Babalola will sate the appetite of his teeming African fans with the release of a new single entitled, Mr. Lakaye. The release of the song will coincide with the launch of his multi-city tour tagged ‘Ebo Tour’ which kicked off yesterday, at the Somerset Festival, England. The album jacket Mr. Lakaye was produced by Will Angelero, a New York/ United Kingdom-based producer and has Lekan Babalola on the co-producer’s credit roll. Babalola’s voice booms in Yoruba over a bouncing tune enriched with infectious electronic elements and complemented with his signature percussion sound. According to the two-time Grammy Award-singer, the song is dedicated to Ogun, the Yoruba god of iron while the title is inspired by the deity’s Oriki (praise). In addition, ‘Mr. Lakaye’ will also be the sound track to the musician’s new art installation in honour of late American jazz artiste, John William Coltrane. According his management, Temple Management Company (TMC), ‘Mr. Lakaye’ is available on all digital stores to all the fans of the Grammy Award winner. Speaking about his inspiration for the new song, Lekan Babalola said, “I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, into a Yoruba family. As custodians of Yoruba tradition of Ogun, Oro, Obatala and Ifa, my family taught me first hand Yoruba art and culture. Ogun is the patron of my father’s family.’ The Babalola of Ajibesin compound at Ile-Ogbo, Aiyedire local government of-Osun State, South West Nigeria today.” Lekan Babalola is one of Nigeria’s most accomplished musicians and has twice won the Grammy Award which is the Holy Grail of Nigerian music. He won it for the first time in 2006 for his work on Ali Farka Toure’s In the Heart of the Moon, receiving credit on three songs. He won a second Grammy in 2009 for his work on Cassandra Wilson’s album, Loverly. 1 Like
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 9:08pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Holly wood should not be left out, yorubas are repping there also. 1 Like |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 9:12pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Background A master of the talking drum , Adepoju comes from a musical family from Eruwa in western Nigeria. He and his brothers Saminu and Lasisi were taught drumming very early by their father, Chief Ayanleke Adepoju, whose very name, Ayan, means "descended from drummers." While still in his teens, Sikiru toured with and recorded several albums with the Inter-Reformers Band, the band of one of the pioneers of Afro-beat, Nigerian Juju artist Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey . Musical career In 1985, Adepoju came to America to play with O. J. Ekemode's Nigerian All-Stars, and three months later met Babatunde Olatunji . He became an integral part of Olatunji's Drums of Passion, and through Olatunji met Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart . [1] Since then he has frequently been a guest percussionist during Hart and Bill Kreutzmann's "Rhythm Devils" segments of Grateful Dead concerts, and played talking drum with Mickey Hart's group Bembe Orisha , which toured in 2001. [2] He has been a part of most of Micky Hart's projects since they first met, including the albums (and associated tours) Mickey Hart's Mystery Box , At the Edge , and Supralingua , and was a Grammy Award contributor to Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and Global Drum Project albums. Sikiru is a member of the Mickey Hart Band, has recorded on their CD Mysterium Tremendum, and is featured on vocals on the song "Who Stole the Show?". He has collaborated with Muruga Booker and Olatunji on the CD Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations (recently remastered and re-issued by Chesky Records as Circle of Drums ). He plays with Muruga Booker and Badal Roy as part of the Global Village Ceremonial Band, and appeared with them at the Starwood Festival in 2003, which led to the creation of the SpiritDrum Festival (a tribute to [Babatunde Olatunji, which also featured Jim Donovan of Rusted Root, Perry Robinson , Richie "Shakin'" Nagan, Jeff Rosenbaum and Halim El-Dabh ). He has recorded albums with artists as varied as Carlos Santana, Airto Moreira , Bola Abimbola , The String Cheese Incident, Stevie Wonder ,[3] Zakir Hussain, Chief Ebenezer Obey, the Inter-Reformers Band, and the Nigerian All-Stars. Adepoju also leads groups of his own, including The Honeymakers, Afrika Heartbeat, and Sikiru Adepoju & Heart Beat. Afrika Heartbeat debut their first CD, entitled Ijinle Ilu , in 2003. The band Sikiru Adepoju & Heart Beat debut on 22 July 2009 at the 29th Starwood Festival, featuring Douglas "Val" Serrant ( steel drum and djembe ), guitarist Peter Fujii, percussionist Deen Badarou, trap drummer Deszon X. Claiborne, and DJ Deegan Mack Adams. [4] At the same event he and Serrant joined a re-launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Merl Saunders, the site of their last performance, featuring his son Tony Saunders , Michael Hinton , and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders' projects. [5] Adepoju's current project is entitled "Limbo Rhythm Project". It features Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo , Zakir Hussain, Ian "Inx" Herman, Femi Ojetunde, Peter Fujii, Sola Babatola. and Douglas "Val" Serrant. 2 Likes
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by mercyville: 9:12pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
GoldNiagara: Lekan Babalola too...WOW... Yoruba must have up to 15 grammy awards while the Igbos our junior brothers do not have 1..Choi5 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by Ereolamide: 9:33pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
gberra:lol, una done see lauda.te finish o. Ara wa ni sa. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by kaysco: 9:38pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Has any of this people been featured: Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo ( Former Deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs to President Barack Obama) Dele Giwa ( Founder Newswatch Magazine) Ademilola Odujinrin Sijibomi Ogundele Ladi Delano Abiola Olaniran Bankole Cardoso Iyin Aboyeji 2 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by GoldNiagara(m): 9:40pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Ayodele Oluwatuminu Awojobi (12 March 1937 – 23 September 1984), also known by the nicknames "Dead Easy", [1] "The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist.[2][3] He was considered a scholarly genius by his teachers and peers alike. [4][5] He quickly advanced in his field to become the youngest professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos , Nigeria in 1974. Earlier the same year, he became the first African to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in Mechanical Engineering at the then Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (now Imperial College London) [2] – a degree only exceptionally and rarely awarded to a scholar under the age of 40 . His research papers, particularly in the field of vibration, are still cited by international research fellows in Engineering as lately as the year 2011, [6] and are archived by such publishers as the Royal Society.[7] Early life Born in Oshodi, Lagos State, Awojobi's father, Chief Daniel Adekoya Awojobi, was a stationmaster at the Nigerian Railway Corporation who hailed from Ikorodu in Lagos State. His mother, Comfort Bamidele Awojobi (née Adetunji), was a petty trader who hailed from Modakeke, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Between 1942 and 1947, he attended St. Peter's Primary School, Faji, Lagos .[5] It was while at his secondary school, the CMS Grammar School, Lagos , that his academic traits began to manifest. Not only was he seen to be gifted in mathematics and the sciences, he was comfortable also in the arts, becoming a member of the school's literary and debating society. It was during this period that he earned the nickname, "Macbeth": William Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth, was to be staged in the school. The lead actor took ill a week before, and so Ayodele was called upon to play the lead role in his stead. It is said that not only did Ayodele master his lines as lead actor, but also the entire play, such that he was able to prompt the cast whenever they forgot their lines. [5] Academic achievements Ayodele was a straight-A's secondary school student, while at the CMS Grammar school, passing his West African School Certificate examinations with a record eight distinctions in 1955. He proceeded to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, for his General Certificate of Examinations, GCE (Advanced Level), where in 1958 he sat for, and obtained distinctions in all his papers: Physics, Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. In 1962 Awojobi was awarded his first degree in Mechanical Engineering – a BSc (Eng) London, with first class honours, at the then Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria). [5] He had studied there on a federal government scholarship won on the merit of his performance in the GCE (Advanced-level) examinations of 1958. [5] It was said by Akintola Ajai (himself an engineering graduate of the University of London ), that when Awojobi arrived at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, he boasted openly saying that it was his intention to finish the whole course within a period of three years only; an impracticable feat due to the fact that nowhere was the BSc Mechanical Engineering curriculum designed to run less than four years. Ayodele accomplished it in three years just as he had predicted. [8] The federal government awarded Awojobi another scholarship in 1962 to study further at the post-graduate level in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College of the University of London (now Imperial College London). He completed the course, successfully defending his thesis, and was awarded a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1966. [9] Landmark degree award After a period teaching at the University of Lagos , he returned to the Imperial College London for a research study in the field of Vibration, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science, DSc. He was the first African to be awarded the Doctor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, at the Imperial College London. [5] The first university to admit an individual to this degree was in fact the University of London in 1860. [10] The status of the degree has declined, however, because it is not widely understood but in former times the doctorate in science was regarded as a greater distinction than a professorial chair. It is in fact a higher tier of research doctorates , awarded on the basis of a formally submitted portfolio of published research of a very high standard. [citation needed] To have received the award at the age of 37 is significant, more so as the degree is only exceptionally and rarely awarded to a scholar under the age of 40. [citation needed] Educator On his return from England in 1966 Awojobi enrolled as a lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka. His teaching methods endeared him to his engineering students, whose public chants: "Dead easy... Dead easy...", would often be heard shouted in his direction as he went along the campus grounds. [11] He quickly rose in the ranks among his colleagues and would later become the Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos. Awojobi went back to London to study for his Doctorate. He returned in 1974 and was made an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos. However, one week after having been appointed associate professor, the University of Lagos Senate, after receiving news that Awojobi had just been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc), immediately appointed him professor in Mechanical Engineering, making him the youngest professor in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos and the first ever to be expressly promoted from associate to full professorship within a week. [5] By nature, Ayodele Awojobi was a teacher. He imparted knowledge at various other levels, even as he contended with his day job as a full-time professor and university lecturer. He envisaged his country as a whole becoming more advanced, technologically – this was exemplified when he refused lucrative offers from commercial outfits for his Autonov 1 invention, he rather preferring to preserve his design for his country's future benefit. [5] He engaged with great educators of his, and earlier generations, such as the late nationalist and Yoruba leader, Obafemi Awolowo (who forwarded several of Ayodele's educational books), the late activist, social crusader and educator, Tai Solarin , and the once Lagos State governor, Lateef Kayode Jakande , who achieved free education at all educational levels in Lagos State, Nigeria. Jakande believed in Awolowo's visionary ideas about the way forward for the nation, particularly in Awolowo's resounding theme of qualitative and quantitative education across the nation, free of over-bearing school fees. [5] Ayodele Awojobi became, at one time, the chairman, Lagos State School's Management Board, out of his concern for ways to better improve the problems inherent in secondary school education in Lagos State, Nigeria. He desired that all his children go to public schools. The older ones all did. Such was his vision and hope that the country would some day attain equitable distribution in the quality of education cutting across different social strata. He authored several books for both the secondary and tertiary levels of education in Nigeria. [5] His natural propensity to inform, to educate, drove him to become, in the early 1970s, a quiz-master on national television. The quiz-show, Mastermind , consisted of weekly contestants taking turns in isolation on "the hot-seat", whereupon various categories of questions would be thrown at them. Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State, Nigeria, was a returning winner and champion on Mastermind for several episodes over; he being in his undergraduate years at the time. [12] Inventor Autonov 1 on display at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos. While as a lecturer in the University of Lagos, Awojobi successfully converted his own family car, an Opel Olympia Rekord , from right-hand drive to a left-hand drive. [13] He tinkered further with motor engines when he acquired an army-type jeep and proceeded to invent a second steering-wheel mechanism, adjoined to the pre-existing engine at the rear end, so that the vehicle was able to move in both forward and backward directions with all four pre-existing gears. [14] This gave the hybrid vehicle, which he christened Autonov 1 , the ability to achieve its highest speeds at a moment's notice, in the normal reverse direction. He highlighted the advantage this might offer to army vehicles, as an example, that might need to make a fast retreat, in a cul-de-sac or ambush situation.[15] Activist Ayodele Awojobi, in the wake of the presidential election results that returned the incumbent, Shehu Shagari as President in the Second Nigerian Republic , became very vocal in the national newspapers and magazines, going as far as suing the Federal Government of Nigeria for what he strongly believed was a widespread election rigging. With all his court cases against the Nigerian government thrown out of court, he delved into the law books, himself being only a mechanical engineer, claiming that he would earn his law degrees in record time, to enable him better argue with the opposition at the federal courts. [5][16] He used the universities as a bastion, going from campus to campus to make speeches at student-rallies, hoping to sensitise them to what he perceived as the ills of a corrupt government. Ayodele Awojobi authored several political books over the course of his ideological struggles against a perceived, corrupt federal government. These books were usually made available during his public rallies or symposiums. [5] Political ambition Any intention Ayodele Awojobi ever had of entering partisan politics, was revealed by the man himself when he spoke on national television, saying: "At the age of 65, I will have built the infrastructure. There would be very few illiterates in Nigeria when I mount the soapbox. Then, I will go into proper politics". [5] Death Ayodele Awojobi statue. Ayodele Awojobi died in the morning of Sunday, 23 September 1984, at the age of 47. His death made headline news in most of the national newspapers for days following and he was laid to rest at Ikorodu Cemetery, Lagos. He was survived by his wife, Mrs Iyabode Mabel Awojobi (née Odetunde), and children. Tribute Usually every year till date, a tribute or two in Ayodele's honour would be published in the form of an article in a national newspaper, such as the one published by The Nation on 5 November 2009, entitled "Tribute to Ayodele Awojobi". [8] In October 2009, the governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola dedicated a statue of Awojobi at Onike Roundabout, Yaba, Lagos, in a garden named after him.[4] On 23 September 2010, Birrel Street – a prominent street in Yaba Local Government Council Area – was renamed "Prof. Ayodele Awojobi Avenue", a further tribute to Awojobi's memory. List of publications Research Vibration of rigid bodies on semi-infinite elastic media – A. O. Awojobi, P. Grootenhuis, 1965 [17] Plane strain and axially symmetric problems of a linearly non-homogeneous elastic half-space – A. O. Awojobi, R. E. Gibson, 1973 [18] Vibration of rigid bodies on non-homogeneous semi-infinite elastic media – A. O. Awojobi, 1973 [19] Torsional vibration of a rigid circular body on an infinite elastic stratum – A. O. Awojobi, 1969 [20] Torsional vibration of a rigid circular body on a non-homogeneous elastic stratum – A. O. Awojobi, 1973 [21] Vertical vibration of rigid bodies with rectangular bases on elastic media – A. O. Awojobi, P. H. Tabiowo [22] Factors in the design of ultrasonic probes – W. M. R. Smith, A. O. Awojobi, 1979 [23] Determination of the dynamic shear modulus and the depth of the dominant layer of a vibrating elastic medium – A. O. Awojobi, 1970 [24] Ground vibrations due to seismic detonation in oil exploration – A. O. Awojobi, O. A. Sobayo, 1974 [25] Vertical vibrations of a rigid circular body on a non-homogeneous half-space interrupted by a frictionless plane – A. O. Awojobi [26] Educational Technical Drawing for Secondary Schools . A. O. Awojobi 325 Worked Examples in Intermediate Mechanics. A. O. Awojobi Notes and Worked Examples in Physics . A. O. Awojobi Engineering Drawing. A. O. Awojobi Political Ayodele Awojobi (1976). Nigeria in search of a social order . Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 20 June 2012. Ayodele Awojobi (1980). Nigeria today. J. West Publications. ISBN 978-163-008-6 . Ayodele Awojobi (1981). Nigeria in search of a political order. J. West Publications. ISBN 978-163-013-2 . Where our oil money has gone by A. Awojobi, 1982 [27] References 1. ^ "UNILAG remembers Professor ‘Dead Easy" . The Nation. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2014. 2. ^ a b The New Who's Who in Nigeria . Nigerian International Biographical Centre. ISBN 978-34466-1-4 . 3. ^ Kayode Komolafe (3 December 2005). "Political Overview of Awojobi's ideas" . Nigerian muse. ThisDay. Retrieved 23 October 2014. 4. ^ a b Kayode Aboyeji (27 October 2009). "25 years after, Lagos dedicates park to Prof. 'Dead Easy' Awojobi" . Nigerian Compass. Retrieved 23 December 2009. [dead link ] 5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sylvester Asoya (14 July 2008). "A Genius Remembered" . The News Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 6. ^ "Google Scholar list of papers by AO Awojobi" . Google. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 7. ^ A. O. Awojobi and P. Grootenhuis. "Vibration of Rigid Bodies on Semi-Infinite Elastic Media" . Royal Society. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 8. ^ a b Ambassador Dapo Fafowora (5 November 2009). "Tribute to Ayodele Awojobi (1937–84)" . The Nation . Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 9. ^ Tunde Olaopa (9 June 2013). "The Nigerian Technological Context and the Ayodele Awojobi Legacy" . ThisDay Live. Retrieved 23 October 2014. 10. ^ Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson, The University of London and the World of Learning, 1836–1986 , Continuum International Publishing Group, 1990, pp. xiii and xiv. ISBN 978-1-85285-032-6 11. ^ Sylvester Asoya (14 July 2008). "A Genius Remembered" . The News (Nigeria). Retrieved 23 December 2009. [dead link ] 12. ^ YINKA OLUJIMI, YEMI OGUNSOLA AND MUYIWA ADEYEMI (24 May 2003). " 'I Disobeyed My Father To Go into Politics' " . The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 13. ^ Tunde Alao and Kamal Tayo Oropo (21 October 2009). "Lagos immortalises Professor Ayodele Awojobi" . The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 14. ^ "I am in a state of shock, says man who invented Nigeria's first car" . Sun News Publishing. 10 April 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 15. ^ CHIOMA OBIOHA (28 October 2009). "Fashola immortalise Prof Awojobi" . Champion Newspapers. Retrieved 23 December 2009. [dead link ] 16. ^ Olu Akeredolu (1 January 2010). "Professor Ayodele Awojobi, the self advocate" . Nigerian Village Square . Retrieved 23 October 2014. 17. ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/2415062 18. ^ Plane Strain And Axially Symmetric Problems Of A Linearly Nonhomogeneous Elastic Half-Space 19. ^ Vibration Of Rigid Bodies On Non-Homogeneous Semi-Infinite Elastic Media 20. ^ "Torsional vibration of a rigid circular body on an infinite elastic stratum" . International Journal of Solids and Structures . 5 : 369–378. doi :10.1016/0020-7683(69)90019-5 . 21. ^ Torsional Vibration Of A Rigid Circular Body On A Non-Homogeneous Elastic Stratum 22. ^ Vertical vibration of rigid bodies with rectangular bases on elastic media – Awojobi – 2006 – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics – Wiley Online Library 23. ^ Factors in the design of ultrasonic probes 24. ^ CSA 25. ^ Ground vibrations due to seismic detonation in oil exploration – Awojobi – 2007 – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics – Wiley Online Library 26. ^ Vertical vibrations of a rigid circular body on a non-homogeneous half-space interrupted by a frictionless plane – Awojobi – 2005 – International Journal for Numerical and Ana... 27. ^ Where our oil money has gone (Open Library) Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. 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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by BaEnki(m): 9:57pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
Arguing for or against the most prosperous nation between the Igbo and Yoruba is baseless. I'll say we should all strive to make our indelible positive impact to humanity, so that our names will be engraved into the history of men like many of the ones shared here. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 10:51pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
gberra: Una no go kill person with laugh for here!   3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 11:16pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
mercyville: Ok, will work on this list soon. But Henry Fajemirokun has already been featured on this thread on page 171. Adeyemo Alakija is listed on page 204. Demola Aladekomo has been featured about 3 times, within this thread. Pls check pages 28, 43 and 191. Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi (Lord Rumens) has just been discussed, on page 203. Taiwo Afolabi is highlighted on page 190. Kehinde Kamson is on page 42 and page 200. Adewale Tinubu (Oando) I think Deomelo did something on him earlier. I will check & get back to you. Joseph Fadahunsi - Yes, he has been featured on page 165 3 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by Shym3xx: 11:23pm On Aug 07, 2017 |
gberra: There are loads of them. I'll compile a list before the end of the week and post it here. A Yoruba guy who started playing American football late, Larry Ogunjobi, got the highest score in this year's wonderlic test used to test the IQ of NFL prospects. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in this year's NFL draft. And there's another Yoruba kid from Chicago, Ayo Dosumu, who's ranked the best PG in Chicago for his age and one of the best NBA prospects for his year. And if you know the NBA, you'd know that most of its best talents are from California and Chicago - so those two cities are very competitive when it comes to NBA prospects. Also, if you know the group, "Migos". The guy that shoots all their videos, including, "Bad and Boujee" is a Yoruba guy. He's the doozy from London and I posted his name on one of the other threads. 4 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by TimJackJsm(m): 12:40am On Aug 08, 2017 |
Good Evening Everyone! Please I want to give my sincere gratitude to the Great Yoruba People on this Thread! In Unity we stand. And We are dauntless in Oneness! I was down and needy,hook to the neck by debt.Bad debt at that. I had sought for help to refund my tuition fees and textbooks which I had borrowed,but couldn't. I came here to solicit for help,and I was incredibly helped. It was taken on as an obligation by you all.In words and in deeds. I felt the love of a family, from my tribesmen. Am so much grateful. I had known no-one here before,I hardly comment on Nairaland,in fact,a faceless forum,yet I was taken with so much compassion that I was helped. I must confessed,I cried,because, I wasn't seeing it coming not until,the helpers did. I never knew I can refund the fees. Imagine seeing those you owed daily in classes and nagging about refund,even sometimes if they don't, body languages and conviction will suffer me, for more than three months of lending,without any effort of refunding. Amidst this,one yet,will want to borrow those books one doesn't have from same fellas. It was tough! However,You Greatest Yoruba men and Women in the House arose,for my sake. And incredibly, I paid them back,the little that remains, I was told by them not to worry about it. My sincere appreciations goes to OAUTemitayo, he came down to OAU to confirm my studentship.He encouraged me with his own life experiences and challenges.He was optimistic, while I was so badly pessimistic of any help whatsoever.He told me to endure the longsuffering.A person I never knew.Am so much thankful of him.His advice(s) were invaluable!! Similarly I want to thank GoldNaigara,amidst speculations of doubts by some people.He seems to be the most understanding, his words were encouraging to me.His talks were palliation to my predicament. He infact,promised me to assist my monthly feeding expenses!!! Such incredible! I was in practical class without food in me,Right from the night before. Just then,I saw his PM, and he did help me for that week.He was just like an angel to me. Similarly,Laudate,I don't know how to appreciate you! You help tell an helper,a wonderful Yoruba Woman,about me,who did help me with part of the refund.I just don't know how to thank you enough,both you and the woman. May GOD repay your passion by Grace!!Amen. I just want to say a very big thank you Sir!! Moreover,I want to appreciate the anonymous Samaritan that help complete the fees payment. How can someone help largely as such without making himself or herself known to whom he or she helped? This made me perplexed and believing I have angels and best of humans as Tribesmen!! This made me understand that there exist cheerful givers to a calibre of I who has nothing to give in return. That's an epitome of a Great Yorubaman!! I sincerely hope I can emulate this and help others less privileged someday. You all are part of my story, and never shall I forget these days!! Meanwhile,I want to thank every Yoruba members on the Thread and our neighbours always visiting this thread too. I just want to say a very big thank you. Yoruba bo,won wipe, eni ta se lore ti ko mo ope du,bi olosa koni leru lo ni. I am not the ungrateful type,but how do I appreciate? I had thought deeply,but just hope to inevitably extend my emotions with this appreciative epistle. I am proud to be part of this Family!! The Great Yoruba Enclave in Here!! We Are Ever Stronger In Unity,and More Able in Trust,and Indestructible in Helping One Another!! Incredibly our Tribe is rare in Character!! I had suffered on the refund of the fees,so much than I can explain in words,but all Thanks To GOD and the Great Yoruba men and women in the House,after,looking to the hills and airs without help,had called home without any yield,you are all there for me. Idobale ni mo wa,ESE modupe pupo Olorun a ma ran yin lowo.Amin. 7 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by kn23h(m): 12:40am On Aug 08, 2017 |
BaEnki: Is that all?  3 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 1:20am On Aug 08, 2017 |
0YorubaParapo0: Someone had already done a good job at profiling this amazing entrepreneur, Olatorera Oniru, so I thought of reposting the article here. Olatorera Oniru was born to Chief Dr. Femi Majekodunmi and Justice Olatokunbo Majekodunmi in Ibadan, Oyo State, while she is married to Adedapo Oniru. My gratitude goes to the original poster of this story. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 2:19am On Aug 08, 2017 |
GoldNiagara: Thank you so very much! For several years, 'Kiss from a Rose' by Seal, was my favourite song. I can't really explain why. Honestly, this post brings back some great memories for me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwlv0K4h5Pc Seal was actually born Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel at Paddington General Hospital in Paddington, London, to a Nigerian mother, Adebisi Ogundeji, and a Brazilian father, Francis Samuel. Seal's first and middle names are in the Yoruba language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(musician) 1 Like |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by deedeedee1: 2:54am On Aug 08, 2017 |
We want to see industries owned by Yoruba people, not musicians or writers. |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 3:38am On Aug 08, 2017 |
Chief M.O Obagun established Onward Stationery Stores in 1953, as a retail outlet for paper, stationery supplies and writing accessories. With time, the business expanded. He started trading paper just after leaving school, at first buying locally, before he began wholesale imports, from a Norwegian company abroad.  Several years later, he decided to set up a plant producing large paper rolls, and newsprint for the print media. That plant was incorporated in 1972, and became known as Onward Paper Mill Limited (OPM). It was the very first indigenous paper converter to manufacture and market top quality stationery in Nigeria. From pioneering paper conversion and manufacture of top quality paper products, OPM has become a leading name in the Paper/print product manufacturing sector of the nation. It is currently Nigeria's largest paper mill.  The firm's manufacturing capabilities are complimented by an ability to provide contract based consultancy services in print/paper inventory and logistics. They also manage their clients' print requirements including requisite analysis, annual projections, customization and brand enhancement, production, warehousing and even delivery to different locations, as indicated. They have in-house consultants who ensure that clients have a well-balanced, consistent print and paper product inventory process.   OPM’s uncompromising standards are based on quality, competitive pocket friendly prices and timely delivery, all in one neat customer-friendly package. Today, Chief M.O Obagun's son Kunle Obagun, sits at the helm of affairs at the OPM factory in Oregun in Lagos, as the Executive Vice-Chairman, to preserve the legacy of good business that his father started, and take it to greater heights. http://onwardstationery.com/about_us.php 2 Likes
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by deomello: 3:44am On Aug 08, 2017 |
deedeedee1: I think we need to expand our scope beyond industries because we are more than industries. The SW is the 5th largest economy in Africa not just because of industries, but because of Banking and finance, real estate, advertisement, insurance, tech and innovation, oil and gas, arts and entertainment and we have countlessly skilled and talengted Yoruba brothers and sisters running and managing these sectors so why not highlight and acknowledge them all. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 4:05am On Aug 08, 2017 |
SWIFT 2017
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| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by okway: 5:31am On Aug 08, 2017 |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by robotix: 5:36am On Aug 08, 2017 |
laudate:good bro. I really don't know what has happened to my people sha... yet na we marry yorubas pass for this country in the records of intertribaal weddings. |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by okway: 5:37am On Aug 08, 2017 |
Time to start archiving again Good job to everyone that's contributing.  |
| Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by okway: 5:40am On Aug 08, 2017 |
TimJackJsm: Oh wow, we have some great great people on this thread. Laudate, I wan buy jet o *coughs*1 Like |
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