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Akoko

Index Akoko

Akoko are a large Yoruba cultural sub-group in the Northeastern part of Yorubaland, the area spans from Ondo state to Edo state in southwest Nigeria. [1]

26 relations: Adebayo Adefarati, Adekunle Ajasin University, Adetokunbo Kayode, Akoko Edo, Bamidele Aturu, Cherubim and Seraphim (Nigerian church), Christianity, Edo State, Ekiti State, Euphorbia, Genus, Glottal stop, Hawaiian language, Ikare, Internet café, Islam, Joseph Oladele Sanusi, Local government areas of Nigeria, Nigeria, Ondo State, Roy Chicago, Sunday Ehindero, T. B. Joshua, Yoruba people, Yoruba religion, Yorubaland.

Adebayo Adefarati

Chief Adebayo Adefarati (February 14, 1931"Adefarati, AD Presidential candidate dies at 76", Vanguard, March 30, 2007. – March 29, 2007) was a Nigerian politician who was Governor of Ondo State in Nigeria from 1999 to 2003.

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Adekunle Ajasin University

Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university.

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Adetokunbo Kayode

Omoba Adetokunbo Kayode, SAN (born 31 October 1958 in Ondo State, Nigeria) held several positions in the cabinet of President Umaru Yar'Adua and was appointed Defence Minister of Nigeria in April 2010 by the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Akoko Edo

Akoko Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria.

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Bamidele Aturu

Bamidele Aturu (October 1964 – July 2014) was a Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist.

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Cherubim and Seraphim (Nigerian church)

The Cherubim and Seraphim movement church, also known as the C&S, is a church denomination in Nigeria that was founded by Moses Orimolade Tunolase in 1925.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Edo State

Edo is a state in Nigeria.

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Ekiti State

Ekiti is a state in western Nigeria, declared a state on 1st of October 1996 alongside five other states in the country by the military under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha.

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Euphorbia

Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Glottal stop

The glottal stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis.

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Hawaiian language

The Hawaiian language (Hawaiian: Ōlelo Hawaii) is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaiokinai, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

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Ikare

Ikare is a town in the northern part of Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Internet café

An Internet café, also known as a cybercafé, is a place which provides Internet access to the public, usually for a fee.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Joseph Oladele Sanusi

Chief (Dr.) Joseph Oladele Sanusi (born 24 September 1938) is a Nigerian chartered accountant who was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from May 1999 to May 2004.

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Local government areas of Nigeria

Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs).

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Ondo State

Ondo or Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State.

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Roy Chicago

Roy Chicago (John Akintola Ademuwagun) (died 5 February 1989) was an indigene of Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Sunday Ehindero

Sunday Gabriel Ehindero was the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police from 2005 – 2007.

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T. B. Joshua

Temitope Balogun Joshua (born June 12, 1963), commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian Pastor, televangelist and philanthropist.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.

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Yoruba religion

The Yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people.

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Yorubaland

Yorubaland is the cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa.

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Ikun Akoko, Oka Akoko, Oka, Ondo, Oka-Akoko, Oka-akoko.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akoko

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