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Ilesa

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Ilesa is a city located in the Osun State, south west Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha or Ijesa) centered on that city. [1]

24 relations: Adimula Agunloye-bi-Oyinbo "Bepolonun, Alowolodu, Bolaji Akinyemi, Chancellor (education), Enoch Adeboye, Esa-Oke, Fredrick Kúmókụn Adédeji Haastrup, Ibokun, Ijesha, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Moses Olaiya, Nigeria, Oduduwa, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Niger, Osun State, Owa Ataiyero, Owa Owaluse, Rauf Aregbesola, Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, States of Nigeria, T. M. Aluko, University of Ibadan, William Kumuyi.

Adimula Agunloye-bi-Oyinbo "Bepolonun

Owa Obokun Adimula Agunloye-bi-Oyinbo "Bepolonun" was a Yoruba king from the Ijeshaland.

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Alowolodu

Owa Obokun Adimula Alowolodu was a Yoruba Oba in the Ijesha Kingdom, Nigeria from 1893 - 1894.

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Bolaji Akinyemi

Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was his country's External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Enoch Adeboye

Enoch Adejare Adeboye (born 2 March 1942 in Ifewara, Osun State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian pastor.

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Esa-Oke

Esa-Oke is a Yoruba town located at the Obokun Local Government Area of the Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Ife/Ijesa Senatorial District of Osun State, South-West of Nigeria.

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Fredrick Kúmókụn Adédeji Haastrup

Fredrick Kúmókụn Adédeji Haastrup was born in the 18th century into the family of a member of the ancient Bilaro Royal house of Iléṣa.

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Ibokun

Ibokun is a populated place in Osun State, Nigeria.

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Ijesha

The Ijesha (written as Ìjẹ̀ṣà in Yoruba orthography), are a sub-ethnicity of the Yorubas of West Africa.

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Isaac Folorunso Adewole

Isaac Folorunso Adewole (born 5 May 1954) is a Nigerian professor of gynaecology and obstetrics.

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Moses Olaiya

Moses Olaiya (born 1936), better known by his stage name "Baba Sala", is a Nigerian comedian, dramatist and actor.

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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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Oduduwa

Oduduwa, was not only the first ruler of a unified Ife, but also the progenitor of various independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland, and is today venerated as "the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the Yoruba race".

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Order of the Niger

Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Osun State

Osun (pronounced; "O'Shoon") is an inland state in south-western Nigeria.

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Owa Ataiyero

Owa Ataiyero was the paramount ruler of Ijeshland between 1901 and he died in 1920.

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Owa Owaluse

Owa Owaluse was an Ijesha Oba (king) who ruled Ijeshaland from 1522–1526 and bore the title HRM Owa Obokun Adimula.

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Rauf Aregbesola

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (born 25 May 1957) is a Nigerian politician who ran for governor of Osun State (The government of Mr. Rauf Aregbesola changed the name from OSUN STATE to THE STATE OF OSUN) in the 2007 elections (However an Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa on the 14th December 2017 declared the change of name to “State of Osun” by Governor Rauf Aregbesola illegal, null and void and of no effect).

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Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi

Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi OFR and CON (March 1920 - August 2014) was a Nigerian Civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria.

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States of Nigeria

A Nigerian State is a federated political entity, which shares sovereignty with the Federal Government of Nigeria, There are 36 States in Nigeria, which are bound together by a federal agreement.

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T. M. Aluko

Timothy Mofolorunso "T.

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University of Ibadan

The University of Ibadan (UI) is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles (8 kilometres) from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria.

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William Kumuyi

William Folorunso Kumuyi (born 6 June 1941) is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry situated at KM 42 on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

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Ilesha, Iléṣa, Iléṣà.

References

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

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