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Ondo City

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Ondo City is the second largest city in Ondo State, Nigeria. [1]

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Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo

Oba Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo Adenrele Ademefun Kiladejo, or Jilo III, was appointed the 44th Osemawe, or traditional ruler of the Ondo Kingdom in Nigeria on 1 December 2006.

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 22 August 1967) is an English actor and former fashion model.

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Adeyemi College of Education

The Adeyemi College of Education is a higher education institution located in Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Aso Oke

Aso oke fabric, (Yoruba: Așǫ oke, pronounced ah-SAW-okay) is a hand loomed cloth woven by the Yoruba people of western Nigeria.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Çaykur Rizespor

Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a professional football club based in Rize, Turkey.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman.

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, yuca, mandioca and Brazilian arrowroot, is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982) is a member of the British royal family.

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Cereal

A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

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Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy

Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 −17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka) Anambra state Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at Umubele in Awka.

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Chocolate liquor

Chocolate liquor (cocoa liquor) is pure cocoa mass in solid or semi-solid form.

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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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Church of Nigeria

The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria.

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Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell (born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Defender (association football)

In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Frederick Fasehun

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Gani Fawehinmi

Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi, (22 April 1938 – 5 September 2009) was a Nigerian author, well respected publisher, philanthropist, social critic, seasoned human and civil rights lawyer, politician and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

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Godfrey Oboabona

Godfrey Itama Oboabona (born 16 August 1990) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli, as a defender.

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Golden jubilee

A golden jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Ifedayo Oladapo

Ifedayo Olawole Oladapo, OON, NNOM, (24 November 1932 – 6 March 2010) was a Nigerian academic and professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Lagos.

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Institute

An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose.

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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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Islington

Islington is a district in Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington.

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John Bosco

John Bosco (Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 181531 January 1888), SaintPatrickDC.org. Retrieved 2012-03-09.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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King Sunny Adé

Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR, popularly known as King Sunny Adé (born 22 September, 1946), is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and important figure in the West African musical style jùjú.

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Lagos

Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.

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List of Governors of Ondo State

This is a List of Governors and Administrators of Ondo State.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Maybach Music Group

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer and writer who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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National Universities Commission

The National Universities Commission (NUC) of Nigeria is a government commission promoting quality higher education in Nigeria.

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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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Nigeria Entertainment Awards

The Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA Awards) were established in New York City in January 2006 to serve the growing African population in North America.

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Nollywood

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry.

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Northwest, Washington, D.C.

Northwest (NW or N.W.) is the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street.

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Obafemi Awolowo University

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government owned and operated Nigerian university.

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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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Olu Maintain

Olumide Edwards Adegbulu (born September 1976) popularly known by his stage name "Olu Maintain" (sometimes called Mr. Yahooze) is a Nigerian recording artist, songwriter and performer.

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Olusegun Mimiko

Olusegun Mimiko (Olúṣẹ́gun Mímikò; born 3 October 1954) is the fifth civilian governor of Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (born Omotola Jalade, 7 February 1978) is a Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model.

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Ondo East

Ondo East is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.

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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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Ondo West

Ondo West is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Oodua Peoples Congress

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) is a Yoruba nationalist organization in Nigeria.

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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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Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom

The Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom is the paramount Yoruba king of Ondo Kingdom a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.

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Senior Advocate of Nigeria

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is a title that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria of not less than ten years' standing and who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession.

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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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Technology

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument of those who pursue them".

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Timothy Olufosoye

Timothy Omotayo Olufosoye (born c. 1907/1912 - 30 October 1992) was the first Primate of the Church of Nigeria.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.

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Traditional African religions

The traditional African religions (or traditional beliefs and practices of African people) are a set of highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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University of Lagos

The University of Lagos – popularly known as Unilag – is a federal government research university in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.

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University of Medical Sciences, Ondo

University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED) is a university of medical sciences in Ondo City, Nigeria, owned by the Ondo State Government, established in 2015.

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Wale (rapper)

Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale, is an American recording artist, record producer and actor.

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Wesley University of Science and Technology

Wesley University of Science and Technology (WUSTO) is located in Ondo, Ondo State Nigeria.

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World music

World music (also called global music or international music) is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle.

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Yahooze

"Yahooze" is a song by Nigerian recording artist Olu Maintain.

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Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers.

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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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References

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

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