• Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo (// Yoruba: Ọbáfẹ́mi Oyèéníyì Awólọ́wọ̀; 6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who...
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    Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in...
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  • The Obafemi Awolowo University massacre was a mass murder of students of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria on 10 July 1999. Five...
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  • The Ikenne Residence of Chief Obafemi Awolowo represents the hometown of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The structure is located in Ikenne, Ogun state...
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  • Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex is a tertiary hospital established in 1967. The teaching hospital affiliated with the Obafemi Awolowo...
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  • July 10, 1999, one of the most notable single attacks occurred at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ife. OAU had been considered one of the safest...
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    The Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria, originally known as Liberty Stadium until 2010 is a football stadium with a capacity of 25,000 seats....
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    Civil War, he completed his first degree in the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in...
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  • The Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University, popularly addressed as Great Ife Students' Union, is the leading and most vibrant Students' Union in...
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    grandson of former Nigerian nationalist, socialist and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. In July 2021, he was unanimously elected as the President of National...
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  • Bamitale Omole (category Obafemi Awolowo University alumni)
    relations, educational administrator, and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He was born in September 1954 in Oye-Ekiti...
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  • nationalist political party established in Ibadan on 21 March 1951, by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The party was founded to serve as the platform for realizing his preliminary...
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    Trans-Wonderland amusement park, the cultural centre Mokola and the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (formerly Liberty Stadium). The first citadel of higher learning...
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    elections in Ogun, 1954, the semi-socialist "Action Group" (AG) under Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ became the strongest party in the Western Region, to which Ogun also...
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  • Amina Oyiza Bello (category Obafemi Awolowo University alumni)
    humanitarian. She is the second of eight siblings. Amina attended Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, where she studied Law and received her LLB degree...
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  • and online fraudulent operations. Their most notable crime is the Obafemi Awolowo University massacre. Emerging in the 1970's, nine students from the...
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  • issued in December 1999 and the Centenary version was launched in 2014. Obafemi Awolowo, a nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence...
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    and represented the remaining 0.66 in the constitutional threshold. Obafemi Awolowo claimed that the threshold should be rounded up to thirteen states...
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    Ladoke Akintola (category Obafemi Awolowo University people)
    after his political opponent - Obafemi Awolowo. While popularly believed, there is no verifiable evidence that Awolowo ever initiated or suggested the...
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  • Methodist Girls' High School in Lagos. She was married to politician Obafemi Awolowo from 26 December 1937 to his death in 1987. He famously referred to...
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  • footballer Michael Obafemi (born 2000), Irish footballer Obafemi Anibaba, Nigerian civil servant and businessman Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), Nigerian...
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    that are well-known both in Nigeria and internationally; such as the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), and Oduduwa University. It...
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    NAIRA SIGN. The name "Naira" was coined from the word "Nigeria" by Obafemi Awolowo. However, Naira as a currency was launched by Shehu Shagari as minister...
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    his High School. Ariwoola graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife, Osun State where he obtained his Bachelor's degree...
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    located in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was established as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti on 30 March 1982 by the administration of Chief...
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  • Femi Branch (category Obafemi Awolowo University alumni)
    attending the Airforce Secondary School at Ikeja. He later proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University where, though admitted for Religious Studies, he later obtained...
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    The Awolowo v. Shagari case was a lawsuit between Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Alhaji Shehu Shagari in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged...
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  • Lateef Fagbemi (category Obafemi Awolowo University alumni)
    Bar in 1985 and acquired his Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1987. He became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1998...
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    Simeon Bamire (category Obafemi Awolowo University alumni)
    agricultural economics who is the 12th substantial Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, since 2022. He previously served as deputy vice...
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  • Wande Abimbola (category Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University)
    literature, and a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate...
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