dolphinife: 1. Obafemi Awolowo - ONE OF THE FOUNDING FOUNDERS OF NIGERIA

7. Olusegun Obasanjo - THE FIRST NIGERIAN TO BE BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HEAD OF STATE The first and only head of state to go to Jail
8. Ernest Shonekan - THE SHORTEST PRESIDENT BY NUMBER OF DAYS The first Business man to rule Nigeria
9. Oladipo Diya - THE FORMER VICE MILITARY PRESIDENT TO SANNI ABACHA The first General to weep and to be humiliated by a Major


14. Adeola Odutola - THE FIRST INTREPRENEUR, FIRST TO OWN A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL, FIRST PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA The first Nigerian to own a Private school seems to be Alvan Ikoku

17. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti - THE FIRST WOMAN TO DRIVE A CAR, LED THE ABA WOMEN RIOT, ACTIVIST OF THE FIRST ORDER[b]This lady did not lead Aba women's riot, Margaret Ekpo led the Aba women's Riot [/b]

30. Hubbert Ogunde - STAGE THEATRE PIONEER(THE FATHER OF NIGERIAN NOLLYWOOD)[b]This is the height of perfidy, this man is the father of Yollywood or yoruba wood , since when did Yourba wood become nollywood must people claim what is not theirs , there were a lot of African Novels and authors before Achebe came into the scene with Things fall apart , yet today he is acknowledged all over the world as the Father of African Literature because of the impact his Novel had on the literary world,Nollywood is an industry that spun out of the business venture of an igbo man desirous of trading VHS cassettes he imported in 1992

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria

The release of the box-office movie Living in Bondage in 1992 by NEK Video Links owned by Kenneth Nnebue in the eastern city of Onitsha set the stage for Nollywood as it is known today. The story goes that Kenneth Nnebue had an excess number of imported video cassettes which he then used to shoot the first film.[7] The huge success of this film set the pace for others to produce other films or home videos. Through the business instincts and ethnic links of the Igbo and their dominance of distribution in major cities across Nigeria, home videos began to reach people across the country. Nollywood exploded into a booming industry that pushed foreign media off the shelves, an industry now marketed all over Africa and the rest of the world.[8] The use of English rather than local languages served to expand the market and aggressive marketing using posters, trailers, and television advertising also played a role in Nollywood's success.

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51. OGUN STATE IS REPUTED TO HAVE PRODUCED THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF SENIOR ADVOCATES OF NIGERIA AND MEDICAL DOCTORS.
THIS LIST IS ONLY LIMITED TO MY MEMORY. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE A TRUE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF OGUN STATE, SHOWCASE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HAVE CUT THEIR TEETH IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF LIFE.
NONETHELESS, OGUN STATE HAS PRODUCE AND STILL PRODUCING THE BEST HUMAN RESOURCES IN NIGERIA The best Human Resource actually come from Delta State followed by Anambra

dotNaira: Expect haters to bombard this thread with some dead references and Wikipedia to display their hating skills


Being serious now, Ogun state is not in the class of any state in Nigeria.

That state has produced the best of the bests in politics(Awo,Obj, MKO...) and the most vibrant activists
Entertainment Industry they dominates, took African Music to the world(Fela, Asa, Koko master......)
They've got the highest concentration of learning institutions and religion centers in the country.
Professors and brains in education they have them in thousands(Africas First winner of Nobel prize - Soyinka). Not sure of have the highest Professors between them and Ekiti.


How can I forget this: the most visited site in Africa is owned by omo Ogun (Seun Osewa)
The state with highest amount of Billionaires in Nigeria in US$(Just Three in Nigeria and Two are from Ogun).

Ogun oni baje o. hope I am correct sha. Whatever...

Ejiné: Actually, this is the order in which the best human resource makers stand...

1. Delta
2. Ananmbra
3. Ogun

but wetin dem take pass each other no much.

All the same, nice thread.

Austine.E:
...i guess there are local govts in Anambra st. and elsewhere in igbo land that can boost of more achievements than what you just mentioned!no insult intended,sleep well!

musiwa25: Obviously the next president that is yoruba can not be from ogun state... It is obvious to see that.. that is what they are trying to tell you.

it boil down to who the state give contract, It means ogun state give his people state contract that why they are doing well. and ondo state dont do that. And who they give the political appointment in the federal cabinet and state.

The issue is the state most have a program to enrich its citizen.. And this is clearly what state like ondo state, osun for example are not doing.

dolphinife: there is no state in Nigeria, i repeat, there is no state in Nigeria that has produced 3 presidents fore this country. olusegun obasanjo is arguably the longest serving president, Ernest Shonekan and MKO ABIOLA.
moreso, the greatest philospher to have ever come out of Nigeria, obafemi awolowo was also an ogun indigene. combine every states in IGBOLAND, lets see if they have ever produced a genuine president.....
When someone is blessed, dnt put hypocrisy to it. The Yoruba folks are so blessed that they always break new grounds every seconds

dolphinife: @kettyking, I can see how disillusioned and naïve u are. Am mentioning a single state, yet u are combining the whole of ur impoverished igbo tribe. Did I mention yorubaland or yoruba people to u?. I still maintain it here, there is no single state in nigeria dat has produced as much as ogun state.
Every accomplished people in igboland cannot even measure up to the totality of ogun people

dolphinife: 1. Obafemi Awolowo - ONE OF THE FOUNDING FOUNDERS OF NIGERIA
2. Alexander Akintola Sapara - THE FIRST NIGERIAN LAWYER
3. Folake Solanke - THE FIRST FEMALE SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA(SAN)
4. Frederick Rotimi Williams - THE FIRST LAWYER TO BE A SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA(SAN)
5. Hon. Justice Olumuyiwa Jibowu - THE FIRST NIGERIAN JUDGE TO SIT ON THE SUPREME COURT BENCH
6. Sir Adetokunbo Ademola - THE FIRST INDIGENOUS CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA
7. Olusegun Obasanjo - THE FIRST NIGERIAN TO BE BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HEAD OF STATE
8. Ernest Shonekan - THE SHORTEST PRESIDENT BY NUMBER OF DAYS
9. Oladipo Diya - THE FORMER VICE MILITARY PRESIDENT TO SANNI ABACHA
10. Moshood Abiola - BUSINESS MOGUL, POLITICIAN, ONCE THE MOST RICHEST IN AFRICA
11. Mike Adenuga - CEO OF GLOBACOM, BUSINESS MOGUL, THE SECOND RICHEST NIGERIAN
12. Femi Otedola - BILLIONAIRE, BUSINESS TYCOON
13. Adebutu Kessington - THE INVENTOR OF LEGAL GAMBLING IN NIGERIA(BABA IJEBU)
14. Adeola Odutola - THE FIRST INTREPRENEUR, FIRST TO OWN A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL, FIRST PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
15. Tai Solarin - ACTIVIST, FOUNDER OF MAYFLOWER SCHOOLS
16. Oba Otudeko - BUSINESS TYCOON
17. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti - THE FIRST WOMAN TO DRIVE A CAR, LED THE ABA WOMEN RIOT, ACTIVIST OF THE FIRST ORDER
18. Wole Soyinka - NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
19. Femi Osofisan - A NIGERIAN WRITER OF THE FIRST ORDER
20. Ola Rotimi - LEADING PLAYWRIGHTS AND THEATRE ACTOR
21. Olu Jacob - NIGERIAN ACTOR
22. Subomi Balogun - THE OWNER OF FCMB
23. Pter Akinola - FORMER PRIMATE OF CHURCH OF NIGERIA, ANGLICAN CHURCH
24. Ola Makinde - PRELATE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
25. Ebenezer Obey - JUJU PIONEER AND MUSICIAN
26. Shina Peters - JUJU MUSICIAN
27. Fela Anikulapo Kuti - AFROBEAT PIONEER
28. Adewale Ayuba - THE ONLY WELL-READ FUJI MUSICIAN
29. Dapo Daniel Oyebanji(D'banj) - HIP HOP ARTIST
30. Hubbert Ogunde - STAGE THEATRE PIONEER(THE FATHER OF NIGERIAN NOLLYWOOD)
31. Sikiru Ayinde Marshall(K1) - FUJI MUSICIAN
32. Kuforiji Olubi - FIRST FEMALE ICAN PRESIDENT
33. Chief J.F. Odunjo - FOREMOST AUTHOR
34. Thomas Adeoye Lambo - Psychiatrist
35. Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona(THE AWUJALE OF IJEBULAND) - THE LONGEST REIGNING OBA IN NIGERIA(APRIL 2,1960 TILL DATE)
36. Madam Efuroye Tinubu - THE FIRST WOMAN TO BUY A CAR IN NIGERIA
37. Dr. Elizabeth Awoniyi Aimbola - THE FIRST FEMALE DOCTOR IN NIGERIA
38. Dimeji Bankole - THE YOUNGEST SPEAKER IN THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA
39. THE FIRST CHURCH IN NIGERIA - St. Peters Church Abeokuta
40. OGUN STATE HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
41. OGUN STATE ALSO HOUSE ALMOST ALL THE RELIGIOUS CAMP SITE IN NIGERIA
42. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER WAS SITUATED AT ABEOKUTA, CALLED 'IWE IROYIN'
43. Olubi Sodipo - THE FIRST NIGERIAN PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
44. Tunde Kelani - THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER IN AFRICA
45. Ambassador Segun Olusola - THE VILLAGE HEADMASTER PIONEER
46. Professor Peter Okebukola - FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
47. Professor Ogunlesi - FIRST PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN NIGERIA
48. Chief Olu Oyesanya - FOUNDER OF NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALIST
49. Professor Oluyemi Banjoko - Special Adviser to The American president and the British prime minister on African matters (Manchester, U.K)
50. Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, CFR, - Former Executive Secretary of Economic Community for Africa and Founding Executive Director ofAfrican Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)
51. OGUN STATE IS REPUTED TO HAVE PRODUCED THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF SENIOR ADVOCATES OF NIGERIA AND MEDICAL DOCTORS.
THIS LIST IS ONLY LIMITED TO MY MEMORY. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE A TRUE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF OGUN STATE, SHOWCASE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HAVE CUT THEIR TEETH IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF LIFE.
NONETHELESS, OGUN STATE HAS PRODUCE AND STILL PRODUCING THE BEST HUMAN RESOURCES IN NIGERIA

eaglechild:
My small LGA can boast of better.
Please stop wanking in public.

dolphinife: @kettyking, I can see how disillusioned and naïve u are. Am mentioning a single state, yet u are combining the whole of ur impoverished igbo tribe. Did I mention yorubaland or yoruba people to u?. I still maintain it here, there is no single state in nigeria dat has produced as much as ogun state.
Every accomplished people in igboland cannot even measure up to the totality of ogun people

Trachea:
start mentioning a few.