Shymm3x:
Debo Adegbile



Debo Patrick Adegbile (born December 1966) is an American lawyer in private practice who was nominated to serve as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Division. The Senate rejected his nomination because he had filed a brief arguing that there was racial discrimination in jury selection for the trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a convicted and allegedly-confessed murderer of a law enforcement officer.

Adegbile also worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and as a senior counsel on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Born Adebowale Patrick Akande Adegbile in New York City, Adegbile is the son of a Nigerian father and an Irish immigrant mother. He was raised by his single mother. He also was a child actor on the children's TV show Sesame Street during the 1970s, playing the character Debo and performing in episodes for nine years.

Adegbile studied at Lehman College in 1986 and 1987 and earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from Connecticut College. He then earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1994.

During law school, Adegbile served as a legal assistant in the summer of 1991 for the New York law firm Solin & Breindel and then was a summer associate during the summer of 1992 for Morrison & Foerster. In the summer of 1993, Adegbile served as a summer associate for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He then joined the firm full-time as an associate in the firm's litigation department in 1994, holding that position until 2001.

In 2001, Adegbile joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where he served as assistant counsel from 2001 until 2004, associate director of litigation from 2004 until 2007, director of litigation from 2007 until 2010, associate director-counsel/director of litigation from 2010 until 2014, acting president and director counsel from 2012 until 2013, and special counsel in 2013. Adegbile argued his first case before the United States Supreme Court in 2008, making a defense of the Voting Rights Act.

In October 2011, blogger Ed Whelan reported that the White House was considering nominating Adegbile to one of three vacancies at the time on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Shortly thereafter, The Washington Post reported that President Obama had asked the American Bar Association to evaluate Adegbile's credentials, but the White House did not submit his name.

In 2013, Adegbile joined the staff of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary as a senior counsel with a focus on legislative matters.

On November 18, 2013, President Obama nominated Adegbile to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, to succeed Thomas Perez, who had left the position to serve as United States Secretary of Labor.

U.S Senators from both parties objected to Adegbile's signing of an appeal for Black Panther member Mumia Abu-Jamal who was convicted in 1982 for the first-degree murder of Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia police officer, on December 9, 1981. Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death, although the death sentence later was vacated because of problems with jury instructions. Adegbile and other lawyers filed an unsuccessful amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in 2009, arguing that the conviction was invalid because of racial discrimination in jury selection.

In January 2014, Adegbile's nomination was returned to Obama, who renominated Adegbile within days.

On February 6, 2014, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Adegbile's nomination to the full Senate in a 10–8, party-line vote. On February 27, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Adegbile's nomination, in an effort to cut off a filibuster by Republican senators.

On March 5, 2014, the U.S. Senate failed to advance Adegbile's nomination in a 47–52 vote blocking his confirmation. Senate Republicans unanimously voted against him, particularly because of his appeal for Abu-Jamal, along with seven Democratic Senators.
On September 15, 2014, Adegbile announced his withdrawal as a nominee to be assistant attorney general, and that he would be going into private practice, joining the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Aareonakakanfo:
Shymm3x and Ilekeh I've changed the title.I have a lot of Ibadan pictures too but i don't want to decieve people into thinking Ibadan is Nigeria's Dubai or something.All these pictures are not a true reflection of what exactly these places look like generally

Musiwa419:
KUNLE SONAME

Kunle Soname is the owner of Bet9ja, president of Nigeria National League and Remo Stars Football Club. Few weeks ago he bought the Portugese club, Clube Desportivo Feirenese. He is the first and only Nigeria to own an European Football club.

Musiwa419:
KUNLE SONAME

Kunle Soname is the owner of Bet9ja, president of Nigeria National League and Remo Stars Football Club. Few weeks ago he bought the Portugese club, Clube Desportivo Feirenese. He is the first and only Nigeria to own an European Football club.

angiography:

I love your sincerity sir...now I know this thread is not about window shopping- you're really committed to the development of youruba land. Count me in!... M all for the development of my mother land. #true federalism is the key.

Thanks man.All those who've commented here besides the romanis will be mentioned by me if there's anything very important to discuss.I'll also do that when we're about to speak Yoruba language for one hour

Alfaab please delete your second comment.

Shymm3x:
Got about 60 more names to post.

I think I need to take a break for now.

Cheers.

WIZGUY69:

Is the money from bettings?

Shymm3x:
Got about 60 more names to post.

I think I need to take a break for now.

Cheers.

Aareonakakanfo:




Holy cow! Can you please give us a much more comprehensive profile of this Great man?

IlekeHD:


My brother, if he can own an european club, there's money enough to buy ebonyi

scholes0:
1 hour seems too small.
Make it 2

Aareonakakanfo:



2 ke! some people might struggle for 30 minutes sef.Don't you think we should make it easier?

WIZGUY69:
There's this trait i noticed with the Yoruba ladies in Kogi state (Kaba precisely), most of them are learned & very successful (not billionaires o). maybe its my locality here, but they commands high posts & positions here in Abj. but one thing I detest in them is Pride! Damn. they are too proud. don't know anything about there men sha.

scholes0:


Can you save a people who do not want to be saved?

Aareonakakanfo:



Thanks man.All those who've commented here besides the romanis will be mentioned by me if there's anything very important to discuss.I'll also do that when we're about to speak Yoruba language for one hour

Alfaab please delete your second comment.

Alfaab:
Why?If politics is not a blind entity that Yorubaman would have gotten that post and that smelling pig kwankwanso would have been seriously lynched.

Musiwa419:
Nigeria is stifling our growth, development and advancement. We are to blessed too be lumped together with the malu's up north and the Igbo's in the far east. How can we get out of this cesspit of a country ?

forgiveness:
I started following this thread from page one till page 17 but by the time i opened the thread again, it was in page 27. And i could no longer catch up. However, i have my reservations concerning some issues that will bring about developments to the West. Hence, i see no need to comment or contribute on this thread. I still dey observe.

But i can't just overlook the Ilorin discussion. Let me state it clearly. One inch of Yoruba land including Jebba and ilorin will not be left out of Yoruba land i.e if Nigeria secede. I will give reasons tomorrow. I rest my case.