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Aareonakakanfo:
IlekeHD have you heard of Printivo? that's the company changing the face of print production in Nigeria.Its owned by Oluyomi Ojo

Yea, I posted about that company a while ago


Yoruba fashionistas up and coming....

Is this really the most beautiful girl in NIgeria?


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Seriously, this igbo girl is ugly for this type of competition.

Who did she sleep with?


www.nairaland.com/attachments/2996074_3_jpeg182845aceb39c9e413e28fd549058cf8

We're obviously not ready for any international beauty competition.

Introducing Pharrell-Groomed Nigerian-American Duo Christian Rich



Christian Rich, the production duo consisting of Chicago-born Nigerian twins Taiwo and Kehinde Hassan, is most likely an unfamiliar act to many music fans out there despite their impressive track record, which boasts production credits for some of today’s biggest hip-hop acts. Protégés of visionary producer and global tastemaker Pharrell, Taiwo and Kehinde have spent most of their career behind the scenes, contributing their sound to hip-hop heavy hitters like Raekwon, Lil’ Kim and Clipse since early 2003. Most recently, Christian Rich contributed production to Drake‘s chart-topping album Nothing Was the Same, Childish Gambino‘s definitive sophomore LP Because the Internet and Earl Sweatshirt‘s critically acclaimed official debut Doris.



https://oka-cdn.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/Christian-Rich_715.jpg

http://www.okayafrica.com/news/christian-rich-pharrell-groomed-nigerian-american/

will be back with more Yoruba awesomeness later

Anyone that posts Ekiti airport's ongoing projects here shall be visited by Sango himself.

lool @ the cute bowlegs

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Good afternoon y'all

@Shymmex,

lol that dude is just trying to annoy you, truss me

[size=14pt]Meet Nigeria's Youngest PhD Holders[/size]

A list of Nigeria’s youngest PhDs has been compiled by Nigerian scholars and it is presented below:

Dr Olabisi Adeyemi (Age: 26)


This young intellectual earned her PhD in Botany from the University of Lagos. Though she had maintained a track record of academic success right from her secondary school, she acknowledged that having a PhD at her age, and the record of being the best graduating PhD student, did not come easy.

Born in Lagos Island local government of Lagos state, Dr. Adeyemi attended Girls’ Academy, L/Island where she was the best student in WAEC, with seven distinctions. She proceeded to University of Lagos and graduated with a first class degree in botany in 2006. She completed her PhD in record time in 2012.

Dr Opeyemi Shodipe (Age: 25)


This young Nigerian scholar received her bachelor’s degree at 19, from Babcock University. After the mandatory NYSC programme, she entered for a masters at University of Ibadan, graduating best in her department. She capped it with a well-deserved doctorate degree in information science from her alma mater, Babcock University when she was 25.


Dr Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara (Age: 24)


Acclaimed as one of Africa’s youngest PhD holders, Olaoluwa is a spectacular Nigerian intellectual and scholar, because of his achievements. He entered university for a bachelor’s degree at 15. He earned two B.Sc degrees in mathematics and physics, from University of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), run simultaneously. He received his master’s degree from the same university.
He crowned it with a PhD in mathematics at the University of Lagos, Akoka, where he was the best graduating PhD student. Dr. Olaoluwa H. Oluwadara won University of Bangui’s all-time best student award from the department of mathematics, best BSc student award in physics, 2007 and best MSc awards in physics and mathematics respectively in 2008. He currently is a research fellow of the Mathematical Analysis and Optimisation Research Group.

[size=14pt]Yoruba language, University of London
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Languages of Africa at SOAS: Yorùbá Studies

https://www.soas.ac.uk/africa/languages/languages-of-africa-at-soas-yorb.html

[size=14pt]Scandinavian Countries To Teach Yoruba Language In Schools
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The Scandinavia, made up of
Norway, Sweden,
Denmark,
Finland and
Iceland,

gave the approval late in 2014.
This was disclosed by the Sweden Coordinator of the Oodua Progressive Union, Victor Mobolaji Adewale, during the Europe meeting of the Union.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/05/scandinavian-countries-teach-yoruba-language-schools/

Yoruba language is studied in 47 American varsities


Besides recruiting young minds to teach the language, Yoruba, among over 2,000 African languages, is one of the most widely learnt as a second language in Europe and America.
The long list of top American universities and colleges that run ambitious, full-fledged programme in Yoruba language and culture include:

Harvard University,
Stanford University,
Cornel University,
University of Pennsylvania,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
University of Massachusetts,
Indiana University in Bloomington,
Ohio State University,
Michigan State University,
Ohio University,
University of California at Berkeley,
University of California at Los Angeles,
University of Florida,
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign,
Howard University,
Amherst College,
Hampshire College,
Mount Holyoke College,
Smith College,
among others.



This article discusses the risks and dangers of Yoruba natives losing grip on their language

http://whatsupibadan.com/2013/11/16/yoruba-language-is-studied-in-47-american-varsities-says-ui-don/

[size=14pt]Yemi Adesokan, Nigerian scientist, wins MIT's World Top Young Innovators Award, Innovator Under 35
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But today, Adesokan who has been listed by Technology Review, an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) USA. as one of the TR35 Award of the 2011 World top innovators. Past recipients have included Sergey Brin (Google), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), and Konstantin Novoselev (later a Nobel Laureate in Physics).

Read more: http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/headline/112453-yemi-adesokan-scientist-wins-mit-s-world-top-young-innovators-award.html#ixzz3pRarqDT5

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[size=14pt]Nigerian doll created by man who couldn't find a black toy for his niece is so popular in his country that it's outselling BARBIE
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A Nigerian businessman decided to create own doll that Nigerian girls could identify with called Queens of Africa, by recreating their skin colour and style - and now it's outselling Barbie in his native country


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2931846/Nigerian-doll-created-man-couldn-t-black-toy-niece-popular-country-s-outselling-BARBIE.html#ixzz3pRYb2oVB

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Yorubas in Italy form national body


The Yoruba National Community Italy (YNCI) is a socio-cultural group aimed at fostering unity and love among all the Yoruba people living in the country.


Handshake between the President of Yoruba National Community Italy Dr. Dayo A. Sonaike and the General Secretary Dr. Adediwura Joseph
It will also promote the Yoruba culture in Italy and encourage Yorubas in the country to take part in economic development of their home country.

http://theafricanews.com/africans-abroad/africans-in-italy/4591-yorubas-in-italy-form-national-body.html

[size=14pt]PROPOSED YORUBA HERITAGE CENTRE IN CANADA
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Centre for the preservation of Yoruba heritage, host workshops and ceremonies, host visiting Yoruba spiritual leaders, organize events in the celebrations of the Oduduwa children, initiate projects for the economic enhancement of all Yoruba people in Canada
“ajose wa ko ni baje o, Odua a gbe wa o”


https://www.yorubasincanada.org/images/heritage_centre/001.jpghttps://www.yorubasincanada.org/images/heritage_centre/3D-living.jpg


Find pictures here: http://www.yorubasincanada.org/

Nigerian student Victor Olalusi, scores 5.0 GPA in Russia, first in the world


The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday in Abuja honoured Dr Victor Olalusi who scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow (RNRMU) in 2013, arguably the first in the world.

Olalusi, who was the best graduating student in the whole Russian Federation in 2013, studied in RNRMU under the Russia-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement.

http://africanleadership.co.uk/blog/?p=1794

Russia elects a Yorubaman as 1st black politician to office


As a councilor, Sagbo has already scored some successes. He mobilized residents to collect money and turn dilapidated lots into colorful playgrounds with new swings and painted fences.
As he strolled his neighborhood, everyone greeted him and he responded in his fluent, French-African-accented Russian. Boys waved to Sagbo, who had promised them a soccer field.
Sitting in the newly painted playground with her son, Irina Danilenko said it was the only improvement she has seen in the five years she has lived here.
"We don't care about his race," said Danilenko, 31. "We consider him one of us."

https://www.nairaland.com/486011/russia-elects-1st-black-yoruba

tonytony208:
I can't believe that this is happening in the middle of London!

You an take them out of Yorubaland, but you can't take the Yoruba spirit out of them

Texas Oilman, Kase Lawal



But while studying for an MBA, Lawal became intrigued by the possibility of helming his own operation. Then, on a long-haul airplane flight from Africa to Europe, he happened to sit next to a university professor from Cameroon, Nigeria's neighbor, who was looking for someone to supply American tobacco for a new cigarette factory.

Returning to Houston, Lawal, then a research chemist for Dresser Industries, spent months researching the tobacco business in his spare time. Finally, he sent price quotes to the professor, who gave the go-ahead for a purchase.

That was the good news. "The bad news was, I didn't know how to buy tobacco. I don't have money or financing," Lawal says in an interview on the 22nd floor of an office tower in Houston's tony Galleria neighborhood.

That didn't stop him. Lawal found a tobacco supplier in Springfield, Mo., who agreed to extend credit. Over a traditional Ozarks dinner of chicken-fried steak slathered with thick gravy, Lawal sealed the deal that launched the Cameroon-American Company (CAMAC).

Over the years, CAMAC's revenues have climbed from $114 million in 1999 to $1.5 billion today. In November, CAMAC ranked 272nd on Forbes' list of the top privately held companies in the USA.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2007-01-08-entre-lawal_x.htm

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Aareonakakanfo:
I call it quit for today on this thread.I need to go oil the engine for tommorrow,its crucial

Good luck, egbon.

So Yoruba Day a celebration is a huge thing from my research.

from Europe to the usa to the South Americas.

We weed more advertisement on holiday.

Yoruba Arts Trust

Yoruba Arts Trust is a UK registered not-for-profit charity founded in 2009 to provide a unifying social, cultural and educational platform to develop and maintain community cohesion and development through Arts and Culture.

The very heart of what we do is to promote Yoruba, Nigerian and African Arts and Culture in both its traditional and contemporary arts forms using visual, conceptual and performance arts mediums, that present educational, cultural and aesthetic value to all participants on a wide and varied communication spectrum.

We host two main events annually as part of our community programs/initiatives. All our programs provide a social, cultural and educational platform for community development, integration and cohesion through Arts and Culture.


http://www.yorubaarts.org/#!about-us/c113v

[size=14pt]Yoruba day
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The Yoruba Day in Stockholm is a day set aside to celebrate Yoruba culture and heritage in Stockholm the capital of Sweden. The president of the Union Adeola Aderounmu in his welcome address traced the history of the Yoruba Union in Stockholm to 2010 when a group of young people came together to form the association.

http://yorubaunion.se/?page_id=4482

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