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Alakija was born into a middle class home [5] on 15 July 1951. Her father, Chief L.A. Ogbara, had 8 wives and 52 children, [6] and Folorunso's mother was his first. [7] She is from the Yoruba ethnicity of south-western Nigeria. [8] At the age of ten, Alakija traveled to the United Kingdom for her education [citation needed].
Folorunsho or Folorunso audio ⓘ (also spelled as Folusho or Foluso) is a Nigerian given name or surname of Yoruba origin meaning "under God's protection" [1] [2] Notable people with the name include: Folorunso Alakija, Nigerian businesswoman; Folorunso Fatukasi, American football player; Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (1929-1989), Nigerian medical ...
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Folorunso ⓘ is a given name and surname. It means given to the lord to keep. [1] Notable people with the given name include: Folorunso Alakija (born 1951), Nigerian billionaire businesswoman; Folorunso Fatukasi (born 1995), American football player; Notable people with the surname include: Ayomide Folorunso (born 1996), Nigerian-born Italian ...
Alakija featured in the Holla at your boy music video of Nigerian music superstar Wizkid as the lead dancer in 2010. [1] [2] She has acted in several films, including Drawing Strands, Getting over him, and Small Chops. [3] In 2017, she acted in the TV series Scandals, which is a collaboration between Ghana and Nigeria. [4]
Adeyemo Alakija (1884–1952), lawyer, politician, businessman, president of Egbe Omo Oduduwa; Akinwunmi Ambode (b. 1963), Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria from 2015 to 2019; Ayodele Fayose (b. 1960), Governor of Ekiti State; Babajide Sanwo-Olu (b. 1965), Governor of Lagos State from 2019; Babalola Borisade (1946–2017), Federal Minister of ...
[2] [5] She is an ambassador for Hawaii soap alongside Mercy Eke and Sophie Alakija. [7] She was a housemate on the fourth season of Big Brother Naija and was evicted on day 41 of the show making her the 11th of the 20 housemates to be evicted. [5] [8]
The couple separated when Kojo Annan was six years old and divorced two years later. After his parents separated, he lived with his father and spent holidays with his mother and sister. Kojo Annan's second name "Adeyemo" means "the crown befits the child" in Yoruba. [2] Kojo Annan is a maternal grandson of Sir Adeyemo Alakija. [3]