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Who Is Professor Banji Akintoye?
Biography, Wikipedia: Professor Banji Akintoye (born 18 February 1935) whose full name is Stephen Adebanji Akintoye is a Nigerian Professor of History, Politician and the leader of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide (IOO), a Yoruba self-determination group.
Banji Akintoye is the 86 year old chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS).
Professor Banji Akintoye was a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the Second Republic (1979–1983).
Professor Banji Akintoye Profile Bio Data Facts
Name: Banji Akintoye
Full Name: Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
Title: Professor & Senator
Nationality: Nigerian
State Of Origin: Ekiti State
Hometown: Ado-Ekiti
Tribe: Yoruba
Place Of Birth: Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Religion: Christian
Date Of Birth: 18 February 1935
Birthday: 18th February
Age: 87 (in 2022)
Career, Occupation: Politician, Elders Statesman
Net Worth: $3 Million US Dollars
Married: Yes
Spouse, Wife: Mrs Akintoye
Children: 7
Sons: 5
Daughters: 2
Parents: Chief James Akintoye, Mary Akintoye
Father: Chief James Akintoye
Mother: Mary Akintoye
Education: Professor Of History
All About Professor Banji Akintoye Career, Occupation, Life History, Story, Background, Lecturer, Lecturing
Professor Adebanji Akintoye taught at the History Department of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, (OAU) Nigeria, where he became a professor and Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974-1977.
Prof Banji Akintoye also taught African History in universities in the United States including the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Montgomery County Community College, PA, and Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania.
Stephen Adebanji Akintoye is one of the current leading scholars on the history of the Yoruba people. His most recent work, A History of the Yoruba People (Amalion, 2010), draws on decades of new findings and thinking on Yoruba studies that challenges some previously dominant notions about the origins of the Yoruba. This work dispels the Middle Eastern and Arabia origins propounded by such scholars as the late Samuel Johnson (1846–1901) and also gave prominence to the works on the Pre-Oduduwa Period by Ulli Beier among others. Akintoye also gave prominence to the role of Ilé-Ifè over that of Oyo.
Banji Akintoye Political Career, Senator: Professor Banji Akintoye took a leading part for some time in the politics of Nigeria and served as a Nigerian Senator from 1979–1983 during the Second Republic.
Adebanji Akintoye also briefly served as the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State.
Professor Banji Akintoye Books: Banji Akintoye has written four books, chapters in many joint books, and several articles in scholarly journals.
Professor Banji Akintoye books (works) include;
- A History of the Yoruba People, Amalion, 2010
- Revolution and Power Politics in Yorubaland 1840-93, Longman, 1971
- Ten Years of the University of Ife, 1962-72. Ife University Press, 1973
- Emergent States of Africa: Topics in 20th Century African History, Longman, 1976
Professor Banji Akintoye Education Background, Schools Attended
Banji Akintoye attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti, Nigeria from 1951–1955, and studied History at the University College (Overseas College of the University of London), Ibadan (1956–1961), and doctoral studies from 1963-1966 at the University of Ibadan, where he was awarded a PhD in History in 1966.
PROFESSOR (SENATOR) STEPHEN ADEBANI AKINTOYE Careerbridge Profile
Professor (Senator) Stephen Adebanji Akintoye brings to the service of Careerbridge Foundation a dignified career of high level service in academia and scholarship, governance and political leadership, assistance to businesses and entrepreneurship, experience in international relations, and extensive travel and contacts throughout the world.
Professor Akintoye attained his Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Ibadan in 1966, became a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University immediately, and rose very rapidly to the position of full professor in 1974, based on the exceptional quality of his academic work in research, publications, and impressive teaching. He was subsequently appointed Director of the Institute of African Studies in the same year. Professor Akintoye has led an exemplary academic career spanning nearly five decades in Nigeria and the United States.
Professor Akintoye was the first employee of the new Obafemi Awolowo University to take residence on the university’s new campus at Ife in 1967 and during his tenure he earned commendations for his contributions to various aspects of the development of the new campus and university community. He was appointed Hall Master of the first male Hall of Residence, Fajuyi Hall, served for several years as the Secretary of the Ife chapter of the Nigerian University Teachers Association, and as the University Orator and, on commission by the University Council, wrote the first history of the university. Professor Akintoye has also served as Visiting Professor at a number of American universities, and contributed significantly to the establishment of an African and African-American Studies Program in one.
Professor Akintoye is one of the most eminent scholars of African History in our time. He has authored two books that are acclaimed as classics in Yoruba History, as well as five other books on various other aspects of African History. Additionally, Professor Akintoye authored and co-authored many chapters in joint books, articles in academic journals, research papers for seminars and conferences worldwide, and hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines.
Professor Akintoye is also a distinguished and influential elder statesman. One of the best known intellectual leaders in the political life of Nigeria in the era of the Nigerian Second Republic, he served as one of the founders and executive officers of one of the foremost political parties of the era. He was elected to the Nigerian Senate in 1979, where he served with great distinction for four years. He also briefly served as the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State of Nigeria.
Professor Akintoye is still admirably busy in the task of contributing to the building of the country of his birth, Nigeria. In particular, he invests much thought and energy in encouraging start-ups businesses and growth among Nigerians. It is a great honor and inestimable asset to have Professor Akintoye as the first Chairman of the Board of Careerbridge.
Professor Banji Akintoye Place Of Residency: Professor Banji Akintoye lived in Pennsylvania, United States for a long time before coming back home finally to Nigeria and was, in August 2019 at Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, elected president, Yoruba World Congress, by a conglomeration of Yoruba self-determination groups.
Professor Banji Akintoye Place Of Birth: Where was Prof Banji Akintoye born? Professor Banji Akintoye was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Nigeria in 1935.
Professor Banji Akintoye State Of Origin, Home Town, Tribe: Where is Banji Akintoye from? Professor Banji Akintoye is from Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Prof Banji Akintoye is Yoruba by tribe and hails from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Professor Banji Akintoye Religion: Is Professor Banji Akintoye a Muslim or a Christian? Professor (Senator) Banji Akintoye is a Christian.
Professor Banji Akintoye Date Of Birth, Birthday, Age: Banji Akintoye was born on 18 February 1935.
Professor Banji Akintoye Real Age: How old is Professor Banji Akintoye? Banji Akintoye is currently 86 years old. Professor Banji Akintoye will celebrate his 87th birthday on 18th February 2022.
Professor Banji Akintoye Family, Parents, Father Mother, Siblings: Banji Akintoye was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State in 1935 into the family of Chief and Mrs James Akintoye. Professor Banji Akintoye father, Chief James Akintoye, was the Osolo of Ado-Ekiti, while his mother, Mary Akintoye, was a seller of traditional fabrics (aso oke).
Professor Banji Akintoye's parentage generally belongs to the Ado-Ekiti royal family.
Professor Banji Akintoye is the last of his mother’s five children. He is the number twenty something of his father’s children.
Professor Banji Akintoye Wife: Who is Professor Banji Akintoye wife? Banji Akintoye's wife is Mrs Akintoye. She was a teacher.
How Professor Banji Akintoye Met His Wife:
"During my first vacation from the University College Ibadan, I went to Christ’s School to teach. It was part of the contract to do my vacation job with my sponsors. She was teaching in Ondo in another Anglican school 60 miles away. I went to Ondo to visit friends on a weekend and we met. It was love at first sight and we both decided right away that this was it. She has influential relatives. Her uncle was a top official of the Anglican Church.
He had been arranging for her to go abroad and study nursing. I told her, “Nursing, why nursing? You are not the calibre for nursing.’’ She went to St. Anne’s School, Ibadan one of the best girls’ secondary schools at the time. I persuaded her that she could pass the entrance examination into University College, Ibadan rather than going abroad to study nursing. I gave her the materials I used. She studied hard and passed the examination.
She was one of the two girls that passed the examination that year. She came to Ibadan to study English and we graduated same day. I didn’t want her to enter the university the way I did. I told her to take some subjects in A level after the offer of admission. She passed the two subjects and showed it those in the university’s academic department when she got to the school. They told her that in that case, she would not be as a freshman. She was placed two years ahead other freshmen and we were on the same level. Julia, my wife, is vey brilliant. We chose to marry on the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. God has blessed the marriage. We have seven children; five boys and two girls. Some are in Nigeria while others are abroad." Professor Banji Akintoye told Punch in an interview.
Professor Banji Akintoye Children: Professor Banji Akintoye has seven (7) children - 5 sons and 2 daughters.
Some of Professor Banji Akintoye children are in Nigeria while others are living abroad.
Professor Banji Akintoye Net Worth 2021, 2022
Professor Banji Akintoye Net Worth is about $3 Million US Dollars.
Professor Banji Akintoye House, Cars, Mansion
Professor Banji Akintoye has a house where he lives in Magodo, his Lagos home.
Professor Banji Akintoye also has a house in Ado-Ekiti, his country home.
Professor Banji Akintoye house in Ado-Ekiti, Eikit State was attacked on Saturday, 30th October, 2021.
“Gunshots were fired into the house by assailants who apparently climbed a chair outside the gate to shoot in.” He recalled in an interview.
Why Professor Banji Akintoye Left Nigeria
Professor Banji Akintoye left Nigeria for Benin Republic in 2021 over death threat.
In an interview, Professor Banji Akintoye said:
“The young people who inform me of the plans by secret agents tell me that they know I cannot be arrested but they can cause my death.
“They can come at night with guns and kill me. That was why some elders met and advised me to leave the country for now. That was why I left Nigeria. I left Nigeria over the death threat not for arrest; there is nothing to arrest us about.”
Prof Banji Akintoye Contact Number, WhatsApp Phone Number: Prof Banji Akintoye contact number is not available.
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