JACOB ODULATE, THE MAN WHO INVENTED ALABUKUN POWDER OVER 100 YEARS AGO Alabukun, one of the oldest drugs in Nigeria and even is still very relevant and popular today. However, not many know the Jacob Odulate aka Blessed Jacob, a Nigerian pharmacist, inventor and entrepreneur and the brain behind the brand that has remained relevant selling in all parts of Nigeria, Benin republic, Cameroon, Ghana and some parts of Europe. 1.Jacob Sogboyega Odulate aka Blessed Jacob was born into a polygamous family in 1884. 2.He was originally from Ikorodu in Lagos State but later moved to the neighbouring Ogun State. 3.At age 14, he trekked for three months from Ikorodu before reaching Abeokuta to establish himself. 4. Blessed Jacob managed to create a brand from what served as his consulting room and workshop in Abeokuta. His modest headquarters was at the Sapon Area, not far from where he later built his famous three-storey building in Ijemo Agbadu. 5.In 1918, he invented the legendary Alabuk...
Veteran movie actor, Kehinde Segun Remi, also known as Chief Kanran, is also a movie director. He was born in 1953 in Keesi, Ogun State, Nigeria. He started theatre from childhood at a time when dramas were staged during Easter and Christmas. He enrolled at the Centre for Cultural Studies (now Creative Arts Department), University of Lagos, before he proceeded to the Obafemi Awo OAU, where he bagged a diploma in directing, acting and film production. After that, he hosted a television programme on MTV in Lagos, then ventured into film making full time. Kanran, who is famous for playing a wealthy man in movies, started acting professionally in 1975. His elder brother, Yemi Akiremi, is also an actor, a dancer and outstanding drummer. Some of Karan's role models are late Pa Orlando Martins, Chief (Dr) Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, Chief Duro Ladipo, Jab Adu (Bassey Okon) of Village Headmaster, Jimmy Solanke, Pa Ayanfemi Phillips (Mama Rainbow's husband), Elder Moses Olaiya Adejumo (Ba...
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