Akure
Britishnoun
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Obioma was born the fifth of 12 children to Igbo parents in the southwestern Nigerian city of Akure.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
In a ruling in the south-western city of Akure, Justice Dashe Damulak said the regulation was "discriminatory, illegal, null and void" and struck it out.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023
Bath entrepreneur and artist Manoel Akure, 20, found himself on the plinth the day Colston's statue came down.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2021
Born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria, Obioma's short stories have appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review and New Madrid.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2015
“Without grading, the beans cannot be certified and bagged for export,” he said by phone from Akure in western Nigeria.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 10, 2012
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