User:Adegboyega Shamsideen Thompson

My full name is Adegboyega Shamsideen Thompson, a Yoruba man of Èkó-Àkétē ("'Lagos'") origin. I am a "retired" educator and guidance by way of my profession. I am also a traditionalist, who acknowledges all the Yoruba Òrìṣà ("Orisha") Essence of Spirituality, vis-à-vis the Sacred Tenets of the Īfá Corpus...

Ìbà Ọlọrun-Ōlódùmārè ("Hail To Almighty-God")...

Ìbà Gbōgbō Awọn Òrìṣà ("Hail To All The Òrìṣà").

My father is Alhadji Counselor Taju Akintọla Thompson ( of blessed memories), was born on August 3, 1914, and deceased on March 27, 1979, after a brief illness.

He attended the C.M.S. ("Church Missionary Society") Grammar School, Lagos, from 1928 to 1930, and King's College, Lagos, from 1930 to 1934.

In 1935, he was employed by the "United African Company" ("U.A.C.") as a "Junior Clerk" in the "General Managers" Office, Niger House, Marina, Lagos, Nigeria. He was transferred to the Old Kingsway Store, on a promotion, as a "Senior Cashier." He left the "Kingsway Stores" when the "Second World War" broke out in 1939.

Taju Akintọla Thompson joined the "Daily Services (a National paper) published by "The Nigerian Youth Movement, a "Political Party in 1941. He was engaged as the "Advertisement Manager," combined with tasks of editorial works, such as reporting and proof-reading.

He was a columnist, under the "Pen Name" of "Thompson Taju."

He founded his own newspaper, "Eleti-Ọfẹ," a Weekly Bilingual Newspaper, in 1947, which was published up till the 60's.

He was a well travelled journalist all over the world, mostly in Western European countries, most especially Britain and Norway.

References and footnotes have been made to his "journalistic travel articles" in reports" such as: Thompson, Taju "Irin Ajo Mi Lati Eko Lọ Sí Ilu Ọba -Eleti Ọfẹ. 12 July 1952:1,3; 19 July 1952:1,3;2 August 1952:2. Print

When he returned from Europe, he texted the political water in Lagos, Nigeria. He was elected as a councilor for "Olowogbowo Ward, Lagos Island, because of his education, knowledge about kindness to people in his area, where he defeated Alhadji Akewukawe in 1955 and 1956, respectively.

In 1956, Alhadji Councilor Taju Akintọla Thompson was a Board Member of Lagos Executive Development Board (L.E.D.B.) which is now Lagos State Development Property Corporation (L.S.D.P.C.).

In 1958, he joined the "Island Club" of Lagos," a premier club in Lagos, which treasured the membership of eminent Nigerian and foreign personalities.

In 1959 - 1960, due to a political crisis in the then Western Region of Nigeria "Action Group ("A.G."), he joined the "U.P.G.A," which later became the "N.N.D P." ("Nigerian National Democratic Party"), steered under the leadership of Late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintọla, who decamped from the "A.G." as the deputy to Late Chief Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ.

He was a very close friend of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintọla and a Lagosian politician, of political affiliation with the N.N.D.P. ("Nigerian National Democratic Party").

He was the publisher and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of ELETI-ỌFẸ, a Yoruba Language Weekly Newspaper. You can find his name in book of "Who Is Who" in Nigerian politics of the 50's and 60's.

As a devoted Muslim, he was a member of Nawar-Ud-Deen Muslim Society of Nigeria, Tokunbọ Street, Lagos Branch, who fulfilled the five (5) Pillars of Islam. He went on the "Holy Pilgrimage" to Mecca and Medina in 1970.