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Olumide Omololu ( 1925 - March 17, 1967) was a Nigerian lawyer, diplomat and judge. He was appointed Nigeria's Deputy High Commissioner to U.K. in 1961 later in the same, he became Solicitor General. Omololu died in 1967, at the time of his death he was chairman of a probe commission into the affairs of the Nigerian Airways.

Omololu was born in Lagos to the family of Adebayo Omololu. He attended, St Peter's, Lagos, Anglican Grammar School, Bariga and CMS Grammar School before obtaining a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the bar in 1950. Two years later, he became a crown counsel in Enugu but later left to join the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1957. He trained as a diplomat in Brazil. He was briefly appointed the Deputy High Commissioner to U.K. in 1961.

Omololu was president of the Nigerian Cricket Association and a member of the Yoruba Tennis Club. He was married to Abimbola Da Rocha, daughter of Candido Da Rocha

Awolowo
Early career Awolowo worked as a clerk with at wesley College.

In 1934, Awolowo was employed as a reporter in training at the Daily Times. Partly liked the profession but also wanted to earn save money to study law at one of the Inns in London. After training, he was posted to Ibadan while fellow trainee, Mr. Jose was posted to Osogbo. During this period, Awolowo had Favorable view about Azikiwe politics and writing, and when Azikiwe returned from U.S in 1934, he was seconded to cover his lectures. Working for the Times, he had a better admiration for the Daily Telegraph under Ikoli and the Daily News with Macaulay, he described the "Times" as unpardonably dull journalistic and literary product. On leaving the times he worked as a freelance writer of political articles mostly printed by the daily telegraph and the Daily service, and with the latter, he was an unofficial reporter. It was while working for the Daily Service that he became close to Akintola, H.O. Davies and Ikoli, all members of the Nigerian Youth Movement.

To earn income, he sourced for funds from friends to start a produce buying and motor transport business. In the transport sector, he thought the driver were less than honest and the police a nuisance, he hardly made profit in the sector. However, he did well with trading of palm kernels and cocoa. He was able to pay back his lenders and earn profit. But a fall in cocoa prices during the 1938-1938 season plunged him into debt. Many of his properties were auctioned, his house in Ikenne was auctioned off and bought by Akarigbo Adedoyin.

Awolowo then focused on passing the London Matriculation to fulfill is dream of becoming a lawyer. He was active the the Nigerian Motor Transport Union, the Nigerian Youth Movement and a few social clubs. In 1943, he traveled to London to study law matriculating in November 1946.

Shodeinde
Yushau Popoola Oyeshile Shodeinde (1891 -) was a Nigerian Islamic preacher and columnist. He wrote a column for the [[Nigerian Daily Times called Calling All Muslims''.

Life
Shodeinde was born in Abeokuta to the family of Oyeshile and Bukola Shodeinde. Shodeinde performed various tasks before settling at the railway corporation where he joined other workers to lay tracks of the Eastern Nigeria line, Port Harcourt to Enugu. He retired in 1940.

Shodeinde was an active member of the Ahmadiyya Society in Nigeria. He was a secretary in 1921 and acting missioner between 1932 and 1946. In 1945, he became the chief Imam of the Ebutte Meta mission. In 1965, he was appointed the missioner of the Ahmadiyya movement in the country.