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Akure

British  
/ əˈkuːre /

noun

  1. a city in SW Nigeria, capital of Ondo state: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)

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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