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| '''Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo''' (born |
'''Olukemi "Kemi" Omololu-Olunloyo''' (born 6 August 1964) is a notable ] ], blogger, and activist against ], and a ]. She is well known within the Nigerian online community. | ||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| Omololu-Olunloyo is the daughter of former Oyo State governor ]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legit.ng/486310-i-earn-50-per-tweet-ex-govs-daughter-kemi-olunloyo.html|website=]|title=I Earn $50 Per Tweet - Ex-gov's Daughter Kemi Olunloyo|first=Wasswa|last=D Obi|date=July 13, 2015|accessdate=7 January 2022}}</ref> and the second of ten children. She lived for 14 years in Nigeria, 20 years in the United States, and five years in Canada before returning to Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=A |first=Olumide |date=2021-12-03 |title=Kemi Olunloyo's bio: Father, age, daughter, husband, net worth |url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/breaking-news/kemi-olunloyos-bio-father-age-daughter-husband-net-worth |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Kemi Filani News |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
| Omololu-Olunloyo is the second of ten children and grew up 14 years in Nigeria, 30 years in the United States and five years in Canada. Her father is ], a Mathematician and politician in the First and Second Nigerian Republic (1962–1983). | |||
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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| Omololu-Olunloyo has appeared as a guest discussing terrorism and health topics on ], ], ], ] and ]. She also worked briefly as a music journalist with the '']''<ref>{{cite news|url= http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/1543-music-on-trial|title= Music on Trial|work=Nigerian Tribune|date=21 December 2012 |accessdate=19 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201145003/http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/1543-music-on-trial|archivedate=1 February 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Omololu-Olunloyo attended elementary school in Ibadan, Nigeria and high school in Oxford, England. She also obtained degrees at Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Goucher College School of Public Relations in Maryland and the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland, USA. | |||
| ⚫ | ==Community and social activism== | ||
| Omololu-Olunloyo has appeared as a journalist/reporter on terrorism and health topics on ], ], ], ], ] and ]. In 2010, Omololu-Olunloyo served on the Governors Advisory Council at ] in Kingston, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.kgh.on.ca/en/aboutkgh/AGM/Documents/11june16-161-minutes.pdf|title= Kingston General Hospital 161st Annual General Meeting|publisher=KGH|date=16 June 2010 |accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref> She also worked briefly as a music journalist with the ] <ref>{{cite web|url= http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/1543-music-on-trial|title= Music on Trial HipHossip Tribunal|publisher=Nigerian Tribune|date=13 September 2013 |accessdate=19 August 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> after a five year stint running her own global music blog HipHossip Canada chosen by ] as their Canadian based hip-hop correspondent for the show "The Deal" showcasing rising hip-hop stars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/23/14055601.html|title= Cops enlist rappers to fight violence|publisher=Toronto Sun|date=23 May 2010 |accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| While in Canada, Omololu-Olunloyo was active against gun violence.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/11/25/16320616.html|title= Rappers rally Against Gun Violence|work=The Toronto Sun|author=Chris Doucette|date=25 November 2010 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/09/call-for-ceasefire-in-torontos-somali-community-planned|author=Alex Consiglio|title= Call for ceasefire in Toronto's Somali community planned|work=The Toronto Sun|date=9 July 2012 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> In 2014 she released the names and photographs of men who solicited sex or exposed themselves on social media.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pulse.ng/gist/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-activist-release-names-and-photos-of-men-who-beg-her-for-sex-id3192845.html|title= Activist Release Names And Photos Of Men Who Beg Her For Sex|author=Isaac Dachen|work=Pulse Nigeria|date=13 October 2014 |accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In 2014, she was among the top three nominees of the Social Media Awards Africa's Social Media Influencer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/164675/1/here-they-are-2014-social-media-awards-africa-fina.html|title= Here They Are: 2014 Social Media Awards Africa Finalists Announced!|work=The Nigerian Voice|date=20 December 2014 |accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
| ==Gun Violence Activism== | |||
| Omololu-Olunloyo is known on crime fighting social media handles as "Snitchlady" where she spread awareness on accountability of male homicides specifically black male homicides in the Toronto, Canada area. She held news conferences for bereaved families giving the homicide of their loved ones exposure in the media. She sent press releases out after every homicide and linked with families willing to appeal for information. Her community activism work caught the attention of ] who attended her press conferences with the media. She later joined the service as a volunteer in a position titled Community Police Liaison Member (CPLC) at a critical time when black male homicides were rising and the ] featured her in an article 'Young, Black and Dead' where she told the paper that families and citizens must start snitching to police if they have information about murders and must also start reporting guns.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/11/25/16321531.html/|title= Young, Black and Dead|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=25 November 2010 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> Omololu-Olunloyo reached citizens directly by encouraging them to use ], an anonymous phone and reward system used to report crimes in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2010/12/02/16408206.html|title= It is Criminal Not To Pick Up the Phone|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=2 December 2010 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==Deportation from Canada== | ||
| In November 2010, Omololu-Olunloyo used her work as a music journalist in Canada to gather rappers together to denounce gun violence.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/11/25/16320616.html|title= Rappers rally Against Gun Violence|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=25 November 2010 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> Later in July 2012 Omololu-Olunloyo attempted to have a ceasefire rally in the parking lot of a Toronto Police station, but was not given permission to use the lot. The area was primarily a Somali neighborhood that had lost five young males in 30 days. She criticized police in that neighborhood of not caring about the community. Later police in Rexdale's 23 Division helped her organize the rally safely in a park in the same neighborhood and many residents and media attended.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/09/call-for-ceasefire-in-torontos-somali-community-planned|title= Call for ceasefire in Toronto's Somali community planned|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=9 July 2012 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> Omololu-Olunloyo was also responsible for pairing police and rappers together to record a series of local public service announcements on Toronto radio against gun violence.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/23/14055601.html|title= Cops enlist rappers to fight violence|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=23 May 2010 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> After many years of advocacy, she continues to speak out from Nigeria via social media and global TV networks on mass shootings in cities and towns across the US and Canada including Columbine, Aurora, Danzig, Sandy Hook and the Charleston Church shooting. On ending her gun violence activism in Toronto, she wrote an article addressing the ongoing gun violence advising Torontonians to end the problem.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/16/crime-activist-enough-is-enough|title= crime-activist-enough-is-enough|publisher=The Toronto Sun|date=16 September 2012 |accessdate=21 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| In August 2012, Omololu-Olunloyo was arrested in her apartment in Toronto by agents from the ]. {{Why|date=March 2024}} After being determined a flight risk when her refugee visa was not renewed, she was remanded into custody at the ] for seven days before she was deported to Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/18/no-reprieve-for-kemi-omololu-olunloyo/|title= No reprieve for Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo|author=Kevin Connor|work=The Toronto Sun|date=18 August 2012 |accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/21/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-deportation-set-for-friday/|author=Chris Doucette|title= Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo deportation set for Friday|work=The Toronto Sun|date=21 August 2012 |accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| In March 2015, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo exposed her father ] in what she described as "emotional abuse" to her and her siblings including extreme physical abuse to one of her brothers. She became an advocate against ritualism and claimed on her Facebook fanpage that her father destroyed her family with rituals and his secret involvement in the occult world. She spoke out against ritualism in Africa in a twitter campaign hashtagged #EndRitualism and vowed that she never wanted what happened in her family to happen to others.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pulse.ng/gist/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-controversial-lady-says-father-destroyed-his-family-with-rituals-id3562890.html|title= Controversial Lady says father destroyed family with rituals|publisher=Pulse Nigeria|date=12 March 2015 |accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| Omololu-Olunloyo has also used social media to raise awareness on the surging rate of male prostitution in Nigeria. In 2014 she warned men to stop soliciting sex and exposing themselves on social media, something very rampant in Nigeria. Using herself as an example, she carried out threats of exposing such men by publishing names, photos and actual messages inboxed to her on her website HNNAfrica. Omololu-Olunloyo, also a pharmacist stated on the website that sexually transmitted diseases prevalent in Nigeria along with infidelity were the reasons she decided to raise this awareness.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pulse.ng/gist/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-activist-release-names-and-photos-of-men-who-beg-her-for-sex-id3192845.html|title= Activist Release Names And Photos Of Men Who Beg Her For Sex|publisher=Pulse Nigeria|date=13 October 2014 |accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> She continues to reach communities in Nigeria by visiting citizens on the streets weekly discussing issues from politics to lifestyle, poverty, health and unemployment then posting videos on her Facebook fanpage.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/HNNAfrica/videos|title= Facebook HNNAfrica Community Videos|publisher=HNNAfrica|date=17 October 2014 |accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> Omololu-Olunloyo also speaks out on a range of topics online as a social media activist. | |||
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| In 2009 the ] reported that Ms. Omololu-Olunloyo is wanted in ] where there were several warrants for her arrest. These were for for failing to appear in court on charges including cruelty to children, simple battery, jumping bail, terroristic threats/intimidation of a juror or court officer and obstruction of an officer. As of this 2009 writings the warrants for her arrest in the United States is still unresolved.<ref name="TorontostarCrime">{{cite web | url=http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/07/11/crime_victim_advocate_wanted_in_georgia.html | title=Crime victim advocate wanted in Georgia | publisher=The Toronto Star | date=11 July 2009 | accessdate=19 August 2015 | author=Baute, Nicole}}</ref><ref name="Newtoncitizen">{{cite web | url=http://www.newtoncitizen.com/news/2009/jul/15/da-says-pharmacist-to-be-extradited/ | title=DA says pharmacist to be extradited | publisher=The Newton Citizen | date=15 July 2009 | accessdate=19 August 2015 | author=Knowles, Barbara}}</ref> | |||
| Omololu-Olunloyo is considered a controversial Journalist in Nigeria her country as she uses social media to start conversations, vent and allegedly anger and empower many citizens. In 2013 ] newspapers, Nigeria's leading daily called her "un-Nigerian" based on the fact that many citizens do not understand her 35-year culture living in North America denouncing homophobia, polygamy and many acceptable cultural things in Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.punchng.com/i-punch/kemi-olunloyos-many-online-controversies/|title= Kemi Olunloyo's Many Online Controversies|publisher=The Punch|date=3 April 2013 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> Later in 2015, she told the Punch newspapers that many of the youth misunderstand her on social media and she only "shouts down" the bullies that don't want to learn.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.punchng.com/i-punch/i-earn-50-per-tweet-says-ex-govs-daughter/|title=I earn $50 per tweet, says ex-gov’s daughter|publisher=The Punch|date=13 July 2015 |accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Omololu-Olunloyo supports gays and lesbians and denounces Nigeria's anti-gay laws.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.naij.com/56854.html|title= ANTI-GAY BILL: Kemi Olunloyo Writes Open Letter, Supports Homosexuals=Naijj|date=19 August 2015|accessdate=21 August 2015}}</ref> She angered Nigerians on social media when she stated that she had no problem if any of her children came home and said they were gay and also caused outrage for educating gay men about HIV/AIDS encouraging them to wear condoms.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.informationng.com/2013/03/i-will-be-proud-if-my-child-is-gay-ex-governors-daughter-kemi-omololu.html|title= ‘I Will Be Proud If My Child Is Gay’ – Ex Governor’s Daughter, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo|publisher=Information Nigeria|date=25 March 2013|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> In August 2015, she urged the Nigerian government to repeal the anti-gay law citing Nigeria being ignored from global opportunities. Her pleas went on deaf ears.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://omojuwa.com/2015/08/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-urges-nigerian-government-to-repeal-anti-gay-law/|title= Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo Urges Nigerian Government To Repeal Anti-Gay Law|publisher=Omojuwa.com|date=3 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| In September 2013 Olukemi Omololu Olunloyo was quoted by Pulse Nigeria as saying “If I were President, Islam will be banned in Nigeria! All Churches will be burned and Christianity will be illegal. Religion is an absolute disease that has killed our country! | |||
| Nigerians are too busy hating on one another; they are destroying themselves with religion.” <ref>http://pulse.ng/fashion/if-i-were-president-islam-will-be-banned-and-all-churches-burnt-down-kemi-olunloyo-id2519277.html</ref>After releasing this statement several blogs in Nigeria ran stories about Omololu-Olunloyo's statement. | |||
| In September 2014 Olukemi Omololu Olunloyo was attacked by her younger sister in the home that they shared. During the argument that ensued Omololu-Olunloyo was knocked unconscious and was repeatedly kicked and punched by her sister before briefly losing consciousness, Omololu-Olunloyo reportedly accused the APC Government of not providing water and amenities to the people and her sister a Special Adviser to the Governor accused her of trying to bring down the political party.<ref>http://pulse.ng/gist/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-why-my-younger-sister-beat-me-up-id3145057.html</ref> | |||
| During the course of Omololu Olunloyo's Deportation in 2012 Vesna Cikovic, mother of Boris Cikovic, the victim of a gang robbery spoke about Kemi misrepresenting herself to families of homicide victims, Cikovic was quoted as saying "Who gave her the right to call herself a community advocate?” She said whatever she felt like, wrote untruths on blogs. I read something she wrote about Boris and I disliked it and knew that I didn’t want to have anything to do with her.” <ref>http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/08/27/kemi_omololuolunloyo_controversial_gun_victims_advocate_deported_to_nigeria.html</ref> Omololu-Olunloyo spent a large amount of her time in Canada canvassing victims of homicides families to represent them in the media. | |||
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| In 2012, Olukemi Omololu Olunloyo was arrested by the Toronto Police after refusing to comply with an Immigration officer and spent one week in Immigration custody before being deported to Nigeria after she tried unsuccessfully to get her Temporary VISA renewed. <ref name="Polarizing">{{cite web | url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/polarizing-toronto-activist-deported-to-nigeria/article4504322/ | title=Polarizing Toronto activist deported to Nigeria | publisher=The Globe and Mail | accessdate=19 August 2015 | author=27 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Torontosundep">{{cite web | url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/27/kemi-and-family-face-deportation | title=Kemi and family face deportation | publisher=The Toronto Sun | date=27 April 2012 | accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/21/kemi-omololu-olunloyo-deportation-set-for-friday|title= Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo deportation set for Friday|publisher=Toronto Sun|date=21 August 2012 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> ] Spokesman Constable Scott Mills described her as someone who "could reach an audience that myself as a police officer and us as a police service were having challenges to reach" he has also been quoted as saying "“I’ve been criticized by the public and colleagues for associating with her,” said Const. Scott Mills of Crime Stoppers. “But the bottom line is we solved some crimes because of my association with her and we have received info in a timely way, where we got guns off the streets and saved lives.”"<ref>http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/08/27/kemi_omololuolunloyo_controversial_gun_victims_advocate_deported_to_nigeria.html</ref> and that some major incidents would not have been solved without her active involvement getting communities to talk, but he remains ambivalent about her role.<ref name="Polarizing"/> | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:04, 2 October 2024
Nigerian journalist and activist (born 1964)
| Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo | |
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| Born | (1964-08-06) 6 August 1964 (age 60) Ibadan, Western Region, Nigeria (now in Oyo State, Nigeria) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, blogger, activist |
| Parent | Victor Omololu Olunloyo |
Olukemi "Kemi" Omololu-Olunloyo (born 6 August 1964) is a notable Nigerian journalist, blogger, and activist against gun violence, and a social media personality. She is well known within the Nigerian online community.
Background
Omololu-Olunloyo is the daughter of former Oyo State governor Victor Omololu Olunloyo and the second of ten children. She lived for 14 years in Nigeria, 20 years in the United States, and five years in Canada before returning to Nigeria.
Career
Omololu-Olunloyo has appeared as a guest discussing terrorism and health topics on CBC News, Ruptly, CTV News, BBC and Nigerian Television Authority. She also worked briefly as a music journalist with the Nigerian Tribune
Community and social activism
While in Canada, Omololu-Olunloyo was active against gun violence. In 2014 she released the names and photographs of men who solicited sex or exposed themselves on social media.
In 2014, she was among the top three nominees of the Social Media Awards Africa's Social Media Influencer of the Year.
Deportation from Canada
In August 2012, Omololu-Olunloyo was arrested in her apartment in Toronto by agents from the Canada Border Services Agency. After being determined a flight risk when her refugee visa was not renewed, she was remanded into custody at the Vanier Centre for Women for seven days before she was deported to Nigeria.
See also
References
- D Obi, Wasswa (13 July 2015). "I Earn $50 Per Tweet - Ex-gov's Daughter Kemi Olunloyo". Legit.ng. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- A, Olumide (3 December 2021). "Kemi Olunloyo's bio: Father, age, daughter, husband, net worth". Kemi Filani News. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- "Music on Trial". Nigerian Tribune. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- Chris Doucette (25 November 2010). "Rappers rally Against Gun Violence". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- Alex Consiglio (9 July 2012). "Call for ceasefire in Toronto's Somali community planned". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- Isaac Dachen (13 October 2014). "Activist Release Names And Photos Of Men Who Beg Her For Sex". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- "Here They Are: 2014 Social Media Awards Africa Finalists Announced!". The Nigerian Voice. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- Kevin Connor (18 August 2012). "No reprieve for Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- Chris Doucette (21 August 2012). "Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo deportation set for Friday". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved 24 August 2015.