Dayo Adedayo

• Name — Dayo Adedayo • Born — 1 July 1964 • Birthplace — Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, Nigeria • Education — Westminster University Westminster College • Occupation — * Photographer • Travel writer • Years Active — 30 years • Spouse — Kudi Badmus (m.1 July 2009 - present) • Notable Works — Founder of Dayo Adedayo (DAP) Experience Centre, Lagos, Nigeria Photography: "See Dubai and Die" Ovation Magazine Books: "Nigeria 2.0", "Nigeria - A Timeless Beauty"

Adedayo had his primary education in Nigeria at Children's Home School, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo State, and Moslem Primary School, Idofe, Oke-Ife, Ijebu Ife, Ogun State. He passed his secondary school certificate at Ijebu Ife Community Grammar School. He went on to study Photography Arts at Westminster College and the University of Westminster, U.K. He is the author of Rivers State Our Proud Heritage, Tour Nigeria, and Lagos State, A Visual Portrait. He has archived more than 4 million images of Nigeria. • Illustration — Nigeria's e-passport showing Adedayos images

Adedayo started out as a social photographer, later freelancer for Ovation Magazine International, before venturing into documentary photography. He has travelled and visually documented all 774 local government areas in Nigeria, capturing landscapes, people, culture, flora, and food. His photographic works are watermarked on the pages of the Nigerian e-Passport, adorn the walls of the Lagos and Abuja international airports and decorate the walls of numerous public institutions both in Nigeria and in the diaspora. In 2013, Dayo Adedayo provided images used in City of Lagos Edition Monopoly board and for Centenary Edition Monology Nigeria. In 2014, to commemorate Nigeria's nationhood, he was commissioned to produce images for the centenary One hundred Naira note. During this period his photographs were being displayed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja. He was a member of a committee saddled with the responsibility of setting up photography in the pilot project curriculum for the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the regulatory body for Nigerian Polytechnics. • Illustration — Adedayo addressing students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (July 2026) In 2023, Adedayo opened the Dayo Adedayo Photography (DAP) Experience Centre, located along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos. The multi‑use public facility showcases Nigerian culture through photography and features a studio, landscaped outdoor areas, a café and a library.