Dayo Adedayo

Oladayo Mukaila Adedayo, known as 'dayo Adedayo (born 1 July 1964) is a British-trained Nigerian documentary photographer, cultural anthropologist, and author. He is the author of Nigeria 2.0, a book that documents the story behind many important places in Nigeria. Over the span of more than two decades, Adedayo has travelled across and documented all 36 states in the country.

Education 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.

Career 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 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.

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.

Publications Dayo Adedayo is the author of many books including:

Nigeria (2010) inc. Foreword by Professor Ahmed Yerima Nigeria The Magical: A Photographic Journey (2014) Òwe Yorùbá (Yoruba Proverbs) (2014) Òwe Yorùbá 2.0 (Yoruba Proverbs) (2014) inc. Foreword by Báṣọ̀run Délé Mọ́mọ́dù Nigeria 2.0 (2015) inc. Foreword by Bisi Onasanya Rivers State - Our Proud Heritage Enchanting Nigeria Tour Nigeria (2018) Lagos State - The Centre of Excellence (2019) inc. Foreword by Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome Ogun State - The Gateway State (2020) inc. Foreword by Otunba Bimbola Ashiru Window Seat (2024) inc. Foreword by Olubunmi Kuku Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation - Tourism is Life Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 37 Years in Pictures Nigeria - A Timeless Beauty (2025) Nigeria - A Visual Portrait (2026) inc. Foreword by Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu