Nigeria
People of this nationality
Effiong Okon Eyo
1918 – 1983
politician
Zacchaeus Adangor
lawyer
Dejumo Lewis
1943 – 2023
actor
Chimaroke Nnamani
b. 1960
politician
Nasiru Baballe
politician
Monalisa Chinda
b. 1974
film producer
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe
b. 1964
banker
Erejuwa II
1908 – 1986
Aguma Nnamdirim
politician
Olubayo Adefemi
1985 – 2011
association football player
Francis Momoh
b. 2001
association football player
Mustapha Enesi
writer
Nestor Bolum
b. 1986
boxer
Osita Izunaso
b. 1966
politician
George Abbey
b. 1978
association football player
Ebus Onuchukwu
b. 1984
association football player
Ahmadu Bello
1910 – 1966
politician
Olu Jacobs
b. 1942
actor
Kazeem Alimi
1967 – 2017
politician
Favour Ashe
b. 2002
athletics competitor
Ibukun Odusote
civil servant
Jude Sunday
b. 2004
association football player
Mathew Yakubu
b. 1999
association football player
Mustapha Adamu Animashaun
1885 – 1968
historian
Sonny Okosun
1947 – 2008
musician
Wale Ahmed
b. 1965
politician
Helen Esuene
b. 1949
politician
Obinna Metu
b. 1988
sprinter
Ekene Emeka Maduka
b. 1996
artist
Gentle Offoin
b. 1973
swimmer
Nelson Enwerem
b. 1995
model
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya
b. 1952
politician
Toyin Ojih Odutola
b. 1985
draftsperson
Stephen Adegbite
b. 1968
methodist bishop
Babatunde Ogunnaike
1956 – 2022
chemist
H. F. C. Smith
1920 – 1984
historian
Victor Ekpuk
b. 1964
painter
Omokhudu Idogho
physician
Idia Aisien
b. 1991
model
Funke Bucknor-Obruthe
b. 1976
writer
Moses Ukpong
1964 – 2009
politician
Scipio Vaughan
1784 – 1840
artisan
Agwu Inobia
Jacob Ajao Adejumo
b. 1973
politician
Oliver Mbamara
lawyer
Eunice Osayande
sex worker
Tunde Bakare
b. 1954
televangelist
Celestine Ukwu
1940 – 1977
musician
Patricia Kalesanwo
journalist
Mahmud Kanti Bello
1945 – 2017
politician
Qaribullah Nasir Kabara
b. 1957
researcher
Abiola Bashorun
b. 1985
beauty pageant contestant
Raquel Kasham Daniel
social entrepreneur
Kingsley Ogoro
b. 1965
film director
Philip Osondu
1971 – 2019
association football player
T. Ola Avoseh
b. 1908
local historian
Adesokan Adedeji Emmanuel
b. 1997
content creator
Ahmed Tijani Ahmed
1941 – 2006
politician
Humblesmith
b. 1991
musician
Musa Muhammad Pali
b. 1970
politician
Lawal Musa Daura
b. 1953
Ezekiel Adebiyi
b. 1970
computational biologist
Adebisi Akanji
b. 1930
sculptor
Chukwuebuka Ibeh
b. 2000
writer
O. C. Ukeje
b. 1981
model
Joy Ogwu
1946 – 2025
diplomat
Olubukola O Babalola
researcher
Abubakar Koko
1937 – 2003
civil servant
Christy Obekpa
b. 1971
judoka
Fidelis Oditah
b. 1964
barrister
Sunday Anamero Dekeri
b. 1969
politician
Okechukwu Okoye
politician
Victor Ikpeba
b. 1973
association football player
Terry Envoh
b. 1992
association football player
Uzamat Akinbile Yussuf
b. 1976
politician
Amosa Mohammed Mobolaji
b. 1957
politician
Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji
b. 1970
politician
Chidi Odinkalu
b. 1968
writer
Paschal Chigozie Obi
b. 1970
politician
Bernard Odoh
b. 1975
politician
Bolu Akinyode
b. 1994
association football player
Usman Amodu
b. 1990
association football player
Yahaya Adoza Bello
b. 1975
politician
Donald Agu
b. 1975
association football player
Jereton Mariere
1907 – 1971
politician
Titilope Lawoyin
b. 1981
beauty pageant contestant
Babajide David
b. 1996
association football player
Chukwuma Okorafor
b. 1997
American football player
Ufot Ekaette
1939 – 2019
politician
Haruna Simon Tsammani
b. 1959
judge
Reekado Banks
b. 1993
songwriter
Ebele Okaro
b. 1964
actor
Emmanuel Maviram
b. 2001
association football player
Onome Sodje
b. 1988
association football player
Daniel O. Fagunwa
1903 – 1963
writer
Alex O
songwriter
Boniface Guobadia
b. 1926
athletics competitor
Nkem Owoh
b. 1958
actor
Alexander Ogomudia
b. 1949
military personnel
Usman Sarki
1920 – 1984
politician