Nigeria
People of this nationality
Zanna Bukar Dipcharima
1917 – 1969
politician
Ronke Giwa-Onafuwa
journalist
Jacinta Asi Ocansey
comedian
Martin Ande
b. 1948
athletics competitor
Uduak Isong Oguamanam
b. 1901
film director
Saka Oloko
b. 1938
athletics competitor
Imoh Moffat
b. 1968
commissioner
Joseph N.C. Egemonye
1933 – 2011
journalist
Jacob Martins Obiorah
b. 1974
taekwondo athlete
Chukwudiebere Maduabum
b. 1991
basketball player
Jafaru Iliyasu Auna
politician
Bright Esieme
1992 – 2024
association football player
Peter Akinlabi
b. 1973
table tennis player
Osupa
1776 – 1846
monarch
Bode Sowande
b. 1948
writer
Chimezie Onwuzulike
b. 1987
cricketer
Peter Omoduemuke
b. 1983
association football player
Iruka N. Okeke
b. 1970
microbiologist
Aondona Dajoh Hyacinth
politician
Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon
b. 1952
art collector
Momee Gombe
b. 1999
actor
Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole
b. 1967
scientist
Stephen Gopey
b. 1996
association football player
Ikenna Bryan Okwara
b. 1986
model
Adeleke Oyede
b. 1986
cricketer
Peter Dedevbo
b. 1970
association football coach
Anietie Isong
poet
Gloria Kemasuode
b. 1979
sprinter
Ijeoma Ukpabi
b. 1994
volleyball player
Abubakar Gumi
1922 – 1992
qadi
Bawa Mumuni
b. 1986
association football player
Akinloye Ojo
researcher
Samson Omeruah
1943 – 2006
politician
Emmanuel Omogbo
b. 1995
basketball player
Kase Lukman Lawal
b. 1954
businessperson
Osita Nebo
b. 1952
politician
Godwin Komone
b. 1979
comedian
Adeyinka Abideen Aderinto
sociologist
Linda Ogugua
b. 1978
basketball player
Tunde Wey
b. 1983
cook
Foluke Daramola
b. 1978
film actor
Uche Eke
b. 1997
artistic gymnast
Comfort Amwe
politician
Jacklord Jacobs
b. 1970
boxer
Rufus Akinyele
b. 1959
historian
Nosa Owens-Ibie
vice-chancellor
Frank Egharevba
b. 1985
association football player
Smart Adeyemi
b. 1960
politician
Stephanie Okechukwu
b. 2005
basketball player
Johnson Akuchie
b. 1990
association football player
James Nwoye Adichie
1932 – 2020
mathematician
Orok Essien
b. 1992
association football player
Nwokolo Victor
b. 1964
politician
Isa Marte Hussaini
b. 1956
academic
Adedayo Agarau
poet
Ayuba Badamasi
b. 1965
politician
Yusuf Abdullahi Ata
b. 1962
politician
Olubunmi Owoso
1949 – 2020
docent
Peter Godsday Orubebe
b. 1959
politician
Funmi Tejuosho
b. 1965
jurist
Chinemerem Ugwueze
association football player
Abdulganiyu Saka Cook Olododo
b. 1960
politician
Hamza Dalhatu Batagarawa
b. 1961
politician
Chukwudi Chukwuma
b. 1994
association football player
Bede Amarachi Osuji
b. 1996
association football player
Uche Sherif
b. 1983
association football player
Florence Omagbemi
b. 1975
association football player
Olufemi Bamiro
b. 1947
academic
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
b. 2001
association football player
Ivy Uche Okoronkwo
police officer
Samuel Olabisi
b. 1993
association football player
Ola Balogun
b. 1945
film director
Ikechukwu Abana
politician
Kulanen Ikyo
b. 1990
composer
Obi Emelonye
b. 1967
film director
Reuben Gabriel
b. 1990
association football player
Leslie Vining
1885 – 1955
Anglican priest
Domingo Alaba Obende
b. 1954
politician
Ademola Adebise
b. 1966
businessperson
Chika Okeke-Agulu
b. 1966
art historian
Michelle Dede
b. 1984
actor
Itunu Hotonu
b. 1959
naval officer
Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo
1928 – 2008
entrepreneur
Noah Arthur William Cox-George
1915 – 2004
economist
Bilikis Abiodun Otunla
b. 1994
weightlifter
Onuora Nzekwu
1928 – 2017
writer
Cecilia Offiong
b. 1986
table tennis player
Eromosele Albert
b. 1974
boxer
Tanko Zubairu
politician
John Mark Inienger
1945 – 2002
politician
Gbolahan Ayoola
painter
Olateru Olagbegi II
1910 – 1998
Ibrahim Usman
b. 1999
association football player
Andrews Otutu Obaseki
1926 – 2017
judge
Abdallah Wali
politician
Victor Moses
b. 1990
association football player
Queen Blessing Ebigieson
b. 1980
actor
Henry Okah
b. 1965
militant
Matilda Obaseki
b. 1968
actor
Maria Akwaji
politician