Nigeria
People of this nationality
Johanna Veenstra
1894 – 1933
missionary
Mudassir Ibrahim
politician
Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu
1952 – 2015
politician
Chiaka Lauretta Ihebom
b. 1968
handball player
Justice Azuka
Ikenga Ugochinyere
b. 1982
politician
Ogbonna Oparaku
b. 1956
university teacher
Sidikat Ijaiya
university teacher
Anosike Emma Obiajulu
b. 1961
politician
Onyekachi Nwaebonyi
b. 1982
politician
Victor Osimhen
b. 1998
association football player
Vincent I. Maduka
b. 1935
engineer
Moyo Lawal
b. AD 1
actor
Austin Okezie Meregini
politician
Dangiwa Umar
b. 1949
politician
Tola kasali
b. 1950
politician
Usman Mu'azu
1942 – 2008
politician
Ifeanyi Uchendu
politician
Aniekan Uko
politician
Abba Gumel
b. 1966
mathematician
Seyi Vodi
businessperson
Yele Omogunwa
b. 1950
politician
Thaddeus Aina
politician
Onafowokan Michael Olutusen
1912 – 1991
architect
Baba Alakyo
b. 1937
herbalist
Kizz Daniel
b. 1994
songwriter
Abba Bello Mohammed
politician
Benjamin Uwajumogu
1968 – 2019
politician
Dejo Fayemi
1933 – 2016
association football player
Eddy Agbo
businessperson
Tosin Eniolorunda
Fidelis Saviour
b. 1988
association football player
Uche Veronica Amazigo
parasitologist
Olamide David
2001 – 2016
actor
Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja
b. 1956
politician
Ahmadu Hussaini
b. 1958
politician
Isaac Boye
b. 1997
association football player
Ayibatonye Owei
b. 1957
physician
Paul Agbai Ogwuma
b. 1932
banker
Amina Abubakar Bello
b. 1973
physician
Kayode Soremekun
academic
Adekola Ogunoye II
1966 – 1992
Nelson Agholor
b. 1993
American football player
Mauren Gwacham
b. 1975
business executive
Mustafa Ibn Umar El-Kanemi of Borno
1924 – 2009
politician
Oriyomi Hamzat
journalist
Amir Angwe
1966 – 1995
association football player
Richard Akuson
b. 1993
lawyer
Bola Afonja
1943 – 2024
politician
Suleiman Kassim
politician
Jacque Aye
therapist
Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips
b. 1966
lawyer
Samsong
b. 1974
songwriter
Blessing Uzzi
film director
Umar Namadi
b. 1964
politician
Shine Begho
b. 1985
television presenter
Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah
b. 1954
Jide Obi
b. 1962
musician
Tunji Otegbeye
1925 – 2009
physician
Oladipupo Babalola
b. 1968
association football player
Godwin Adiele
politician
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
b. 1958
jurist
DJ Neptune
b. 1990
entertainer
Yau Usman Idris
nuclear physicist
Stella Ngwu
b. 1958
politician
Sunday Abalo
b. 1995
association football player
Chisom Orji
b. 2001
association football player
Barry Jhay
b. 1993
musician
Nasir Isa Kwarra
civil servant
Valentine Ozornwafor
b. 1999
association football player
Ikenna Hilary
b. 1991
association football player
Olatunji Busayo
b. 1999
squash player
Emeka Eze
b. 1992
association football player
Tade Ogidan
b. 1960
screenwriter
Ovye Monday Shedrack
b. 1992
association football player
Pius Nwankwo Okeke
b. 1941
professor
Alexander Akinyele
1875 – 1968
Catholic priest
Oba Francis Adedoyin
1922 – 2018
Nkem Akaraiwe
b. 1996
basketball player
David Ankeye
b. 2002
association football player
Peter Okodogbe
b. 1958
athletics competitor
Fatai Onikeke
b. 1983
boxer
Iyamu Bright
politician
Hannatu Salihu
politician
Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi
b. 1968
lawyer
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili
b. 1963
economist
Aishah Ahmad
b. 1976
banker
Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi
1923 – 2021
politician
Ugonna Onyekwe
b. 1979
basketball player
Umar Zango
b. 1994
association football player
Ayiri Emami
b. 1975
businessperson
Tonye Cole
b. 1967
ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer
researcher
Abiodun Olasupo
politician
Chico Ejiro
film director
Monday Onyeme
b. 1965
politician
Nkechi Justina Nwaogu
b. 1956
politician
Lekan Balogun
b. 1973
politician
Kosi Nwafornso
b. 1997
association football player
Mariam Eniola Bolaji
b. 2005
para badminton player