Nigeria
People of this nationality
Etim Inyang
1931 – 2016
Gbenga Arokoyo
b. 1992
association football player
Abdullahi Adamu
b. 1946
politician
Paul Olawoore
1961 – 2021
Catholic priest
Oyeniyi Abejoye
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Ogho-Oghene Egwero
b. 1988
sprinter
Samuel Elijah
b. 1969
association football player
Patrick Chukwurah
b. 1979
American football player
Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo
b. 1961
Catholic priest
Frank Percy Crozier
1879 – 1937
military personnel
T.O.S. Benson
1917 – 2008
lawyer
Jagaba Hamza
b. 1987
association football player
Ayo Akínwándé
artist
Chris Ngoro Adigbe
b. 1961
politician
Ismaila Gwarzo
civil servant
Kate Henshaw
b. 1971
actor
Ahmed Kusamotu
1940 – 2005
Stephen Sunday
b. 1988
association football player
Olumuyiwa Aganun
b. 1984
association football player
Yemi Blaq
b. 1978
songwriter
Okwudili Nebeolisa
poet
Omotayo Adeleye Ishaya
politician
Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II
1950 – 2013
Waconzy
b. 1983
singer
Chukwuemeka Woke
politician
Abdullahi Kassim
b. 1980
engineer
Fisayo Ajisola
actor
Adams Friday
b. 2002
association football player
Fortune Bassey
b. 1998
association football player
Charles Phillips
priest
Chima Nwafor
1948 – 2006
Pemi Aguda
writer
Ike Udeh
b. 1973
association football player
Mohammed Goni
1942 – 2020
politician
Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite
b. 1973
politician
Olufemi Vaughan
b. 1957
Africanist
Mayen Adetiba
b. 1954
civil engineer
Salim Fago Lawal
b. 2003
association football player
Felix Salako
b. 1961
academic
Uche Nwosu
b. 1975
politician
Sulaimanu Barau
1903 – 1979
Oluwole Ogundare
b. 1984
creative director
Omololu Akin-Ojo
physicist
Abubakar Dahiru
b. 1969
politician
Andrew Dick
b. 1976
amateur wrestler
Anthony Obinna
1928 – 1995
religious leader
Muhammad Tanko
b. 1960
university teacher
Thelma Ekiyor
peace activist
Ephraim Nwuzi
politician
Martins Ekwueme
b. 1985
association football player
Ismahil Akinade
b. 1994
association football player
Olakunle Olusegun
b. 2002
association football player
Augustine Nnamani
1922 – 1990
politician
Duke Akamisoko
Michael Ologunde
academic
Dick Tiger
1929 – 1971
boxer
Stephanie Coker
b. 1989
actor
Shukurat Oladipo
b. 2004
association football player
Peter Ololo
b. 1957
Akintunde Popoola
Yewande Olubummo
b. 1960
mathematician
Arunma Oteh
businessperson
Eugène Salami
b. 1989
association football player
Ijeoma Queenth Daniels
b. 1992
association football player
Nichole Denby
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu
computer scientist
Alfred Rewane
1916 – 1995
businessperson
Peter Fregene
1947 – 2024
association football player
Ngozika Ekwelum
b. 1948
boxer
Afam Osigwe
b. 1972
lawyer
Harrysong
b. 1981
songwriter
MCskill ThaPreacha
b. 1988
rapper
Shola Ogundana
b. 2005
association football player
Hussaini Akwanga
1944 – 2021
politician
Aliyu Salisu Barau
geographer
Tunde Adegbola
b. 1955
linguist
Murjanatu Musa
b. 2000
basketball player
Kabir Tukura Ibrahim
b. 1984
Faith Igbinehin
powerlifter
Denis Williams
1923 – 1998
painter
Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe
1933 – 2020
physician
Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson
researcher
Ukel Oyaghiri
b. 1964
politician
Ali Abdullahi Ibrahim
b. 1964
politician
Maryann Ekeada
b. 1979
judoka
Ekene Som Mekwunye
film director
Precious Dede
b. 1980
actor
Umaru Bago Tafida III
b. 1954
Jaafar Jaafar
b. 1978
journalist
Anendlessocean
record producer
Olubunmi Olateru Olagbegi
lawyer
Sunday Abiodun Olukoya
politician
Moses Odion Dickson
b. 1973
boxer
Prince Eke
b. 1977
actor
Badiyya Hassan Mashi
politician
Olawumi Fayemi-Obayelu
b. 1986
politician
Mbong Amata
b. 1985
actor
Virginia Ohagwu
Ossie Enekwe
1942 – 2010
writer
Regina Akume
b. 1955
politician