Nigeria
People of this nationality
Odebunmi Idowu
politician
Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko
1955 – 2020
businessperson
Anthony Anenih
1933 – 2018
politician
Alex Lopez
b. 1980
actor
Samson Godwin
b. 1983
association football player
Sàngódáre Gbádégesin Àjàlá
1948 – 2021
Ebikewenimo Welson
b. 1992
amateur wrestler
Nurudeen Orelesi
b. 1989
association football player
Emmanuel Nwachi
b. 1988
association football player
Ayo Adesanya
b. 1969
actor
Bayo Ojo
lawyer
Lukman Shobowale
b. 1994
real estate developer
Mozes Adams
b. 1988
association football player
Idagbo Ochiglegor
b. 1971
politician
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
b. 1944
judge
Danboyi Usman
politician
Faith Obazuaye
b. 1989
table tennis player
Ruth Jummai Ango
politician
Mala Mohammed Daura
academic
Istifanus Gyang
b. 1964
politician
Dele Odule
b. 1961
actor
James Marshall
1829 – 1889
judge
Raphael Edereho
b. 1983
association football player
Ngozi Iwere
b. 1956
social activist
Suleiman Braimoh
b. 1989
basketball player
Olutoyin Augustus
b. 1979
athletics competitor
Idi Barde Gubana
b. 1960
politician
Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor
politician
Yvonne Ekwere
b. 1987
actor
Akin Rotimi
politician
Uba Maigari Ahmadu
politician
Muhammad Sanusi Liman
physicist
Salihu Sagir Takai
b. 1955
politician
Mojola Agbebi
1860 – 1917
Baptist minister
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
1960 – 2007
preacher
Pa Odiase
1934 – 2013
composer
Ndubueze Leonard Mbah
politician
Chukwuma Nwazunku
b. 1975
politician
D'banj
b. 1980
singer
Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III
b. 1925
Ayinde Bakare
1912 – 1972
bandleader
Nkiru Balonwu
businessperson
Tijjani Mohammed
b. 2006
association football player
Oyinkan Abayomi
1897 – 1990
politician
Koko Sakibo
b. 1987
association football player
Done P. Dabale
1949 – 2006
farmer
Ifeanyi Akogo
b. AD 24
actor
Evelyn Ebhomien
b. 1981
weightlifter
Turai Yar'Adua
b. 1957
politician
Amos Ojo
1962 – 2025
amateur wrestler
Mgbeke George Okore
1934 – 2014
Christian minister
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe
b. 1984
association football player
Joe Ajuwa
b. 1983
rugby union player
Amina Mohammed Baloni
b. 1961
physician
David Samuel Nwolokor
b. 1996
association football player
Eunice Omonzejie
academic
Akinkunmi Amoo
b. 2002
association football player
Anthony Aniagolu
1922 – 2011
judge
Nsikak Edouk
1947 – 2021
politician
Ernest Ikoli
1893 – 1960
journalist
Sam Loco Efe
1945 – 2011
actor
Daniel Etim Effiong
actor
Abu Qaqa
Moses Inwang
b. 1978
film director
Sunday Afolabi
1931 – 2004
politician
George Akume
b. 1953
politician
Kingsley Ogwudire
b. 1972
basketball player
Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro
b. 1972
politician
Kingsley Obiekwu
b. 1974
association football player
Asuquomo
b. 1993
rapper
Innocent Asonze
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Dan Suleiman
1942 – 2023
politician
Toyin Afolayan
b. 1959
actor
Uche Okafor
1967 – 2011
association football player
Thomas Lambie
1885 – 1954
missionary
Chukwuebuka Emmanuel Amuzie
b. 1995
comedian
Daisy Danjuma
b. 1952
politician
Ubong Moses Ekpai
b. 1995
association football player
Hubert Ogunde
1916 – 1990
investor
Gege Soriola
b. 1988
association football player
Ibrahim Kura of Borno
1840 – 1885
Tolani Asuni
1924 – 2011
physician
Kalu Idika Kalu
b. 1939
politician
IBM Haruna
b. 1940
politician
Abidemi Sanusi
novelist
Napoleon Ashley-Lassen
b. 1934
politician
Ishaya Mark Aku
politician
Aisha Salaudeen
b. 1994
writer
Jude Monye
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Simon Ekpa
b. 1985
political activist
James Iroha Uchechukwu
b. 1972
photographer
Abimbola Omololu-Mulele
businessperson
Abubakar Dzukogi
b. 1956
academic
Donatus Edet Akpan
b. 1952
Catholic priest
Issah Salou
b. 1999
association football player
Oshobe Oladele
b. 1993
association football player
Yahaya Adamu
b. 1993
association football player
Offia Nwali
politician
Steve Adegbite
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Emmanuel Okwudili
b. 1983
cricketer