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Abba Kyari - Late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari
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Abdulkadir Kure
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Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
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Abdulsalami Abubakar
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Abiola Ajimobi
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Abubakar Olusola Saraki
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – prime minister of Nigeria
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Adebayo Alao Akala
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Adolphus Wabara
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Ahmadu Bello
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Ahmed Marafa
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Akanu Ibiam
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Akinwunmi Ambode
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Alex Ekwueme
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Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki
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Alvan Ikoku
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Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
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Anyim Pius Anyim
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Atiku Abubakar
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Augustine Ukattah
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Ayo Fayose
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Babajide Sanwo-olu
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Babatunde Raji Fashola
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Bola Tinubu
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Bukola Saraki
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Chike Obi
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Chimaroke Nnamani
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Christopher Okojie
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Chuba Okadigbo
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Cornelius Adebayo
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Dangiwa Umar
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Dave Umahi
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David Mark
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Dennis Osadebay
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Desmond Elliot
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Dimeji Bankole
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Dora Akunyili
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Ernest Shonekan
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Evan Enwerem
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Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
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Fela Kuti
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Festus Okotie-Eboh
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Florence Ita Giwa
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Franca Afegbua
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Gbenga Daniel
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Ghali Umar Na'Abba
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Godwin Obaseki
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Goodluck Jonathan
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Herbert Macaulay
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Ibrahim Babangida
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Ike Ekweremadu
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Isa Mohammed Bagudu
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Iyorchia Ayu
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Jaja Wachuku
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Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
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Joseph Wayas
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Joy Emodi
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K.O. Mbadiwe
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Kayode Fayemi
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Ken Nnamani
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Margaret Ekpo
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Michael Okpara
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Mohammed Mustapha Namadi
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Moshood Abiola
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Muhammadu Buhari
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Murtala Mohammed
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Musa Babayo
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Naja'atu Bala Muhammad
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Namadi Sambo
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Nnamdi Azikiwe – first President of Nigeria
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Nwafor Orizu – Nigeria's second head of state (1965–1966)
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Obafemi Awolowo
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Odumegwu Ojukwu
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Okechukwu Enelamah
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Oladipo Diya
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Olusegun Obasanjo
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Patricia Etteh
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Peter Obi
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Peter Odili
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Philip Effiong
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Remi Babalola
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Reno Omokri
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Rochas Okorocha
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Rotimi Amaechi
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S. A. Ajayi
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Saleh Mamman
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Samuel Akintola
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Shehu Shagari
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Sullivan Chime
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Tunde Idiagbon
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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Victor Ngumah
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Yakubu Gowon
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Aminu Kano (Human-rights activists)
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Ayodele Awojobi (Human-rights activists)
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Beko Ransome-Kuti (Human-rights activists)
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Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (Human-rights activists)
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Dele Giwa (Human-rights activists)
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Fela Kuti (Human-rights activists)
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Funke Abimbola (Human-rights activists)
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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Human-rights activists)
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Gani Fawehinmi (Human-rights activists)
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Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (Human-rights activists)
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Olisa Agbakoba (Human-rights activists)
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Omoyele Sowore (Human-rights activists)
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Segun Awosanya (Human-rights activists)
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Sonny Okosun (Human-rights activists)
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Wole Soyinka (Human-rights activists)
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Adekunle Fajuyi (Military)
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Akinloye Akinyemi (Military)
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Alexander Ogomudia (Military)
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Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (Military)
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Alwali Kazir (Military)
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Benjamin Adekunle (Black scorpion) (Military)
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Buba Marwa (Military)
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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (Military)
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Chris Alli (Military)
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Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu (Military)
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Dangiwa Umar (Military)
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Halilu Akilu (Military)
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Hamza al-Mustapha (Military)
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Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Military)
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Idris Garba (Military)
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Ike Nwachukwu (Military)
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John Nmadu Yisa-Doko – first indigenous chief of air staff (Military)
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Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (Military)
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Mamman Vatsa (Military)
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Martin Luther Agwai (Military)
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M. I. Wushishi (Military)
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M. Ndatsu Umaru (Military)
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Mohammed Sani Sami (Military)
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Muhammadu Buhari (Military)
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Muhammed Shuwa (Military)
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Murtala Mohammed (Military)
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Oladipo Diya (Military)
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Olusegun Obasanjo (Military)
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Owoye Andrew Azazi (Military)
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Paul Omu (Military)
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Salihu Ibrahim (Military)
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Sani Abacha (Military)
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Sani Bello (Military)
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Theophilus Danjuma (Military)
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Tunde Idiagbon (Military)
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Victor Malu (Military)
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Yahaya Abubakar (Military)
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Yakubu Gowon (Military)
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Amarachi Okafor – artist (Artists)
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Anny Robert Photographer and Graphics artist (Artists)
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Ben Enwonwu, MBE – royal sculpture artist; professor of fine arts; government advisor (Artists)
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Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, MBE – Nigerian-born royal portrait artist and public speaker; recipient, an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of East Anglia (Artists)
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Chris Ofili – painter; winner, Turner Prize; creator of some controversial work; studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art (Artists)
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Marcia Kure – mixed media artist, primarily producing works on paper; studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and has shown work at international exhibitions (Artists)
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Ndidi Dike – female artist (Artists)
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Patience Torlowei – artist and designer (Artists)
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Yinka Shonibare, MBE – work includes sculpture, painting, photography and installation art (Artists)
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Adenike Oyetunde (1986- ) Nigerian lawyer turned radio host and amputee advocate (Media)
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Babatunde Jose (1925–2008) – journalist and newspaper editor; considered the "grandfather of Nigerian journalism" (Media)
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Bobby Ologun – television personality in Japan and martial artist (Media)
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Cornelia O'Dwyer Talk show host (Media)
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Dele Momodu – publisher, writer/journalist; entrepreneur, CEO of Ovation International magazine (Media)
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Farooq Kperogi – author, columnist, journalism professor at Kennesaw State University (Media)
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Femi Oke – journalist and television presenter; former CNN International television anchor (Media)
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Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (died 2015) – radio and television personality (Media)
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Ikechi Uko – publisher, Akwaaba African Travel Market, ATQnews.com; author; travel and tourism media consultant (Media)
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Lekan Fatodu – Publisher of Checkout Magazine. (Media)
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Nenny B – media personality (Media)
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Nicole Asinugo screenwriter and presenter (Media)
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Sam Amuka-Pemu – founder of the Vanguard newspaper, co-founder of The Punch (Media)
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A.M. Abu-Abdissamad – educator, businessman, writer (Educators)
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Cletus Nzebunwa Aguwa – professor of clinical pharmacy (Educators)
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Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu (born 1942) – professor of psychology (Educators)
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Emily Alemika (Educators)
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Tessy Okoli (Educators)
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Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo (1927–1998) – professor of anatomy (Educators)
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Chinua Achebe (Writers)
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Mamman Vatsa (Writers)
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Ogaga Ifowodo (Writers)
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Alhaji Habu Adamu Jajere – former president of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Of Nigeria (IPMAN) and winner of the Dr. Kwame Nkurumah African Leadership Award in Ghana. (Business people)
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Aliko Dangote (Business people)
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Ben Murray-Bruce – politician and Chairman of Silverbird Group (Business people)
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Habeeb Okunola – CEO TILT Group of Companies (Business people)
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Mary Nzimiro (1898–1993) – businesswoman, politician and women's activist (Business people)
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Obi Asika (Business people)
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Taofik Adegbite – CEO Marine Platforms (Business people)
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Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi – beatified by Pope John Paul II (Religion)
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Wande Abimbola – academician; Ifá priest (Religion)
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Enoch Adeboye – pastor; general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (Religion)
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Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu – academician; Muslim scholar; writer; academic; publisher; cleric; founder and first president, AWQAF Africa; founder and first president, AWQAF Africa Muslim Open College (London, England) (Religion)
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Anthony Olubunmi Okogie – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lagos (Religion)
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Asi Archibong-Arikpo – president of the Presbyterian Women's Guild in Nigeria, 1975–1982 (Religion)
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Benson Idahosa – Charismatic Pentecostal preacher; founder, Church of God Mission International (Religion)
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Bimbo Odukoya – pastor; televangelist; wife of Taiwo Odukoya (founder, Fountain of Life Church) (Religion)
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Chris Okotie (Religion)
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Chris Oyakhilome – televangelist; founding president of Christ Embassy (Religion)
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David Obadiah Lot – pastor, Church of Christ (Religion)
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Dominic Ekandem (Religion)
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Francis Arinze – Catholic cardinal (Religion)
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John Onaiyekan – Catholic cardinal (Religion)
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Joseph Ayo Babalola – founder, Christ Apostolic Church (Religion)
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Matthew Ashimolowo – senior pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre (London, England) (Religion)
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Peter Akinola – Anglican emeritus primate, Church of Nigeria (Religion)
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther (Religion)
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Sheikh Abubakre Sidiq Bello – founder of Dairat Sidiq Faedot Tijanniyat of Nigeria (Religion)
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Sheikh Dahiru Usman – Islamic scholar, Dariqat Tijjaniya Movement (Religion)
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T. B. Joshua – Christian minister; televangelist and faith healer; founder, The Synagogue, Church of All Nations; founder, Christian television station Emmanuel TV (Religion)
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Taiwo Odukoya – Senior Pastor, The Fountain Of Life Church (Religion)
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William Kumuyi – pastor, televangelist; writer; founder and general superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church (Religion)
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Bishop David Oyedepo – preacher; writer; founder and presiding bishop, Winners' Chapel (also known as Living Faith Church Worldwide); chancellor, Covenant University (Religion)
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Apostle Debrah Eunice Osagiede General overseer of Spirit and Life Bible Church (Religion)
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Sheikh Abubakar Gumi (Religion)
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Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky (Religion)
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Agbani Darego – winner, Miss World 2001 (International models)
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Ibife Alufohai – winner, Miss Valentine International 2010 and founder of Miss Polo International (International models)
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Krystal Okeke – Ms. Illinois USA Universal 2016 and founder of America Multicultural Kids Fashion Show and Miss America Nation beauty pageant (International models)
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Mary Timms – face of Next Generation Entertainment Awards 2017 (International models)
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Oluchi Onweagba – winner, M-Net Face of Africa competition 1998 (International models)
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Omowunmi Akinnifesi (International models)
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Ekei Essien Oku - first Nigerian woman chief librarian (ICT and information professionals)
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Gbenga Sesan – Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador (ICT and information professionals)
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Philip Emeagwali – 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner (ICT and information professionals)
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Adeoye Lambo – psychiatrist (Medicine and science)
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Ameyo Adadevoh – credited with having curbed a wider spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria (Medicine and science)
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Bennet Omalu – forensic pathologist (Medicine and science)
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Chike Obi – mathematician (Medicine and science)
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Eyitayo Lambo – health economist and technocrat (Medicine and science)
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Olufunmilayo Olopade – oncologist (Medicine and science)
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Olumbe Bassir – biochemist and nutritionist (Medicine and science)
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Segun Toyin Dawodu – physiatrist, pain medicine physician, medical informatics physician and lawyer Showemimo]] (Medicine and science)
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Adeola Ogunmola Showemimo (Aviators)
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Blessing Liman (Aviators)
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Chinyere Kalu (Aviators)
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Lola Odujinrin (Aviators)
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