Famous people born in Nigeria
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Igho Sanomi
Igho Charles Sanomi II is a Nigerian businessman, trained geologist, public speaker and philanthropist. He has business interests in oil, telecommunications, maritime, aviation and real estates.....
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Chioma Toplis
Chioma Elizabeth Toplis is a Nigerian born actress in Nigerias movie industry . She made her career debut in 2004 in the movie Stolen Bible alongside Kate Henshaw but gained prominence when she appeared in a lead role in a 2005 movie Trinity with several other prominent Nigerian actors....
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Leo Igwe
Leo Igwe is a Nigerian human rights advocate and humanist. Igwe is a former Western and Southern African representative of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, and has specialized in campaigning against and documenting the impacts of child witchcraft accusations. He is currently performing research on the topic as a PhD candidate at the Bayreuth International School of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, having earned a graduate degree in Philosophy from the Unive....
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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is a Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model. Since her Nollywood film debut in 1995, the leading actress has appeared in 300 films, selling millions of video copies. After receiving numerous highprofile awards, launching a music career, and amassing an enviable fan base, the press has revered the Screen Nation Best Actress as the African Magic. She is the first African celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page.....
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Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in long jumping and short sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump, and a world medallist in the 200 metres. She also holds the Womens 100 metres Commonwealth Games record for the fastest time at 10.85 seconds. Her 100160m best of 10.79 makes her the African record holder for the event. She was the African 100160m and long jump champion in 2010. She has also won medals at the AllAfrica Ga....
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Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa
Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa is a Nigerian radio and television on air personality. He was known to most just as Wildchild but since his marriage, has been known as simply IK. He is known for his work with Rhythm 93.7 FM, but he is also a presenter on MNets Studio 53, and is best known as the presenter of Big Brother Africa.....
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Ezinne Okparaebo
Ezinne Okparaebo is a Norwegian track and field sprint athlete. She was born in Nigeria, and has been living in Norway since the age of nine.....
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Margaret Adeoye
Margaret Adeoye is a British athlete who competes in the 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at that distance at London 2012.....
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Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, GOIH is a Portuguese sprinter specialized in 100160metres and 200160metres. He obtained Portuguese citizenship in 2001.....
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Ogwu James Onoja
Ogwu Onoja is a legal practitioner and notary public with the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Onoja has authored several publications on legal and social subjects in Nigeria, including The Supreme Court Rules Practice and Procedure and The Court of Appeal Rules Practice and Procedure, both published in 2010 and the Federal High Court Rules Practice and Procedure, volumes 1 and 2, published in 2012.....
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Chika Ike
Chika Nancy Ike is a leading Nigerian actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is a UN Ambassador, Refugee Ambassador for Displaced persons and founder of the Chika Ike Foundation. Chika ike is the brand Ambassador of Bullet Energy Drink. In regards to education, Chika is a Human Kinetics and Health Education graduate from the University of Lagos .....
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