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Atiku Abubakar is Nigeria’s most persistent presidential candidate, having contested the presidency five times. He served as Vice President under Obasanjo (1999-2007) and founded the American University of Nigeria in Yola. His net worth is estimated at $1.5-2.5 billion.
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Kelechi Iheanacho is a Nigerian striker from Owerri who won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup Golden Ball in 2013. He played for Manchester City and Leicester City, winning the 2021 FA Cup with Leicester, and moved to Sevilla in 2023.
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Toyin Abraham is one of Nollywood’s most commercially successful actress-producers. Born in Abeokuta, she has produced and starred in some of the highest-grossing Nigerian cinema releases of the 2010s and 2020s including Omo Ghetto the Saga.
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Jim Ovia is the founder of Zenith Bank, one of Nigeria’s largest and most profitable banks, which he established in 1990 on a technology-first model. He also founded Visafone (sold to MTN in 2015) and Africa Fintech Foundry, and authored Africa Rise and Shine (2021).
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Tobi Amusan is a Nigerian 100m hurdles athlete who set the world record of 12.40 seconds at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene. She trained at the University of Texas at El Paso and has won gold at the Commonwealth Games and African Athletics Championships.
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Pete Edochie is widely regarded as Nigeria’s greatest actor. His portrayal of Okonkwo in the 1986 NTA adaptation of Things Fall Apart remains the defining screen performance of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 Nollywood films and received a UNESCO award for contribution to African arts.
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Tiwa Savage is a Nigerian Afropop and R&B artist, Berklee College of Music graduate, and the first African female artist signed to Roc Nation. She is one of the most decorated female artists in Nigerian music history.
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Mike Adenuga is the founder of Globacom (Glo) and Nigeria’s second richest person with a Forbes-estimated net worth of $6-7 billion. Known as “Bull”, he is one of Africa’s most private billionaires and disrupted Nigeria’s telecoms market in 2003 with per-second billing.
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Odion Ighalo is a Nigerian striker from Ajegunle, Lagos who fulfilled his childhood dream of playing for Manchester United in 2020 and donated his entire United salary to COVID-19 charity. He is Nigeria’s record AFCON scorer at a single tournament with 5 goals in 2019.
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Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) is a veteran Nigerian actor, former journalist, and former Delta State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism. He has appeared in over 100 Nollywood productions including Ripples, Chief Daddy, Blood Sisters, and Shanty Town.
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Rema (Divine Ikubor) is a Nigerian Afropop artist from Benin City signed to Mavin Records. His 2022 hit Calm Down with Selena Gomez became one of the most globally successful Afrobeats songs ever released.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and first African to serve as WTO Director-General. A Harvard and MIT graduate, she served as Nigeria’s Finance Minister twice and spent 25 years at the World Bank before taking the top WTO role in March 2021.
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John Obi Mikel is a retired Nigerian footballer who spent 11 seasons at Chelsea, winning the Champions League, Premier League twice, and multiple domestic cups. As Nigeria’s captain, he lifted the 2013 AFCON trophy and won the tournament’s Best Player award.
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Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is a Nigerian actress and singer who has appeared in over 300 Nollywood films. She was named on Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list in 2013 and holds a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador appointment.
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Asake (Ahmed Ololade) is a Nigerian Afrobeats and Fuji-fusion artist signed to YBNL Nation. His 2022 debut album Mr Money with the Vibe made him one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising stars.
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