64 Notable alumni of
Ahmadu Bello University

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Ahmadu Bello University is 643rd in the world, 13th in Africa, and 3rd in Nigeria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 64 notable alumni from Ahmadu Bello University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Atiku Abubakar

    Atiku Abubakar
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politiciancustoms officer
    Biography

    Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran as governor of Adamawa State in 1990, 1996, and in 1998, when he was finally elected before he became Obasanjo's running mate during the 1999 presidential election and was re-elected in 2003.

  2. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

    Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1951-2010 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianentrepreneur
    Biography

    Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.

  3. Ibrahim Zakzaky

    Ibrahim Zakzaky
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzakypronunciation is a Nigerian religious leader. An outspoken and prominent Shi'a leader in Nigeria, he was imprisoned several times for his struggle against injustice, especially the system of corruption in his country. He claims that only Islam can proffer solution to the complex socio-political problems, which has over the years stagnated the country's development plans. In a lecture he has delivered in marking the occasion of Sheikh Uthman Bn Fodio Week (May 2023) organized by the Academic Forum of Islamic Movement, Zakzaky disclosed that he is continuing the Jihad of Uthman Bn Fodio to make sure that Islam becomes the ruling religion in not only Nigeria but the whole West Africa. In a lecture delivered on the same occasion in Sokoko (20 May 2023), one of his proponents, Dr. Nasir Hashim has claimed that Zakzaky’s dream is the only hope for Africa.

  4. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

    Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    bankerinternational forum participantacademic
    Biography

    Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II (Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is a spiritual leader in the Tijanniyah Sufi order of Nigeria. He is a member of the Dabo dynasty and the 14th emir (Sarki) of the ancient city-state of Kano. He was born in Kano in 1961 into the royal family as the grandson of Muhammadu Sanusi I. He succeeded his great-uncle Ado Bayero to the throne on 8 June 2014, and spent most of his reign advocating for cultural reform in Northern Nigeria, until his dethronement on 9 March 2020.

  5. Aisha Buhari

    Aisha Buhari
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    activistpoliticianbeauty therapist
    Biography

    Aisha Halilu Buhari is a Nigerian beauty therapist who served as the first lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, as the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari.

  6. Dino Melaiye

    Dino Melaiye
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dino Melaye is a Nigerian politician, a former senator and was a member of the 8th Nigerian National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial district. He is from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

  7. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

    Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He is a member and national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC).

  8. Mohammed Barkindo

    Mohammed Barkindo
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1959-2022 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo pronunciation was a Nigerian politician. From 1 August 2016 until his death, he was the Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. He helped to create the OPEC+ alliance between OPEC members and other oil-producing countries.

  9. Zainab Ahmed

    Zainab Ahmed
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    accountantpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. She previously served as the minister of finance from 2018 to 2019, and as the minister of State for Budget and National Planning from 2015 to 2018. In 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari brought the two ministries under her as one, making her the minister of the Economy.

  10. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

    Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    political scientist
    Biography

    Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is a Nigerian diplomat, academic and political scientist who was the president of the United Nations General Assembly 74th session from 17 September 2019 to 15 September 2020. He previously served as vice president of the 71st session from September 2016 to September 2017. He has served as Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2017.

  11. Sadiya Umar Farouq

    Sadiya Umar Farouq
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sadiya Umar Farouq is a Nigerian politician who served as the Pioneer Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

  12. Namadi Sambo

    Namadi Sambo
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
    1972-1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science in architecture
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

    Mohammed Namadi Sambo is a Nigerian politician who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 19 May 2010 to 29 May 2015. He previously served as governor of Kaduna State from 2007 to 2010.

  13. Nuhu Ribadu

    Nuhu Ribadu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    lawyerjuristpoliticianpolice officer
    Biography

    Nuhu Ribadu mni is a Nigerian politician and retired police officer who since 26 June 2023 is serving as the National Security Adviser; after shortly serving as Special Adviser on Security to President Bola Tinubu.

  14. Ahmed Lawan

    Ahmed Lawan
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian politician and professor who served as the 14th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressives Congress.

  15. Adamu Adamu

    Adamu Adamu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Mallam Adamu Adamu is a Nigerian accountant, journalist and politician who served as the minister of Education from 2015 to 2023.

  16. Turai Yar'Adua

    Turai Yar'Adua
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politicianeducator
    Biography

    Turai Umar Musa Yar'Adua is the widow of the former Nigerian president and former Katsina State Governor, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. She was the First Lady of Nigeria from 2007 until the death of her husband on 5 May 2010.

  17. Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya

    Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1932-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    paintersculptorprintmaker
    Biography

    Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya is a Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden. The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos has an exhibit of colourful abstract canvases by Onobrakpeya and his works can be found at the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art, although no exhibitions were showing as of October 2017.

  18. Abdulmumin Jibrin

    Abdulmumin Jibrin
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdulmumin Jibrinpronunciation is a Nigerian politician, businessman, academic, and member of the Nigerian House of Representatives represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State who was recently re-elected on the platform of the New Nigerian People Party. He served as the Federal Housing Authority's Executive Director of Research and Innovation Development from October 2021 until May 2022, under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

  19. Shehu Idris

    Shehu Idris
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1936-2020 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    teacher
    Biography

    Shehu Idris was a Nigerian teacher who served as the 18th Emir of Zazzau, a Nigerian traditional state headquartered in Zaria. He also served as chairman of Zazzau Emirate Council and Kaduna State Council of Chiefs. A member of the Fula people, he ascended the throne on 8 February 1975 following the demise of Alhaji Muhammadu Aminu, his predecessor. Idris was the longest reigning monarch in the history of the Zazzau emirate, having reigned for 45 years from 1975 to 2020. He was succeeded by Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau.

  20. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

    Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2023. He served as minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 2003 to 2007. El-Rufai also served as director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises. He is a co-founding member of the ruling party All Progressives Congress.

  21. Jerry Gana

    Jerry Gana
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politicianacademic
    Biography

    Jerry Gana, is a Nigerian scholar, politician and one time senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1983 then Director for the Directorate of Food, Roads and Infrastructure.He was the director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery, popularly known as MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida, then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan. Later he became Minister of Information and Culture under General Sani Abacha, then Minister of Corporation and Integration in Africa under Olusegun Obasanjo as well as being Minister of Information and national Orientation. He also served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo, before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006.

  22. Dikko Umar Radda

    Dikko Umar Radda
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Dikko Umar Radda is a Nigerian economist and politician who is the current governor of Katsina State since 2023. He served as the director-general of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). He was elected governor of Katsina State in the 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections.

  23. Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

    Hadiza Isma El-Rufai
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    novelist
    Biography

    Hadiza Isma El-Rufai is a Nigerian writer (novelist), and wife to the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. She was the founder of Yasmin El-rufai Foundation (YELF), a non-profit literary organization.

  24. Sunday Dare

    Sunday Dare
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Sunday Akin Dare is a Nigerian journalist who served as the Nigerian Minister of Youth & Sports from 2019 to 2023. He previously held the position of Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), having been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2016.

  25. Haruna Abdullahi

    Haruna Abdullahi
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    rapperrecord producermusicianstudentsongwriter
    Biography

    Haruna Abdullahi, known professionally as DJ AB, is a Nigerian rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter.

  26. Ibrahim Gaidam

    Ibrahim Gaidam
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ibrahim Gaidam is a Nigerian politician who has served as the Minister of Police Affairs since 2023. He previously served as senator representing the Yobe East senatorial district from 2019 to 2023, and as governor of Yobe State from 2009 to 2019.

  27. John Olatunde Ayeni

    John Olatunde Ayeni
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    John Olatunde Ayeni is a Nigerian lawyer, investor and business magnate. He holds board positions on companies throughout Nigeria.

  28. Yayale Ahmed

    Yayale Ahmed
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, CFR is a Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria.

  29. Andrew Yakubu Laah

    Andrew Yakubu Laah
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    chemical engineer
    Biography

    Andrew Laah Yakubu is a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was given the appointment by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2012. He and the management team were relieved of their appointments to strengthen the on-going reforms in NNPC by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in July 2014 and Joseph Dawha was named as his successor in August 2014.

  30. Shamsuddeen Usman

    Shamsuddeen Usman
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    bankerinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    Shamsuddeen Usman,, is a Nigerian economist, banker, technocrat and public servant. He is currently the CEO of SUSMAN & Associates, an economic, financial and management consulting firm headquartered in Nigeria. He was the Finance Minister of Nigeria between June 2007 and January 2009 and also served as the Minister of National Planning from January 2009 to September 2013. Usman is the Chairman of Citibank Nigeria Limited.

  31. Elnathan John

    Elnathan John
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Elnathan John is a Nigerian novelist, satirist and lawyer whose stories have twice been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing.

  32. Tom Ikimi

    Tom Ikimi
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianarchitect
    Biography

    Chief Tom Ikimi in Kumba-Southern, British Cameroons (modern-day Cameroon) to John Onile Ikimi and Victoria Isiemoa Ikimi, both from Igueben (Igueben Local Government Area- Edo State). He is married, with three sons and a daughter. He is a Roman Catholic. He was appointed Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He has been chairman of ECOWAS council of ministers and ECOWAS committee of Nine on Liberia(C-9) from 26 July 1996.

  33. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli

    Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli CFR is a Nigerian lawyer, banker and diplomat. He is the former Nigerian ambassador to Thailand with concurrent accreditation to Myanmar, and the current 19th Fulani Emir of Zazzau, a Nigerian traditional state with headquarters in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is the first Emir from the Mallawa ruling house to be enthroned in a century after the dethronement of his grandfather, Emir Alu Dan Sidi in 1920.

  34. Mohammed Daggash

    Mohammed Daggash
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

    Mohammed Sanusi Daggash is a Nigerian architect, economist and politician who was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives in 1999, and became Senator for Borno North (Borno State) in 2003. President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister for the National Planning Commission of Nigeria in July 2007, and relieved him of his post in October 2008. He was again reappointed as Minister for Works in April 2010 by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

  35. Ola Ibrahim

    Ola Ibrahim
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    naval officer
    Biography

    Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim DSS, psc, rcds, fwc is a retired Nigerian Navy admiral and former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

  36. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno

    Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Biography

    Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi Shehu Of Borno is the Shehu, or traditional ruler, of the Borno Emirate in northeast Nigeria.

  37. Abdul Ahmed Ningi

    Abdul Ahmed Ningi
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdul Ahmed Ningi was a Deputy Majority Leader of the Nigerian Senate. A member of People's Democratic Party (PDP), he served as a Senator representing Bauchi central senatorial district from 2011 to 2015. Bauchi Central senatorial zone includes the local government areas of Danbam, Darazo, Ganjuwa, Misau, Ningi, and Warji.

  38. Sarah Jibril

    Sarah Jibril
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sarah Nnadzwa Jibril is a Nigerian politician, psychologist, social reform proponent and philanthropist. She is known for serving as the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Moral Values and for her advocacy of the emancipation and empowerment of Nigerian women and children. Jibril is Nigeria's first female presidential candidate both at the primaries and main elections, having run for president on four occasions.

  39. Dele Jegede

    Dele Jegede
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    art historianpainter
    Biography

    Dele Jegede is a Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator, and teacher. Jegede was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, (1995). He taught at Spelman College, Atlanta as Visiting Fulbright Scholar (1987-1988), when he curated the exhibition, Art By Metamorphosis. Listed in Kelly and Stanley's "Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who & Bibliography," Jegede was Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, Indiana State University, Terre Haute (2002-2005) and Professor of Art at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, (2005-2010). He retired as Professor Emeritus in May 2015. Jegede is recipient of the Distinguished Africanist Award of the University of Texas. He is currently the Chairman, board of trustees of the Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN).

  40. Suraj Abdurrahman

    Suraj Abdurrahman
    Years
    1954-2015 (aged 61)
    Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
    Graduated with Master of Science
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    military officerarchitect
    Biography

    Suraj Alao Abdurrahman, was a Nigerian Army general who served as the Command Officer in Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia, with former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the Commander-in-Chief. According to then President Johnson Sirleaf, General Abdurrahman "was an exceedingly exceptional gentleman officer whose contributions lifted the Armed Forces of Liberia to professional greatness and emplace our military amongst UN peacekeepers”.

  41. Afakriya Gadzama

    Afakriya Gadzama
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Biography

    Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama mni OFR is a Nigerian security officer who is the Chairman of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. He previously served as Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) under President Umaru Yar'Adua from August 2007 to September 2010.

  42. Abdullahi Abubakar Yahaya

    Abdullahi Abubakar Yahaya
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianUnited Kingdom Permanent Secretarycivil servant
    Biography

    Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi is a Nigerian politician and an associate professor. He is the Senator representing Kebbi North Senatorial District of Kebbi State at the 9th National Assembly. He was Senate Majority Leader of the Nigerian 9th National Assembly.

  43. Abdalla Uba Adamu

    Abdalla Uba Adamu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Abdalla Uba Adamu is a Nigerian academic, educator, publisher, filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, and media scholar. He hold double professorships in Science Education (1997) and Media and Cultural Communication (2012).

  44. Samuel Oboh

    Samuel Oboh
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Samuel Óghalé Oboh is a Canadian architect, manager, leader, former Vice President - Architecture at AECOM Canada Architects Ltd - a Fortune 500 Company and the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Sam Oboh (as he is commonly known) is the first Canadian of African descent to be elected as president of this Canadian Royal Institute - a feat that the erstwhile director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University - Ottawa, the late professor Pius Adesanmi described as "a history-making event on many fronts." In 2021, at the Rio General Assembly, Oboh was elected as the Vice President for Region 3 of the Paris-based International Union of Architects (UIA) - a body recognized by the United Nations, working to unify architects, influence public policies, and advance architecture to serve the needs of society. Oboh was elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects at an investiture ceremony held in New York on June 22, 2018. The citation read at the investiture ceremony noted that "Oboh exemplifies the ideals of stewardship excellence by intensifying public advocacy - inspiring diversity, promoting good design and championing transformative initiatives for public good." With his investiture, Oboh qualified to use the FAIA designation. Only about 3% of architects in the United States of America (and beyond) have this unique distinction.

  45. Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja

    Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja listen is a Nigerian Senator who represented Kogi East senatorial district in the National Assembly, and a member of the All Progressives Congress.

  46. Ahmed Tijjani Mora

    Ahmed Tijjani Mora
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    pharmacist
    Biography

    Ahmed Tijjani Mora is a Nigerian pharmacist, academic, former Registrar and now Chairman of the Governing Council of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. He is the National President, Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association. He was elected President of the Alumni Association in August 2015 at the Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the association. The assembly was attended by delegates from over 25 States. Prior to his election, he was the substantive Deputy National president of the association.

  47. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi

    Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi is a Nigerian veterinary surgeon and politician who is the current minister of state for agriculture and food security. He served as the senator representing Niger North Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023, at the 8th and 9th National Assembly. He was the deputy chief whip at the 9th National Assembly.

  48. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa

    Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1948-2012 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed deputy governor of Kaduna State in July 2005, following the death of Stephen Shekari and was elected in 2007. He was sworn in as governor on 20 May 2010, replacing Governor Namadi Sambo who had been sworn in as vice president the day before. Yakowa successfully ran for election as Kaduna Governor in the 26 April 2011 polls.

  49. Patricia Akwashiki

    Patricia Akwashiki
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Patricia Naomi Akwashiki was elected Senator for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. She is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

  50. Ibrahim H. Umar

    Ibrahim H. Umar
    Occupations
    lectureracademic
    Biography

    Ibrahim Khalil Umar is a Nigerian scientist and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986. He holds a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, a M.Sc. in physics from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Ph.D. in physics at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. In 1976 he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University. In 1978 he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic.

  51. Usman Kibiya Umar

    Usman Kibiya Umar
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politicianacademiccivil servant
    Biography

    Usman Umar Kibiya mni is the Sarkin Kibiya of Kibiya Local Government Area of Kano State. He was turbaned on 26 May 2007 following the death of Late Sarkin Kibiya Alh Ado Abdullahi Kibiya.

  52. Abdulkareem Baba Aminu

    Abdulkareem Baba Aminu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    painterscreenwriterretail workeranimatorjournalist
    Biography

    Abdulkareem Baba Aminu is a Nigerian journalist, cartoonist, comicbook artist and retailer, painter, writer, poet and culture critic.

  53. Ayesha Imam

    Ayesha Imam
    Occupations
    editorfeministwomen's rights activistpolitical activistlecturer
    Biography

    Ayesha Imam is a Nigerian born human rights activist. She is a former Chief of the Culture, Gender and Human Rights department of the United Nations Population Fund and a founding member and pioneer national coordinating secretary of Women in Nigeria. She late became the coordinator of a BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, a human rights advocacy group. From April 2017 to March 2023, she served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Greenpeace International.

  54. Simon Ajibola

    Simon Ajibola
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Simon AjibolaListen became the Senator for the Kwara South Senatorial District of Kwara State in June 2004 and was reelected in 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

  55. Farida Kabir

    Farida Kabir
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
    In 2014 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Farida Mohammad Kabir is a Nigerian epidemiologist, software developer, and technology entrepreneur. She is the team lead for Google Women TechMakers and co-organizer for Google Developer Group, Abuja. She is also the founder/CEO of OTRAC, a health technology company that develops enterprise software systems for the healthcare sector in Nigeria.

  56. Mike Onoja

    Mike Onoja
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

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  57. Stephen Oru

    Stephen Oru
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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  58. Richard Ali

    Richard Ali
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerpoeteditoressayist
    Biography

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  59. Lucy Surhyel Newman

    Lucy Surhyel Newman
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

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  60. Sarah Reng Ochekpe

    Sarah Reng Ochekpe
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science in political science
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sarah Reng Ochekpe is a Nigerian Politician from Plateau State. She was the Minister of Water Resources from 2011 to 2015.

  61. Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu

    Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

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  62. Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa

    Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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  63. Abu Kasim Adamu

    Abu Kasim Adamu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in botany
    Occupations
    vice chancellorprofessorbotanist
    Biography

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  64. Vivian Okeke

    Vivian Okeke
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

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