51 Notable alumni of
Ahmadu Bello University
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Ahmadu Bello University is 674th in the world, 14th in Africa, and 3rd in Nigeria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 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.
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Atiku Abubakar
- Occupations
- customs officerpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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- entrepreneurpoliticianuniversity teacher
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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.
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Ibrahim Zakzaky
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- theologian
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Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzakypronunciation is a Nigerian religious leader. He is an imprisoned outspoken and prominent Shi'a Muslim leader in Nigeria. He is the head of Nigeria's Islamic Movement, which he founded in the late 1970s, when a student at Ahmadu Bello University, and began propagating Shia Islam around 1979, at the time of the Iranian revolution—which saw Iran's monarchy overthrown and replaced with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. Zakzaky believed that the establishment of a republic along similar religious lines in Nigeria would be feasible. He has been detained several times due to accusations of civil disobedience or recalcitrance under military regimes in Nigeria during the 1980s and 1990s, and is still viewed with suspicion or as a threat by Nigerian authorities. In December 2015, the Nigerian Army raided his residence in Zaria, seriously injured him, and killed hundreds of his followers. Since then, he has remained under state detention in the nation's capital pending his release, which was ordered in late 2016. In 2019, a court in Kaduna state granted him and his wife bail to seek treatment abroad but they returned from India after 3 days on the premises of unfair treatment and tough restrictions by security operatives deployed to the medical facility.
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Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
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- academicinternational forum participantbanker
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Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, 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 was 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 by the kano state government.
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Aisha Buhari
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- beauty therapistpoliticianactivist
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Aisha Halilu Buhari is a Nigerian beauty therapist and the current first lady of Nigeria since 2015, as the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Dino Melaiye
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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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.
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Yahaya Adoza Bello
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Yahaya Adoza Bello is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has served as the governor of Kogi State since 2016. A member of the All Progressives Congress, Bello has been the youngest governor in Nigeria throughout his term in office.
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Mohammed Barkindo
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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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.
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Zainab Ahmed
- Occupations
- international forum participantpoliticianaccountant
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Zainab Shamsuna Ahmedpronunciation CON is a Nigerian accountant who has been serving as Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning since 2019. At the time, President Muhammadu Buhari brought the two ministries under her as one, making her the de facto Minister of Economy.
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Sadiya Umar Farouq
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sadiya Umar Farouq is a Nigerian politician and the current Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
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Namadi Sambo
- Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
- 1972-1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science in architecture
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Adamu Adamu
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Mallam Adamu Adamu is a Nigerian accountant, journalist and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Education.
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Nuhu Ribadu
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- lawyerpolice officerpoliticianjurist
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Mallam Nuhu Ribadu mni is a former Nigerian police officer and politician who was the Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force and a former Nigerian government anti-corruption official. He was the pioneer Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the government commission tasked with countering corruption and fraud. In April 2009, he became a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development.
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Turai Yar'Adua
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Shehu Idris
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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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.
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Abdulmumin Jibrin
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- politician
- Biography
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Abdulmumin Jibrinpronunciation is a Nigerian politician, businessman, academic, and former 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.
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Jerry Gana
- Occupations
- academicpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai
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- novelist
- Biography
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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai is a Nigerian writer (novelist), and wife to the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. She was the founder of Yasmin El-rufai Foundation (YELF), a non-profit literary organization.
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John Olatunde Ayeni
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- 1967-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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John Olatunde Ayeni is a Nigerian lawyer, investor and business magnate. He holds board positions on companies throughout Nigeria.
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Ahmed Lawan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian politician and professor who has served as President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2019. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressives Congress.
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Yayale Ahmed
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- politician
- Biography
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Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, CFR is a Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria.
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Shamsuddeen Usman
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participantbanker
- Biography
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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.
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Elnathan John
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- 1982-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Elnathan John is a Nigerian novelist, satirist and lawyer whose stories have twice been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing.
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Tom Ikimi
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- 1944-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- architectpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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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.
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Mohammed Daggash
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Ola Ibrahim
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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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.
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Abdul Ahmed Ningi
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- 1960-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno
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Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi Shehu Of Borno is the Shehu, or traditional ruler, of the Borno Emirate in northeast Nigeria.
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Dele Jegede
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- 1945-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- painterart historian
- Biography
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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).
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Afakriya Gadzama
- Biography
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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.
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Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli
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- diplomat
- Biography
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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 demise of his grandfather, Emir Alu Dan Sidi in 1920.
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Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Samuel Oboh
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- architect
- Biography
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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.
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Ahmed Tijjani Mora
- Occupations
- pharmacist
- Biography
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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.
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Abdullahi Abubakar Yahaya
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- civil servantUnited Kingdom Permanent Secretarypolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Simon Ajibola
- Born in
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Nigeria - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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).
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Mike Onoja
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Mike Okibe Onoja listen is a Nigerian Businessman, and a public administrator from Ado LGA, Benue state. The Chairman of Monsoons Resources Investment International Limited and Century court Apartments, Century Petroleum Ltd, Shipping line, Shares with Valero Energy, ConocoPhillips, Zenith Bank, British Airways, ExxonMobil and many more. "Monsoons resources Investment International". Monsoons Resources Investment International. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.</ref> He also holds chieftaincy title as the Akanaba K'Idoma.
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Ayesha Imam
- Occupations
- political activisteditorwomen's rights activistlecturer
- Biography
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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. Since April 2017 she serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Greenpeace International.
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Tarkighin Dickson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dickson Dominic Tarkighir is a Nigerian politician. He was a member of the 8th National Assembly of the Nigerian House of Representatives, representing Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency and a member of the ECOWAS parliament.
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Farida Kabir
- Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
- In 2014 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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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.
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Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed deputy governor in July 2005, and returned as deputy governor in the April 2007 elections. He was sworn in as governor on 20 May 2010, replacing former 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.
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Stephen Oru
- Born in
- Nigeria
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stephen Orise Oru is a Nigerian politician. He is a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Richard Ali
- Occupations
- novelistessayisteditorpoetlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Ali is a Nigerian writer, lawyer and co-founder of Parrésia Publishers, a Lagos-based Afri-centric publishing house, home to Helon Habila, Onyeka Nwelue, Chika Unigwe and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, other continental voices.
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Sarah Reng Ochekpe
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 62)
- Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Reng Ochekpe is a Nigerian Politician from Plateau State. She was the Minister of Water Resources from 2011 to 2015.
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Lucy Surhyel Newman
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Lucy Surhyel Newman is an international consultant and policy advisor.
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Sani Musa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mohammed Sani Musa CON is a Nigerian politician and the senator representing the Niger East Senatorial District of Niger State at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly.
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Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu
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- 1953-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu // is a Nigerian microbiologist and served as the Director General/CEO of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), a research agency under the Nigerian Ministry of Science & Technology until the expiration of her tenure in 2018.
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Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa is a Nigerian clerk that has served as the Clerk of the National Assembly of Nigeria.
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Vivian Okeke
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Vivian N. R. Okeke is a Nigerian former diplomat. She was Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, and international bodies based in Vienna.
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Abu Kasim Adamu
- Born in
- Nigeria
- Enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in botany
- Occupations
- botanistprofessorvice chancellor
- Biography
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Adamu Abu Kasim is a Nigerian botanist and professor of science. He was appointed as vice chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai by Abubakar Sani Bello, assumed office in December 2019.
