28 Notable alumni of
University of Benin
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The University of Benin is 1396th in the world, 31st in Africa, and 8th in Nigeria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from the University of Benin sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Babatunde Fashola
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as the minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. He also served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2015.
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Richard Mofe Damijo
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- politicianactor
- Biography
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Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo, popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist. He was also a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State in 2009. In 2005, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2016.
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Omoni Oboli
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- brand ambassadorfilm directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
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Omoni Oboli listen is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady and Wives on Strike (2016). In 2018 she starred and directed the comedy film, Moms at War.
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Reno Omokri
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- criticwriterlawyer
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Reno Omokri is a Nigerian author and social media influencer.
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Basketmouth
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- actorcomedian
- Biography
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Bright Okpocha, better known by his stage name Basketmouth, is a Nigerian comedian and actor. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Basketmouth Uncensored across the globe.
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John Ighodaro
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- DJ producersongwriteraudio engineersinger
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John Ighodaro, professionally known as Johnny Drille, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. His career came into the spotlight when he released a cover of "Awww" by Di'Ja. He is currently signed to Mavin Records.
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Raymond Dokpesi
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- 1951-2023 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chief Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi was a Nigerian media businessman. His parents were from Agenebode, Edo state in a family including six sisters. He entered the Nigerian mass media industry with his company DAAR Communications and set-up the Nigerian TV network Africa Independent Television (AIT). He was the organising committee chairman of the People's Democratic Party national conference in 2015. As of March 2020, he was still undergoing a trial on corruption charges. In May 2020, Dokpesi survived a serious COVID-19 infection. He suffered a stroke shortly after the 2023 Ramadan fastRaymond died from a fall on his treadmill o
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Kefee
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- singercomposer
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Kefee Obareki Don Momoh, also referred to by her music name Kefee, was a Nigerian female gospel singer and composer.
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
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- bankerinternational forum participanteconomist
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede FCIB, is a Nigerian business mogul, banker, investor and philanthropist.
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Tom Ilube
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- activistbusiness executivephilanthropist
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Thomas Segun Ilube is a British entrepreneur and educational philanthropist and chair of the Rugby Football Union making him the first black chair of a major sport in England. He was ranked first in the Powerlist 2017, an annual listing of the UK's 100 most powerful people with African or Afro-Caribbean heritage.
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Osagie Ize-Iyamu
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- farmerlawyer
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Osagie Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian pastor, politician, former Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Edo state government. He was the gubernatorial candidate of the Edo state People's Democratic Party for the 2016 Edo state gubernatorial election. He is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress. He was the National Vice-Chairman, South-South Zone, of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He is the current APC gubernatorial candidate for the just concluded Edo gubernatorial election in Edo State. He lost to the incumbent governor, Obaseki.
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Emmanuel Uduaghan
- Enrolled in the University of Benin
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in medicine
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan is a retired Nigerian politician and doctor who served as Governor of Delta State from 2007 to 2015. He assumed office via an inconclusive election on 29 May 2007 and was a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was reelected in 2011.
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Kelvin Ikeduba
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- film actor
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Kelvin Ngozi Ikeduba is a Nigerian actor who in 2014 won the award for Best Cross Over Actor at the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA) and he is predominantly known for his diversity in the Nigerian movie industry as he has been featured in Nollywood movies where the English language is commonly used in their productions and also has been featured in diverse Yoruba only speaking movies produced by the Yoruba movie industry of Nigeria.
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Paramanga Ernest Yonli
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- politiciandiplomat
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Paramanga Ernest Yonli also known as Ernest Paramanga Yonli, is a Burkinabé politician. He was Prime Minister from 6 November 2000 to 3 June 2007 and then President of the Economic and Social Council of Burkina Faso until March 2015.
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Ego Boyo
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- filmmakeractor
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Nwakaego Boyo (born September 6, 1968) is a Nigerian actor, producer, executive producer and creative entrepreneur who is popular for her role as Anne Haatrope in the early 90s soap, Checkmate. She is the founder and Managing Director of Temple Productions, Temple films and Temple Studio.
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Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ernest Nnaemeka Azudialu Obiejesi is a Nigerian business magnate and philanthropist. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nestoil and the founder of the Obijackson Foundation.
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Peju Layiwola
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- sculptoracademic
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Peju Layiwola, is an art Historian and visual artist from Nigeria who works in a variety of media and genre. She is listed as a "21st Century Avant-Garde" in the book Art Cities of the Future published by Phaidon Press. She is currently a Professor of Art and Art history at the University of Lagos and has been described as a "multi-talented artist." Her works can be found in the collection of Microsoft Lagos, Yemisi Shyllon Museum, Pan Atlantic, Lagos and homes of private collectors such as JP and Ebun Clark and the Obi of Onitsha.
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Emmanuel Eni
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- sculptorinstallation artistpainterconceptual artist
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Emmanuel Eni AKA Blackman in European Kitchen, is a Nigerian-born German artist and poet. He is known as a painter, sculptor, multimedia artist, performance artist and poet. THE NATION Newspapers describes him as one of the world’s most outstanding contemporary artists. Recently, he was listed in Forbes as one of the most famous and popular artists in 2020. Eni, who is famous for his fearless, soul-searching, philosophical art is described as an iconoclast of uncommon proportion https://thenationonlineng.net/how-germany-based-nigerian-artist-turned-lockdown-to-creative-forge/.
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Mildred Okwo
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- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Mildred Okwo is a Nigerian film director and producer. She was nominated for Best Director award at the 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards. In 2012 she directed the romance comedy-drama film The Meeting which won several awards including Nigeria Entertainment Awards, Africa Movie Academy Awards and Nollywood Movies Awards.
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Ijeoma Uchegbu
- Enrolled in the University of Benin
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- pharmacologistresearcherscience communicator
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Ijeoma Uchegbu is a Nigerian-British Professor of Pharmacy at University College London where she held the position of Pro-Vice Provost for Africa and the Middle East. She is the Chief Scientific Officer of Nanomerics, a pharmaceutical nanotechnology company specialising in drug delivery solutions for poorly water-soluble drugs, nucleic acids and peptides. She is also a Governor of the Wellcome, a large biomedical research charity. Apart from her highly cited scientific research in Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, Uchegbu is also known for her work in science public engagement and equality and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In December 2023, it was announced that she will become President of Wolfson College, Cambridge in October 2024.
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Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack
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- politicianengineer
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Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, OFR, popularly known as Beks, is a Nigerian civil engineer, technocrat and public servant. For over thirty years, Dagogo-Jack has been active in both the public and private sector, especially in areas of government/public administration and project management including engineering, construction and manufacturing.
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Chris Ekiyor
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- politiciandentist
- Biography
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Chris Ekiyor is a dental surgeon and the president emeritus of the Ijaw Youth Council. He is the founder of RAHI Medical Outreach, an NGO that meets the health needs of rural Africa with a focus on the Niger Delta region.
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Darlington Obaseki
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- pathologist
- Biography
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Darlington Ewaen Obaseki is a Nigerian Professor of Histopathology and the present Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.
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Charles Rotimi
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- researcher
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Charles Nohuoma Rotimi is the Scientific Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). He joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2008 as the inaugural Director of the Trans-NIH Center for Research in Genomics and Global Health and was also the chief of the NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch. He works to ensure that population genetics include genomes from African populations and founded the African Society of Human Genetics in 2003 and was elected its first president. Rotimi was instrumental in the launch of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) with the NIH and the Wellcome Trust. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.
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Abiodun Falodun
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- chemistacademic
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Abiodun Falodun is a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry from Nigeria. He was the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin and currently the Rector of Edo State Polytechnic, Usen. He was appointed by the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki and sworn in on April 4, 2018.
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Akanimo Odon
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- film producer
- Biography
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Dr. Akanimo Odon is an international business and strategy development expert from Nigeria. He specializes in education and training, energy and environment, oil and gas, media, charities and government. He is the African Advisor for Lancaster University and University of London. He lives in England and he is the CEO of Envirofly Consulting Limited, co-founder of Xn Foundation and also the founder of Flexy-Learn and Academia for Green Africa Initiative.
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Cecilia Omaile Ojabo
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- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- physicianacademiccivil servant
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Cecilia Omaile Ojabo is the former Commissioner of Health and Human Services in Benue State, Nigeria. She was sworn in by Governor Samuel Ortom in 2015. She is also an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH). As a Commissioner she worked towards improving healthcare in rural areas of Benue State. She also worked towards making hospitals more functional; increasing number of medical staff; and getting rid of polio infection and cholera outbreaks in the entire state.
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Patience Maseli
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Patience Oghogho Maseli is a former Deputy Director of the Upstream Division at the Department of Petroleum Resources, a position from which she retired in November 2018. She is the first woman to hold that position. She was the head of the first steering committee of Women in Geosciences and Engineering (WiGE). She christened a Drillship West Capella in South Korea on which her name is inscribed.
