30 Notable alumni of
University of Benin
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The University of Benin is 1375th in the world, 31st in Africa, and 8th in Nigeria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 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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Richard Mofe Damijo
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- actorpolitician
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Chief Richard Evans Mofe-Damijo, popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist. He served as Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State from 2009 to 2015. Mofe-Damijo won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2005. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2016. In 2024, he was honoured with the Industry Merit Awards, alongside Iya Rainbow at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards.
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Babatunde Fashola
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- ministerlawyerpolitician
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Babatunde Raji Fashola CON SAN is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He was the minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. He also served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 2007 to 2015.
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Omoni Oboli
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- screenwriterfilm directorbrand ambassadorfilm produceractor
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Omoni Oboli listen is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director and producer. 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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- criticlawyerwriter
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Reno Bemigho Omokri is a Nigerian author, columnist, adventure traveller, and social media influencer.
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John Ighodaro
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- audio engineersongwriterDJ producersinger
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Johnny Drille is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He rose to prominence in 2015 after releasing a cover of Di’Ja’s song "Awww", which attracted the attention of Don Jazzy, the founder of Mavin Records. He is known for his emotive style, blending folk, soul, and African influences.
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
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- bankereconomist
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede FCIB, CFR is a Nigerian businessman, banker, investor and philanthropist.
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Basketmouth
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- comedianactor
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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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Raymond Dokpesi
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- politician
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Chief Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi was a Nigerian media businessman and politician. His parents were from Agenebode, Edo state in a family including six sisters. He entered the Nigerian mass media industry with his company, the 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 undergoing a trial on corruption charges. In May 2020, Dokpesi survived a COVID-19 infection. He suffered a stroke shortly after the 2023 Ramadan and died from a fall on his treadmill on 29 May 2023.
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Kefee
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- composersinger
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Evelyn Irikefe Don Momoh, also referred to by her stage name Kefee, was a Nigerian gospel singer and composer.
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Emmanuel Uduaghan
- Enrolled in the University of Benin
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in medicine
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
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Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan is a retired Nigerian politician and medical 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 and sworn in for a second tenure in 2011.
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Tom Ilube
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- activistphilanthropistbusiness executive
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Thomas Segun Ilube CBE is a British entrepreneur and educational philanthropist and former chair of the Rugby Football Union making him the first black chair of a major sport in England. He is the Chair of The King's Trust in the UK. He is also Chairman of LINK, the UK's cash access and ATM network.
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Philip Shaibu
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- politician
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Philip Shaibu is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the deputy governor of Edo State from 2016 until his impeachment in 2024. He was reinstated by the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, 17 July 2024. He previously served as a member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Etsako from 2015 to 2016, and as a member of the Edo State House of Assembly from 2007 to 2015.
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Osagie Ize-Iyamu
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- pastorlawyerfarmerpolitician
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Osagie Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian pastor, politician, and 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 (APC). Ize-Iyamu was the National Vice-Chairman, South-South Zone, of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
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Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi
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- businessperson
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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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Kelvin Ikeduba
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- film actor
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Kelvin Ngozi Ikeduba Listen is a Nigerian actor who won the award for Best Cross Over Actor at the 2014 Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA).
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Ijeoma Uchegbu
- Enrolled in the University of Benin
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- researcherpharmaceutical scientistscience communicator
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Professor Dame Ijeoma Florence Uchegbu Listen is President of Wolfson College, Cambridge and a Nigerian-British professor of pharmacy at University College London, where she previously held the position of Pro-Vice Provost for Africa and the Middle East.
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Paramanga Ernest Yonli
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- diplomatministerpolitician
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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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- actorfilmmaker
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Nwakaego Boyo Listen (née Nnamani; born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian actress, producer, executive producer and creative entrepreneur. She is best known for her role as Anne Haatrope in the early 1990s soap opera Checkmate. She is the founder and managing director of Temple Productions, Temple Films and Temple Studio.
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Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite
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- bankerphysicianpolitician
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Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite is a Nigerian politician, medical doctor and financial analyst. She served as Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria between August 2023 and October 2024. She is the Nigerian Minister of State for Finance, a position she assumed in November 2, 2024.
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Peju Layiwola
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- academicsculptor
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Peju Layiwola, Listenis 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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Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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- children's writerwriteruniversity teacher
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Suyi Davies Okungbowa is an author and professor of Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa. His debut novel, David Mogo, Godhunter was published in July 2019; he has also written for younger readers (under the author name Suyi Davies) like Minecraft: The Haven Trials. His work is heavily influenced by the histories and cultures of West Africa and Nigeria, and discusses themes of identity, challenging difference and finding home. WIRED referred to him as "one of the most promising new voices coterie of African SFF writers."
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Emmanuel Eni
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- painterwriterconceptual artistsculptorinstallation artist
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Emmanuel Eni, is a Nigerian-born artist and poet. He works in various mediums including painting, sculpture, and performance art.
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Mildred Okwo
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
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Mildred Okwo is a Nigerian film director and producer. She was nominated for the 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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Darlington Obaseki
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- pathologist
- Biography
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Darlington Ewaen Obaseki is a Nigerian professor of histopathology who has served as the chief medical director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, since 2017.
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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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Chris Ekiyor
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- dentistpolitician
- 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.
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Abiodun Falodun
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Nigeria - Occupations
- academicchemist
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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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Cecilia Omaile Ojabo
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- physiciancivil servantacademic
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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.
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Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack
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- engineerpolitician
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Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, popularly known as "Beks", is a Nigerian civil engineer, technocrat, entrepreneur, and public servant. For over thirty years, he 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.
