Mahamane Ousmane
Nigerien President.
Ali Modu Sheriff
Senator Ali Sheriff.
Femi Osofisan
Femi Osofisan studied in Ibadan, Dakar and Paris and taught theatre and comparative literature at the University of Ibadan for 34 years, a post from which he recently retired.
Tai Solarin
Nigerian educator and author.
Uche Okeke
Noted for paintings with themes based on Igbo tales, Okeke developed the art program at the University of Nigeria..
Uwem Akpan
Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda in southern Nigeria.
Abdulsalami Abubakar
Nigerian general and brief head of state.
Akinpelu Obisesan
Businessperson and diarist.
Raji Rasaki
Nigerian politician and general.
Mustapha Adamu Animashaun
Nigerian historian.
Nwafor Orizu
Nigerian politician.
Joseph Nanven Garba
Nigerian general, diplomat and politician.
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Adebayo Adedeji
Politician.
Onyeka Nwelue
Writer and filmmaker.
Kayode Fayemi
Nigerian politician.
Toyin Falola
Nigerian historian.
F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna
Nigerian ethnologist and linguist.
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Bishop on the Niger; first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria.
Gabriel Okara
Nigerian writer.
Akilu Aliyu
Nigerian poet.
Elechi Amadi
Elechi Amadi was born in Aluu (near Port Harcourt), in the Delta region of Eastern Nigeria, into an Ibo family, representing a minority nation (tribe), the Ikwere.
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian politician.
Ken Wiwa
The eldest son of the writer, essayist, human rights activist and martyr 'Ken Saro-Wiwa' , Ken Wiwa, Jr.
Dan Fulani
Nigerian writer.
Helon Habila
Helon Habila was born in Nigeria in 1967.
Uche Nduka
Nigerian poet.
Akinwunmi Isola
Nigerian playwright and actor.
Ike Oguine
Nigerian writer.
Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian politician.
Kole Omotosho
Nigerian writer.
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Bola Tinubu
Nigerian politician.
Sani Abacha
Military leader, politician.
Daniel O. Fagunwa
Nigerian author.
Amatoritsero Ede
Nigerian poet.
Nduka Onwuegbute
Nigerian playwright.
Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Nigerian general.
Femi Euba
Nigerian actor.
John Onaiyekan
Catholic bishop.
Abdullahi Adamu
Governor of Nasarawa State.
Cecilia Ibru
Nigerian businessman.
Biyi Bandele
Writer.
Egbert Udo Udoma
African jurist.
Oyin Adejobi
Nigerian dramatist and actor in Yoruba.
Bola Ige
Nigerian politician.
Sankie Maimo
Cameroonian writer.
Mabel Segun
Nigerian writer.
Sunday Awoniyi
Nigerian politician.
Obinna Charles Okwelume
Nigerian writer.
Farouk Lawan
Nigerian politician.
Ola Rotimi
Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi (13 April 1938 – 18 August 2000), was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors.
Babs Fafunwa
Academic.
Atiku Abubakar
Vice-President of Nigeria.
Onuora Nzekwu
Nigerian professor.
Chimaroke Nnamani
Nigerian politician.
Twins Seven Seven
Nigerian painter.
Yushau Shuaib
A Nigerian writer and PR person.
Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe teaches African and African Diaspora literatures at Brown University.
Niyi Osundare
Nigerian writer.
Amos Tutuola
Amos Tutuola (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales.