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Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War. [2] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991. [3] There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the Greater Toronto Area. [4]
This page lists Canadian citizens of full or partial Nigerian descent. Subcategories. ... Nigerian emigrants to Canada (46 P) I. Canadian people of Igbo descent (4 P) Y.
Yarima Ibrahim Abdullahi – Nigerian administrator. Served as the Nigerian high commissioner to Malaysia and Brunei. Sarki Auwalu – Director general of the Department of Petroleum Resources; Adamu Abdu-Kafarati – Former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria; Suleiman Kassim – aviation secretary for the Ministry of Transportation
Godwin Maduka, Nigerian doctor, businessman, philanthropist and the founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center; Chin Okeke; Henry Fajemirokun; Orondaam Otto — Founder, Slum2School Africa; Adesua Etomi; Samuel Fawehinmi; Veekee James; Cletus Ibeto; Michael Ibru; Linda Ikeji — Founder, Lindaikejiblog; Anastasios George Leventis
Watch out, boomers: Gen Z has arrived. Among the famous faces at the Time 100 Next event Thursday night were a handful of ultra-influential teenagers who have taken the world by storm.
Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator Suzanna Ogunjami , painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ə ˈ m ɑː n d ə ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ d iː tʃ i. eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian author and activist. Regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature, she is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013).