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Alex Asogwa; Liz Da-Silva; Genevieve Nnaji; Omotola Jalade Ekeinde; Sola Sobowale; Funke Akindele; Joke Silva; Rita Dominic; Mercy Johnson; Kate Henshaw; Ini Edo
Genevieve Nnaji // ⓘ (/ ˈ n ɑː dʒ i /; [1] born 3 May 1979) [2] is a Nigerian actress, producer, and director. [3] [4] [5] She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actor to win the award.
Latunde Odeku, first Nigerian neurosurgeon trained in the United States; pioneer of neurosurgery in Africa; Chidi Chike Achebe, physician executive and son of Chinua Achebe; Bankole Johnson, psychiatrist; discoverer of topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, as an effective treatment for alcoholism.
A. Kingsley Abasili; Nuhu Abdullahi; Kamal Aboki; Onuora Abuah; Femi Adebayo; Lateef Adedimeji; Oyin Adejobi; Odunlade Adekola; Daniel Ademinokan; Muyiwa Ademola
Uzo Aduba’s Nigerian grandfather made the radical decision to educate his daughters, laying the path for her success as an acclaimed Hollywood actress.
In 2006, Nwodim, who is Nigerian American of Igbo heritage, graduated from Eastern Technical High School in Essex, Maryland, in Baltimore County. [5] She received a biology degree from University of Southern California. [2] Deciding to pursue a career in comedy, she began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in Los ...
Frederick Nnaemeka Leonard, (born May 1, 1976) [1] [2] is a Nigerian actor who won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a movie at the Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards in 2014 [3] [4] and in 2016 won the City People Movie Award For Best Supporting Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards.
Omotola is the second Nigerian and first Nigerian celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page. [3] [4] She currently has a total of 3 million followers on Facebook. [5] In 2013, she was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. [6]