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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.
Nigerian Americans; Total population; 760,079 (2023) [1] (ancestry or ethnic origin) 476,008 (2023) [2] (born in Nigeria) Regions with significant populations; Texas (especially Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth and San Antonio) • Northeastern US (especially NYC, Boston, New Jersey and Philadelphia) • California (Los Angeles, Bay Area) • Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando) • Georgia • Chicago ...
Dike Chukwumerije is a Nigerian spoken word and performance poetry artist and author. He has eight published books, including the novel Urichindere, which won the 2013 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction [1] [2] and a poetry theatre production made in Nigeria.
This is a list of notable Nigerian people. It includes some but not all notable Nigerians. It includes some but not all notable Nigerians. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
More than half a million of AskMen's readers voted, along with our staff, to determine the Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011. The men who made the list come from different walks of life, but ...
Udo-Obong was nominated as one of the 50 most influential young Africans by African Digest in 2002, where he also captained Team Nigeria to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK. Udo-Obong is a recipient of the Akwa Ibom State Honours Roll, and is also a recipient of the Certificate of Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sports Development ...
Some 800 Dominican-born players have played in the major leagues, according to the 2022 book, “Dominicans In The Major Leagues.” And 99 were on opening day rosters this season, MLB reported.
In April 2014, Time listed him among its 100 most influential people in the world. [21] In 2015 Dangote was listed among "50 Most Influential Individuals in the World" by Bloomberg , [ 22 ] the Guardian Man of the Year award, [ 23 ] and was cited as one of the top 100 most influential Africans by London-based magazine, New African .