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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
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]
Rosemary Brown, British Columbia legislator; first Black woman to run for the leadership of a political party in Canada (the federal New Democratic Party) Measha Brueggergosman, opera singer; Kim Brunhuber, journalistic; Matthew Bullock, fugitive from the US who became a cause celebre in the 1920s; Millicent Burgess, educator; Nate Burleson ...
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. List of notable Igbo people of Nigeria Part of a series on Igbo people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Ishielu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia Ohuhu Omuma Onitsha Oratta Ubani Ukwuani List of Igbo people Igbo culture Art Performing arts ...
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 ...
They represent the second largest ethnic community of Nigerians in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian census by Statistics Canada , 16,210 respondents spoke Yoruba at home ranking it as one of the most spoken Niger-Congo language in the country.
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.