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Iya Abubakar Iya Abubakar (born 14 December, 1934) is a Nigerian politician and mathematician who held multiple cabinet level appointments (Minister of Defence and Minister of Internal Affairs) during the Nigerian Second Republic, and Senator for Adamawa No ...
- mathematician *
Akin Abayomi Akin Emmanuel Abayomi is a Nigerian professor who specializes in internal medicine, haematology, environmental health, Biosecurity and biobanking. Abayomi currently serves as Lagos State commissioner for health. He was with the Nigerian Institu ...
- pathologist *
Bala Achi Bala Achi (2 December 1956 – 5 April 2005) was a renowned Niɡerian historian, writer and academician. Early life and education Bala Achi was born into the family of Achi Kanan and Zuciya Achi on 2 December 1956. He was the third child of th ...
- historian *
Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh (4 October, 1933 – 5 October, 1997) was a Nigerian physician, educational administrator and former Vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He was a professor of Chemical Pathology. Early life He was born i ...
- chemical pathologist * Ladipo Adamolekun - public administrator *
Anthony Afolabi Adegbola Anthony Afolabi Adegbola was a Nigerian Professor of Animal science and former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science. In 1993, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeeded Professor Akpanoluo Ikpong Ikpong Ette ...
- animal scientist *
Maggie Aderin-Pocock Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock (; born 9 March 1968) is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy. Since February 2014, she has co- ...
- space scientist *
Ilesanmi Adesida Ilesanmi Adesida (born 1949, Ifon, Ondo State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian American physicist of Yoruba descent. He has been the provost at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from September 2016. Adesida is also the Donald Biggar Willett ...
- physicist *
Olanike Adeyemo Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo (17 July 1970, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of veterinary public health and Preventive Medicine, preventive medicine at the University of Ibadan. Olanike was appointed by the Oyo State Government Under Engr. Se ...
- veterinary medicine and preventive medicine * Isaac Folorunso Adewole - gynaecologist * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - writer *
Ernest Afiesimama Ernest Asi Afiesimama is a Nigerian environmental and climate scientist who has worked for the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and was a consultant in environmental and climate affairs at Stern Integrated Projects He was also the Coordinator of ...
- climate scientist and environmentalist *
Adiele Afigbo Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo (22 November 1937 – 9 March 2009) was a Nigerian historian known for the history and historiography of Africa, more particularly Igbo history and the history of Southeastern Nigeria. Themes emphasised include pre-colo ...
- historian * Joseph Ahaneku - chemical pathologist *
Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina (born 20 December 1950) is a professor of Library and Information Science, and former National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) Abuja. Education Professor Aina obtained a bach ...
- library and information scientist *
Deborah Ajakaiye Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye was born in 1940 in Plateau State in Northern Nigeria, and is a Nigerian geophysicist. She is the first female physics professor in Africa and her work in geophysics has played an important role in mining in Nigeria. Early ...
- geophysicist *
Jacob Ade Ajayi Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and ...
- historian *
Seth Sunday Ajayi Seth Sunday Ajayi (born 16th May, 1943) is a Nigerian scientist, scholar and the first African Professor of Wildlife Ecology. Early life and education Ajayi was born on 16 May ,1944 in Mopa, Kogi State. He attended the Sudan Interior Mission D ...
- wildlife ecologist *
Oladele Ajose Oladele Adebayo Ajose (1907–1978) was a Lagos prince who was the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University. He was an early advocate of primary health care in Nigeria and the first tenured African professor at the University of Ibadan ...
- public health * Esther Titilayo Akinlabi - mechanical engineer *
Dora Akunyili Dora Nkem Akunyili (14 July 1954 – 7 June 2014) was the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria from 2001 to 2008. Early life and education Dora Edemobi was born in Makurdi, B ...
- pharmacist *
Grace Alele-Williams Grace Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University ...
- mathematician *
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (22 September 1929 – 22 September 1989) was a Nigerian medical professor who served as Executive Governor of the defunct Nigerian state of Bendel State (now the Nigerian states of Edo and Delta (state), Delta) betw ...
- pathologist * Olajide Aluko - international relations * Uche Veronica Amazigo - biologist and parasitologist * El Anatsui - sculpture *
Alexander Animalu Alexander Obiefoka Enukora Animalu (born 28 August 1938) is a Nigerian academic, who is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds a BSc (London), M.A. (Cantab.) and PhD (Ibadan), FAS, NNOM, IOM A pioneer of ...
- physicist * Anya Oko Anya - parasitologist * Ishaya Audu - pediatrician *
Eme Awa Professor Eme Awa (born 15 December 1921 – 11 March 2000) was chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), appointed by President Ibrahim Babangida. He held office from 1987 to 1989, when he resigned due to a disagreement wi ...
- political scientist *
Ayodele Awojobi Ayodele Oluwatumininu Awojobi (12 March 1937 – 23 September 1984), also known by the nicknames "Dead Easy", "The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist. He was considered a scholarl ...
- mechanical engineer


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Olumbe Bassir Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001) was a Nigerian scientist, author and academic. His primary contributions to research were in the areas of aflatoxins, nutrition, and peace research. Early life and education Born in Senegal to Sierra Leonean Oku p ...
- biochemistry and microbiology * Ekanem Ikpi Braide - parasitologist


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* John Dabiri - aeronautical engineering and biophysics * Bello Bako Dambatta - chemist *
Kenneth Dike Kenneth Onwuka Dike (17 December 1917 – 26 October 1983) was a Nigerian educationist, historian and the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the nation's premier college, the University of Ibadan. During the Nigerian civil war, he moved to Harva ...
- historian * Ikechukwu Dozie - public health scientist


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* Michael Echeruo - literature *
Philip Emeagwali Philip Emeagwali (born 23 August 1954) is a Nigerian computer scientist. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for price-performance in high-performance computing applications, in an oil reservoir modeling calculation using a novel mathematical formu ...
- mathematician and engineer *
Emmanuel Emovon Emmanuel Emovon, CON (February 24, 1929 – February 20, 2020) was a Nigerian professor of chemistry and former vice chancellor of the University of Jos. In 1983, he was elected as president of the Nigerian Academy of Science and succeeded Prof ...
- chemist * Charles Esimone - pharmacist * Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze - philosopher * Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani - librarian


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Babs Fafunwa Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa (23 September 1923 – 11 October 2010). He was the first Nigerian Professor of Education. He was a Nigerian Educationist, Scholar and Former Minister for Education. As Minister, he was in charge of the biggest school system ...
- educationist * Toyin Falola - historian *
Adeyinka Gladys Falusi Adeyinka Gladys Falusi, NPOM, is a Professor, Nigerian Professor of haematology and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. She specializes in human genetics, bioet ...
- haematologist * Oluwole Babafemi Familoni - chemist *
Abdullahi dan Fodio Abdullahi dan Fodio ( ar, عبد الله بن فودي) (ca. 1766–1828), Amir of Gwandu (1819–1828), was a scholar and brother of Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817). Usman, being more of a scholar than politician, delegated the practical regency o ...
- islamic theologian and jurist


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Ibrahim Gambari Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, (born 24 November 1944), is a Nigerian academic and diplomat who is currently serving as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria. Early life and education Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was born on 24 November 1944 in Ilo ...
- political scientist *
Adenike Grange Adenike Grange is a paediatrician, professor, consultant, author and former Nigerian Minister in charge of the Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria), Federal Ministry of Health. Appointed on the 25th of July 2007, she was the first female Minist ...
- medicine *
Oye Gureje Oyewusi Gureje, NNOM (born in 1952) is a Nigerian psychiatrist at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Director at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences, Drug and Alcohol A ...
- psychiatry


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* Oni Emmanuel Idigbe - medical researcher * Albert Ilemobade - veterinarian *
Maurice Iwu Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu (born 21 April 1950) is a Nigerian Professor of Pharmacognosy who was appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in June 2005, and was removed from office in April 2010. Background Maurice Mm ...
- pharmacist * Sunday Iyahen - mathematician


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* Kalu Ndukwe Kalu - political scientist * Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Kishwani - mathematician


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Abisogun Leigh Abisogun Leigh is a Nigerian academic and administrator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University from 2001–2005. He succeeded Fatiu Ademola Akesode who died before the end of his tenure in March 2001; and was appointed by Bola Tinub ...
- Animal Scientist


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Akin Mabogunje Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje (18 October 1931 – 4 August 2022) was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate ...
- geographer * Emmanuel Ndubisi Maduagwu - biochemist *
Awele Maduemezia Awele Augustine Maduemezia (7 August 1934 – 20 February 2018) was a Nigerian professor of Physics, mathematician, researcher and educator. He was former Vice Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University. He also served as president of the Nigerian As ...
- physicist *
Oliver Mobisson Oliver Udemmadu Ogbonna Mobisson (April 23, 1943 – February 18, 2010) was a Nigerian scientist, professor, activist, and entrepreneur. He was also a founding Professor of the Anambra State University of Technology (now the Enugu State University ...
- computer scientist * Fatima Batul Mukhtar - botanist


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* Chinedu Ositadinma Nebo - engineer *
Eni Njoku Eni Njoku (6 November 1917 – 22 December 1974) was a Nigerian botanist and educator. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (1962–1965) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1966–1970). He served in the Nigerian House of Represent ...
- botanist * Bartholomew Nnaji - mechanical and industrial engineering *
Andrew Jonathan Nok Andrew Jonathan Nok, NNOM (11 February 1962 – 21 November 2017) was a Nigerian Professor of Biochemistry and the public affairs secretary of the Nigerian Academy of Science. In 2010 he was a recipient of the Nigerian National Order of Merit ...
- biochemist *
Hadiza Nuhu Hadiza Nuhu OON (born 23 August 1965) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development at Ahmadu Bello University. She is also an herbal medicine practitioner. Nuhu is an associate professor of pharmacy. Early life an ...
- pharmacist *
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi is a Nigerian environmental biochemist, soil scientist and toxicologist. Her research interest focus on waste management, pollution prevention and phytoremediation, which involves the treatment of environmental problems ...
- environmental biochemist *
Humphrey Nwosu Professor Humphrey Nwosu (born 2 October 1941) was chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) appointed by President Ibrahim Babangida, holding office from 1989 to 1993. Birth and early career Nwosu was born on 2 October 1941, and becam ...
- political scientist


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John Obafunwa John Obafunwa is a Nigerian medical expert, pathologist, lawyer, author and former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University. Early life and education Obafunwa was born in Epe, a local government area in Lagos State, South-Western Nigeria. H ...
- pathologist *
Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe (5 July 1949 – 3 January 2021) was a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering educational administrator and vice chancellor of the University of Lagos. He died from COVID-19 complications on 3 January 2021, during the COVI ...
- systems engineer *
Chike Obi Chike Obi (April 17, 1921 – March 13, 2008) was a Nigerian politician, mathematician and professor. The African Mathematics Union suggests that he was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. Dr. Obi's early research dealt mainl ...
- mathematician * Abiola Odejide - linguist * Latunde Odeku - neurosurgeon * Josephat Obi Oguejiofor - philosopher * Gabriel Babatunde Ogunmola - chemist *
Adetoun Ogunsheye Felicia Adetokun Omolara Ogunsheye (née Banjo; born 5 December 1926) is the first female professor in Nigeria. She was a professor of library and information science at the University of Ibadan. Early life and education Adetowun Ogunsheye w ...
- library scientist * Ayo Ogunsheye - adult education *
Peter Okebukola Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...
- researcher and administrator * Francisca Nneka Okeke - physicist * Friday Okonofua - gynaecologist * Samuel Okoye - astrophysicist *
Isidore Okpewho Isidore Okpewho, NNOM (9 November 1941 – 4 September 2016), was a Nigerian novelist and critic. He won the 1976 African Arts Prize for Literature, and the 1993 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book Africa. Also a classicist and scholar, he h ...
- novelist and critic * Ben Okri - writer *
Ifedayo Oladapo Ifedayo Olawole Oladapo, OON, FICE, NNOM, (24 November 1932 – 6 March 2010) was a Nigerian academic and professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Lagos. Early life Ifedayo was born in Ondo City and had his early education at Gover ...
- civil engineer * Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello - physiologist *
Abel Idowu Olayinka Abel Idowu Olayinka (born 16 February 1958) is a Nigerian professor of applied geophysics. He is a former deputy vice chancellor and former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is also the president of thWest African Research and In ...
- geophysicist *
Olufunmilayo Olopade Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, O.O.N.(born 1957 Nigeria) is a hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. She also serves as di ...
- oncologist * Is-haq Oloyede - Islamic Studies *
Kunle Olukotun Oyekunle Ayinde "Kunle" Olukotun is a British-born Nigerian computer scientist who is the Cadence Design Systems Professor of the Stanford School of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University ...
- electrical engineering and computer scientist *
Hezekiah Ademola Oluwafemi Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi (12 November 1919 – 15 August 1983) was a Nigerian academic and professor who served as the vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University from 1966 to 1975. He was instrumental in founding the university. He was ...
- agricultural economist *
Sophie Oluwole Sophie Bosede Oluwole (nee Aloba, 12 May 1935 – 23 December 2018) was a Nigerian professor and philosopher, and was the first female doctorate degree holder in philosophy in Nigeria. She was a practitioner of Yoruba philosophy, a way of thinkin ...
- philosopher *
Bennet Omalu Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 30, 1968"About Bennet Omalu"
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- forensic pathologist * Akinyinka Omigbodun - gynaecologist *
Michael Omolewa Michael Abiola Omolewa is a Nigerian diplomat, scholar, education historian, and civil servant. From September 2003 to October 2005, he served as the 32nd president of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul ...
- educationist * Peter Onumanyi - mathematician * Kalu Mosto Onuoha - geophysicist * Obinna Onwujekwe - health economist * Viola Onwuliri - biochemist * Cyril Agodi Onwumechili - nuclear physicist * Yemi Osinbajo - lawyer *
Femi Osofisan Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme ...
- writer *
Niyi Osundare Niyi Osundare is a leading African poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on March 12, 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of his Yoruba culture, which he capaciously hybridizes with other poetic ...
- literature *
Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun Professor Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun (6 January 1935 – 22 September 1995), was a researcher and neurologist from Okemesi, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Known for discovering the cause of ataxic tropical neuropathy, he was a founding member of the ...
- neurologist * Victor Adenuga Oyenuga - agriculturist * Nelson Oyesiku -neurosurgeon and endocrinologist


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Babalola Chinedum Peace Chinedum Peace Babalola (née Anyabuike) , is a Nigerian Professor of Pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. She is the first female Professor of Pharmacy in the University of Ibadan, FAS and FAAS and the second female Nigerian FAAS. She ...
- pharmacist


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* Olikoye Ransome-Kuti - paediatrician *
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. He has been called "a complete man of the theatre – an actor, director, choreograp ...
- playwright


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* Omowunmi Sadik - chemist *
Lateef Akinola Salako Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935 – 8 December 2017) was a Nigerian academic who was professor emeritus of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Ibadan. Early life Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in La ...
- pharmacologist *
Arinola Olasumbo Sanya Arinola Olasumbo Sanya (born 1953) is a Nigerian professor of physiotherapy at the University of Ibadan and a former commissioner of health in Oyo State, Nigeria. She was appointed professor in 2000, making her the first female professor of phys ...
- physiotherapy *
Umaru Shehu Umaru Shehu (8 December 1930 – 2 October 2023) was a Nigerian physician and academic administrator. He held significant positions in several universities, including the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, and the Universit ...
- physician *
Winston Wole Soboyejo Winston Wole Soboyejo commonly known as "Wole" is an American Scientist of Yoruba Nigerian parentage. He is a materials scientist whose research focuses on biomaterials and the use of nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of disease, the ...
- mechanical and aerospace engineering * John Olubi Sodipo - philosopher * Olusoga Sofola - physiologist * Zulu Sofola - playwright and dramatist * Olaitan Soyannwo - anesthetist *
Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (née Jadesimi) (born September 24, 1939) is a Nigerian botanist and environmental archaeologist. She was Professor of Palynology and Environmental archaeology, Environmental Archaeology at the University of Ibadan. She pi ...
- botanist and environmental archaeologist


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Tekena Tamuno Tekena Nitonye Tamuno (28 January 1932 – 11 April 2015) was a Nigerian historian and Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He was the President of the Board of Trustees of Bells University of Technology. Education and career Tamuno at ...
- historian *
Grace Oladunni Taylor Grace Oladunni Taylor (also known as Grace Oladunni Lucia Olaniyan-Taylor; born 24 April 1937) is a biochemist, formerly at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She was the second woman to be inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science and the first A ...
- biochemist *
Oyewale Tomori Oyewale Tomori (born 3 February 1946, Osun State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of virology, educational administrator, and former vice chancellor of Redeemer's University. Life and career Tomori was born in Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria on 3 F ...
- virologist * Mahmud Modibbo Tukur - historian


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Fabian Udekwu Fabian Anene Ositadimma Udekwu (1928 – 17 November 2006) born in Enugwu Agidi, Anambra State was a Medical Doctor, Cardiac surgeon. He was a distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a pioneer of open heart s ...
- cardiac surgeon *
Chinyere Ukaga Chinyere Ukaga (''née'' Dallah; was born October 8, 1966) is a professor of public health parasitology in the department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Imo State University, Owerri. Education Ukaga completed her O'level at Federal Go ...
- environmental biologist and parasitologist * Ibrahim H. Umar - physicist * Jarlath Udoudo Umoh - veterinary doctor * Yusuf Bala Usman - historian *
Patrick Utomi Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (born 6 February 1956) is a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate. He is the founder of Cen ...
- political economist


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* Eka Esu Williams - immunologist


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Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...