General (rtd.) Chief Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, GCFR (born circa March 5, 1937) is a retired Nigerian Army General and former President of Nigeria. A Christian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, once as a military ruler, between February 13, 1976 to October 1, 1979 and again from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007, as elected President. His current home is Ado-Odo/Ota.

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (born July 9, 1951 in Katsina,Katsina State Nigeria) is the 2nd President of Nigeria's Fourth Republic. He served as governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria between May 29, 1999 and May 28, 2007. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian general election of 2007, held on April 21, was sworn in on May 29, 2007. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe, or, informally and popularly, as "Zik", was the founder of modern Nigerian nationalism and the first President of Nigeria, holding the position throughout the Nigerian First Republic.

Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, "Turakin Sakkwato" (born May 25, 1925) was the President of Nigeria's ill-fated Second Republic (1979 - 1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo's caretaker government. Shagari is a northerner of Fulani extraction and holds the title of "Turakin Sakkwato" in the Sokoto Caliphate. He was a schoolteacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1954, …

General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon (born October 19, 1934) was the head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another. During his rule, the Nigerian government successfully prevented Biafran secession, and he subsequently followed a magnanimous "no victor, …

Orji Uzor Kalu (born 21 April 1960) was governor of Abia State, Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Prior to his elections as governor he was Chairman of the Borno Water Board and of the Cooperative and Commerce Bank Limited. Known for his forthrightness, Orji Uzor Kalu fell out with the Olusegun Obasanjo-led Federal Government when he refused to dance to their tunes. His state, Abia, is known to have witnessed the most development for the eight years he was in power.

Dare Obasanjo is a Program Manager at Microsoft where he works on the Contacts team. The Contacts team provides back-end support for Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Expo, and related services. Obasanjo is also known for RSS Bandit, a popular .NET-based RSS reader he wrote on a whim. He is the son of the former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.

Stella Obasanjo (14 November 1945 - 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and the daughter of Christopher Abebe, a former UAC Nigeria Chairman. She hailed from Irruepken in Esan West local government area in Edo State, Nigeria. She was an Esan woman by ethnic origin and she was not the First Lady in 1976 when Obasanjo was military head of state.

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (often referred to as M. K. O. Abiola, August 24, 1937 - July 7, 1998) was a Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher and politician, though he was an accountant by training. He ran for the presidency in 1993, and won, but was denied the opportunity to become President when the election results were annulled by a court during the regime of Ibrahim Babangida.

Reverend Chris Okotie (born 16 June 1959) has been pastor of The Household of God Church International Ministries, Lagos, Nigeria since February 1987. He has run for the country's presidency twice.

Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu (born 16 February, 1948) has been Governor of Ondo State in Nigeria since 29 May, 2003. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Once, while on a foreign trip, the people of Ondo received false reports of his death. On 29 June, 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo commended him for the work he had done leading Ondo State, saying "You have taken time to plan. We have also seen that the execution of the plan is now showing results."

Sylvester Ugoh was the Vice Presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention in 1993, the NRC's Presidential candidate being Bashir Tofa.

Professor Wande Abimbola, is the "Awise Awo Agbaye" ("World Spokesperson for Ifa and Yoruba Religion"). From 2003—2005, he was the Special Adviser on Cultural Affairs and Traditional Matters to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He has served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), and has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Lieutenant General Muhammad Gado Nasko(rtd) (born 1941) was briefly the military governor of Sokoto State between 1978-1979. Nasko retired from the army in 1993 after a palace coup by his colleague Sani Abacha ushered in a new set of ministers. He was at the time a Lt Gen and one of the few high ranking Generals left in 1993 after the exit of military dictator Ibrahim Babangida.

Suleiman Takuma (1934-2001) was a Nigerian journalist, politician and businessman. He served as the national secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) and later as a political advisor to President Shehu Shagari, the only President from that party.

Augustus Meredith Adisa Akinloye (popularly known as A.M.A, born on 19 August 1916 in Ibadan) is a Nigerian politician. He read law at the London School of Economics between 1946 and 1948. Upon his return to Nigeria, he briefly worked as a lawyer before venturing into politics.

Ravi Zacharias Ravi Zacharias For thirty-four years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, President Fujimori's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow.

Joseph Makoju Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Power Dr. Joseph Makoju is the Special Adviser to the President on Electric Power. Prior to this appointment he was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the erstwhile National Electric Power Authority (NEPA). He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Electric Power Authority in 2001.

Lynda Chalker holds a number of non-executive directorships. She is the first and so far only woman to be appointed as non-executive Director of Unilever Plc and NV, for whom she first worked as a statistician at the beginning of her career. In addition, Lynda Chalker also plays a key role as the Co-ordinator of the President of Nigeria's Honorary International Investor Council, is a member of Kenya's Economic & Social Council and of the Ugandan and Tanzanian Investment Round Tables.

Tina Wallace is a research associate at the University of Oxford's International Gender Studies Centre and an honorary senior research fellow at the Oxford Brookes School of Business. She is a sociologist and development consultant, an experienced researcher and practitioner with NGOs, has taught in Universities in Africa and Europe, and has wide experience of working with the NGO sector in UK and Africa.

Bishop Sunday Onuoha is President and founder of Vision Africa, and serves on the board of Directors of Vision Africa / Lantern International . He was educated in Nigeria at the Methodist Theological Institute, Immanuel College of Theology Ibadan, and the University of Ibadan. He served as a pastor at several churches, taught at seminaries, and was involved in mission outreach in Nigeria. He was the first Chairman of the youths for Abia State Government, Nigeria.

Miriam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigerian head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, is a prominent and respected Internet figure. After the mysterious death of her husband, she was informed by her lawyer, Bello Gambari, that her husband who at the time was the president of Nigeria, showed him four metal boxes of foreign money to be transferred overseas for foreign investment .

Obiageli Ezekwesili Obiageli Ezekwesili was named Nigeria's Minister of Solid Materials during the summer of 2005. Prior to that, she was Special Assistant for Budget to the President of Nigeria. She serves on the boards of several national and international organizations committed to development, democracy, and accountability issues both in her country Nigeria and globally.

Beverley Mbu Beverley, or Bev, is originally from Nigeria and a political science student. She has lived on three continents, travelled extensively, hung out with cool people, and eaten a lot of food. This ambitious Catholic girl aspires to become President of Nigeria one day.

Nnamdi Azikiwe: (1904-1996) writer, journalist, educator, & first President of Nigeria when it became a republic in 1963. He left Nigeria as a stowaway and came to the U.S. where he studied and supported himself as a coal miner, casual laborer, dishwasher, and boxer before returning to Africa. Among his books is Nascent Africa.

Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria