Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

male, 75 years old
Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. Some consider him Africa's most distinguished...
Bola Ige

Bola Ige

male, deceased (2001)
Bola Ige (September 13 1930 - December 23 2001) was a Nigerian Yoruba politician. He was born in Esa-Oke village, now in Osun State. He became a...
Niyi Osundare

Niyi Osundare

male, 62 years old
Niyi Osundare (born in 1947 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ondo State, Nigeria) is a prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. He gained degrees at the...
Rasheed Ladoja

Rasheed Ladoja

male, 65 years old
Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja (born 25 September 1944) became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria on 29 May 2003. He is a member of the ruling People's...
Tai Solarin

Tai Solarin

male, deceased (1994)
Tai Solarin was a Nigerian educator and author. He established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State in 1956. He attended St. James’s Sc...
Adegoke Adelabu

Adegoke Adelabu

male, deceased (1958)
Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu (September 3, 1915 - March 20, 1958) was an important politician from Ibadan in the middle part of the 20th century. He...
Adekunle Fajuyi

Adekunle Fajuyi

male, deceased (1966)
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, (June 26, 1926 - July 29, 1966), was the first military governor of the defunct Western Region, Nigeria. Originally a...
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

male
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, a Fuji performer, is a native of Ibadan, a city in sourthern Nigeria. Appropriately and fondly referred to as "Mr. Fuji"...
Segun Odegbami

Segun Odegbami

male, 57 years old
Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, often shortened to Segun Odegbami (born August 27, 1952 in Lagos) was a Nigerian football forward, who was brought up in...
Raji Rasaki

Raji Rasaki

male
General Raji Alagbe Rasaki, Nigerian Army (Rtd.) (Born on January 7, 1947 in Ibadan) attended the elite Nigerian Military School, Zaria after which...