- male, 72 years old
- General (rtd.) Chief Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, GCFR (born circa March 5, 1937) is a retired Nigerian Army General and former...
- male, 58 years old
- 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...
- male, deceased (1998)
- General Sani Abacha (Kano, 20 September 1943 - Abuja, 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military leader and politician. He was the "de facto" President...
- male, deceased (1995)
- Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 - November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer, and environmentalist. He was the...
- 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...
- male, 79 years old
- Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, an esteemed and controversial literary critic, and one of the most widely...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, October 15 1938 - August 2 1997), or simply Fela, was a Nigerian...
- male, 62 years old
- Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Turakin Adamawa), GCON (born 25 November 1946) was the Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He is a native of...
- male, deceased (1987)
- Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian politician and leader, a Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, who started as a regional...
- male, 29 years old
- Joseph Ikpo Yobo is a Nigerian football player currently with Everton F.C. He joined Everton on loan from Olympique Marseille in July 2002, with a...
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