http://www.notablenigerians.com/ 2008-11-20T01:11:21+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/ http://www.notablenigerians.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-02-26T21:49:31+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=chinua_achebe&rev=1204062571&do=diff Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born the son of Isaiah Okafo, a Christian churchman, and Janet N. Achebe November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. He married Christie Chinwe Okoli, September 10, 1961, and now has four children: Chinelo, Ikechukwu, Chidi, and Nwando. He attended Government College in Umuahia from 1944 to 1947 and University College in Ibadan from 1948 to 1953. He then received a B.A. from London University in 1953 and studied broadcasting at the British Broadcasting Corp. in London in … text/html 2008-02-26T21:47:15+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=wole_soyinka&rev=1204062435&do=diff Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan, he continued at the University of Leeds, where, later, in 1973, he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England, he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960, he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time, he taught drama and literature … text/html 2008-02-23T17:33:12+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=agbani_darego&rev=1203787992&do=diff The first Nigerian woman to win the miss world beauty peagent text/html 2008-02-17T08:20:50+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=hakeem_olajuwon&rev=1203236450&do=diff Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Olajuwon played center for the Houston Rockets, whom he led to back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995, and the Toronto Raptors. text/html 2008-02-15T16:50:27+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=herbert_macaulay&rev=1203094227&do=diff Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay (November 14, 1864—May 7, 1946) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, engineer, journalist, and musician and considered by many as the founder of Nigerian nationalism. Early life Macaulay was born in Lagos on November 14, 1864. He was the grandson of bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and the son of the founder of the first secondary school in Nigeria.[1]. After going to a Christian missionary school, he took a job as a clerk at the Lagos Department of Public Works.… text/html 2008-02-15T16:40:42+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=obafemi_awolowo&rev=1203093642&do=diff Obafemi Awolowo (March 9, 1909—May 9, 1987) was a Nigerian politician and leader, a Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, who started as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria and the Action Group political party. He was an active journalist and trade unionist as a young man, editing The Nigerian Worker amongst other publications while also orga… text/html 2008-02-12T21:54:14+00:00 administrator http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=home&rev=1202853254&do=diff Welcome to notable Nigerians. Here you will find Nigerians who have done their country proud. You can register login and nominate your own entries. We list all those who have and are actively involved in making the lives of Nigerians everywhere better by individual and collective acts of note. We have noticed that a lot of the entries are for sports people but we encourage you to list those who have achieved fame and recognition for their endeavours in other areas in the name of our country. text/html 2008-02-12T09:42:21+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=fela_kuti&rev=1202809341&do=diff BORN ON 15 OCTOBER, 1938, OLUFELA Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti was the fourth of five children in a middle-class family. His father, the Reverend Israel Ransome-Kuti, was the first president of the Nigerian Union Of Teachers his mother, Funmilayo, was a political activist and feminist, also known as the first woman in Nigeria to drive a car and as the recipient of a Lenin Peace Prize who travelled to Russia and China and met Chairman Mao. His grandfather, an Anglican pastor, who encouraged Fel… text/html 2008-02-11T15:42:29+00:00 http://www.notablenigerians.com/doku.php?id=oluchi_onweagba&rev=1202744549&do=diff Nigeria's first supermodel and the face of Africa