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page 121st-century Nigerian women
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Chioma Ajunwa
nigerian long jumper and olympic gold medallist
Adenike Oladosu
Nigerian climate activist
Grace Alele-Williams
Nigerian mathematician (1932–2022)
Faith Idehen
Nigerian sprinter
Stella Obasanjo
First Lady of Nigeria (1945-2005)
Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Nigerian academic
Aisha Buhari
First Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023
Nike Monica Okundaye
Nigerian batik and textile designer
Ameyo Adadevoh
Nigerian physician
Rita Orji
Nigerian-born Canadian computer scientist
Patience Jonathan
former First Lady of Nigeria and permanent secretary in Bayelsa
Hilda Baci
Nigerian chef
Mayowa Nicholas
Nigerian model
Adetoun Ogunsheye
First Nigerian Female Professor (born 1926)
Chidimma Adetshina
Nigerian beauty pageant titleholder
Osasu Edobor
Social Entrepreur, Curator of THR Media and HERFessions App
Pamela Adie
Nigerian actor, writer and director
Adanna Steinacker
Nigerian doctor and influencer
Mabel Oboh
Nigerian television presenter and actor
Oluchi Onweagba
Nigerian model
Florence Seriki
founder and CEO of Omatek Ventures Plc
Offiong Edem
Nigerian table tennis player
Ahunna Eziakonwa
UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa
Basirat Nahibi
Nigerian politician
Hilda Adefarasin
Nigerian women's rights activist; president of the National Council of Women's Societies
Hadiza Zakari
Nigerian weightlifter
Aisha Falode
Nigerian journalist
Grace Umelo
Nigerian long jumper
Doris Bozimo
Nigerian professor and librarian
Tolani Tayo Osikoya
food blogger and chef
Grace Oyelude
Nigerian model
Christy Obekpa
Nigerian judoka (born 1971)
Lilian Salami
Nigerian academic and administrator
Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe
Nigerian Professor of French and African Literature
Kehinde Vaughan
Nigerian sprinter
Francisca Oladipo
Nigerian computer scientist
Karimot Odebode
writer and youth activist in Nigeria
Cecelia Akagu
Nigerian army officer
Ime Akpan
Nigerian hurdler
Raquel Kasham Daniel
Nigerian social entrepreneur
Patience Ibekwe Adbullah
Nigerian police officer
Oyeronke Akindele
Nigerian athlete
Charity Ekezie
Nigerian TikToker and journalist
Balkisu Musa
Nigerian weightlifter
Ijeoma Nwaogwugwu
Nigerian newspaper editor
Amina Ali
Nigerian former hostage (2014–2016) of Boko Haram
Esther Olukoya and Emily Ogunde
Nigerian identical twins
Yinka Jegede-Ekpe
Nigerian HIV/AIDS activist
Maryam Babangida
First lady of Nigeria
Rahma Haruna
subject of photograph in Nigeria
Bolanle Otegbayo
Food scientist
Sammy Oziti
Nigerian amateur wrestler
Ngozi Iwere
Nigerian journalist and social activist (born 1959)
Joshua Ikhaghomi
Nigerian swimmer
Ebinabo Potts-Johnson
Nigerian model
Racheal Ekoshoria
Nigerian weightlifter
Mimi Fawaz
Nigerian-Lebanese journalist
Maryann Ekeada
Nigerian judoka (born 1979)
Lovina Onyegbule
Nigerian Paralympic athlete