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| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Afam4eva(m): 4:15pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
honeycandy: I didn't see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on that list.On what list? |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by yuzedo: 4:22pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
bolakale30: Your mother! How dare you switch from simply stu(p)id to highly hypocritical?! You must be extremely d(a)ft for saying that! Look at this oaf o! See me see i(d)iot??  Who started the insults? You quoted me, launched into a barrage of insults because you tar-filled medulla couldn't comprehend my original post, and you have the nerve to pull this out of your smelly a(s)s?!  You must feel you can mouth off on the world wide web and get away with it all the time? Young man, don't piss me off! Carry your reprehensible peasant self away from this thread.. Your ilk are squeegee-cleaning windows at traffic spots in the slums.. Spare us the inferiority complex your every post reveals. We don't need to know subliminally about your backward pedigree. F(u)ckwad! |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by naturalwaves: 5:03pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Jarus: I am a proud product of Ife, but I concede this is between ABU and UNN. The reason why this is so is because while almost everybody that mattered in the North went to ABU, almost everybody that matters in the east also went to UNN, but the West has UI, Ife and Unilag, three universities to share its own.You said my mind.Nice analysis. As you can see, 70% or more of the people on the OP's list are Ibos which clearly shows that UNN was the only major school in the East as at that time. It is only normal for all or almost all of the earlier educated Easterners to attend UNN. The OP had the advantage of making an earlier on research. I'll suggest this thread is kept alive so others can make researches about their Alumni.I was so surprised to see the quality of names some people are pasting on Unilag Alumni. I tell you, I was amazed at what I saw when I saw a list of her grads few years back from one of my sister's books and her Alumni is far far better than those lists filled with Entertainers. When you talk about Ife, you talk about a place that's home to Intellectual gangas. Her products are really holding their own too WORLDWIDE. As for UI, I'm very sure U go fear list when U see theirs as well. The point I'm trying to make in all is that, it is only a matter of research before we can compare Alumni.The initial post by the OP is quite intimidating cos he has made a research. The post would have made a better sense if the OP had brought forward a name or two in each sphere of life and then ask if any school has a better Alumni in those spheres.That would have been a better way of hastening people's memory. 1 Like |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by slam7000(m): 6:01pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
honeycandy: I didn't see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on that list. I dont think Ngozi Adichie graduated from UNN.She was a medicine & surgery undergraduate in 1994/95..class of 2001 but never joined her colleagues at enugu campus after first year,she joined Pharmacy but still didnt complete that before going to the US..The rest they say is history. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Bigboy100: 6:07pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
;DAfam, please put ethnic chauvinism aside and face reality, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria has the most emminent Alumni in Nigeria no doubt ! If you wanna argue abt this then I will refer you to check GOOGLE for further info. Don't stay in the south and assume that nothing good comes out of the north academically ''never judge a book by its cover,discover the soul brother'' Do you know abt Professor Gabriel Oyinbo the man that demystified Albert Einstein's scientific theorems and propounded the GAGUT theory in the US or Professor Aku the man that redesigned the gear box of Mercedes Benz E-Class ? This is a man that graduated with a CGPA of 4.99 in Mechanical Engineering and had a GPA of 4.90 as his lowest score althrough his academic sojourn.I bet you have never heard of Professor Ketchina former Nigerain Medical Association president,Professor Musa Shock former Nigerian Association of Pharmacologist President,J.B Daudu SAN former NBA president, Atiku Abubakar former Vice-President,Umaru Yar'adua,Namadi Sambo,Arc.Nuhu Wyah Minister of Power, Ummuna Lawan Ali Permanent-Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and OPEC Governor in Nigeria, not also forgetting Justice Uwais,Yayale Ahmed former SGF,Alfa Belgore CJN,Katsina-Alu CJN,Justice Kutigi CJN, the current Minister oF Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke, Sanusi Lamido CBN Governor,Ahmed A. Ahmed former CBN Governor, more than 20 ex-governors, and over 100 ministers and ex-ministers,over 200 head of federal parastatals,more than 120 senators. El-Rufai, Zainab Shamsuna Executive Secretary of NEITI, Solomon Lar, Adamu Ciroma, NNPC's GMD's Shehu Ladan,Abubakar Yar'Adua,Andrew Yakubu et al. Falalu Bello ex-MD Unity Bank. kai I no fit shout ! And mind you ABU isn't tribalistic in its admission process. Dude get a life we reign the nation !!! ;DAfam, please put ethnic chauvinism aside and face reality, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria has the most emminent Alumni in Nigeria no doubt ! If you wanna argue abt this then I will refer you to check GOOGLE for further info. Don't stay in the south and assume that nothing good comes out of the north academically ''never judge a book by its cover,discover the soul brother'' Do you know abt Professor Gabriel Oyinbo the man that demystified Albert Einstein's scientific theorems and propounded the GAGUT theory in the US or Professor Aku the man that redesigned the gear box of Mercedes Benz E-Class ? This is a man that graduated with a CGPA of 4.99 in Mechanical Engineering and had a GPA of 4.90 as his lowest score althrough his academic sojourn.I bet you have never heard of Professor Ketchina former Nigerain Medical Association president,Professor Musa Shock former Nigerian Association of Pharmacologist President,J.B Daudu SAN former NBA president, Atiku Abubakar former Vice-President,Umaru Yar'adua,Namadi Sambo,Arc.Nuhu Wyah Minister of Power, Ummuna Lawan Ali Permanent-Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and OPEC Governor in Nigeria, not also forgetting Justice Uwais,Yayale Ahmed former SGF,Alfa Belgore CJN,Katsina-Alu CJN,Justice Kutigi CJN, the current Minister oF Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke, Sanusi Lamido CBN Governor,Ahmed A. Ahmed former CBN Governor, more than 20 ex-governors, and over 100 ministers and ex-ministers,over 200 head of federal parastatals,more than 120 senators. El-Rufai, Zainab Shamsuna Executive Secretary of NEITI, Solomon Lar, Adamu Ciroma, NNPC's GMD's Shehu Ladan,Abubakar Yar'Adua,Andrew Yakubu et al. Falalu Bello ex-MD Unity Bank. kai I no fit shout ! And mind you ABU isn't tribalistic in its admission process. Dude get a life we reign the nation !!! |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Afam4eva(m): 6:12pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Bigboy 100%:Your opinion is welcome. But i still wonder why all these people from ABU are all politicians or work in a politics related field. I think it's as a result of quota system that gives Northerners in edge in anything government. I hope to see a list of high profile doctors, lawyers, economists, bankers, CEOs who graduated from this school is any. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Bigboy100: 6:56pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Which career position does a Lawyer wants to attain in Naija that is above an SAN ,NBA President,Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a Justice of the Court of Appeal or the Attorney-General of the Federation? And for a Medical Doctor than being the President of NMA or NAP for a Pharmacist . And also for an economist than being the CBN Governor or NNPC's GMD for an engineer? Please check the initial names I listed b4 the names of the policticians and technocrats. How comes ladies aren't participating in this debate sef ? |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Afam4eva(m): 7:07pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Bigboy 100%:If you look at the Alumni of other universities, their professions are pretty balanced unlike that of ABU which tilts towards politics. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by naturalwaves: 7:18pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Bigboy 100%:If you go to Romance section, you will find a bulk of them there.That's what they seem to like. You would be so surprised to see some threads that didn't even make front page entering 6 pages.Some of them should be in family section as well. 2 Likes |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Abujabir24: 7:19pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
All of u guys are just bluffing. D best dat has produced d most ALUMNIS is d Nigerian Defence Academy. Thread Closed |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by AkinDavid2: 7:30pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
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| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by naturalwaves: 7:34pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
afam4eva: Did you skip the first set of names he wrote? Moreover,there is usually a slight tilt towards some certain field in most schools. There is no how there can be a balance. E.g When we talk about great human right Activists , Ife is the no 1 as a bulk of them finished from there. When you talk about the Media and Entertainment, Unilag is the King at least I know the guy that owns Channels finished from there, Kofi, Teju babyface, Jazzman, Gbenga Adeyinka, Tee A, Eldee, Freestyle, Sasha etc. Infact, the list is endless. When you talk about those in politics, you just have to give it to Abu.I tell you, he has done the best thing he should by listing some other prominent people from ABU that have risen to the pinnacle of their careers. Do you know who Prof Onyibo is? #just asking# 1 Like |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Edumilano(m): 7:55pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Every tertiary institution ve got diff calibre of alumi members, of which UNN is not an exception.considering the primary motive of our nationalist in the establishment of an indigenous institution_then, I think the University Of Nigeria has the strongest and most popular/recognized alumni. That's my candid opinion, which is subject to critiques |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by ACM10: 8:05pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Bigboy 100%:The highest career position which a doctor can attain in terms of the politics of his profession is Secretary-general of the World Health Organisation(WHO). The highest career position in terms of his academic knowledge is pioneering a revolutionary technique for better management of patients or discovering a new drug. Professor P.O. Okonkwo of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dept of UNN discovered the drug Ivermectin, which is used in the treatment of River blindness. This drug had benefitted millions of river blindness patients in Nigeria, Africa and the world. With this feat, he has reached the pinnacle of his academic career. Afam is right! Northerners attains mostly political heights in Nigeria because of the quota system and federal character system. I can remember that my friend gained admission to study medicine in UNN by claiming Sokoto as his state of origin. His name appeared on the merit list, even though he scored 235 in JAMB exam. While the name of my other friend from Imo who scored 272 was omitted from from the list for failing to reach the cut-off mark. If Nigeria embraces meritocracy, I will not be surprised if people from other regions supplants some northerners from their positions. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Unkl(m): 8:18pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
UNN all the way, I'm so proud to be a LION!!!!! |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by okpurukata(f): 9:04pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
UNN all the way. Great Lions and Lionesses!!, Great! |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by sanilistic: 9:31pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
A.B.U is ahead of u naturally Care 2 see d alumni Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, GCFR. Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Namadi Sambo, current vice president,Federal Republic of Nigeria Dahiru Musdapher, Current Chief Justice of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar GCON, Former Vice President,Federal Republic of Nigeria Oladipo Diya,GCON, Former Vice President/ CGS, Federal Republic of Nigeria Ghali Umar Na'Abba, Former Speaker, House of Representative, Nigeria Sunday Awoniyi, Northern Yoruba Leader,Former Chairman ACF Aminu Bello Masri, Former [speaker] House of Representatives Usman Bayero Nafada, Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives Ayodele Awojobi, Scientist and Professor at University of Lagos Attahiru JegaProfessor, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mansur Muhtar, Executive Director of the World Bank Mohammed Bello Adoke,Minister of Justice & Attorney General of the Federation Nnenadi Usman, Former Finance Minister Turai Yar'Adua, Former First Lady Olusegun Obasanjo Jnr., Architect and Son of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Shehu Ladan, Former GMD, NNPC Jerry Gana, Former Information Minister Idris Legbo Kutigi, Former Chief Justice of Nigeria Rilwanu Lukman, Former Secretary General OPEC & Petroleum Minister Nuhu Ribadu, Former Chairman, EFCC Ibrahim Lamorde, Current Chairman, EFCC Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Former FCT Minister Donald Duke, former Cross River state governor Isa Yuguda,Governor, Bauchi State Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, Governor, Nasarawa State Shamsudeen Usman,Minister of National Planning Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Governor, Gombe State Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari, Governor, Kebbi State Ibrahim Geidam,Governor, Yobe State Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, Governor, Taraba State Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Former Governor, Yobe State Mohammed Bawa, former Ekiti State governor Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, Shehu of Borno Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, former Kano state governorave fixed some links and added needed spaces Zainab Abdulkadir Kure, politician Sanusi Lamido, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Ahmed Makarfi, former Kaduna state governor Adamu Mu'azu, former Bauchi State governor Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo, politician Aminu Safana, doctor/politician Ibrahim Shekarau, former Kano state governor Ibrahim Shema, Katsina State governor Ussif Rashid Sumaila, economist Ibrahim H. Umar, former Vice Chancellor and scientist. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Kaduna state governor Reginald Ihejiahi - M.D. & Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc Iya Mohamed, Managing Director, SODECOTON; president FECAFOOT; member of FIFA world cup committee; member of CPDM in Cameroon Abayomi Awoniyi (Kogi State) Deputy Governor Professor Seth Sunday Ajayi,Wildlife Conservation Expert(1994 UNEP Global 500 Environmental Achievement Laureate For Africa) Lantana Usman, Author and Professor |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by ACM10: 10:10pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
^ Which course did Olusegun Obasanjo study at ABU Zaria?  |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Pacemaker: 10:16pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Class of 2002 University of Nigeria,Nnsuka...Great Lions !!!! |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by igboboy1(m): 10:32pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Mote2: Tam David West, Adebayo Faleti, Michael Echeruo, Jude Munonye, Mabel Segun, Joseph Gomwalk, Elechi Amadi, Chris okigbo, Akinwunmi Ishola, Zulu sofola, dem say recognizable o, no be any average joe. The average nigerians do not know 98% of the people in the list. these are average nigerians at best. YOu can walj into a market in warri and say fela, obj, ojukwu, ibori and people will know them the people u mentioned apart from maybe elechi, okowa, akintoye, kumuyi etc are just champions in their vicinity only. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by bigmaut: 10:44pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
With all these array of alumni members frm nigerian university ,nigeria is still in a mess,abig smelly shit-hole what value has they added to thier society that is what is important  ??1 Like |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by bigmaut: 10:50pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
afam4eva:Ha! na bad thing for graduates to be in politic??shld dey leave it 4 illiterate?? |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by Nobody: 10:55pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Governor fatai ahmed...the only reasonable thing university of ilorin has produced!!!!!!smh4them |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by abouzaid: 11:05pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
ACM10:i was surprised during my youth service to see so many igbos with a northern state of origin. Infact, if u read madiebo book, u will realise that strategy has been used by igbos even before the civil war. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by dom(m): 11:11pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Its on record that the alumni of UI includes more than half of the past vice chancellors of UNN. Counting the galaxy of stars in UI alumni is an exercise in futility cos you can't stop. Founded in 1948,its not fair to compare the alumni list with those of later generation universities like UNN (1960). Like should compete with like. UI's contemporaries are the likes of University of Legon, in Ghana. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by abouzaid: 11:27pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
^^ pls provide us with facts not generalizations. |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by zibe(m): 11:55pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
UNN...my UNN |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by pharmow: 12:54am On Oct 19, 2012 |
My pity for nigeria is that in a not too far future, the names of the notables will be people that studied in one university in US, UK or Canada. The big question is how many of these people have their children studied or studying in the university they finished from? |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by bola4dprec(m): 1:40am On Oct 19, 2012 |
afam4eva:Nigerian Defence Academy is a degree award institution which equivalent to university degree |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by bola4dprec(m): 2:14am On Oct 19, 2012 |
afam4eva:1-Ahmed Makarfi He became a member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Abuja as well as its Director of Finance and Administration. Makarfi was elected governor of Kaduna State in 1999 and won a second four-year term in 2003. 2-Aminu Safana A doctor by training, Safana was a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University and the Universities of Leeds and London. 3-Namadi Sambo Incumbent VP 4-Nuhu Ribadu EFCC Boss 5-Rebecca Ndjoze she is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Ndjoze-Ojo has been a member of the National Assembly and Deputy Minister of Education since 2005. 6-Ojo Rosaline Bozimo is a Nigerian lawyer who was appointed Minister of Police Affairs by President Olusegun Obasanjo in July 2003. In January 2007 the Ministries of Police Affairs and Internal Affairs were merged into the new Ministry of the Interior, and Bozimo became a Minister of State in the new ministry. 7-Shamsuddeen Usman 8-Shehu Ladan 9-Sunday Awoniyi's first political appointment was as a District Officer for the British colonial administration (he was one of few Nigerians to hold the post, most being reserved to Britons). After independence in 1960, he held several posts in the Northern Regional Government, including that of Secretary to the Executive Council,[3] where he worked with Sardauna Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria. 10-Turai Yar'Adua one time first lady 11-Umaru Musa Yar'Adua late president 12Usman Bayero 13-Nafada was a member of the Gombe House of Assembly for the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) from 1999 until 2003, and held the post of Speaker starting in June of that term. He was also previously the Assistant State Auditor of Gombe State. Nafada was elected to the national House of Representatives in 2003 as an ANPP candidate for Dukku/Nafada, but switched to PDP membership when his state began to vote that way. After the resignation of Babangida Nguroje amid the Patricia Etteh corruption scandal. 14-Yayale Ahmed was appointed to the position of Head of Civil Service (chief civil servant) of Nigeria on December 18, 2000, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who described Ahmed as "Mr Civil Servant" |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by jerikoyan(m): 2:52am On Oct 19, 2012 |
Jarus:saw peter fatomilola last week hustling for TOWN-GBORO also king sunny ade is now a visiting lecturer in music dept |
| Re: University In Nigeria With The Most Recognized Alumni? by dayo23(f): 4:31am On Oct 19, 2012 |
Bigboy 100%:Chai! Chai!chai!.....PROF GABRIEL OYINBO the World best MAthematician...Argument over! A.B.U ZARIA On point. |
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