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14 Naijagood Most Influential Under 35 by facwa(m): 11:43pm On Dec 20, 2014
2014 has been a great year for Nigerians as a whole with so many interesting names and vibe hitting the air as Nigerians gives hope for better days and inspirations for her citizenry. This list is based on the effort and good name they brought to the country by telling the world that Nigeria is indeed the giant of Africa and never known for terrorism and violent. The criteria for this list is based on individuals honors over the year, aids, innovations, entrepreneur, and good public figure. Their ages are meant to be under 35 but we do have one which has exceeded the age but were included due to her effort and impact during the year. Some of them also don't have their age written due to the provision for it wasn't met in time. This list is not just about this people but also about others that where not mentioned with the purpose of giving rise to a better Nigeria and greater heights.

1. Uche Pedro

A 29 year old media enterpretneur and founder of BellaNaija, a thriving media company that develops online media content in Nigeria and Africa with over 10 million views a month.

2. Bankole Cardoso

A 25 year old founder of Nigerian operations of EasyTaxi a taxi mobile app founded in Brazil in 2012 by German technology startup incubator, rocket internet GmBh. EasyTaxi serves to connect cab drivers and would- be passengers.

3. Tunde Kehinde

A 30 year old ex co- CEO of Jumia Nigeria, the country;s largest and No 1 Online shopping website and he is presently running logistics company and he resigned from Jumia.

4. Don Jazzy

The 32 years old Multi award-winning record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, former CEO of Nigerian record label Mo' Hits Records founded in 2004 and current CEO of the Mavin Records. he is presently the richest music producer in Africa and a great user of social media a good lover of his fans who often give shout outs and gifts to fans.

5.Micheal Olushola Malivelihood

Popularly referred as Malivelihood, he quote himself as being MA agents to the stars, luxury designer, entrepreneur, Business Man: Exclusivity & Fashionista, Jeweler. He is the CEO of Malivelihood Luxury designs.

6. Blessing Okagbare

A 26 year old Nigerian athlete participated in both the 100m and 200m races. She made it through to the finals of the 100m and won with a time of 10.85, breaking the games record of 10.91 seconds set by Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 12 years earlier at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Okagbare also won the gold medal in the 200, with a time of 22.25 seconds. In doing so, she became the fourth woman to win the 100m and 200m double at the Commonwealth Games.

7. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A 37 year Old Nigerian writer. She has been called "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature" with latest movie written which is Half of a yellow sun that is setting the Hollywood and Nollywood ablaze.

8. Vincent Enyeama

A 32 year Old Super Eagles goalkeeper who plays for the Nigerian national team, he is regarded to be one of the best goalkeepers of all time and has been compared to legendary Russian Lev Yashin for his agility and penalty saving and his highest clean sheet in French ligue 1 and having played 17 games with 43 saves and 7 clean sheet this season, and also being Nominated for BBC Africa Footballer of the Year Award with CAF African Player of the year 2014.

9. Davido

The 21 year old US born has made a lot of headlines this year, having being nominated for Best International Performance, African Young Person of the Year, MOBO Best African Act, African Muzik Magazine Awards Song of the Year, Best Dance in a Video, Song of the Year, Best Collabo, MTV Africa Music Awards Best Collaboration, Song of the Year, World Music Awards World's Best Entertainer Of The Year, World's Best Male Artist, World's Best Live Act, and other nominees from World's Channel O Music Video Awards Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA) 4Syte TV Music Video Awards Ghana Music Awards City People Entertainment Awards The Headies Nigeria Entertainment Awards.and having won, Artiste of the Year, Musician Of The Year (Male), Best Afro Pop Video, Best Male West Africa, Best International Act: Africa. having a total of 25 awards and 45 nominations.

10. Japheth J. Onojuwa

A 30 year old Nigerian blogger, socio-economic and political commentator, environmental consultant, social media expert and mentor A columnist with Nigeria's most respected newspaper The Punch and Metropole Magazine, he recently concluded a six-month stint as a lecturer (on Africa: Democratic prospects and challenges) at Free University of Berlin. Omojuwa's articles have been repeatedly translated into several languages including French, German, Portuguese and Greek. The leadership of the African Union invited him in 2014 to be part of the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub (ARCH) to fashion an agenda for Africa 2063 project. He participated as a panellist at a side event during the 2013 United Nations General Assembly in New York where he spoke on the need to use data and facts as tools in activism and policy making.

11. Dike Corteny

A 19 year Old Nigeria U20 Women forward who scored two goals, including the tournament’s fastest ever goal, as the Falconets reached the final where they lost 1-0 to Germany, and shocked Nigerians when she rejected $7,000 bonus saying

I am delighted to play for Nigeria whenever called upon. I knew before leaving for the U-20 World Cup that I would not accept any bonuses

12. Kunmi Otitoju

A 30 year old Nigerian fashion entrepreneur and founder of Minku Design, a company that makes leather bags for men and women by subtly blending Aso- oke fabric into a contemporary leather bag designs. All Minku design's product are hand made at workshops in Spain but are sold at high-end stores in Nigeria and through the company's website.

13. DJ Exclusive

The UK born has had an interesting year with a whole lot of his works on the big market and presently winning the headings award 2014 has had a big turn around in the industry with is great style and art in the Nigerian musical industry which placed him high in the rank of DJs in Africa.

14. Damilola Solesi

Founder & Creative Director SMIDS ANIMATIONS a lady with the passion to cartoon and animation development. Smids animation studios combines creative talents and innovative technology to create excellent entertaining computer animation. she brings the no competition altitude of Nigerians in 3D animations to live

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Re: 14 Naijagood Most Influential Under 35 by Beesluv: 12:07am On Dec 21, 2014
Noted. Get me their contacts

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Re: 14 Naijagood Most Influential Under 35 by in1960: 11:47pm On Dec 21, 2014
Great work by Naijagood. Nice list.

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Re: 14 Naijagood Most Influential Under 35 by facwa(m): 12:59pm On Dec 22, 2014
cool

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