hey my fellow nigerians i am happy to tell you that Nigerians in the USA are really go a long way and we are now getting in to the system small small as in we are now being recognized and given our chances to do things like

1; get rich or die tryin; 50 cent's movie the BAD guy there was a Nigerian by name AGBAJE w. {not sure of his first name}.

2: maria carey.s video {that she was in the tub} a Nigerian co-directed it.

3; MTV's top camera men are Nigerians and so many other things that i cannt say now because i dey go skool.

if you have any you can add to it. no YAWA!!!

A Nigerian Couple owns Trinity Broadcasting Network.

That's a good thing. I get to hear abt nigeria in a good way now adays. Although... not as much as i hear abt the bad stuffs. Anyways.... people r now begining to recognize us in good ways. Hopefully the good becomes more than the bad.

Just as we had a Nigerian is the Production crew of Mummy Returns, he also appeared in the film "Sugar Hill" by Wesley Snipes. His name is A. Agbaje also.

@ spikelord Just as we had a Nigerian is the Production crew of Mummy Returns, he also appeared in the film "Sugar Hill" by Wesley Snipes. His name is A. Agbaje also.


he is the same person in 50 cent's movie

What abt the girl in hotel Rwanda.. Her name just flew as i began to type.

Her name is Susan Okonedo, homegirl was nominated for Oscar.

Funmi Olopade ...Professor, Department of Medicine Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL . ..she won some MacArthur "genius" award.

a Nigerian is a newscaster on ABC7....Sade Baderinwa

A Nigerian is a top newscaster on CNN. She is Femi Oke

Its so good to hear naijas making wave around in the US.

You have all forgotten about the father of the internet, Phillip emeagwali.
that guy has been voted 35th greatest African ranking among people like Mandela, Nkrumah, Pele, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King.



CNN Calls Emeagwali:
A FATHER OF THE INTERNET

"Who is the
Father of the Internet?"
is like asking:
Who invented
the supercomputer
that gave rise to
the Internet.

In reality,
no one individual
invented the Internet alone.
It has many fathers,
as well as mothers,
uncles, and aunts.


It was not even born
at one place
or time.
Instead,
it grew organically and
incrementally,
following trails
that are non-intersecting.

Take the trail of
Philip Emeagwali,
whom CNN called
"A Father of the Internet."


Emeagwali theorized
that 65,000 computers
around the Earth
could forecast the weather.
His theoretical supercomputer,
with 65,000 nodes,
is known today as the Internet.


Using 65,000 processors,
he invented a formula
that inspired
the reinvention of the supercomputer
as thousands of electronic brains
that occupies the space of
four tennis courts.


Bill Clinton explained,
in a televised speech
(as president)
that Emeagwali's formula
helped give rise
to the age of information.

Yet his invention is one that,
unfortunately,
few of us recognize.

Certainly,
inventions such as this
deserve better.
After all,
can you send your email
without computers and
the Internet?

** something i found on his site http://www.emeagwali.com **

Yes! We ought to be proud of them all, remember there are still a lot of other pple who have achieved a great deal and have not been mentioned. Let us say we are very proud of them and GOD should continue to guide them thru their hard work. And those of us still trying to make heads way GOD should give us the knowledge and understanding to pull thru in our goals in life.

I will like to use this medium to urge us all to pray for our contry Nigeria that this new year we are approaching should be a year of fulfillment for us all, that GOD should touch the hearts of our leaders so they can serve us selflessly and provide for us the adequate resources that make life easy for the common man. I also pray GOD in His Infinite mercies will grant us all our hearts desires and bless us all abundantly. Have a wonderful and Blessed NEW YEAR!!!

spikelord:

Just as we had a Nigerian is the Production crew of Mummy Returns, he also appeared in the film "Sugar Hill" by Wesley Snipes. His name is A. Agbaje also.

I think this same guy now appears in Lost, his name is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015382/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015382/bio

theORAKU:

Its so good to hear naijas making wave around in the US.

You have all forgotten about the father of the internet, Phillip emeagwali.
that guy has been voted 35th greatest African ranking among people like Mandela, Nkrumah, Pele, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King.

Regarding Emeagwali there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding his claims
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali

Barber Shop the series, a Nigerian is one of the lead actors, and he's being cast as a Nigerian.

Kase Lawal, a Nigerian, residing in Texas whose company is the 2nd biggest black company in the USA. He is featured on the front cover of this month's Black Enterprise magazine.


Is Donald Adeolu Faison a Nigerian? He is on scrubs

Well, I should say he's of Nigerian descent, yes he is

Well there are tons of Nigerian doctors in the US cant mention all of them. Lecturers in American and Canadian Universities too numerous too.

Theres Ebbe Bassey in Law And Order and NYPD Blues,

Theres Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwan and a host of others!!!!!!

Just found out that Faison is not of Nigerian descent. His name was given to him during his family's visit to Nigeria.

Emeka Okafor
Andre Igudala

Theres another news caster thats nigerian, I think his name is Samuel Ade. .something.
He's on Channel7 ABC. Damn I forgot his name.

The US Assistant Secretary of Health is a Nigerian. Dr John Agwunobi http://www.hhs.gov/about/bios/asstsechealth.html .

Kase lawl owns a billion dollar energy company. http://www.camacholdings.com/newsroom/240787_final.pdf. His company is like the 2nd largest black owned business in the US.

Do U know about this guy. He was listed by Times magazine as a global influential. He works with Credit Suisse

ADEBAYO OGUNLESI

http://www.time.com/time/2002/globalinfluentials/gbiogunlesi.html
* Co-chair - World Economic Forum's '2003 Africa Economic Summit' (2003 - ?)
* Head of Global Investment Banking - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) - USA (Feb 2002 - ?)
* Managing Director - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) - USA (1993 - ?)
* Editor - Harvard Law Review (1978 - ?)
* Clerk of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall - USA


* 7th Most Powerful Black Executive - Fortune Magazine (2003)
* 2002 Global Influentials - TIME Magazine (2002)

@Layi

U said earlier that a Nigerian couple owns Trinity Broadcast Networks,pls enlighten me

Who are they?names?

The outstanding Nigerians, are the ones, who hold full time legitimate jobs, while taking care of their family, engaging in civil and volunteer work, and still carve out time to spend quality time with their family. They are the ones, vocal in their community in stemming out crime, drugs, and other vices that have ruined the lives of people.


For those with a high profile position, here is one of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Agwunobi

Am suprised no one has mentioned Chinwetel Ejiofor. He has co-starred with some Oscar winning actors e.g Denzel Washinton, and Hilary Swank

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/awards

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@Layi

You said earlier that a Nigerian couple owns Trinity Broadcast Networks,please enlighten me

Who are they?names?

A nigerian couple DOES NOT own TBN. The founders are Paul and Jan Crouch.
DEFINATELY NOT NIGERIANS!!

A yoruba man whose name I can't remember is one of the lead actors in the top hit hollywood science-fiction/action movie: G. I. Joe - the rise of cobra.
Others include:
Wesley Snipes - Anambra
NAS - Lagos
Oguche (Defender in the US National Team Squad); and a thousand other too numerous to mention

@ outkast. i think she's sophia okonedo. she also starred in aeonflux.