GNBohr:

TO BE INFLUENTIAL YOU MUST CONTROL PEOPLE IN A REMOTE-CONTROL MANNER. YOUR WORD MUST BE LIKE A LAW LIKE THE AWOLOWO, AZIKWE, AHMADU BELLO OF OLD. NOT LIKE IN THE MANNER OF OSHIOMOLE USAGE OF UNIONISM. YOUR PLATFORM OF INFLUENCE MUST BE THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES AND THEY MUST SEE YOU LIKE A LITTLE GOD.

1.Asa - DOING A GOOD WORK ON HER GENRE OF MUSIK BUT NOT INFLUENTIAL, THE ONLY PERSON WHOSE MUSIC IS INFLUENTIAL IS FELA

2.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - JUST A WRITER STRUGGLING TO BE AMONGT THE BEST IN THE LITERARY WORD, HOW MANY NIGERIANS HAVE READ HER BOOKS TO BE INFLUENTIAL. CONSIDER CHINUA ACHEBE IN THIS RIGHT.

20.Enoch Adeboye (G.O) - FOR THE SINGULAR ACT OF CAUSING LOSS OF MAN-HOURS THROUGH HIS CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND HOLY GHOST PROGRAMMES  LEADING TO SOCIO -ECONOMIC HAEMORRHAGE AND TRAVEL DISORDER THAT MOST TMES CAUSE FATAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENT RESULTING IN BODILLY INJURY, LOSS OF PROPERTIES AND LIVES. HE CAN NOT BE SAID TO BE INFLUENTIAL,  IF EVERY RELIGION DENOMINATION BEHAVES LIKE HIS REDEEMED CHURCH, WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY.

THEREFORE, THE INFLUENTIAL NIGERIANS ARE DEAD AND NEW ONES ARE NOT YET BORN.

lyfe:

No matter what, people will always find ways to faulter and dent people's image. If no one makes the list above as GNBohr asserted then no one in the world is influential, even the No 1 man- Obama has his known issue and some people would claim he is not inflential to them.

Kobojunkie:

You ruined it actually. The man with his accidental popularity cases with no real influence. . .  most of what he has for him are people drunk with sentiments and less on reason if you ask me.

Mobinga:

Step Outside, Breathe Fresh Air , Relax and Reason

Jarus:

TOP 5 INFLUENTIAL NIGERIANS BY MY RECKONING
1, Olusegun Obasanjo: The man that can give order to the president
2, Sultan of Sokoto: More than 50 million Muslims in Nigeria wait for him to declare when to celebrate sallah, start fasting
3, Pastor E.O Adeboye: Governors and presidents fall on one another to see him.
4, Olusola Saraki: The first African to have two children as governor and Senator at the same time. Daring to install daughter to take over from son as state governor. 3 million Kwarans and indeed millions of other Nigerians can kick, but doesn't have effect over his singular wish
5, P-Square: influence on youths goes beyond shores of Nigeria, but Africa at large.

Jarus:

TOP 5 INFLUENTIAL NIGERIANS BY MY RECKONING
1, Olusegun Obasanjo: The man that can give order to the president
2, Sultan of Sokoto: More than 50 million Muslims in Nigeria wait for him to declare when to celebrate sallah, start fasting
3, Pastor E.O Adeboye: Governors and presidents fall on one another to see him.
4, Olusola Saraki: The first African to have two children as governor and Senator at the same time. Daring to install daughter to take over from son as state governor. 3 million Kwarans and indeed millions of other Nigerians can kick, but doesn't have effect over his singular wish
5, P-Square: influence on youths goes beyond shores of Nigeria, but Africa at large.

Ruq:

thIS IS ONE FUCKIN SICK LIST THAT FAILED TO REECOG FELA AND WOLE THIS LIST IS TOTALLY bleeped!

Epiphany:


It takes a 'special' kind of person to occupy the top seat in any country twice - whether by election or providence. He is currently the UN sec gen's special envoy to the Great Lakes Region. Was chairman of AU for two consecutive terms. Was a former contender for the position of United Nations Secretary General, Member and co-chair of the commonwealth Emintent Persons Group on Apartheid in South Africa, Founding member of the Interaction Council, Started the Africal Leadership Forum, an author of various books, etc etc.

Regardless of what you (or I) may think of him, he is still very outspoken and respected on issues pertaining to the African continent and beyond. Take some time to read articles about him on the internet (just google his name) and give him his due.

Yes, he may have done a lot of nonsense when he was in government, but that does not take a lot away from the status he has built around the world.  He will be recognized in many places and fora, before anybody else on the posters list is even given a chance to speak.

Jarus:

TOP 5 INFLUENTIAL NIGERIANS BY MY RECKONING
1, Olusegun Obasanjo: The man that can give order to the president
2, Sultan of Sokoto: More than 50 million Muslims in Nigeria wait for him to declare when to celebrate sallah, start fasting
3, Pastor E.O Adeboye: Governors and presidents fall on one another to see him.
4, Olusola Saraki: The first African to have two children as governor and Senator at the same time. Daring to install daughter to take over from son as state governor. 3 million Kwarans and indeed millions of other Nigerians can kick, but doesn't have effect over his singular wish
5, P-Square: influence on youths goes beyond shores of Nigeria, but Africa at large.

GNBohr:

TO BE INFLUENTIAL YOU MUST CONTROL PEOPLE IN A REMOTE-CONTROL MANNER. YOUR WORD MUST BE LIKE A LAW LIKE THE AWOLOWO, AZIKWE, AHMADU BELLO OF OLD. NOT LIKE IN THE MANNER OF OSHIOMOLE USAGE OF UNIONISM. YOUR PLATFORM OF INFLUENCE MUST BE THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES AND THEY MUST SEE YOU LIKE A LITTLE GOD.

1.Asa - DOING A GOOD WORK ON HER GENRE OF MUSIK BUT NOT INFLUENTIAL, THE ONLY PERSON WHOSE MUSIC IS INFLUENTIAL IS FELA

2.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - JUST A WRITER STRUGGLING TO BE AMONGT THE BEST IN THE LITERARY WORD, HOW MANY NIGERIANS HAVE READ HER BOOKS TO BE INFLUENTIAL. CONSIDER CHINUA ACHEBE IN THIS RIGHT.

3.Mallam Nuhu Ribadu - HE FOUGHT CORRUPTION BUT UNDER A BAD LEADER WHO TURNED HIM INTO A SEMI-WITCH HUNTER. NOT INFLUENTIAL

4.Deola Sagoe - THIS NAME DONT JUST EXIST IN THE INFLUENCE RING. JUST ANOTHER NIGERIAN DOING WELL SOMEHOW

5.philip Emeagwali - RENOWNED SCIENTIST WHOSE WORK IS FELT IN THE CYBERWORLD BUT HAS NO DIRECT IMPACT PERSONALLY ON NIGERIA. HE MAY BE REGARDED JUST LIKE ALBERT EISTEN

6.Emeka Anyaoku - BECAUSE HE WAS A COMMONWEALTH CHIEF DID NOT MAKE HIM INFLUENTIAL. JUST LIKE RILWAN LUKMAN IN OPEC

7.Oluwole Akinwande(Soyinka) - HIS HUMAN RIGHT STRUGGLE LACKED THE KIND OF BITE THAT WOULD MAKE HIM THAT INFLUENTIAL. HE HAS A DISCONNECT WITH THE POOR MASSES AND HIS APPROACH LOOKS MORE ELITIST. HE IS MERELY POPULAR.

8.Ngozi okonjo-Iweala - BEING A MINISTER DID NOT CONFER THE HONOUR ON HER. SHE WAS NOT OUR BEST MINISTER IN HISTORY.

9.Genevieve Nnaji - A PERSONAE LIKE HER IS VERY LIMITED IN INFLUENCE. HER RATING AS THE BEST ACTRESS IS EVEN CONTROVERSIAL. A CONTROVERSIAL PERSON CAN NOT BE INFLUENTIAL IN THE REAL SENSE OF IT.

10.Oluchi Onweagba - A MODEL OF OUTSTANDING QUALITY JUST LIKE RASHIDI YEKINI OF OLD WAS A STRIKER OF OUTSTANDING QUALITY. WHERE IS THE INFLUENTIAL POWER ON THE PEOPLE IN THAT.

11.Agbani darego - A VERY WRONG NAME TO BE CONSIDERED INFLUENTIAL. IN WHAT I WILL LIKE TO KNOW. SHE HAPPENED TO BE THE FIRST