What a joke list.

OBJ is respected round the would for turning Nigeria around since 1999.

Asa is more influential than King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti? Are we having a laugh?

Where is Chinua Achebe on the list? But I am seeing someone called Sagoe that I have never head of?

What happened to Bayo Ogunlesi and Hakeem Belo-Osagie?

What about Francis Arinze of the Vatican and Jay Jay Okocha?

What about RMD, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari of the UN, Bola Ajibola?

In my Own Opinion, these are the influential Nigerians alive - in no order:

Olusegun Obasanjo - present day Nigerian Politics
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida - within the Nigerian Military
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu - ethnic politics
Pastor Enoch Adeboye - spiritual (local and international)
Pastor WF Kunmuyi - spiritual (local)
Rev Uma Ukpai - penticostal (local and foreign)
Professor Chinua Achebe - Academic world wide
Professor Wole Sonyinka - in the absence of Gani Fawehinmi (activist)
Aliko Dangote - Economic
General Theophilus Danjuma - Politics and a military bridge builder
Abubakar Olusola Saraki - Ethnic politics
Barrister Femi Falana - civil right
Philip Emegwali - Science (most visited scientist on the Internet)
Nkem Owoh - Movie industry (local and foreign)
Kanu Nwankwo - Nigerian football circle
Chief Anthony Anenih - Nigerian politics past and present
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa - Socrates of the Nigerian bench
The Ibru Family - Economic
Pa Anthony Enahoro - Nigerian polity
Oba of benin dynasty - Ethnic politics
Sultan of Sokoto dynasty - spiritual and politics (most popular being Ahmedu Bello)

, more names coming up

@ ileke-idi or idi-ileke, wats ur poit? i suggest u ask urself an honest question, How many people have influenced in your life?

hehehehehe! I LAFF IN SPANISH, D LIST IS A JOKE,

Sagamite:

What a joke list.

OBJ is respected round the would for turning Nigeria around since 1999.

Asa is more influential than King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti? Are we having a laugh?

Where is Chinua Achebe on the list? But I am seeing someone called Sagoe that I have never head of?

What happened to Bayo Ogunlesi and Hakeem Belo-Osagie?

What about Francis Arinze of the Vatican and Jay Jay Okocha?

What about RMD, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari of the UN, Bola Ajibola?

its not a joke list although a bit controversial like all lists. do bear in mind that the list refers tothe current. you are prolly in your 30s which is why you are aware of sunny ade and femi, but the current youth /916-25) know asa more. just like lil wayne being picked over prince in the US. has to do with age demography. deola sagoe is a well respected fashion designer. google her achievements. she is smoking! okocha yep.

onye_ngbu:

1. By real meaning of influential, i dont really believe OBJ is influential. People will not go and do things in nigeria because OBJ 'suggested' it.

2. Sultan of Sokoto is very influential because considering the number of people dat can actually do things he 'suggested'

3. Pastor Adeboye is very influential and so also most religious leaders.

4. Saraki's rigging of elections did not qualify him as influential.

5. Psquare is very influential too cos many young people will do things because of them



Let me add that another nigerian politician who can be influential to an extent is Ojukwu.

So many igbo people see him as eze ndi igbo. Not in my own opinion though.

OBJ forced a sick president on our collective asses. if thats not influential i dont know what is, plus he told IBB to stand down in 2007. bros abegi. again who does the UN go to when there is crisis in africa like the congo one? again OBJ. he is influential whether u like him is quite irrelevant

i care:

Ojukwu is influential among is people.

used to be. a joke now amongst the ibos.another political prostitute

Kobojunkie:

Osama Bin Laden is influential . . .there is no question about that one.

no doubt kobo . the man owns his own day. a whole day each year. whoa

They keep getting it wrong on Emeagwali, They should go and do some research about him,

I dont even know 75% of the ppl on that list.

How are they influential?   Are we talking abt the same lying, deceitful  Pastor Adeboye? Dear gawd!

What are ur facts, if u don't have one like i think, that should make u a shameful Nigerian. Do u know what u are suffering from , Diarrhea of the mouth with no application of intelligence quotient

The most influential people in Nigeria today, in no particular order

1. Goodluck Jonathan
2. Olusegun Obasanjo
3. Ibrahim Babangida
4. Aliko Dangote
5. Dora Akunyili
6. Bola Tinubu
7. D'Banj
8. Babatunde Fashola
9. Lamido Sanusi
10. Enoch Adeboye
11. Sultan Of Sokoto
12. "Gbomo Jomo"
13. Wole Soyinka
14. Attahiru Jega
15. P-square
16. Mike Adenuga
17. Nduka Obaigbena
18. Nuhu Ribadu
19. Chris Oyakhilome
20. Raymond Dokpesi

ladej:

its not a joke list although a bit controversial like all lists. do bear in mind that the list refers tothe current. you are prolly in your 30s which is why you are aware of sunny ade and femi, but the current youth /916-25) know asa more. just like lil wayne being picked over prince in the US. has to do with age demography. deola sagoe is a well respected fashion designer. google her achievements. she is smoking! okocha yep.

Look at this man trying to tell me I am old o.

I am only 19 o.

They lack what to write, is influential and fame one and the same thing? Anyway they are joking

Garbage list.