Outstanding Achievements of Nigerians in the US

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 school.

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

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

@ 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

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

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

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 **

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

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

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

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

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

Do You  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)

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

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