You can't generalize by picking a single person: North- Buhari; South west- Professor Wole Soyinka; South East- pro. Achebe/ Late Ojukwu and South South- Jonathan. Dangote is a business man and in Nigeria, we respect people base on how they have impacted on our geopolitical advancement.

timilehin007: . Yes its me jare honey, I have been looking for you all my life..

Now that u've found me, watchu gon do bout it?

adejoro75:

Go and read Achebe's book. That is the only acceptable ''bible'' of the Awo killing machine

You have said that I should read Achebe's book because you believe that is the only acceptable "bible" to prove that Awolowo was a kiler.

I have read the book,"There was a Country". No where in the book did Achebe confirm your accusation that Awolowo was a killer. He claimed to have expressed a personal opinion regarding the influence of Awolowo on the Nigerian Civil war. His opinion, i regret to say is inadmissible as he is not an expert on war crimes. Therefore, we cannot accept his book as the sole authority on the Nigerian civil war

I will then have to come back to you to tell us why you could accuse Awolowo of killing.

Kindly take it that I am not holding brief for Awolowo.

Sunnycliff: i think it should be Alhaji Aliko Dangote. He recieved the highest national honour that has never been given to a non political office holder

That's shear politics.

saxywale:
don't get it twisted, adejoro is an igbo tribalist on Nairaland. He has just returned from leave of absence.

. I see

Shollypopz:
Now that u've found me, watchu gon do bout it?

. I need to discuss something very reasonable with you buh am thinking if you wouldn't mind hooking up with me in another castle...

pastor e a adeboye

cockyjay: lol gone are the days achebe and respect go together. Wake up. We yorubas no longer respect him. We dnt respect bigots and liars

just like in igbo land awo is like a demon ,even we killed him in our cassava dont let any igbo man confuse u ooh awo is like osu in igbo land check the meaning of osu then u will understand what i meant

Achebe and Soyinka are no longer men we should talk about in such common tones, they have transcended our base level. That is why they retain perfect respect for themselves and each other. The most respected man in Nigeria is still just a man, i dont care one bit who he is

All u know is criticizing Obasanjo, who know ur papa?

James Ibori
Bode george
Alamco
Atiku

Pastor E.A. Adeboye pls.....

The most respected men in nigeria of 2day are : Prof Wole Soyinka, Alex Ekueme and Alhaji Maitama Sule

Senior Prophet T.B. JOSHUA

Dear nairalander, we do know dat men of God ar always stand a chance of attractin respect and honor, bt how would u rate a man who has salvage Nigerians from d calculus doom of d north? A man who brought us out of political slavery, a man dat d northerns tremble b/4? Dat is Obasanjo he deservs respect.

Dont view this issue politically, OBJ is d one, as far as Nigeria is concern

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

Ur list is so poor that,u didn't Prof. Soludo and Okonjo therein.

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

Ur list is so poor that,u didn't Prof. Soludo and Okonjo therein.

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

Ur list is so poor that,u didn't Prof. Soludo and Okonjo therein.

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

Ur list is so poor that,u didn't Prof. Soludo therein.

adejoro75:
WTF? Now who is ''Tolexander''? Who knows you except you? You are fake (unreal) until you make yourself known.

o boy answer the question i asked u!
Whatever anonymous your monicker claims to be, that doesn't mean all your opinions will be fake. A question was asked by the OP and you gave your own view likewise other niralanders which has 98% of its members nigerians. Does your anonymous name make ur answer to be fake?
Sometimes in the news you see the reporter saying an 'anonymous witness', does that mean the news is not true since the witness is anonymous? Or some sensible quotes whose writer is not known with the quote written as an anonymous writer. Does that make the quote senseless?

In political arena,yes he is.in other sphere of life it is wole soyinka.

k2039: [color=soyouquotedme]Even internationally he is respected, so it's Obasanjo. [/color]

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

I like your list. But in my opinion, I would place Alh Aliko Dangote above Dr Oby Ezekwesili. The rest are exactly the way I'd view them with Prof Chinua Achebe as the first on the list.

Posters who employ 'National Honours' as a criteria for recognoition, should go and ask Bode George, Tafa Balogun and co what happened to theirs.

BIG QUESTION
That man or woman who will stand firm and put smile in the teeming face of Nigerians,
That man or woman that will bring all the looters in Nigeria to book,
That man or woman who will change the level of corruption in Nigeria,
That man or woman who will take the bold step to put things the right way,
That man or woman automatically becomes the most respected and honoured man in Nigeria.
For now there is none.

timilehin007: . I need to discuss something very reasonable with you buh am thinking if you wouldn't mind hooking up with me in another castle...

u hv a castle?! as long as u hv a castle, I don't mind hooking up

Some Peoples always want to equate a respected leader to be a perfect leader without any form of errors or human weaknesses. If those who were without any human weakness were to be considered great- the world most greatest men and women would dwindle almost to a vanishing point.. perhap,not even acknowledge saint will survive on it. Op, in my own opinion, i think Obj deserve it

GenBuhari: so many hired Obj praise singers!

They are not hired.

Just because they are yorubas. They are supporting their man blindly.

Personally I love Obj, In the political circle he is the most respected in Nigeria. Infact anyone that wants to succede in National must identify with him, that's what Okorocha did yesterday!

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adejoro75:

And he was fired from FRSC for fraud.

Get some help, mate. He founded a non-profit making road safety club that is still in existence. How could he have been sacked when he wasn't working for no one? Who fired him... You? However if you have any evidence to support your claim that he was FIRED, produce them and let's learn...that's if you are not just arguing across ethnic lines.