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Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by alabiafra11: 12:14pm On Aug 19, 2015
[b]Nnamdi Azikiwe (1st Nigerian Governor-general and first president of Nigeria and historically, the only man whose name appeared in the Constitution of his country (Nigeria's Republican Constitution of 1963))

Nwafor Orizu (1st senate president of the Federal republic of Nigeria and first Acting presidentof the federation)

Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu (1st African multi millionaire)

Chike Obi (1st Nigerian professor of Mathematics)

Kenneth Dike (1st Nigerian VC of a university UI)

Eugene Akosa Keazor (Former Nigerian police officer in the colonial years who held the most senior police rank ever held by an African in the British colony)

Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1st graduate to enlist in the Nigerian army and leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra)

Chinua Achebe (1st African writer whose books are standard curricula in schools and universities across the world)

Emeka Anyaoku (1st black secretary-general of the commonwealth )

Alex Ekwueme (1st executive vice president of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria)

F. C. Nwokedi (1st Nigerian Permanent Secretary)

Chimamanda Adichie (famous writer who won the Orange Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008))

Cardinal Arinze (Cardinal at the vatican who was in contest to succeed the late Pope John Paul II)

Philip Emeagwali (winner of the Gordon Bell prize in super computing)

Dora Akunyili (Former NAFDAC Boss who rid the Nation of fake and counterfeit drugs)

Chinyelu Onwura (Labour Party MP, UK)

Chuka Umunna (Labour party MP, UK)

Charles Soludo (Renowned professor of Economics and former CBN governor)

Oby Ezekwesili (World Bank Vice president)

ABC Orjiakor (Chairman SEPLAT, Pinner indigenous oil company to buy Shell's asset in the upstream sector)

Cosmas Maduka (CEO Coscharis Group of Companies)

Cletus Ibeto (CEO Ibeto Group of Companies)

Emeka Offor (CEO Chrome Oil, Controls majority of oil explorations in Sao Tome and Principe)

Mikel Obi (Chelsea and Nigerian football star)

P square (Popular musicians)

Ben Enweonwu (Renowned professor of Fine Arts)

Pius Okigbo (renowned economist, was 1st Nigerian economic adviser to the Federal Government of Nigeria. He released the Okigbo report indicting IBB of the mismanagement of $12.4b oil windfall)

Chuba Okadigbo (most eloquent senate president Nigeria has ever had)

Jerome Udoji (Former president of the NSE and MAN)

Cyprian Ekwensi (renowned novelist)

Osita Osadebe (Highlife maestro)

Oliver de Coque (Highlife Maestro)

Augustine Ilodibe (Ekene DiliChukwu)

Samuel Okoye (black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy who along with Anthony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star)

Chinwe Chukwuogo-Ray (1st black artist to officially paint the portrait of the Queen)

Amobi Okoye (Youngest American football player to play in the NFL)

Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna (1st black African to win a gold medal in an international games competition; winning gold in high jump at the 1954 Commonwealth games)

Innocent Chukwuma (CEO Innoson Group of Companies; owner of the first private automobile muanufacturing company in Nigeria)

Chukwuemeka Ezeife (Harvard trained economist, former Economic adviser to the president of Uganda and former governor of Anambra state)

Sir Louis Mbanefo (Legal luminary Justice at the World court; ICJ)

Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor (appointed in 2008 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as Military Advisor on UN Peacekeeping Operations)

MCK Ajuluchukwu ( a nationalist, anti-colonial fighter and first republic law-maker)

Edwin Ume Ezeoke (former speaker of the Federal house of representative)

Chief Mike Okpala aka Power Mike (Undefeated World Heavyweight wrestling champion)[/b]

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Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by Mbkite(m): 12:16pm On Aug 19, 2015
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Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by mekaboy(m): 12:17pm On Aug 19, 2015
My friend stop bringing people into this madness. oo ala na ayidi unu?
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by winetapper: 12:17pm On Aug 19, 2015
dem neva start dem don de share post
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by alabiafra11: 12:19pm On Aug 19, 2015
mekaboy:
My friend stop bringing people into this madness. oo ala na ayidi unu?

Emeka ala agbakwala gi. is just a forum for biafrans to hang out and discuss. is that a crime now?
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by alabiafra11: 12:22pm On Aug 19, 2015
winetapper:
dem neva start dem don de share post

Igbos are the real conquerors of Nigeria. Nigeria would have being nothing today without the igbos.

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Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by sigain: 12:28pm On Aug 19, 2015
sharap jor.
alabiafra11:


Igbos are the real conquerors of Nigeria. Nigeria would have being nothing today without the igbos.
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by Nobody: 12:28pm On Aug 19, 2015
Lol, I'm not an IBO person...buh I really luv this. where are those yorubas forming big for list wen dia papa name no de yesterday? lol

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Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by winetapper: 12:34pm On Aug 19, 2015
alabiafra11:


Igbos are the real conquerors of Nigeria. Nigeria would have being nothing today without the igbos.
dude am from the east but we need to respect our selves.. One nigeria is better
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by mekaboy(m): 12:37pm On Aug 19, 2015
winetapper:
dude am from the east but we need to respect our selves.. One nigeria is better

tell the okoko
Re: Prominent Biafrans From Anambra State by Tkester: 2:52pm On Aug 19, 2015
winetapper:
dude am from the east but we need to respect our selves.. One nigeria is better

Honestly, any easterner that prefers one Nigeria to BIAFRA needs his paternity checked.

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