With the news and uproar sorrounding the infamous arrests and detention of several Nigerians by FBI and backlash that has followed, the image of Nigeria has never been dealt such a huge blow. Our politicians are looting the national treasury, while the youths have taken up Cyber crime and drugs as a means of survival. The recent rape issues springing up doesn't help the image of our dear country either. For Nigerians abroad or want to travel abroad, they now face constant checks, suspicion and outright denial because a few bad eggs have soiled the image of Nigeria. Just Google Nigeria and see the kind of terrible news about the country. We need to do better. We are better. We have the best in virtually all spheres of life. This has motivated me to compile a list of Nigerians representing our dear country well in the international scene. Enjoy!

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1. Odion Jude Ighalo

Ighalo moved to United on a six-month loan deal from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua during the January transfer window.

Since his return to the English Premier League, the former Watford forward has been in good form, scoring four goals in eight appearances.

This has caught the attention of Cole, who scored 93 goals in his six years spell with United, praising the Nigerian for fitting in perfectly. He has since scored 5 goals in just 4 starts for Manchester united. He is the first Nigerian to feature for the club.

2. Burna boy

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu Rex (born 23 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut.

In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019; it won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
On 28th June, 2020 he won Best International Act at the 2020 BET Awards. The boy is doing well.

3. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Adichie was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria, and grew up as the fifth of six children in an Igbo family in the university town of Nsukka in Enugu State.

While she was growing up, her father, James Nwoye Adichie, worked as a professor of statistics at the University of Nigeria. Her mother, Grace Ifeoma, was the university's first female registrar.
The family lost almost everything during the Nigerian Civil War, including both maternal and paternal grandfathers.
Her family's ancestral village is in Abba in Anambra State.

Adichie completed her secondary education at the University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka, where she received several academic prizes.
She studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Nigeria for a year and a half. During this period, she edited The Compass, a magazine run by the university's Catholic medical students. At the age of 19, Adichie left Nigeria for the United States to study communications and political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

She soon transferred to Eastern Connecticut State University to be near her sister Uche, who had a medical practice in Coventry, Connecticut. While the novelist was growing up in Nigeria, she was not used to being identified by the colour of her skin which suddenly changed when she arrived in the United States for college. As a black African in America, Adichie was suddenly confronted with what it meant to be a person of color in the United States. Race as an idea became something that she had to navigate and learn.

She writes about this in her novel Americanah. She received a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University, with the distinction of summa cum laude in 2001.

In 2003, she completed a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University. In 2008, she received a Master of Arts degree in African studies from Yale University.

Adichie was a Hodder fellow at Princeton University during the 2005–2006 academic year. In 2008 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
She was also awarded a 2011–2012 fellowship by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Adichie divides her time between the United States, and Nigeria, where she teaches writing workshops.
In 2016, she was conferred an honorary degree – Doctor of Humane letters, honoris causa, by Johns Hopkins University.
In 2017, she was conferred honorary degrees – Doctor of Humane letters, honoris causa, by Haverford College and The University of Edinburgh. In 2018, she received an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Amherst College. She received an honorary degree, doctor honoris causa, from the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland, in 2019.

4. Wizkid

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid (sometimes stylized as WizKid), is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He began recording music at the age of 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed. Wizkid signed a record deal with Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2009. He rose to prominence after releasing "Holla at Your Boy", the lead single from his debut studio album Superstar (2011). "Tease Me/Bad Guys", "Don't Dull", "Love My Baby", "Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were also released as singles from the Superstar album. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first Nigerian musician to have over one million followers on Twitter. Ayo, his self-titled second studio album, was released in September 2014. It was supported by six singles: "Jaiye Jaiye", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question", "Joy", "Bombay" and "Show You the Money". Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired. Arguably Nigeria's biggest musical export now.

5. Davido

David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), who is better known as Davido, is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.

Davido was born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos; he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. Davido rose to fame after releasing "Dami Duro", the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—"Back When", "Ekuro", "Overseas", "All of You", "Gbon Gbon", and "Feel Alright"—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles "Gobe", "One of a Kind", "Skelewu", "Aye", "Tchelete (Goodlife)", "Naughty", "Owo Ni Koko", "The Sound" and "The Money".

In January 2016, Davido announced on Twitter he had signed a record deal with Sony Music and a few months later founded the record label Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), to which acts Dremo, Mayorkun, Yonda and Peruzzi are currently signed. In July 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony's RCA Records. In October 2016, he released the 5-track EP Son of Mercy, which was supported by the singles "Gbagbe Oshi", "How Long" and "Coolest Kid in Africa". In April 2017, Davido re-negotiated his contract with Sony due to creative control issues and later that year he released five singles including "If" and "Fall".
"If" generated worldwide social media activity while "Fall" became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history.

Davido released his second studio album A Good Time in November 2019. It was supported by the previously released singles "If", "Fall", "Assurance", "Blow My Mind" and "Risky". OBO...Baddest!

6. Ikorodu bois

Ikorodu Bois comprises 3 brothers and their cousin: brothers Babatunde Sanni, 23, Muiz Sanni,15, Malik Sanni, 10 and their cousin Fawas Aina, 13. The three young boys are usually involved in the videos and their eldest brother Babatunde Sanni edits the videos and manages them.
They dubbed their name from the city of Ikorodu in Lagos, Nigeria where they live.

The group began in 2017, when Babatunde Sanni decided to share their skills to the world via social media. In an Interview with CNN, Sanni said "I felt like 'these things we are doing in our house -- why don't we start putting them online?'". "Our house is like a comedy house -- we play too much," Babatunde Sanni told CNN.

The group make use of household items to depict top gears used in movies. They also use the local wheel barrow to replicate luxury cars.

In April 2020, US actor and rapper Will Smith shared a clip of Ikorodu bois Bad Boys Forever on his Instagram page with the caption "This is GENIUS @ikorodu_bois!!".

Alvaro Morte who starred as Professor in Money Heist after watching a mimicry of the Spanish Series scene said they did "What an amazing job".

Ikorodu Bois have also done replica videos of DJ Cuppy, daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, Nigerian US-based artists Davido, American Actor and WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Roddy Rich, Justin Beiber, Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari and did a farewell replica of NBA Star Kobe Bryant shortly after his death. Those boys are fantabulous

7. Dr. Bennett Omalu

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 30, 1968) is a Nigerian physician, forensic pathologist and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh.

He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and laboratory medicine. Have you seen the movie 'concussion' ? That's him!

8. Yemi Alade

Yemi Eberechi Alade (born 13 March 1989), known professionally as Yemi Alade, is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter. She won the Peak Talent Show in 2009, and had a hit with her single "Johnny" in 2014.

Her father was a police commissioner of Yoruba descent, while her mother is of Igbo descent.
The singer was among the A-list musicians across the world that performed at the ‘Global Goal: Unite For Our Future – The Concert’ held last Saturday. Our queen speaks French, English, Swahili, Igbo, Yoruba fluently.

9. John Boyega

John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega (born 17 March 1992), better known as John Boyega, is a British-Nigerian actor and producer. He initially rose to prominence for his role as Moses in the sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block (2011) and later became best known for playing Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). His other credits include the drama film Imperial Dreams (2014), the historical drama film Detroit (2017), the science fiction film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), and four episodes of the television series 24: Live Another Day. He received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016.

John Boyega has expressed sympathy for George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, and Stephen Lawrence during a speech at a Black Lives Matter rally in Hyde Park, London. Boyega was praised by other celebrities including fellow Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill, Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Edgar Wright, Olivia Wilde and Charlie Brooker. Lucasfilm has also reiterated its support for Boyega and the Black Lives Matter cause.

John is always proud of his Nigerian roots. He has done well! Unlike some people who do not feel 'Nigerian' but answer I've and Billings..

10. Victor Osimhen

Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Lille and the Nigeria national team.

Nigeria’s Lille forward Victor Osimhen won the Marc-Vivien Foé prize on Monday, which is given to the best African player in the French Ligue 1.

The U-17 World Cup champion is now the youngest player to win the trophy at the age of 21, succeeding another Lille player, the Ivorian Nicolas Pepe, who moved to Arsenal last summer.
The Nigerian striker has played only eight matches with his national team, scoring four goals, but he didn’t participate with the Super Eagles during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

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