In spite of many odds that limit attainment of potentials at home, Nigeria is stepping forward to register its nationals in the global hall of fame.The country is feeding the wider world with talented and able people, as it continually…
Category: TOP 10 NIGERIANS ON WORLD STAGE
Kevin Ibeh
Prof. Kevin Ibeh is newly appointed Commissioner, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission [CSC] in the UK, which provides the main UK government scholarship scheme led by international development objectives. The CSC is an executive non-departmental public body, which is sponsored mainly by the Foreign…
Bola Adesola
Ms. Bola Adesola is Senior. Vice Chairman Africa, Standard Chartered Bank and UN Global Impact Board – the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The Global Compact was proposed in the late 1990s by then UN secretary-general Kofi Annan in response to widespread concerns about…
Onyema Ogbuagu
Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu is a Nigerian-born medical doctor, who led the Pfizer trial for the coronavirus vaccine in the United States. His ground-breaking research in the field of modified genetic code has given him a place of recognition in finding…
Olorutimi Badero
Dr. Olorutimi Badero is world’s first fully trained and certified interventional cardio-nephrologist –a combined heart & kidney specialist physician. The Nigerian born, US-based medical specialist has been recognized for his accomplishments in this emerging field of medicine. He is a board-certified cardiologist,…
Chile Ebeo-Osuji
Chief Chile Ebeo-Osuji has just ended his term [10th March 2021] as president of the International Criminal Court [ICC], Hague since 2018 and a judge at the court since 2012.For so long he has held forth at the international institution…
Mohammed Barkindo
Mohammed Barkindo is secretary general, OPEC, the chief executive of the organization’s Secretariat and it’s legally authorized representative. In this capacity, he administers the affairs of the organization in accordance with the directions of the board of governors. Barkindo was…
Amina Mohammed
Ms. Amina Mohammed is the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Right at the top ranking level of the global body, she is part of the effort to deal head on…
Bernadette O. Oramah
Prof. Bernadette O. Oramah is president, African Export-Import Bank [Afreximbank], which boasts a balance sheet size in the region of $20 billion in 2020 and shareholders’ funds in excess of $3 billion. Oramah is reputed for demonstrating unique and very…
Akinwunmi Adesina
Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina is president of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and has been on the saddle of the bank’s leadership since 2015. Since then he has pursued strategic goals and growth initiatives anchored on his High 5 Strategy’. These are…
