100 Notable alumni of University of Ibadan

Sidney Onoriode Esiri, professionally known as Dr Sid, stylized as Dr SID, is a Nigerian singer.

Ikechi Uko is a Nigeria travel business consultant, tourism developer, entrepreneur, media consultant, journalist, and author. He is the organizer of Akwaaba African Travel Market.

Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo is a Nigerian professor of veterinary public health and preventive medicine at the University of Ibadan. She was inaugural deputy vice chancellor, research, innovation and strategic partnership, University of Ibadan, from 2017 to 2021. She served as the Secretary to the State Government of Oyo from July 2023 to January 2026.

Joseph Abiodun Balogun, FAS, is a Nigerian-American academic. He is a distinguished professor in the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University, Illinois and emeritus professor of physiotherapy at University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria. He served from 1999 to 2013 as Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University (CSU). While at CSU as Dean,...

Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack is a Nigerian-American physician. He is the A.C. Mullins Endowed Professor in Translational Research, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Jeremy Joyner White was a British-Nigerian Catholic educationist. He is a candidate for beatification in the Catholic Church.

Ifeoma MaloListen is a Nigerian lawyer working in international development. Her work focuses on clean energy technologies, and energy access and climate change mitigation and adaptation across Africa.

Olakunbi Ojuolape Olasope is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She is an expert on Roman social history, Greek and Roman theatre, and Yoruba classical performance culture. Olasope is known in particular for her work on the reception of classical drama in West Africa, especially the work of the Nigerian dramatist Femi...

Tunde Adegbola Listen, also known as T. A. or Uncle T, is a scientist, musician, engineer, linguist and culture activist. He is best known for his work in setting up most of the pioneering private television and radio stations in Nigeria. He is the founder of TIWA systems and the executive director of Alt-i (African Languages Technology Initiative).

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo is an American epidemiologist and physician. She is the 17th Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and the JAMA Network. She is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. She is a general internist and attending physician at San Francisco...

Taofik Adegbite is a Nigerian businessman. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Marine Platforms Limited and the Norwegian Consul General in Nigeria. Adegbite is the first Nigerian to deliver an offshore subsea construction vessel for the oil and gas sector in Nigeria which is named African Inspiration by the Norwegian government through the first ever shipbuilding contract...

Eunice Uche Julian Atuejide // is a Nigerian businesswoman, lawyer, and politician. She is best known for founding the National Interest Party (NIP) and also being the 2019 Nigeria Presidential candidate for the National Interest Party (NIP).

Saheed Aderinto is a Nigerian American Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, an award-winning author, and a filmmaker. He is the Founding President of the Lagos Studies Association. In February 2023, Aderinto received the $300,000 Dan David Prize–the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world in recognition of...

Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye was a Nigerian historian and diplomat.

Ohimai Amaize is a Nigerian journalist with a multi-sectoral background that spans anti-corruption, youth advocacy, civil society, political campaigns, brand development, communications strategy and governance.

Christian Happi is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Genomics and Global Health, both at Redeemer’s University. He is known for leading the team of scientists that used genomic sequencing to identify a single point of infection from an animal reservoir to a human in...

Nasir Mamman GCON, titled Galadiman Katsina from 1992 to 2019, was a Nigerian jurist who served as President of the Courts of Appeal from 1978 to 1992.

Adedayo Clement Adeyeye is a Nigerian politician in All Progressives Congress party. He is a former Minister of State for Works, former Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District.

Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello Listen is a Nigerian academic. She is a professor of physiology and the 9th Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University.

Dr. Abayomi Ajayilisten is a Nigerian obstetrician/gynecologist.

Abdulganiyu Folorunsho AbdulRazaq was the first Commissioner of Finance for Kwara State after the state was formed in 1967 under Yakubu Gowon's military administration. He was also the first lawyer from the Northern part of Nigeria. He was President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 2000 - 2003 and Vice-President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 1983 - 2000.

Cyril Agodi Onwumechili Listen was a Nigerian physicist, academic administrator, and professor of geophysics at the University of Ibadan and later University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was the fourth Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) from January 1979 to December 1982 and the former President/Vice Chancellor of the Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu, Nigeria,...

Dapo Lam Adesina is a Nigerian politician, who was a member of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He represented Ibadan North East/South East Federal constituency of Oyo State between 2015 and 2019. He is currently the Special Assistant Political (South West) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Isaac Folorunso AdewoleListen FAS is a Nigerian professor of gynaecology and obstetrics. He was minister of health of Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2019 under the Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He is a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, and president of the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer.

Dele Joseph Ezeoba GSS fwc MSc MRIN FCIS is a retired vice admiral in the Nigerian Navy who was the 20th Chief of the Naval Staff. Prior to that appointment, he served as Deputy Commandant at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Nigeria.

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade Listen born in the year 1957, is a Nigerian hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer, Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. She also serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.

Alexander Obiefoka Enukora Animalu is a Nigerian academic, a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo Listen was a Nigerian historian known for the history and historiography of Africa, more particularly Igbo history and the history of Southeastern Nigeria. Themes emphasised include pre-colonial and colonial history, inter-group relations, the Aro and the slave trade, the art and science of history in Africa, and nation-building.

Olusola "Sola" Adejoke David-Borha, is the former chief executive of Africa Regions at the Standard Bank Group, a position she retired from in 2021. Currently, she is the Chairman of the Board of Stanbic IBTC Holdings. She was the CEO of Stanbic IBTC Holdings until January 2017 and was deputy CEO and executive director of corporate & investment banking. She...

Jubril Martins-KuyeListen was a Nigerian politician. After studying in Nigeria and the United States he qualified as an accountant before entering politics. Martins-Kuye was originally a member of the Social Democratic Party and served as a senator. He joined the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) towards the end of the Sani Abacha regime. After unsuccessfully standing as the People's Democratic...

Mabel Segun Listen, NNOM was a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books who was also a teacher, broadcaster, and a sportswoman.

Aniru Sahib Sahib Conteh was a Sierra Leonean physician and expert on the clinical treatment of Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to West Africa caused by the Lassa virus. Conteh studied medicine at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and taught at Ibadan Teaching Hospital. He later returned to Sierra Leone where he joined the Centers for Disease...

Michael Abiola Omolewa Listen is a Nigerian diplomat, scholar, education historian, and civil servant. From September 2003 to October 2005, he served as the 32nd president of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). While president, Omolewa led UNESCO to adopt the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data and the Convention for the Safeguarding...

Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi is a Nigerian diplomat. He is best known as the former President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Uhomoibhi's term as President was from 19 June 2008 to 18 June 2009. Martin Uhomoibhi served as Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In October 2015 he was appointed Joint Special Representative for Darfur and...

Jude Idada is a Nigerian actor, poet, playwright and producer best known for writing the feature film, The Tenant. He has also produced and written several other short films and books.

Dare Fasasi, known professionally as Baba Dee, is a Swedish-Nigerian movie director, and dancehall artiste. He was the older brother of Nigerian singer-songwriter, Sound Sultan, with whom he founded a record label named Naija Ninja Entertainment Production Company. Baba Dee's music career began with the release of his debut album in 1997.

Ivan Koreta is a Ugandan retired military officer, diplomat and legislator. He is a retired general in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and a former representative for the armed forces in the Parliament of Uganda, where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.

Adrian Igonibo Barrett is a Nigerian writer of short stories and novels. In 2014, he was named on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Following his two collections of short stories – From Caves of Rotten Teeth (2005) and Love Is Power, or Something Like That (2013)...

Bamidele Abiodun is a Nigerian businesswoman, philanthropist and wife of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun State, Nigeria.

Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi Listen was a Nigerian literary scholar. She was Professor of Classics and served as Head of the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Classics in Nigeria and the first black woman to become a Professor of Classics in sub-Saharan Africa. She was...

Abel Idowu OlayinkaListen FAS is a Nigerian professor of applied geophysics. He is a former deputy vice chancellor and former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is also the president of the West African Research and Innovation Management Association.

Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga Listen is a Nigerian who served as the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment of Nigeria from 2011 to 2015. He was first nominated by President Olusegun Obasanjo and appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as the Minister of Finance from 6 April 2010 to June 2011.

Babatunde Osotimehinlisten was a Nigerian physician, who served as Minister of Health, and in 2011 became the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, holding the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, reappointed in August 2014 until his death. Osotimehin's interests were youth and gender, and he advocated for reproductive health and reproductive rights, particularly within the context...

Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí listen is a Nigerian gender scholar and full professor of sociology at Stony Brook University. She acquired her bachelor's degree in political science at the University of Ibadan in Ibadan, Nigeria and went on to pursue her graduate degree in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Oyěwùmí is the winner of the African Studies Association's 2021 Distinguished...

Oyenike Laoye, Listenknown professionally as Nikki Laoye, is a Nigerian recording artist, singer, humanitarian, songwriter, dancer and occasional actress, renowned for her musical expressions and stage performances. As a recording artist, Laoye's music has earned her several awards including The Headies Award in 2013 for Best Female Vocal Performance and the All African Music Awards in 2014 for Best Female...

Tolu Ogunlesilisten is a Nigerian journalist, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger. Ogunlesi was appointed to the role of special assistant on digital/new media by President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February 2016.

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola Listen was the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist. Sofola was also a university teacher and became the first female Professor of Theater Arts in Africa.

Temba Maqubela is a South African educator and administrator. He is the eighth and current headmaster of Groton School, the American boarding school, serving since 2013. Before Groton, he spent 26 years at Phillips Academy (Andover), eventually rising to faculty dean and assistant head of school for academics.

Uche Chukwumerije //, popularly referred to as "Comrade Chukwumerije" because of his lifelong socialist beliefs, was elected a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2003, representing Abia North Senatorial District.

Tamunoemi Sokari David-West was a Nigerian academic, social critic, and federal minister.

Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje Listen was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 2017, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and...

Theodore Ahamefule Orji CON Listen is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing Abia Central senatorial district from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as the governor of Abia State from 2007 to 2015. He was a career civil servant, and served as chief of staff to the Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu.

Iya Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and mathematician who held multiple cabinet level appointments (Minister of Defence and Minister of Internal Affairs) during the Nigerian Second Republic, and Senator for Adamawa North from May 1999 to May 2007.

Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III is the current Alake of Egba, a clan in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He has ruled since 2 August 2005.

Ayo Adesanya listen is a Nigerian film actress, director and producer. Ayo Adesanya appears in both Yoruba and English-language films.

Ibinabo Fiberesima is a Nigerian film actress, Director and Producer ex-beauty Queen and event manager. She is a former president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria.

Olufunmilola Aduke Iyanda Listen, known professionally as Funmi Iyanda, is a Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, film and television producer, media executive, philanthropist, journalist, and blogger. She produced and hosted a talk show, New Dawn with Funmi, which aired on the national network for over eight years. Iyanda rose to become one of Nigeria’s most watched television personalities. Iyanda is...

Asuerinme Ighodalo is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He is from Okaigben, Ewohimi, Esan South East LGA, Edo State, Nigeria. He was a candidate in the 2024 Edo State governorship election. He is, alongside Femi Olubanwo, a founding partner of the law firm Banwo-and-Ighodalo, a corporate and commercial law practice in Nigeria, specializing in advising major corporations on Corporate Finance,...

Owoye Andrew Azazi CFR FSS GSS DSS MSS CMH was a Nigerian army general who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, was Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria, and Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Before his first service chief appointment (COAS), he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Kaduna State.

Niyi Osundare Listen is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral tradition of his Yoruba culture, which he hybridizes with other poetic traditions of the world, including African-American, Latin American, Asian, and European.

Beautiful Nubia is the performing name for Segun Akinlolu Listen, a Nigerian-born songwriter, music composer and band leader.

Dele Odule is a Nigerian film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He was nominated in the "Best Supporting Actor (Yoruba)" category at the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards for his role in the film Kori Koto. He currently serves as the President of the Theatre arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria.

Segun Adebutu is a Nigerian businessman, economist and philanthropist. He has business interests in oil and gas, shipping, mining, construction, real estate, agriculture and entertainment. He is the chairman and CEO of Petrolex Oil and Gas, a company presently building the second largest refinery in sub-Saharan Africa.

Teslim Kolawole Folarin OFR is a Nigerian politician, he was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State for the 2023 gubernatorial election which he lost to the incumbent governor Seyi Makinde. He previously served as the senator representing Oyo Central senatorial district from 2003 to 2011; and from 2019 to 2023.

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan Listen, known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer and theatre critic, noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is a didactic writer whose works seek...

Olikoye Ransome-Kutilisten was a paediatrician, activist and health minister of Nigeria.

Allen Ifechukwu Onyema // CON is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur and international business man. He is the chief executive officer of Air Peace Limited, which he established in 2013.

Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current vice president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. Jalloh is a political scientist, businessman and a former United Nations official. Jalloh is a senior member of the Sierra Leone People's Party.

Grace Awani Alele-Williams OON, FMAN, FNAE was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first female vice-chancellor at any Nigerian university, at the University of Benin.

Sadique Baba Abubakar CFR psc DFS GSS fwc fdc(+) MSc (born 8 April 1960) is a retired air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force and former Chief of the Air Staff of Nigeria.

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, GCON, GCVO, CFR (born 18 January 1933) is a Nigerian diplomat. He was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. Born in Obosi, Anyaoku was educated at Merchants of Light School, Oba, and attended the University College, Ibadan, then a college of the University of London, from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics as a College Scholar. Aside...

Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo Listen was a Nigerian poet, teacher, and librarian, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra. He is widely acknowledged as an outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the 20th century.

Femi Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Listen is a Nigerian politician who has served as deputy governor of Lagos State since 2019.

Gabriel Afolayan, Listen also known by his musical stage name G-Fresh, is a Nigerian actor and singer.

Daniel Taiwo Odukoya Listen was a Nigerian pentecostal pastor. He was the co-founder and senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, situated in Ilupeju, Lagos, and with a membership of over 8,000 people in the 2010s.

Bimbo Akintola listen is a Nigerian actress.

Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa CON Listen is a Nigerian doctor and politician who served as Governor of Delta State from May 2015 to May 2023. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party, he was the party's vice presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election running alongside Atiku Abubakar who was the presidential candidate.

Oyekunle Opeyemi Oluwaremi Listen, known professionally as Kunle Remi, is a Nigerian singer, producer, and model. He appeared in the films Falling and Aníkúlápó, the television series Tinsel, and won the 7th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010. While studying at the New York Film Academy, he also hosted an internet television channel, Celebville 360. He hosted the Academy...

Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and...

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka GCON is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural...

Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti MON, also known as Funmilayo Aníkúlápó-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, and women's rights activist.

Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the governor of Edo State from 2016 to 2024.

William Folorunso Kumuyi listen is the convener of Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), and the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry situated at Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria. He is the author of several Christian books and devotionals.

John Michael Ogidi is a retired Nigerian Army major general. He was Defence Adviser of the Nigeria High Commission in the United Kingdom from March 2012 to March 2015 and until his retirement in July 2015, he was the Commander Corps of Signal Headquarters Nigerian Army Signals.

Ambassador Akin Fayomi is a Nigerian career diplomat who was the Minister/Head of Political Affairs at the High Commission of Nigeria, London from July 2004 to March 2007. Later he was Ambassador and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) to Liberia from January 2010 to July 2011. He was then appointed as Under-Secretary in the...

Yemisi Adedoyin ShyllonListen is a prince of Ake in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. He hails from the Sogbulu and Ogunfayo lineage of the Laarun ruling house of Ake in Egbaland.

Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun is a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019. He represented Irepodun /Olurunda /Osogbo /Orolu Federal Constituency of Osun State in the House.

Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla Listen is a retired Nigerian military general, who became governor of Osun State, Nigeria in May 2003, and was reelected in 2007. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Femi Adebayo Listen is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker, director, and lawyer. He is known for his work in Yoruba-language cinema and for directing commercially successful films such as King of Thieves (2022), Jagun Jagun (2023), and Seven Doors (2024).

Peju Layiwola, Listenis an art Historian and visual artist from Nigeria who works in a variety of media and genre. She is listed as a "21st Century Avant-Garde" in the book Art Cities of the Future published by Phaidon Press. She is currently a Professor of Art and Art history at the University of Lagos and has been described as...

Otunba Segun Adewale, Listen popularly known as Segun Aeroland,, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, philanthropist and grassroot politician. A native of Ipoti EKiti in Ijero Local Government Area of EKiti state, South Western Nigeria and the Lagos West Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 senatorial election.

Eniola BadmusListen is a Nigerian professional film actress, script writer, entertainer and a social media influencer. She is presently the Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives on Social Events and Public Hearings.

Abdullahi Umar GandujeListen OFR is the board chairman FAAN also is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He is a member and former national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC)...

Gabriel Tanimu Aduda is a Nigerian civil servant who serves as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence. He previously held the same position at the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, where he played a crucial role in overseeing the operations and policies of the ministry. Aduda also served as OPEC Governor for Nigeria, representing the country's interests...

Kunle Idowu, popularly known as Frank Donga, is a Nigerian actor and comedian. He rose to fame through the webseries, The Interview, on Ndani TV about an unassuming job-seeker for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy in the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award in 2015. He has gone on to feature in several movies like The...

Kashim Shettima Mustapha GCON is a Nigerian politician who is the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria. He previously served as senator for Borno Central from 2019 to 2023, and as the governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019.

Babagana Umara Zulum CON mni is a Nigerian professor and politician who has served as governor of Borno State since 2019 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade CON is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Cross River State from 2015 to 2023. He served as Senator for Cross River North from 2011 to 2015.

Kingsley Burutu Otuaro is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as deputy governor of Delta State from May 2015 to May 2023.