Here's how I rank 'em:

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Genevieve Nnaji
3. Wole Soyinka
4. Ibrahim Babangida (sp?)
5. Everyone else. . .

Your rankings?

fela anikulapo kuti

MAMAJAMA:

fela anikulapo kuti

How could I forget about him? He's got to be above Olajuwon, and that's my top 5 in order.

I dont understand how genevieve is number2.u said the world not africa.what about oluchi,fela as stated above,footballers-kanu,okocha etc

No be beef o! But wetin Genny dey do 4 dat list? When the likes of Seal, Patti Boulaye, Tunde Baiyewu of Lighthouse fame, Sade Adu, Kanu Nwankwo, Austin Okocha, Prof Emegwali never enter list? lol

Jesus?

toptho:

I don't understand how genevieve is number2.u said the world not africa.what about oluchi,fela as stated above,footballers-kanu,okocha etc

Okocha? NO.

Oluchi? Never heard of him.

Fela? I already stated he's number 1 on my list

(in order)

1. Fela Kuti
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Genevieve Nnaji
4. Wole Soyinka
5. Ibrahim Babangida (sp?)

Honorable Mentions: Sade Adu, Seal, me, Ramsey Noauh, Obasanjo (sp?), Tuface Idibia (sp?)

Oluchi is a female model from nigeria she won face of africa a while back,I am sure if u show genevieve's picture very few people will know her outside africa,even in africa if u dont watch nollywood films u wont know her.I want to believe kanu/okocha are more popular than genevieve

americans are funny. they dont know oluchi that well here. just another black nameless model .she's just household name in naija.
how about 2face, femi kuti?

music.
1.fela kuti
2.tuface
3.ksa

movies
1.rmd
2.omotola
3.nkem owoh
4.genevieve

sports
1.jj okocha
2.kanu nwakwo
3.mikel obi

academics
1.wole soyinka
2.chinua achebe
3.ben obi

beauty
1.agbani
2.oluchi

business
1.dele momodu
2.fernandez
3.harry akande

not home grown
1.sade adu
2.seal
3.lemar
4.tunde baiyewu
5.cammellionaire
6.sola ama
7.intenational nig movie stars you can continue the list.

I don't think any of that lists can ever be accurate.

lots of people left out.

they didnt say poular they said most popular so feel free to add to the list?

Fela
Femi
KSA
wole soyinka
chinua achebe
regina askia
rmd
gani Fawehinmi
Akeem
Falilat Ogunkoya
Sunday Oliseh
kanu
Abacha
Abiola
Babangida
Pat Utomi

chinua achebe
wole soyinka
fela
hakeem olajuwon
tunde baiyewu (lighthouse family)

@sharetroll

NB: i suspect sharetroll has a crush on genevieve nnaji.

sharetroll:


Oluchi? Never heard of him.

Lol you mean HER



She has good boobs.

Gen sanni Abacha
RIBADU---EFCC
Styl-plus
P-Square
2face
Lemar
Stella Aboderin

Are we talking locally or international here. It should be in categories

Literature : Wole Shoyinka
Sports: Kanu
Stealing : Abacha, IBB and OBJ
Legit Wealth : Fernandez ? leaves in the states

etc

Me

Myself

And I

BUT HOW about the late Dr Chuba okadigbo

if u wanna talk abt the most popular personality in nigeria, its got 2 be some1 that does sport. the likes of Okocha, Kanu, Mikel,Olajuwon and co b4 u can even talk abt music with the likes Kuti, and co(hell 2 Tu Face) those that are non home grown yea dont refer to themselfs as a nigerian. so u tallin mi that Lemar will refer to himself as a nigeria? hell no

IN politics the likes of OBJ,Ibrahim Babangida
academics/literature
Wole Soyinka
chinu Achebe very popular ( i remember i read 1 of him poem in antology in GSCE)
the like of D1 and Keke are kinda of popular in music
man no feel DJ Abass ooooo the guy dey poplar with girlssss ooo gbabeeeeee

Wole soyinka and Chinua Achebe they are in alot of foreign literature books, Hakeem Olajuwon is popular as well but met quite a number of people that didnt know he was nigeria.

How can every one 4get our honourable presidon?CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO should be on d top list.

Niigerian Footballers are popular than Pale

.

Please, stop mentioning Lemar, Sade, Seal etc. THEY ARE NOT NIGERIANS, their parents are nigerians. They could care less what Nigerians feel, think and do. They do not suffer from the pain and shame that we do also.

People only like to feel that they are nigerians.

Okocha and Kanu are Nigerians and are the most famous Nigerians I should say. Every where i go in the world, when i tell people that i am a Nigerian, the next statement is, 'oh, is that the same place Kanu and Okocha are from?' Even those who dont watch football know who these guys are cos of the endoursements, adverts, Billboards, etc

Nobel prize or not, people dont remember know who Soyinka is, Or who Philip Emeagwali is, or Chinua Achebe or Fela or Femi. For God's sake, no one even knows any Nollywood actor/actress exists

For God sake,is Genevieve ur frnd,though she's popular,but not to the extent of being in the no 2.what about Dora Akunyili.The list is countless.well it all depends on the area u re rating it from

Its definately JJ Okocha, Kanu and Baba 70

O boy!
so Chamillionaire is Nigerian?
I knew it !
That dude looks like someone I used to know in Ajegunle.
Trust naijaman, see the kin name wey im choose sef.

Why do we think that folks like Hakeem Olajunwa and Oluwakandi are popular among Nigerians. Are you telling me that every Nigerian knows Hakeem more than Okocha, Keshi, Yekini, and Kanu?

Hakeem is popular in the US not in Nigeria. Unless we are talkig about Naija folks who are popular outside Nigeria.

DEPRIEYE ALAMIEYESEGHA.


YEAH, ITS GOT TO BE HIM

IBEXY:

O boy!
so Chamillionaire is Nigerian?
I knew it !
That dude looks like someone I used to know in Ajegunle.
Trust naijaman, see the kin name wey im choose sef.

You's are one funny assss guy,