Rivers celebrities(all stars):-

1. Sam Dede:- This hunk actor is from Okrika and one of the pioneers of the make believe industry in both Rivers State and Nigeria as a whole. The ‘Issakaba hero’ and lecturer of Threatre Arts at the University of Port Harcourt has featured in most of the best movies in Nollywood. One of his recent movies titled ‘Grass Market’ also featured top stars such as Nobert Young and Emmanuel Okutuate which was premiered in Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt between February 19th and 25th this year.

2. Columbus Irosoanga:- This Okirika, Rivers State born top Nollywood actor and Theatre Arts lecturer at University of Port Harcourt has helped to groom up coming artistes. His acting career started in the early 80s when he featured in various soap operas with other top actors such as Comish Ekiye in Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and also took part in dramas at the Rivers State Council for Arts and Culture. He is one of the showbiz personalities to contend with in the industry.

3. Hilda Dokubo:- The entertainment clan in Rivers State is incomplete without sultry actress Hilda Dokubo who has come a long way. From acting she became a Special Assistant to former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili. She started her movie career as a child actress and was featured in many Nollywood movies and currently runs an NGO titled Centre for Creative Education in Port Harcourt which helps to train people for job creations.

She also uses the organisation to encourage the Niger Delta youths to embrace peace rather than militancy.

4. Ibinabo Fiberesima:- The beautiful Nollywood super actress and former beauty queen is currently the chairperson of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Rivers State Chapter. The friendly and unassuming Ibinabo is the franchise owner of Miss Earth Nigeria and also anchors big events amongst other social activities.

5. Millicent Jack: She is another top practitioner in Nollywood. She is currently the vice chairperson of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Rivers State Chapter. Pretty Millicent is also the African Movie Academy (AMAA) Best custumier for 2009. She is well known in the make believe industry because of her professionalism in the industry.

6. Gentle Jack: His muscular physique is a reference point in Nollywood though he refused to admit that his towering height and intimidating biceps have stereotyped him. Kalabari, Rivers State born Gentle Jack has won the Abuja carnival king twice and has featured in uncountable movies. The Gentle giant also runs a body fitness equipment outfit.

7. Tonto Dike:- Ikwerre Rivers State born screen diva, Tonto Dike is one of the most controversial actresses in Nollywood as she is always enmeshed in one controversy or the other. Despite that, she is a favourite of most producers because of her prowess in role interpretation.

8. Monalisa Chinda:- This lady needs no introduction not just because she is an actress and a beautiful one indeed, but because she is been quite successful in her chosen field. However, this Glo Ambassador was recently enmeshed in a divorce matter with her erstwhile husband Segun Dejo Richards. The beautiful Ikwerre born Nollywood top actress has featured in many Nollywood movies.

9. Duncan Mighty:- Ikwerre born Duncan Mighty is a king not only in the south-south but in Lagos, the mainstream of entertainment. He is loved for his music, style and dance steps. He performs well in any concert within and outside Port Harcourt. His latest album titled ‘Ahamefula’ is making waves in the music industry.

10. Lexy M :- This Ogoni, Rivers State born music sensation is the current chairman of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) Rivers State Chapter.
He won the best Highlife Musical Artiste of the year 2009 at Odudu music Award. He has a new album titled ‘Eleni’ which has 12 tracks.

11. Peter Stonecold:- Peter Stone cold is a very popular musician in Rivers State. He won Gyration category at the Odudu Awards with his.

popular, ‘Hold Your Waste’ song. He is very good in stage performance and will soon be dropping his next album.

12. Sotty:- This Buguma, River State born pretty singer took the music clan by storm with her debut album titled ‘malaria. She is a very good musician and has topped the African Fusion top chart videos on NTA2 Channel 5 severally and she is doing very well in her music career.

13. Muma Gee:- Gift Iyumame Uwame aka Muma Gee is a prodigious artiste with a celestial knack for the genuine and the resplendent. Her emergence in the music scene in Nigeria marked a decisive turning point in an era that has witnessed a death of authentic music native to the Nigerian audience.

Her style of music shows a pristime stylistic performance pattern original to the African people and ends carrying its rhythm. Something different from the westernised musical contraption that is now common stance in the industry. No wonder she has many awards for her musical talents.

14. Julius Agwu:- This top comedian is one of the forces to be reckoned with in the stand up comedy clan. His past was symbolised by thorny pathway. He actually started his comic business in school at Uniport, but when he later came to Lagos he lived the life of a nomad until his break through came. Today, he is a millionaire and dines with society top brass. This very busy comedian is still actively cracking ribs at the moment, but still finds time to hang out with friends, fans and well wishers. Apart from comedy, he is also into music and acting.

15. Tekena Iyalla:- This graduate of marketing is popularly known as chief of waterside and one of the Funky 4+1 members on Rythym 93.7 FM which airs every Friday. He is also the winner of music comedy category for his comedy titled ‘Handbag’. Tekena is a talented comedian and his dress sence is very commendable.

16. Dan D Humorous: Born Daniel C. Nwoka is a multitalented stand up comedian who delivers his jokes in a unique way. He had a festival of comedians recently tagged ‘Good Boy Gone Better. He is a member of the Funky 4+1 on Rhythm 93.7FM and a graduate of linguistics.

17. Prince Hezekiah:- The Buguma born comedian started comedy in 2001 in Port Harcourt. Good in Gospel concerts, he also anchors ‘Make Your Day’ in AIT, Laffo Roma, he is now on Ray Power 106.5 FM and anchors launch hour comedy show tagged Laugh and Jamz.

18. Joseph Phillip Yobo:- (born 6 September 1980) is an Ogoni and a former Nigerian professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was the captain of the Nigerian national team until his international football retirement in June 2014, and he is Nigeria's record appearance holder.

19. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi:- born 27 May 1965 is a Nigerian politician who served as the 5th Governor of Rivers State from 2007 to 2015. He was re-elected for a second term on 26 April 2011. Amaechi was a member of the People's Democratic Party before defecting to the All Progressives Congress on 27 November 2013. He is now a serving Federal Minister of Transportation.

20. Agbani Darego:- MFR(born Agbani Asenite Darego,22 December 1982) is a Nigerian model and beauty queen, best known as the first native Sub-Saharan African to win Miss World.... . From Kalabari, Rivers state.

21. Mr 2kay :- Abinye David Jumbo better known as Mr 2Kay, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He is signed to Grafton Entertainment.

22. Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa:- (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as president, of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. He was also an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government, which he viewed as reluctant to enforce environmental regulations on the foreign petroleum companies operating in the area.

At the peak of his non-violent campaign, he was tried by a special military tribunal for allegedly masterminding the gruesome murder of Ogoni chiefs at a pro-government meeting, and hanged in 1995 by the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. His execution provoked international outrage and resulted in Nigeria's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations for over three years.

23. Dokubo-Asari :- (born 1964), formerly Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jr. and typically referred to simply as Asari, is a major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. He was president of the Ijaw Youth Council for a time beginning in 2001 and later founded the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force which would become one of the most prominent armed groups operating in the Niger Delta region. He is a Muslim with populist views and an anti-government stance that have made him a folk hero amongst certain members of the local population.


24. Lessi Pamela Peter-Vigboro:-The current title holder of miss Nigeria is Computer Science graduate l who represented Cross River and is from Ogoni in Rivers state.

25. Ambassador Marvin Yobana:-The immediate past african representative world assembly of Youths is from Ogoni.

26. Elechi Amadi:- Nationality :- Nigerian. Born: Aluu, 1934. Education: University College, Ibadan, 1955-59, B.Sc. in mathematics and physics 1959. Military Service: Served in the Nigerian Federal Army, 1963-66, 1968-69. Career: Government survey assistant, Calabar, 1953-55, and surveyor, Enugu, 1959-60; science teacher in mission schools, Oba and Ahoada, 1960-63; principal, Asa Grammar School, 1967; administrative officer, 1970-74, and permanent secretary, 1975-83, Government of Rivers State, Port Harcourt; writer-in-residence and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, College of Education, Port Harcourt, 1984-87; Commissioner of Education, 1987-89, and Commissioner of Lands and Housing, 1989-90, Rivers State. Awards: International Writers Program grant, University of Iowa, 1973; Rivers State Silver Jubilee Merit award, 1992.

27. High Chief Dumo O.B Lulu Briggs:-Nigerian statesman O.B. Lulu-Briggs, 84, is founder of oil exploration company Moni Pulo Ltd. He was the vice chairman of the now-defunct National Party of Nigeria, the dominant political party in Nigeria from 1979 to 1983. He was named one of the 10 richest Nigerians in 2014 with an estimated net worth of $500 million.

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Yobo ; A great son of the Soil ... His testimonial match is a must watch

Op , last time I checked the funky4+1 show doesn't air on Rhythm fm any longer . They moved on to Today Fm PH .



And , Chinua Achebe is not from Rivers state ... He hails from ogidi in Anambra state

Dis is becoming boring abeg

You shld av bolded d celeb's name jst lyk how others av bn dng it,wit what u wrote nw it seems everytn is jst jampackd.
After dng all d 36 states we av,i wonder what next,i guess it wld be celebs u didn't knw were from mars,pluto,jupiter,earth etc.

Stanleywaxy:
Op , last time I checked the funky4+1 show doesn't air on Rhythm fm any longer . They moved on to Today Fm PH .



And , Chinua Achebe is not from Rivers state ... He hails from ogidi in Anambra state

...pls go through the post ones more and you'll see it was only elechi amadi that was mentioned #

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onem:
...pls go through the post ones more and you'll see it was only elechi amadi that was mentioned #

So , you mean you didn't Mention Achebe's name ?

make l kukuma buy dis land.. just in case

Elizabeth Pearl Hart: Sound city presenter from Bonny
Burna Boy: you all know him, he hails from Ahoada

Mary uranta: Nollywood actress and business woman from Opobo

Walter Anga: Nollywood actor from ogu bolo
Soso soberekon: Kcee's manager, 5 star music. From Buguma
Daniel Wilson: Veteran musician of the 80's from Rivers too

pictures coming later and more famous people from rivers.

Stanleywaxy:
Yobo ; A great son of the Soil ...
His testimonial match is a must watch

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