1 samuel peter
Samuel Okon Peter (born September 6, 1980 in
Akwa Ibom , Nigeria ), nicknamed "The Nigerian
Nightmare," is a professional heavyweight
boxer and the former WBC heavyweight
champion.
Peter rose to prominence as a professional
fighter following a string of spectacular
knockout wins in his early career, at a time
when the division was fragmented. He has
won a portion of the heavyweight crown and
scored notable wins over James Toney and
Oleg Maskaev .
Originally, Peter's preferred sport was soccer .
In 1992, some boxers came to Peter's school
to train. The curious young 11-year-old
stopped by and asked if he could train along
with them. He was put up against an
experienced amateur and knocked him out.
This marked the beginning of a successful
amateur career for Peter.

2. Ini edo
Iniobong Edo Ekim born on April 23rd, 1982 hails
from Akwa Ibom. The actress who is popularly
known as Ini Edo is among the top actresses in
Nollywood ( the Nigerian film industry). Her very
first film was “Thick Madam” (2003). She has
featured in over a 100 films, just 30 in 2007 alone.
Although she loves acting, has acted since she
was a child in church and at school, and even
though she studied theatre arts at the University
of Uyo, she did not see herself becoming an
actress! She was thinking of going into law or
television. Nollywood at that point had not yet
taken off. But one thing led to another and she
found herself acting in a film. Both she and others
were pleased with how well she did.
Well, her father was not so pleased, not at first.
He wanted her to get her degree first. And
besides, she was just 19 at the time, a young
woman. To become a film actress meant going to
a city far away where she knew no one. He was
afraid people would take advantage of her. But it
all turned out well in the end: a film director saw
her talent and took her under his wing and looked
out for her like a father. And she did get her
degree too, from the University of Calabar, though
it was not easy to balance acting with her
studies.
Some actresses feel like they have to sleep with
the producer to get ahead. She thinks that does
not work in the long run, not as well as hard work
and talent. Men came on to her all the time when
she was single, but she did not let them turn

3. liz benson
Elizabeth Benson Liz, popularly known as Liz
Benson, began acting when she was just a kid.
Her journey to stardom began when she
appeared on the set of the popular television
soap opera, Fortunes in 1993. Liz Benson
played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the
soap, which ran for about two years on
the Nigerian Television Authority network.In
1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a very
successful home video film that focused on the
theme of prostitution, literally changed her
fortune after Fortunes. The movie shot her into
prominence and gradually she warmed her way
into the minds of millions of Nigerian movie
fans. Surprisingly, just when her rating as a
leading actress had begun to rise even higher
than expected, Benson suddenly quit acting in
1996. She became a born-again Christian and
started preaching the gospel. The Efik-born
actress, took another shot at marriage after
her conversion. In a quiet court ceremony in
Abuja , She got married to Bishop Great Emeya
in 2009 at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in
Warri , Delta State . [1] The couple are deeply
involved in a Christian evangelical ministry.
While Benson is an evangelist, her husband,
Emeya, is a pastor in Warri, Delta State. [2]
Liz lost her husband (Samuel Gabriel Etim)
while around her mid-twenties. Liz said that
she actually gained strength from his character
and that made her be able to carry her and
her kids through the loss.
She started acting when she was five years
old. She is loved by most movie watchers in
Nigeria and is seen as one of the first ladies of
Nollywood
Some of her more popular roles include her
role as Titubi in Femi Osofisan 's Morountodun
and as Mrs. Agnes Johnson in Fortunes , a
soap opera that ran for about two years on
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel
10. She acted in a number of Nollywood video-
films such as Evil Men 1 and 2, Shame ,
Conspiracy, Izaga, Burden , Stolen Child , Faces ,
Dead End , Tycoon, Glamour Girls, Body of
Vengeance and a horde of other movies.

pix below;
1 ini
2liz benson

4 VINCENT ENYEAMA
Vincent Enyeama (born 29 August 1982) is a
Nigerian football goalkeeper. Since 2002, he
has played for the national team of Nigeria . He
currently plays for Lille OSC who he signed for
in June 2011.
During the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, club
manager René Girard picked Enyeama as his
first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Steeve Elana,
who had been the first-choice goalkeeper when
Rudi Garcia was the club manager. With the
help of his two centre-backs, Marko Baša and
Simon Kjær, Enyeama kept 11 consecutive
clean sheets in Ligue 1 matches during the
first half of the season. On 8 December 2013,
Enyeama finally conceded a goal after playing
1,062 minutes of Ligue 1 football in an away
match against Bordeaux, during which he was
beaten by Landry N'Guémo 's deflected strike
in the 27th minute. He thus came within 114
minutes of equalling Gaëtan Huard 's Ligue 1
goalkeeping record, set in 1993, of playing
1,176 minutes without conceding a goal. [5]
International career
After making his debut for the Nigeria national
football team against Kenya in May 2002, [6]
Enyeama was selected for the 2002 FIFA World
Cup as a cover for Ike Shorunmu. He made his
competitive debut in that tournament, keeping
a clean sheet against England in the third
group match. Since the retirement of
Shorunmu, he has been the first-choice
goalkeeper for the national team, helping the
Super Eagles to third place finishes in the
2004 , 2006 , 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
tournaments, and captaining the team to
victory of in the 2013 edition. He has also
participated in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World
Cups , and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup .
[6]
In the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, Enyeama
stopped three kicks in the quarter-final penalty
shootout against Tunisia , but could not
prevent a loss to Côte d'Ivoire in the semi-
final. In the 2010 tournament, he was again
Nigeria's shootout hero at the quarter-final
stage, saving from Zambia's Thomas Nyrienda
and scoring the winning kick himself.[7]
Enyeama made his second FIFA World Cup
participation in the 2010 tournament in South
Africa. In Nigeria's opening match, he was
named man of the match, producing a defiant
display to restrict Argentina to a 1–0 win.
Enyeama, who was playing his 56th
international for the Super Eagles, made six
fine saves against the two-time world
champions, four of them from Lionel Messi .
Argentine coach Diego Maradona praised him
as the reason Messi not able to score a goal.
Enyeama was also awarded man of the match
in the team's next fixture, a 2–1 loss to
Greece , but was at fault for Vasilis Torosidis '
winning goal. [8]
At the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Enyeama
deputised for regular captain Joseph Yobo ,
who stayed on the bench for most of the
competition. [6] On 10 February, Enyeama led
Nigeria to its third continental victory, keeping
a clean sheet in a 1–0 defeat of Burkina Faso
in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final. He
was named to the team of the tournament as
first choice goalkeeper, conceding only four
goals in six matches. [9]
In June 2014, Enyeama was named in
Nigeria's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
[10] In the Super Eagles' first fixture, he kept
the second FIFA World Cup clean sheet of his
career as the team drew 0–0 with Iran. [11] He
subsequently recorded a second consecutive
shutout in the fixture against Bosnia and
Herzegovina , a 1–0 win which gave Nigeria its
first win at the tournament since the 1998
edition .[12] He conceded three goals in the last
match of the first round against Argentina, a
game which ended in a 3–2 defeat for Nigeria,
placing them second in the group and thus
qualifying them for the second round for the
first time in 16 years.

5 ROSE BARKLEY
Midfielder Ross Barkley has emerged as another
fine prospect from the Everton conveyor belt.
It turns out the youngster, who has represented
England at Under-16, -17, -19 and -21 levels, is
eligible for Nigeria.
Barkley himself revealed this in a ‘Player Focus’
interview with Everton's official website, saying
he was eligible for Nigeria, in addition to
England.
KickOffNigeria.com understands that Barkley's
eligibility comes through his father, Peter
Effanga.
Effanga lives in Liverpool where he works at the
Getrag Ford Transmission plant.
But a strained relationship with his father meant
the youngster took his mother's surname of
Barkley.
Despite admitting his eligibility for Nigeria,
KickOffNigeria.com understands that Barkley,
who has never been to Nigeria, is fully focused
on representing England at full international level.
pix below;
1 ENYEAMA
2 ROSE BARKLEY

6 AIR MARSHAL NSIKAK EDUOK RTD
The twelfth Chief of the air Staff of NAF was Air
Marshal Nsikak-Abasi Essien Eduok. He was born
on 11 July 1947 at Mbak in Akwa Ibom State. He
had his early education in Uyo after which he
worked briefly with the Voice of Nigeria (VON), as
a Studio Manager. He enlisted into the NAF as a
potential pilot on 1 August 1968.
Air Marshal Eduok had his initial military training
at the Nigerian Defence Academy after which he
went for primary flying training in 1970. On
completion of his primary training, he undertook
the Basic Flying Training Course in 1971. He
emerged as the best-all-round student pilot in
both phases. He was commissioned Second
Lieutenant in February 1971.
Air Marshal Eduok attended several professional
and staff courses both at home and overseas.
These include the Advanced and Tactical Flying
Training Course, between 1971 and 1973; the
Aircraft Accident Investigation Course in the USA
between 1974 and 1975; the MiG-21 Conversion
Course in the Soviet Union in 1975; the Advanced
Staff Course in the United Kingdom in 1976; and
the Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1981.
Between 1983 and 1986 he undertook flying
courses on the MB-339 in Italy and the L-39 in
the then Czechoslovakia. In 1991, he was at the
USAF Air War College from where he graduated in
1992. As a combat pilot, he flew several aircraft
types in Nigeria and overseas. Among these are
the L-29, the L-39, the MiG 15 and 17, the MiG
21 and the MB-339. He also served in various
capacities in several units within the NAF. He was
the first Operations Officer of the Strike Group,
Makurdi, between 1975 and 1976. He was also
Commanding Officer, NAF Station Enugu, and the
first Commander of the 75 Fighter Squadron. He
commanded the 301 and 303 Flying Training
Schools at Kaduna and Kano respectively, as well
as the NAF Stations in Makurdi and Kainji.
Between 1986 and 1987, he served as a Directing
Staff at the Command and Staff College, Jaji. In
1989, he was appointed Director of Plans at HQ
NAF and subsequently Director of Operations in
1990. A year later, he became the Air Officer
Commanding Training Command, as well as a
member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council
(AFRC). Air Marshal Eduok also held some
nonmilitary appointments among which are:
Member, Governing Council, Bayero University
(BUK) Kano (1984-1986) and NAF representative
on the National Boundaries Commission
(1989-1991).
On 27 August 1993, he was appointed CAS, but
the appointment was reversed a week later by the
then military government. On 6 September 1994,
he was redeployed as AOC TAC and also
appointed a memberof the Provisional Ruling
Council (PRC). On 20 March 1995, he was
appointed a member of the Federal Executive
Council as Honourable Minister for Aviation. He
was in this position till his reappointment as CAS
on 30 March 1996.

7. SAM EWANG
Group Captain Sam Ewang was appointed
Military Administrator of Ogun State , Nigeria
from August 1996 to August 1998 during the
military regime of General Sani Abacha , and
then Administrator of Rivers State until May
1999 handing over power to the elected
governor Peter Odili at the start of the Nigerian
Fourth Republic .[1]
Ewang ran for governor of Akwa Ibom in April
2007 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP)
platform. After the election he accused the
People's Democratic Party PDP and
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) of rigging the results. [2] In November
2007, the ANPP declared that the purported
suspension of Ewang, its governorship
candidate for Akwa Ibom State in the 2007
general elections, was illegal.

pics below;
1. nsikak eduok
2 sam ewang

Chief Asam E. Asam. SAN.
Ambassador of Nigeria to Russian Federation

8 General philip EFfiong
Early life
Born in Ibiono Ibom in present-day Akwa Ibom
State, Nigeria , on 18 November 1925, Philip
Effiong joined the Nigerian Armed Services on
28 July 1945. He quickly rose through the
service ranks until on 11 January 1956 he
received the Queen's Commission after his
officer cadet training at Eaton Hall in Chester.
England later commissioned him for duty in the
Rhine in West Germany . He was then
transferred to the Nigerian Army Ordnance
Corps and then to England for further training
after a peace-keeping stint in the Republic of
Congo in 1961. He was Nigeria's first Director
of Ordnance. He had a son who was named
after him.
Biafra
Efiong became Chief of General Staff of Biafra
under Head of State, Odumegwu Ojukwu during
the Nigeria-Biafra war.
The tactics of the Nigerian military during the
war included economic blockade and deliberate
destruction of agricultural land. Even before
the war, the area was net importer of food,
depending on income from its oil fields to feed
its populace.
With the blockade cutting off oil revenue and
agricultural destruction reducing food
production, the result was mass dislocation
and starvation of the populace. Two to three
million people are thought to have died in the
conflict, mostly through starvation and illness.
When Biafra's military resistance collapsed,
Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire .
Efiong assumed leadership in this situation of
turmoil, starvation, and collapse. He became
Head of State of Biafra on 8 January 1970 and
on 12 January announced surrender. [1]
At the time of the surrender, Efiong believed
that the situation was hopeless and that
prolonging the conflict would have led only to
the further destruction and starvation of the
people of Biafra. At that time Effiong said, "I
am convinced now that a stop must be put to
the bloodshed which is going on as a result of
the war. I am also convinced that the suffering
of our people must be brought to an
immediate end." [1]
Nnaemeka L. Aneke wrote, "General Efiong’s
handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the
most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever
seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not
appreciate the depth of it may not have
appreciated what was at stake as Biafra
capitulated." [2] Many observers had expected
wholesale retribution at war's end.
Later life
In a 1996 interview, Effiong reflected on those
events:
I have no regrets whatsoever of my
involvement in Biafra or the role I played.
The war deprived me of my property,
dignity, my name. Yet, I saved so many
souls on both sides and by this, I mean
Biafra and Nigeria. . . .
I felt that I played a role which has kept
this country united till today. . . .
At the end of it all when I saw they (Biafran
soldiers) could no longer continue and
Ojukwu had fled, I did what was ideal after
wide consultation . . . [2]
Efiong died 6 November 2003, at the age of 78
less than two weeks before his 79th birthday.

how about justice udo udoma, the first chief justice of the uganda during idi amin's administration.

9. justice udo udoma
Sir Egbert Udo Udoma (21 June 1917 – 2
February 1998) [1] was a lawyer and justice of
the Nigerian Supreme Court. He was Chief
Justice of Uganda from 1963 to 1969. He
spent 13 years as a judge on the Supreme
Court of Nigeria and was chairman of the
Constituent Assembly from 1977 to 1978. He
was one of the founding fathers of Nigeria.
Life
He was born in the Ibibio area of Akwa Ibom
State and attended Methodist College,
Uzuakoli. After completing his secondary
education, he proceeded abroad to study at
Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) with the support
of his community and the Ibibio Union, an
organization which he later led. At TCD, he
served as President of the University
Philosophical Society , the student debating
society. He later earned a postgraduate degree
at Oxford University.
He returned to Nigeria to practise law in the
mid-1940s, but became intrigued and moved
by the nationalistic politics of the time. At the
time, Nigeria was attracting returning
emigrants who had left previously. [2] He joined
the National Council of Nigeria and the
Cameroons early on, but left the party
following a crisis in the former Eastern Region
that saw the removal of Eyo Ita, a Calabar
man, from office as the leader of the Eastern
Region by Azikiwe. From 1953 to 1959, Udo
Udoma was a member of the federal House of
Representatives, under the platform of the
United National Independence Party , then he
was a leading proponent for the creation of a
Calabar/Ogoja/Rivers state. However, his
failure to succeed in the creation of an
independent region or state in south-eastern
Nigeria, and the triumph of the three major
regions at a constitutional conference in 1958,
led him to concede politics to the dominant
parties. [2] He spent four years as a high court
judge before he was appointed Chief Justice in
Uganda.
He also belonged to the group that
championed Nigerian independence from
Britain and was one of the founding fathers of
Nigeria. He died at the age of 80 on 2 February
1998.

MyPWisINCORRECT: Apart from Rose Barkley, the rest people on this list go don tear tear dog meat die...

Infact dem fit close their eyes while sampling Rotweiller, Alsatian, Dalmatian, Chihuahua, etc and tell you which is which

My Akwa-Ibom neighbor those days, if street people dey find their dog, na the guy cage dem dey come bail/retrieve their dogs...if you no go quick, you are on your own

Akwa-Ibom ayaya!!!

where are u from?

10.U J ESUENE
Brigadier Udoakaha Jacob Esuene (1936 –
1993) was a Nigerian air force officer who was
Military Governor of South-Eastern State (later
renamed Cross River State ) between May 1967
and July 1975 during the military regime of
General Yakubu Gowon . He was the first
governor after the state was formed in May
1967 when Eastern Region was split into East-
Central State , Rivers State and South-Eastern
states. [1]
Esuene, who was of Ibibio ethnicity, was a
fighter pilot before being appointed governor of
South-Eastern State. [2][3] Esuene was
dismissed by General Murtala Muhammed
when he seized power in July 1975, was
charged and found guilt of illegally enriching
himself while in office, and was dismissed from
the military. [4] The dismissal was however
reversed by the Armed Forces Ruling Council
led by the then Military President; General
Ibrahim Babaginda. General Esuene's rank and
benefits were restored and backdated to
1975.

Op what about me

Aitee1: Op what about me

that due respect will be accorded u dear

Great People

Especially those who don't hate Igbos for the sins of Zik

EasternLeopard: Great People

Especially those who don't hate Igbos for the sins of Zik

The ousting of Eyo ita was not done by just Zik, neither was it tribally motivated like history revisionists would have us believe. Eyo ita had many Igbo supporters who fought with him to reclaim his position, and Zik had many non Igbos who were on his side.

Ndiigbo did Eyo ita no wrong, neither did Zik, it was a political battle between gladiators in NCNC,an intra party battle, Eyo ita and his supporters many of whom were Igbos lost and had to leave NCNC, Eyo ita had a personal political battle with Zik and lost out. Any attempt to make his ousting to appear tribally motivated would always amount to history revisionism, as Eyo ita had many Igbo co travellers.


The Eyo ita saga had long been debated and settled on this forum, when i have time i would search for the link to that thread.

koko long time

Itoroetti:

that due respect will be accorded u dear

Hmmm....nice one my aim is to top this list in the nearest future

General Philip Effiong sure pass.

Aitee1: Op what about me

nkor afo ade ajen annang? Akor afo ade anwan Messi? Mkpor abadie?

Chisos! antang ndap!!!

Bigcake: nkor afo ade ajen annang? Akor afo ade anwan Messi? Mkpor abadie?

Aitee1: Chisos! antang ndap!!!

Uyai iban, afo ase abanor utuduke?

MyPWisINCORRECT: Apart from Rose Barkley, the rest people on this list go don tear tear dog meat die...

Infact dem fit close their eyes while sampling Rotweiller, Alsatian, Dalmatian, Chihuahua, etc and tell you which is which

My Akwa-Ibom neighbor those days, if street people dey find their dog, na the guy cage dem dey come bail/retrieve their dogs...if you no go quick, you are on your own

Akwa-Ibom ayaya!!!

You are meant to be my paddy.

I have not laffed this hard.

Thanks bro

Mba ke isong annang! Uyai iban, afo ase abanor utuduke?[/quote]

Aitee1: Chisos! antang ndap!!!

Uyai iban afo abanor utuduke?

U didnt mention Etim Inyang IGP under Babangida 's administration. Prof Uya Ekpom Udom

So as Akwa Ibom big so una no get technocrats worthy of note?
Only Civil Servants, entertainers and Military men. Chai.... No hating but you guys need to invest in ur human development.



Btw: Efiong was a Major in the Nigerian Army and not General.