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page 120th-century Nigerian women
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist
Grace Alele-Williams
Nigerian mathematician (1932–2022)
Gloria Kemasuode
Nigerian sprinter
Stella Obasanjo
First Lady of Nigeria (1945-2005)
Ladi Kwali
Nigerian potter
Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Nigerian academic
Maryam Abacha
Widow of President of Nigeria
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi
Nigerian physician (1910-1971)
Agnes Yewande Savage
Scottish-Nigerian physician
Ruth Ogbeifo
Nigerian weightlifter
Margaret Ekpo
Nigerian politician (1914-2006)
Somorika Women
Somorika Women, a Yoruboid people from Edo State
Ameyo Adadevoh
Nigerian physician
Nike Monica Okundaye
Nigerian batik and textile designer
Gloria Chinasa
Nigerian association football player
Lucy Ejike
Nigerian powerlifter
Tanimowo Ogunlesi
Nigerian activist
Adetoun Ogunsheye
First Nigerian Female Professor (born 1926)
Oyinkan Abayomi
Nigerian politician (1897–1990)
Kudirat Abiola
Nigerian politician's assassinated wife and activist
Simi Johnson
Nigerian dentist and activist
Humuani Alaga
Nigerian feminist, activist and entrepreneur
Fati Lami Abubakar
former First Lady of Nigeria
Blessing Diala
Nigerian association football player
Vivian Yusuf
Olympic judoka
Anike Agbaje-Williams
Nigerian television newsreader and program producer
Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola
Nigerian princess and nurse
Hadiza Zakari
Nigerian weightlifter
Offiong Edem
Nigerian table tennis player
Hilda Adefarasin
Nigerian women's rights activist; president of the National Council of Women's Societies
Grace Umelo
Nigerian long jumper
Bilkisu Yusuf
Nigerian judoka
Doris Bozimo
Nigerian professor and librarian
Joy Onaolapo
Nigerian Paralympic weightlifter
Grace Oyelude
Nigerian model
Ahebi Ugbabe
Nigerian politician
Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe
Nigerian Professor of French and African Literature
Cecelia Akagu
Nigerian army officer
Patience Ibekwe Adbullah
Nigerian police officer
Evelyn Ebhomien
Nigerian weightlifter
Susan Ideh
Nigerian badminton player
Margaret Shonekan
Nigerian civil servant and former First Lady of Nigeria
Janet Okala
Nigerian women's leader
Mary Akor
Nigerian-American long-distance runner
Bola Ikulayo
pioneer & First Female Professor of Sport Psychology in Nigeria
Mercy Nku
Nigerian sprinter
Justina Agatahi
Nigerian judoka (born 1989)
Esther Olukoya and Emily Ogunde
Nigerian identical twins
Balkisu Musa
Nigerian weightlifter
Judy Bell-Gam
Nigerian athletics competitor
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt
Nigerian-born nurse; first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria
Flora Azikiwe
First Lady of Nigeria (1917–1983)
Emily Odoemenam
Nigerian athletics competitor
Esther Oyema
Nigerian powerlifter
Adijat Ayuba
Nigerian judoka (born 1983)
Constance Afiong "Afi" Ekong
Nigerian artist (1930-2009)
Maryam Babangida
First lady of Nigeria
Ngozi Iwere
Nigerian journalist and social activist (born 1959)
Blessed Udoh
Nigerian weightlifter
Lovelyn Orji-Ben
Nigerian judoka (born 1979)