Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk (Lagos)
The Nigerian guy who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas
Famous People from Nigeria
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Achebe, Chinua (Ogidi)
The Nigerian author of 1958's Things Fall Apart -
Arinze, Francis (Eziowelle)
The African cardinal who was a potential successor to Pope John Paul II -
Emeagwali, Philip (Akure)
Nigerian-born supercomputing expert