This is a list of Nigerian scientists and scholars. Nigeria is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa.
A Akin Abayomi – pathologist Sulyman Age Abdulkareem – chemical engineer Iya Abubakar – mathematician Bala Achi – historian Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh – chemical pathologist Ladipo Adamolekun – public administrator Olutayo Charles Adesina – historian Anthony Afolabi Adegbola – animal scientist Anthony Adegbulugbe – electrical engineer and energy management Maggie Aderin–Pocock – space scientist Ilesanmi Adesida – physicist Isaac Folorunso Adewole – gynaecologist Olanike Adeyemo – veterinary medicine and preventive medicine Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – writer Ernest Afiesimama – climate scientist and environmentalist Adiele Afigbo – historian Joseph Ahaneku – chemical pathologist Folahanmi Aina –political scientist Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina – library and information scientist Deborah Ajakaiye – geophysicist Jacob Ade Ajayi – historian Seth Sunday Ajayi – wildlife ecologist Oladele Ajose – public health Esther Titilayo Akinlabi – mechanical engineer Dora Akunyili – pharmacist Grace Alele–Williams – mathematician Ambrose Folorunsho Alli – pathologist Olajide Aluko – international relations Uche Veronica Amazigo – biologist and parasitologist El Anatsui – sculpture Alexander Animalu – physicist Anya Oko Anya – parasitologist Ishaya Audu – pediatrician Sarki Auwalu – chemical engineer Eme Awa – political scientist Ayodele Awojobi – mechanical engineer
B Olumbe Bassir – biochemistry and microbiology Ekanem Ikpi Braide – parasitologist
D John Dabiri – aeronautical engineering and biophysics Bello Bako Dambatta – chemist Kenneth Dike – historian Ikechukwu Dozie – public health scientist
E Michael Echeruo – literature Philip Emeagwali – mathematician and engineer Emmanuel Emovon – chemist Charles Esimone – pharmacist Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze – philosopher Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani – librarian
F Babs Fafunwa – educationist Toyin Falola – historian Adeyinka Gladys Falusi – haematologist Oluwole Babafemi Familoni – chemist Abdullahi dan Fodio – Islamic theologian and jurist
G Ibrahim Gambari – political scientist Adenike Grange – medicine Oye Gureje – psychiatry
I Oni Emmanuel Idigbe – medical researcher Albert Ilemobade – veterinarian Maurice Iwu – pharmacist Sunday Iyahen – mathematician
K Kalu Ndukwe Kalu – political scientist Muhammad ibn Muhammad al–Kishwani – mathematician
L Abisogun Leigh – animal scientist
M Akin Mabogunje – geographer Emmanuel Ndubisi Maduagwu – biochemist Awele Maduemezia – physicist Oliver Mobisson – computer scientist Fatima Batul Mukhtar – botanist
N Chinedu Ositadinma Nebo – engineer Eni Njoku – botanist Bartholomew Nnaji – mechanical and industrial engineering Andrew Jonathan Nok – biochemist Hadiza Nuhu – pharmacist Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi – environmental biochemist Humphrey Nwosu – political scientist
O John Obafunwa – pathologist Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe – systems engineer Chike Obi – mathematician Abiola Odejide – linguist Latunde Odeku – neurosurgeon Josephat Obi Oguejiofor – philosopher Gabriel Babatunde Ogunmola – chemist Babatunde Ogunnaike – chemical engineer Adetoun Ogunsheye – library scientist Ayo Ogunsheye – adult education Peter Okebukola – researcher and administrator Francisca Nneka Okeke – physicist Friday Okonofua – gynaecologist Samuel Okoye – astrophysicist Isidore Okpewho – novelist and critic Ben Okri – writer Ifedayo Oladapo – civil engineer Ibiyemi Olatunji–Bello – physiologist Abel Idowu Olayinka – geophysicist Olufunmilayo Olopade – oncologist Is-haq Oloyede – Islamic studies Adegoke Olubummo - mathematician Kunle Olukotun – electrical engineering and computer scientist Hezekiah Ademola Oluwafemi – agricultural economist Sophie Oluwole – philosopher Bennet Omalu – forensic pathologist Akinyinka Omigbodun – gynaecologist Michael Omolewa – educationist Peter Onumanyi – mathematician Kalu Mosto Onuoha – geophysicist Obinna Onwujekwe – health economist Viola Onwuliri – biochemist Cyril Agodi Onwumechili – nuclear physicist Yemi Osinbajo – lawyer Femi Osofisan – writer Niyi Osundare – literature Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun – neurologist Bruce Ovbiagele - neurologist, researcher, administrator, and editor Victor Adenuga Oyenuga – agriculturist Nelson Oyesiku – neurosurgeon and endocrinologist
P Babalola Chinedum Peace – pharmacist
R Olikoye Ransome-Kuti – paediatrician Ola Rotimi – playwright
S Omowunmi Sadik – chemist Lateef Akinola Salako – pharmacologist Arinola Olasumbo Sanya – physiotherapy Umaru Shehu – physician Winston Wole Soboyejo – mechanical and aerospace engineering John Olubi Sodipo – philosopher Olusoga Sofola – physiologist Zulu Sofola – playwright and dramatist Olaitan Soyannwo – anesthetist Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi – botanist and environmental archaeologist
T Tekena Tamuno – historian Grace Oladunni Taylor – biochemist Adeyinka Tella – librarian and professor Oyewale Tomori – virologist Mahmud Modibbo Tukur – historian
U Fabian Udekwu – cardiac surgeon Chinyere Ukaga – environmental biologist and parasitologist Ibrahim H. Umar – physicist Jarlath Udoudo Umoh – veterinary doctor Yusuf Bala Usman – historian Patrick Utomi – political economist
W Eka Esu Williams – immunologist
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