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The most famous people in Nigeria right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Burna Boy	Nigeria	Musicians	85.0	21.4
#2	38	Tems	Nigeria	Musicians	80.8	17.1
#3	1	Dr. Alban	Nigeria	Musicians	76.7	3.1
#4	1	Davido	Nigeria	Musicians	76.2	0.0
#5	1	Mark Angel	Nigeria	Comedians	75.9	10.0
#6	1	William Troost-Ekong	Nigeria	Footballers	75.7	35.0
#7	1	Skepta	Nigeria	Musicians	75.1	0.5
#8	1	Mr Eazi	Nigeria	Musicians	74.7	17.0
#9	1	Fela Kuti	Nigeria	Musicians	74.2	0.1
#10	1	Yemi Alade	Nigeria	Musicians	73.4	0.6
#11	1	Wizkid	Nigeria	Musicians	73.3	0.0
#12	1	Niniola	Nigeria	Musicians	71.5	25.0
#13	1	Wole Soyinka	Nigeria	Writers	70.6	3.1
#14	1	2Baba	Nigeria	Musicians	70.1	0.8
#15	1	Blaqbonez	Nigeria	Musicians	69.4	6.2
#16	1	Tekno	Nigeria	Musicians	69.3	0.3
#17	1	Keziah Jones	Nigeria	Musicians	69.2	17.3
#18	1	Adekunle Gold	Nigeria	Musicians	68.9	0.1
#19	1	Folake Olowofoyeku	Nigeria	Actors	68.0	15.2
#20	new	Teni	Nigeria	Musicians	68.0	0.0
#21	2	O Odumodublvck	Nigeria	Musicians	67.9	1.5
#22	2	Iyanya	Nigeria	Musicians	67.3	1.9
#23	2	Alexx Ekubo	Nigeria	Actors	67.3	0.0
#24	2	Patoranking	Nigeria	Musicians	67.3	0.9
#25	2	Toyin Sokefun-Bello	Nigeria	Musicians	67.2	3.2
#26	2	Chinua Achebe	Nigeria	Writers	67.0	0.5
#27	2	Folorunso Alakija	Nigeria	Musicians	66.7	2.4
#28	2	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	Nigeria	Writers	66.0	1.9
#29	2	Basketmouth	Nigeria	Actors	65.6	0.4
#30	2	M.I Abaga	Nigeria	Musicians	64.7	1.2
#31	2	Muhammadu Buhari	Nigeria	Journalists	64.5	0.4
#32	2	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	Footballers	64.3	19.0
#33	new	Ladipoe	Nigeria	Musicians	63.9	1.6
#34	3	David Hundeyin	Nigeria	Journalists	63.7	3.7
#35	3	Don Jazzy	Nigeria	Musicians	63.6	0.2
#36	3	Tani Oluwaseyi	Nigeria	Footballers	62.9	25.0
#37	3	Goodluck Jonathan	Nigeria	Politicians	62.4	10.3
#38	3	Waje	Nigeria	Musicians	62.2	0.5
#39	3	Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	Footballers	62.1	5.3
#40	3	Wunmi Mosaku	Nigeria	Actors	61.7	15.0
#41	3	Harrysong	Nigeria	Musicians	61.5	0.0
#42	3	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Footballers	61.1	7.5
#43	2	Orezi	Nigeria	Musicians	60.5	0.0
#44	2	Peter Odemwingie	Nigeria	Footballers	60.3	24.6
#45	2	Abimbola Craig	Nigeria	Actors	60.1	0.0
#46	2	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Footballers	59.9	16.8
#47	2	Olusegun Obasanjo	Nigeria	Journalists	59.7	2.6
#48	2	Ahmed Musa	Nigeria	Footballers	59.5	12.2
#49	2	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	Nigeria	Writers	59.4	11.0
#50	2	Kelechi Iheanacho	Nigeria	Footballers	59.2	4.9
#51	2	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Nigeria	Footballers	59.1	30.7
#52	2	BO Bobby Ologun	Nigeria	—	58.8	25.0
#53	2	Obianuju Ekeocha	Nigeria	—	58.8	15.0
#54	2	Odion Ighalo	Nigeria	Footballers	58.8	17.2
#55	2	SA Sani Abacha	Nigeria	Politicians	58.7	18.6
#56	2	Akor Adams	Nigeria	Footballers	58.6	1.1
#57	2	Ahmadu Bello	Nigeria	Politicians	58.6	13.3
#58	2	Aliko Dangote	Nigeria	Business Professionals	58.4	0.8
#59	2	SO Sunday Oliseh	Nigeria	Footballers	58.3	11.7
#60	2	Mikel John Obi	Nigeria	Footballers	58.3	0.4
#61	2	Samuel Chukwueze	Nigeria	Footballers	58.0	4.0
#62	2	Yakubu Gowon	Nigeria	Politicians	57.9	4.3
#63	2	T. B. Joshua	Nigeria	—	57.7	8.2
#64	2	Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigeria	Writers	57.7	6.8
#65	2	TB Tijani Babangida	Nigeria	Footballers	57.6	19.6
#66	2	DA Daniel Amokachi	Nigeria	Footballers	57.6	16.3
#67	2	Umaru Musa Yar'Adua	Nigeria	Politicians	57.6	0.0
#68	2	Ken Saro-Wiwa	Nigeria	Writers	57.5	10.5
#69	2	Bola Ahmed Tinubu	Nigeria	Politicians	57.5	0.0
#70	2	Danny Shittu	Nigeria	Footballers	57.4	25.0
#71	2	Amina J. Mohammed	Nigeria	Politicians	57.4	15.0
#72	2	Oba Femi	Nigeria	Athletes	57.2	0.7
#73	2	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	Footballers	57.2	5.3
#74	2	FG Finidi George	Nigeria	Footballers	57.1	14.5
#75	2	Victor Obinna	Nigeria	Footballers	57.0	10.0
#76	2	Taye Taiwo	Nigeria	Footballers	57.0	8.3
#77	2	Stephen Keshi	Nigeria	Footballers	56.9	6.9
#78	2	Wilfred Ndidi	Nigeria	Footballers	56.9	2.5
#79	2	Joseph Yobo	Nigeria	Footballers	56.9	12.6
#80	2	Vincent Enyeama	Nigeria	Footballers	56.8	4.9
#81	2	Mohammed Yusuf	Nigeria	—	56.8	11.0
#82	2	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	Footballers	56.5	0.4
#83	2	Victor Moses	Nigeria	Footballers	56.5	0.0
#84	2	Francis Uzoho	Nigeria	Footballers	56.5	24.8
#85	2	Lady Donli	Nigeria	Musicians	56.4	0.0
#86	2	Weruche Opia	Nigeria	Actors	56.3	10.0
#87	2	Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu	Nigeria	Politicians	56.2	2.0
#88	2	Genevieve Nnaji	Nigeria	Actors	56.1	3.2
#89	2	Obafemi Awolowo	Nigeria	Politicians	56.0	3.2
#90	2	Victor Boniface	Nigeria	Footballers	56.0	0.1
#91	2	Ibrahim Babangida	Nigeria	Journalists	55.9	1.7
#92	2	Peter Obi	Nigeria	Politicians	55.9	6.0
#93	2	Femi Kuti	Nigeria	Musicians	55.8	4.6
#94	2	Yakubu	Nigeria	Footballers	55.7	0.6
#95	2	Henry Onyekuru	Nigeria	Footballers	55.7	7.3
#96	2	Emmanuel Amunike	Nigeria	Footballers	55.6	2.8
#97	2	Celestine Babayaro	Nigeria	Footballers	55.6	2.2
#98	2	Joel Obi	Nigeria	Footballers	55.6	17.0
#99	2	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Footballers	55.6	4.2
#100	2	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Nigeria	Footballers	55.5	23.9

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