{"id":295548,"date":"2023-06-14T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=295548"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:16:48","slug":"list-of-nigerian-heroes-and-heroines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/list-of-nigerian-heroes-and-heroines\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Nigerian Heroes and Heroines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since the colonial era when the entity &#8216;Nigeria&#8217; came into existence to this post-colonial era\u00a0 Nigeria, men and women from this West African country have achieved exploits to be regarded as heroes and heroines. But with a population of over 260 million Nigerians in the past 100 years, it would be a tad difficult to provide a complete list of Nigerian heroes and heroines. That being said, we&#8217;d be mentioning some names of Nigerian men and women worthy of being regarded as heroes and heroines. Read on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295549\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/List-of-Nigerian-Heroes-and-Heroines.jpg\" alt=\"List of Nigerian Heroes and Heroines\" width=\"605\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/List-of-Nigerian-Heroes-and-Heroines.jpg 605w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/List-of-Nigerian-Heroes-and-Heroines-600x339.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list of Nigerian heroes and heroines would be mentioned below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Tafawa Balewa\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a Nigerian hero notable for being the first and only prime minister of Nigeria upon independence. His portrait is on the 5 Naira banknote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Nnamdi Azikiwe\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nnamdi Azikiwe was one of the driving forces behind Nigeria&#8217;s independence. He served as the governor-general of Nigeria in 1960, and the first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966, however, both roles were largely ceremonial. His portrait is on the 500 Naira banknote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Herbert Macaulay<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herbert Macaulay, considered by many to be the founder of Nigerian journalism, is worthy of being mentioned in this article for being a strong opponent of many colonial policies for most of his life, particularly from 1900 to 1930. He notably opposed the water rate imposed by the colonial administration, as well as opposed the colonial government&#8217;s selection of the Oba of Lagos and the Imamate of the Lagos Central Mosque.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Frederick Rotimi Wiliam\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frederick Rotimi William became the first Nigerian to become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This feat alone makes him a worthy candidate for our list of Nigerian heroes and heroines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Ameyo Adadevoh\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ameyo Adadevoh is notable for being the medical doctor that led the team that attended to Patrick Sawyer, the patient zero of the Ebola virus epidemic in Nigeria. Her insistence on quarantining Patrick Sawyer, even after a request from the Liberian government for the patient to be released, was what averted the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria. Unfortunately, she was infected with the virus and died in August 2014. In 2012, two years before the Ebola virus incident, Ameyo Adadevoh was reportedly the first medical personnel in Nigeria to alert the Nigerian Ministry of Health when the influenza A virus subtype H1N1 spread to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Oluwole Rotimi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oluwole Rotimi&#8217;s time as the military governor of the Western State from 1971 to 1975 during the Yakubu Gowon regime brought peace and development to the region. The major projects he constructed during the time he was the military governor of the Western State include the Cement Factory at Shagamu, the Ceramic Factory at Abeokuta, the Wood Processing Factory in Ondo, the Palm Oil Mill at Okitipupa, and the Wire and Cable Factory. He, alongside Mobolaji Johnson, was the only two military governors in the Yakubu Gowon regime that were found to be corruption-free by the three-man panel commissioned by General Murtala Mohammed in 1975.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Mobolaji Johnson<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobolaji Johnson&#8217;s reign as the administrator of the former federal territory of Lagos in 1966, and later military governor of Lagos state from 1967 to 1975 was considered to be outstanding governance. It was during that time the Eko Bridge, Third Mainland Bridge, and the 60.7 kilometres International Road (Lagos\u2013Badagry expressway) were constructed. Mobolaji Johnson is also credited to have constructed a network of roads and bridges that constitute what is modern-day Lagos. And when allegations were levelled against the military governors of the Yakubu Gowon regime, Mobolaji Johnson was one of the two state governors found not guilty of corruption by a 3-man panel commissioned by General Murtala Mohammed. In present-day Lagos, a road, an avenue, a railway station in Ebute Metta, and a housing complex are named after Mobolaji Johnson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Samuel Ajayi Crowther\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a prominent Canterbury Cathedral-ordained Nigerian bishop who is notable for supervising the translation of the Yoruba Bible (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bibeli Mimo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Jaja Anucha Ndubuisi Wachukwu\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaja Wachukwu was notable for several heroic exploits within Nigeria and beyond. One of those heroic exploits was during his time as Foreign Affairs minister of Nigeria where he intervened with the South African government to prevent Nelson Mandela and others from execution at the 1963-64 Rivona Trail. Even in death, Jaja Wachukwu is still honoured for his outstanding contribution towards the development of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtala Muhammed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funmilayo Ransome Kuti<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Wole Soyinka<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aminu Kano<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwo Akinkunmi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fela Anikulapo-Kuti<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinua Achebe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gani Fawehinmi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhaji Abdulsalami Abubakar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attahiru Jega<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madam Tinubu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olusegun Obasanjo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Umaru Musa Yaradua<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aliko Dangote<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oby Ezekwesili<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Dora Akunyili<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngozi Okonjo Iweala<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs Grace Eniola Soyinka<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Keshi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muhammadu Buhari<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enoch Adeboye\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams F. Kumuyi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clement Isong\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chimamanda Adichie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuhu Ribadu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayodele Awojobi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emeka Anyaoku<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agbani Darego<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanu Nwankwo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Adenuga<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Imoudu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balarabe Musa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chioma Ajunwa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babatunde Fashola<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hogan Bassey<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blessing Okagbare<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alvan Ikoku<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genevieve Nnaji<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oluchi Onweagba<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olumide Oyedeji<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pete Edochie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Segun Odegbami<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shehu Musa Yar&#8217;Adua\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major General Tunde Idiagbon\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admiral Augustus Aikhomu\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lieutenant Donaldson Oladipo Diya<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice Admiral Michael Akhigbe\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atiku Abubakar\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namadi Sambro\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yemi Osibanjo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Konyegwachie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tobi Amusan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Onyali<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bose Kaffo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Segun Toriola<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olufunke Oshonaike<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nwankwo Kanu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin Azuka Okocha<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dennis Osadebay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nwafor Orizu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Wayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iyorchia Ayu\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ameh Ebute<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evan Enwerem<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuba Okadigbo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyim Pius Anyim<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adolphus Wabara<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ken Nnamani<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Mark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bukola Saraki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Mantu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladi Kwali<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aliyu Mai-Bornu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;Adua\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Ihetu (Dick Tiger)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunde King\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Sunny Ade\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oguntola Sapara\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopher Alexander\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sapara Williams\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hezekiah Oladipo Davies\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ernest Sissei Ikoli<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Henry Carr\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moses Da Rocha\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00e2ndido Jo\u00e3o Da Rocha\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amodu Tijani Oluwa\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adeniji Adele\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmadu Bello<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Enahoro<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obafemi Awolowo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kudirat Abiola\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hajiya Gambo Sawaba<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magaret Ekpo\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bode Thomas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel Ladoke Akintola<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should reiterate once more that this list is in no way exhaustive. Some many other Nigerian heroes and heroines are not listed here, however, this does not make them any less deserving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the colonial era when the entity &#8216;Nigeria&#8217; came into existence to this post-colonial era\u00a0 Nigeria, men and women &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"List of Nigerian Heroes and Heroines\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/list-of-nigerian-heroes-and-heroines\/#more-295548\" aria-label=\"More on List of Nigerian Heroes and Heroines\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2534,"featured_media":295549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/List-of-Nigerian-Heroes-and-Heroines.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6w1sx-1eSU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295550,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295548\/revisions\/295550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}