Faces of Nigeria

Newton Jibunoh is the Founder of FADE (Fight Against Desert Encroachment),a non-governmental and not-for-profit organization established in 2000. He has received several Honors and awards, for his immense contribution to the course of humanity, amongst which includes the “Officer of the Order of the Niger” (OON); Conqueror of the Sahara Desert (CSD), amongst others.

He has devoted his life to the long-term crusade against desertification and desert encroachment.

He recently received the ‘African Tourism Human Treasure’ Award at the British Museum, London, in recognition of his immense contribution to humanity and his effort towards checking desert encroachment in Africa.

He is currently planting millions of trees with a group of volunteers to reclaim and resettle lands taken by the desert, in the northern parts of Nigeria bordering the Sahara desert, starting with kano, Borno and Yobe states. He resettles the reclaimed lands with people by establishing schools and training programs for the teachers, setting up cottage industries, clean water, electricity, etc, and thereby curbing migration.


http://www.fadeafrica.org/bio.asp?blurb=98

Dr Patrick Usoro: Engineer and inventor





http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/PatrickUsoro.htm

Dr Usoro has led technical innovations that will enhance function, performance and efficiency and lower the cost of future vehicle systems. He holds more than 160 U.S. patents and has published more than 50 technical papers and reports.

Kaine Agary: Nigerian novelist. Author of Yellow Yellow

Remi Adefarasin, B.S.C., (born 2 February 1948, London) is a noted British cinematographer. He is educated in Photography & Filmmaking at Harrow Art School. Started his career as camera trainee at BBC-tv's Ealing Studios. His work on Elizabeth (1998) won him awards for Best Cinematography from BAFTA and the British Society of Cinematographers, as well as a "Golden Frog" from Camerimage and an Academy Award nomination.


Filmography
An incomplete list of films and television productions to which Remi Adefarasin has contributed.


Feature films
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
The English Patient (1996) (director of photography: second unit)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Elizabeth (1998)
About a Boy (2002)
Unconditional Love (2002)
Johnny English (2003)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
In Good Company (2004)
Match Point (2005)
Scoop (2006)
Amazing Grace (2006)
Golden Age (2007)


Television
Sleepers (1991 TV series)
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993 TV movie)
Cold Lazarus (1996 TV miniseries)
Emma (1996 TV film)
Arabian Nights (2000 TV miniseries)
Band of Brothers (2001 TV miniseries)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remi_Adefarasin

http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/adefarasin.htm

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Afribank


New York Times interview, 03/20/09
http://www.nytimes.com/global/nigeria/interview03.html

Tony Elumelu is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential Corporate Leaders in Nigeria. Mr. Elumelu epitomizes a new generation of prolific African entrepreneurs. An avid proponent of Public-Private-Partnership for nation building, he has served and continues to serve on many presidential committees.

He is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Chairman of Board of ValuCard Nigeria Plc, President of the West African Bankers Association (WABA) and a board member of Central Securities Clearing Systems Limited (CSCS) and United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited among many others. He is strongly afro-centric and is driven by his vision of creating an institution which will be a role model for African business”.

Elumelu conceived and managed the merger of Standard Trust Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc in a union that created the largest financial services group in West, Central & East Africa today.
A research economist with degrees at both graduate and post graduate levels. Tony is an Alumnus of both Harvard Business School and Institute of Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland. He has won numerous awards including being voted the African Business Leader of the Year 2007 by Investor Magazine

a.k.a Alariwo of Africa/ cross-over king, a musician, broadcaster, master of ceremonies and comedian.