2007 Fellows

  1. Dr. Reuben Abati – Journalist. Chairman, Editorial Board, The Guardian Newspapers, Lagos, Nigeria. Recipient of the 2006 Freedom Peace Prize for Journalism Award.
  2. Jacobs Moyo Ajekigbe – Fmr Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria (FBN). (One of Nigeria’s biggest Banks).  Also Chairman, Kakawa Discount House ltd. and Director, First Pension Custodian.
  3. Dr. Auwalu Anwar – Public Servant. Former Secretary for Education, Federal Capital Territory Abuja (FCTA). Also previously served as the FCTA Secretary for Agriculture & Rural Development.
  4. Dr. Titilayo Banjoko – Change Management Consultant. Managing Director, Africa Recruit & Find a Job in Africa, United Kingdom.  Board Member, Commonwealth Business Women’s Network.
  5. Dr. Efunbo Dosekun – Paediatrician. Joint Executive Director, Lifeline Children’s Hospital and Healthcare Capacity Development Co’ Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria.
  6. Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, President/CEO, Dirham Group, Abuja, Nigeria. Served as Special Assistant to the Vice President on National Assembly Matters.
  7. Dr. Olurinde Lafe – Engineer. Chairman and CEO, Innovative Computing Group Inc.    (LAFE Technologies) Ohio, United states. Served as consultant NASA, USDA, USAID, UNESCO, World Vision and Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA).
  8. Olatunji Lardner – Journalist, Development Communications Consultant. CEO, West African NGO Network, Lagos, Nigeria. Served as consultant for the UNDP, UN, Ford Foundation, DFID and World Bank.
  9. Prof. Lawal Mohammed Marafa – Academic. Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Recipient of 2005 Exemplary Teacher Award at CUHK.
  10. Oba Nsugbe, QC – Legal Practitioner & Queens Counsel. Joint Head, Pump Court Chambers, United Kingdom. Member, Bar Council Committee and former member, Judicial Studies Board, UK.
  11. Prof. Abdul Raufu Mustapha – Academic - University Lecturer and Kirk-Greene Fellow, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.  Recipient of the British Academy Small Research Grant and Nuttfield Foundation Small Research Grant.
  12. Prof. Omolola Ogunyemi – Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Charles Drew Univ of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA.
  13. DrNgozi Okonjo-Iweala – Managing Director, World Bank, Washington D.C; Economist. Distinguished Fellow, Brookings Institution, United States. Served as the Head of the Nigerian Presidential Economic Team; Nigerian Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs and as a Vice President, World Bank.
  14. Victor Gbolade Osibodu – Entrepreneur and Management Consultant. Founder & CEO, Vigeo Holdings Limited, Lagos, Nigeria. Recipient of National Honour – MFR.
  15. Prof. Oluyemi Osinbajo - Lawyer. Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Nigeria. Founder & Director, Integrity the Convention on Business Integrity. (1999-Date). Appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2004.
  16. Gbenga Oyebode – Lawyer.  Managing Partner, Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria. Chairman, Access Bank Nigeria Plc. Serves on the Board of ETISALAT NIGERIA and Crusader Insurance Plc. Recipient of National Honour – MFR.
  17. Folusho Phillips – Management Consultant & Industrial Economist. Chairman & Founder, Phillips Consulting Group, Lagos, Nigeria. Active speaker on Human Resource Management at Key International Conferences.
  18. Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma – Lawyer. Former Chief Whip, of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Leader of the South-South Caucus. Managing Partner, Udoma & Belo-Osagie. Served as Director of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
  19. Maryam Uwais - Lawyer and Human Rights activist – Principal Partner, Wali-Uwais & Co., Abuja, Nigeria.
  20. Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf – Journalist and Media Consultant- Editor-in-Chief/CEO of Media Trust Limited, Abuja, Nigeria.