Notable People
- Samuel Ogbemudia, former governor of the Midwest region of Nigeria and later Bendel state
- Chief Anthony Enahoro, prominent anti-colonial and pro-democracy activist and politician
- Emmanuel Emovon, first Nigerian Ph.D in chemistry and former Minister of Science and Technology of Nigeria
- Festus Iyayi, novelist and first African to win the Commonwealth Writers Prize
- Odia Ofeimun, renowned poet and former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors
- Tiamiyu Bello-Osagie, distinguished medical practitioner and long-running gynaecologist to several first families of Nigeria
- Abel Guobadia, educator and former Nigerian ambassador to the Republic of Korea
- Victor Uwaifo, famous musician
- Sunny Okosun, famous musician
- Felix Idubor, renowned artist
- Festus Idehen, renowned sculptor
- Erhabor Emokpae, renowned painter, sculptor, and graphic designer
- Solomon Irein-Wangboje, renowned painter
- Ben Osawe, renowned sculptor
- Festus Ezeli, basketball player with the Golden State Warriors
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