January 2007 Fellows
Dr. Reuben Abati – Journalist. Chairman, Editorial Board, The Guardian Newspapers, Lagos, Nigeria. Recipient of the 2006 Freedom Peace Prize for Journalism Award.
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.
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.
Dr. Titilayo Banjoko – Change Management Consultant. Managing Director, Africa Recruit & Find a Job in Africa, United Kingdom. Board Member, Commonwealth Business Women’s Network.
2007 Senior Leaders Class
Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, President/CEO, Dirham Group, Abuja, Nigeria. Served as Special Assistant to the Vice President on National Assembly Matters.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prof. Omolola Ogunyemi – Academic. Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard University Medical School, Massachusetts, United States. Served on the Board of Fate Foundation, Nigeria.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – 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
Victor Gbolade Osibodu – Entrepreneur and Management Consultant. Founder & CEO, Vigeo Holdings Limited, Lagos, Nigeria. Recipient of National Honour – MFR.
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.
Gbenga Oyebode – Lawyer. Managing Partner, Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria. Chairman, Access Bank Nigeria Plc. Serves on the Board of MTN and Crusader Insurance Plc. Recipient of National Honour – MFR.
Folusho Phillips – Management Consultant & Industrial Economist. Chairman & Founder, Phillips Consulting Group, Lagos, Nigeria. Active speaker on Human Resource Management at Key International Conferences.
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).
Maryam Uwais - Lawyer and Human Rights activist – Principal Partner, Wali-Uwais & Co., Abuja, Nigeria.
Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf – Journalist and Media Consultant- Editor-in-Chief/CEO of Media Trust Limited, Abuja, Nigeria.