TOP NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BORN IN JUNE

Asari Dokubo was  born on June 1  1964. He was formerly Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jr. and typically referred to simply as Asari, is a major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

He was president of the Ijaw Youth Council for a time beginning in 2001 and later founded the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force which would become one of the most prominent armed groups operating in the Niger Delta region.

He is a Muslim with populist views and an anti-government stance that have made him a folk hero amongst certain members of the local population.

Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala was born on 3 June 1950 – 12 January 2022. He was a Nigerian politician and police officer. He served as governor of Oyo State in 2006, and again from 2007 to 2011.

He was the candidate of the ADP in the 2019 Governorship election in Oyo State.

Tonto Charity Dikeh was born 9 June 1985. She  is a Nigerian actress, singer, songwriter, and humanitarian.On 27 August 2000, Tonto Dikeh set up her foundation, the Tonto Dikeh Foundation.

D’banj is the founder of Koko Foundation for Youth and Peace Development. He was also Nigeria’s first United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace. 
Years active: 2004–present
  He was born in  9 June 1980. 

William Folorunso Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry situated at Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria.

He is the author of several Christian books and devotionals.

William Folorunso Kumuyi celebrated his 80th Birthday on 6 June 2021. He was born  6 June 1941. 

Ahmad Adamu Mu’azu CON is a Nigerian politician who served Governor of Bauchi State from 1999 to 2007.

He was born in  11 June 1955.

Temitope Balogun Joshua (12 June 1963 – 5 June 2021), popularly known as T. B. Joshua, was a Nigerian charismatic pastor, televangelist, and philanthropist. He was the leader and founder of Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN),a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos.

Ahmadu Ibrahim Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto (12 June 1910 – 15 January 1966), knighted as Sir Ahmadu Bello, was a conservative Nigerian statesman who masterminded Northern Nigeria through the independence of Nigeria in 1960 and served as its first and only premier from 1954 until his assassination in 1966, in which capacity he dominated national affairs for over a decade.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON was born on 13 June 1954. She is a Nigerian economist  who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021.

Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. She sits on boards of: Danone, Standard Chartered Bank, MINDS: Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, One Campaign, GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, Rockefeller Foundation,

She also previously sat on the Twitter Board of Directors, and stepped down in February, 2021 in connection with her appointment as Director General of the World Trade Organization.

Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti was born  on 16 June 1962. He is  popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

Christopher Oghenebrorie Okotie  was born in 16 June 1958. He is a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries, a Pentecostal congregation in Lagos since February 1987.

Babatunde Raji Fashola CON SAN was  born on  28 June 1963. He is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023.

He previously served as minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. He also served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2015