List of Famous people born in Kogi State, Nigeria

Pius Adesanmi

First Name Pius

Last Name Adesanmi

Born on February 27, 1972

Died on March 10, 2019 (aged 47)

Born in Nigeria, Kogi State

Pius Adebola Adesanmi was a Nigerian-born Canadian professor, writer, literary critic, satirist, and columnist. He was the author of Naija No Dey Carry Last, a 2015 collection of satirical essays. Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after take-off.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

John Onaiyekan

First Name John

Last Name Onaiyekan

Born on January 29, 1944 (age 82)

Born in Nigeria, Kogi State

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a Cardinal in 2012. He has served as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and Bishop of Ilorin.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.015764951705933s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.012110948562622s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.012081861495972s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0049951076507568s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0047659873962402s
t_/blocks/person-card: 2x 0.0047097206115723s
router_page: 1x 0.003061056137085s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0024039745330811s
headline: 2x 0.0020358562469482s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00029706954956055s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.0002131462097168s
head-facts: 1x 0.00019502639770508s
qids: 2x 0.00015401840209961s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5974044799805E-5s
related: 1x 2.8610229492188E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-03-30 06:07:03)  -----