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Here are some notable Nigerian scientists:

  1. Professor Wole Soyinka (Nobel laureate in Literature, 1986) - a playwright, poet, and essayist who is also a professor of English at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University).
  2. Professor Pius Satele Okigbo (Nobel laureate in Literature, 1986) - a poet, playwright, and essayist who was a professor of English at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
  3. Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (Nobel laureate in Medicine, 1979) - a pediatrician and public health expert who was a professor at the University of Ibadan.
  4. Professor Ayodele Awojobi (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a mechanical engineer and inventor who developed the Awojobi joint, a device that allows for the repair of damaged joints in the human body.
  5. Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a geologist and professor at the University of Lagos who has made significant contributions to the field of geology.
  6. Professor Abduallahi Abubakar (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a biochemist and professor at the University of Maiduguri who has made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry.
  7. Professor Chukwuemeka Ike (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a mathematician and professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka who has made significant contributions to the field of mathematics.
  8. Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a physicist and professor at the University of Lagos who has made significant contributions to the field of physics.
  9. Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a physician and professor at the University of Ibadan who has made significant contributions to the field of medicine.
  10. Professor Adeyemi Akinwande (Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences) - a computer scientist and professor at the University of Lagos who has made significant contributions to the field of computer science.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there are many other notable Nigerian scientists who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.