Check out the other Nigerians aside Tinubu listed in TIME Magazine 100 World’s most influential people

President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was named one of the 100 most influential people in the World by TIME Magazine.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart made the list that included other
20 world leaders. TIME magazine released the 2023 edition of the magazine early this week.

According to the magazine, Mr Tinubu accomplished a “no easy feat” by winning the Nigerian presidential election after “nearly two decades” of preparation.

The list, now in its 20th year, recognizes the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals in their respective fields of human endeavor.

While the former governor has soaked in all the plaudits, there is one Nigerian and another affiliated with the country on the same list.

Check them out below

Dimie Ogoina

Nigerian Physician and Professor of Medicine, Dimie Ogoina was listed along with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He was described by the magazine as a passionate champion for global health equity, who has advocated for Monkeypox prevention towards avoiding a global outbreak.

The American news magazine listed the 100 world’s most influential people under six categories namely: Artists, Icons, Leaders, Pioneers, Titans and Innovators.

Ogoina along with French international footballer, Kylian Mpappe, were among the 15 innovators on the TIME list.

Writing about Ogoina, the magazine said: “In 2017, when Dr. Dimie Ogoina sounded the alarm on a new presentation of Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) that he was seeing in his home country of Nigeria, the world wasn’t ready to listen.

Recognizing the importance and potential implications for global spread, he persisted, documenting the potential for sexual transmission of Mpox and publishing the data in high-impact scientific journals. As the global Mpox outbreak unfolded in 2022, Dimie’s insights became critically important to developing better strategies to prevent and control outbreaks.”

El Anatsui

Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor active who has stayed and worked in Nigeria for most of his life.

TIME magazine describes him as one of the most impactful artists of our time. It went further to say that as a sculptor, he shows an incomparable capacity to experiment with his materials, medium, and process.

Born in 1944 and lived most of his life in Nigeria, he transforms simple, everyday materials into striking large-scale installations.

His work raises questions about ethnic identity by combining traditional African techniques and imagery with abstraction (which arguably is rooted within Western art), says tate.org.uk. His interest in African craft led him to be associated with the 1970s art movement Nsukka group.

In 2008 he won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.