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Top 10 Nigerian Celebrities Who Are Citizens of Two Countries. Footballer Makes List!

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Nov 6, 2018 3:28 PM

We love our celebrities and we love to let you know all we can share with you about them. There are a number of celebrities who are not just Nigerians but have dual citizenship.

The dual citizenship may be as a result of birth, naturalization, parents or marriage. Here are a list of popular Nigerian celebrities who have dual-citizenship.

1. Davido

Nigerian music star, Davido was born in the United States. He was born in Atlanta Georgia to be precise. Davido is definitely one of the biggest music stars in the country today and not a lot of people know he has dual citizenship. Davido is Nigerian-American.

2. Asa

Aṣa is a Nigerian French singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Her stage name “Aṣa” means “Hawk” in Yoruba.

Asa is known for her use of the Yoruba language in singing her songs as she gives the language a new outlook with her deep lyrics. She was born in Paris, France in 1982. She is a French-Nigerian.

3. Lilian Bach

Popular Nigerian actress, Lilian Bach doesn’t feature in a lot of movies these days but she stays relevant. The delectable actress was born in Lagos Island to a Yoruba mother and a Polish father. She is Polish-Nigerian.

4. Toolz

Popular OAP and media personality, Tolu Oniru popularly called Toolz was born in London on July 6. She had her primary education at Talbot House preparatory school in bournemouth, UK, and secondary education in Nigeria before relocating to study at City of Westminster College.

Toolz came back from the United Kingdom with a degree  in Business and Mass Communication from the London Metropolitan University to take up a job in the broadcast media, things have been on the up and up for her. She once showed off her UK Passport sometime ago.  She is British-Nigerian.

6. Stephanie Coker

Popular MTV Base VJ, Stephanie Coker was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but moved to North London, in the UK at the age of 1. She attended St Mary’s Church of England Primary school in North London, a place she described as “a really small school where Christianity was taken very seriosuly”.

She later graduated from Brunel University with a degree in Media and Communications. While at Brunel, she interned at MTV, Channel Four and Media Moguls PR. She is a Nigerian-British.

7. Karen Igho

Karen Igho is popular for winning the Big Brother Africa reality show in 2011. She also featured in a number of Nollywood movies and was an on air-personality at a time until she got married to her Czech husband, Yaroslav Rakos. She is a Nigerian-Czech citizen and the latter is by marriage.

8. Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha

Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A quick and skilful playmaker, who is widely regarded as the best Nigerian player of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time.

He is a dual Nigerian-Turkish citizen, having acquired Turkish citizenship as “Muhammet Yavuz” while playing for Süper Lig teamFenerbahçe.

9. Banky W

Olubankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W was born on the 27 March 1981 in the United States.

Banky’s family moved back home but Banky didn’t until a few years ago when he decided to come work on his music career. Things panned out well for him and he’s been living in Nigeria since. He is a U.S citizen by birth.

10. Osas Ighodaro

Osas Ighodaro is a Nigerian American actress, model and presenter. She won the Miss Black USA Pageant competition in 2010. She played the role of Adanna on the soap opera Tinsel, and co-hosted the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. She is a Nigerian-American.

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