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Nigerian celebrities that are not university graduates - Below is a list of successful celebrities that have shown to the world that they can make it without a university degree. According to reports, some were at the university but had to drop out due to certain reasons. More.. 10 International celebrities that are of Igbo origin – This will shock you! (With Pictures) 10 risk of having too much sex – you really need to see this! 6 Lowkey celebrity relationships in Nigerian music industry (With Pictures) Top Nigerian female celebrities that are virgins – You will be shocked after seeing this! (+Photos) 1. Genevieve Nnaji Genevieve Nnaji (born 3 May 1979) is a popular name in the Nollywood industry. She is one of the most successful actress in Nigeria. Despite being a very intelligent and successful woman, she did not acquire a university degree, even after saying would go back to school for several years. Apart from acting, Genevieve owns a fashion line St.Genevieve, launched in May 2008. Navigate using arrows below 2. Wizkid Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), well known as Wizkid is a popular song writer and singer. According to reports, he started singing at 11years as Lil Prinz. However, he started his music career fully with Banky W’s music group, Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) in 2009. Wizkid dropped out of Lead City University in his second year because of his music career, hoping to continue later. According to records, Wizkid’s achievements in the music industry includes: a BET Award, a MOBO Award, three The Headies Awards, two Channel O Music Video Awards, four Nigeria Entertainment Awards, a Ghana Music Award, two Dynamix All Youth Awards, two City People Entertainment Awards, and a Future Award. In addition, he has been nominated three times at the MTV Europe Music Awards as well as four times at the World Music Awards. He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O’s 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists. 3. 9ice 9ice (born Alexander Abolore Adegbola Adigun Alapomeji Ajifolajifaola,on 17 January 1980) is a popular indigenous singer 9ice who is now a politician attended Abule Okuta Primary School and CMS Grammar School, and dropped out from his Law course at the Lagos State University to concentrate on music. On his achievements so far, 9ice won the Revelation of the Year award and the Best Male Vocal Performer at the 2008 edition of the Hip Hop World Awards held in Nigeria. A month later at the first SoundCity Music Video Awards, 9ice was nominated in the category of Best New Artiste. 9ice’s biggest single is titled “Gongo Aso”. He is the founder of Alapomeji Records. 4. Mercy Johnson

Mercy Johnson (born in Lagos on 28 August 1984) is a popular Nollywood star. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Nollywood. Mercy Johnson Okojie revealed that she got into the Nigerian movie industry because she failed the university entrance exams (JAMB) several times. 5. D’banj Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (popularly known as D’banj, born 9 June 1980) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and businessman. Dbanj is one of the leading musicians in Africa. He reportedly dropped out of school when he was in 300Level (Mechanical Engineering). Records has it that he has won several music awards, including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, Best International Act: Africa at the 2011 BET Awards, and Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards, Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music awards. 6. Don Jazzy Michael Collins Ajere popularly known as Don Jazzy is one of the famous Nigerians who did not need education to achieve success. The prolific music producer and C.E.O of Mavin Records dropped out of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma in his first year. 7. 2Baba Idibia Innocent Ujah Idibia popularly known as 2face attended Saint Gabriel’s Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He enrolled at Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu (IMT), where he did his preliminary National Diploma course in Business Administration and Management. While attending IMT, he performed at school organised shows and parties. He eventually dropped out to pursue his music career 2Face told Views Channel in an interview about how an incident where he was robbed devastated and led to his decision to leave school to face music. “I got robbed sometime in school. All my audio cassettes that I recorded they took them. I was sad for like a year plus. I dropped out and I am like look I am not continuing this thing I am going to follow music. “I actually confessed to my parents. I told them the truth that I am not going back to school. I am going to Lagos, Festac town. All this waka wey I dey talk so, na molue… staff, sometimes na fight we go fight. Them go pursue us from bus” he said. CLICK HERE to join our BBM Channel for faster updates TOP POSTS YESTERDAY 12 celebs under 20 with the craziest cars (With Pictures) 3 Nollywood actresses that are sex addicts (With Pictures) Top 20 health tips for stronger and longer erection GUYS: If she has these 10 qualities, NEVER let her go! Top 10 Most seductive photos of Nigerian female celebrities – #1 will make your eyes pop out! Top 10 Nigerian and Ghanaian actresses with killer curves & butts (+Photos) 9 Silent Nigerian billionaires who keep their wealth on a low key (With Pictures) Popular Nollywood actor impregnates wife’s best friend (+Photos) 4 Nigerian female celebrities who use s*x toys (With Pictures) 15 funniest Nigerian WhatsApp statuses that will leave you in tears… (+Pics)

7 top Nigerian celebrities that are not university graduates but are now so rich – You’ll be surprised! (+Pics)

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