In this article, Platinum Times Nigeria will work you through top 10 celebrities who are indigenes of Plateau State.
Plateau State is found in the North Central part of Nigeria.
It is the twelfth largest state and its capital city is Jos.
The state is known as “The Home of Peace and Tourism” due to its natural endowments which makes its a destination of choice for tourists.
The state takes its name from the Jos Plateau and it boost a population of 4.7 million people of different tribes.
The state is inhabited by different ethnic groups such as Hausa, Fulani, Tiv, Ngas, Idoma, Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, Annang, Efik, Ijaw, and Bini.
It is well known for the cultivation of cotton, groundnuts, rice, Irish potatoes, maize, soyabean and a rich cultural heritage.
Aside from natural endowments, Plateau State has also birthed top personalities in different sphere of life.
This article takes a look at notable personalities in Nigeria whose ancestral roots is traced to Plateau State.
Summary of top celebrities from Plateau State
- Ice Prince
- Rimini Makama
- Penam Percy Paul
- Suka Andrew
- Ogeniyi Onazi
- Ruby Gyang
- Nafisat Abdullahi
- Jeremiah Gyang
- Sani Sadiq Sani
Ice Prince
Popular rap artist, Ice Prince is an indigene of Plateau State.
He was born on October 30th 1984 and given the name Panshak Henry Zamani.
He became famous after releasing “Oleku”, one of Nigeria’s most remixed songs of all time, he won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour.
He has worked with top African artists like Navio of Uganda, Khaligraph Jones of Kenya, AKA of South Africa, Sarkodie of Ghana among others.
Rimini Makama
Rimini Haraya Makama is a lawyer and business expert from Plateau State.
She is the Corporate and Government Affairs Director at Microsoft Nigeria.
She was born in Jos, Plateau State and she studied law at the University of Jos, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws and has a Master of Laws from the University of Reading.
She previously served as a Principal Legal Assistant in the Office of Legal Affairs at the International Criminal Police Organization – ICPO – INTERPOL in Lyon, France.
Panam Percy Paul
Bakulipanam Percy Paul Mokungah, popularly known as Panam Percy Paul is another successful indigene of Plateau State.
He is a legendary Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with about four decades of experience in the music industry.
He was born in 1958 and started singing while he was an undergraduate at Kaduna Polytechnic.
Some of his songs are Bring down your Glory, Master of the Universe, Return, Destiny and many others.
He is happily married and the union is blessed with four children and owns a record label Panam Music World which grooms upcoming musicians.
Suka Andrew
Suka Andrew is a sound Engineer who hails from Plateau State.
He studied music at Lani Stephens Music Institute after which he did his internship at Studio One and First-Wave Communications, a prominent record studio based in Jos.
He goes by the signature name “Suka sounds”, he is the sound engineer for EME, the record label co-owned by singer Banky W.
He has worked on hit songs such as Wizkid’s Caro and Ojuelegba (2014), Brymo’s Ara (2011) and Banky W’s Jasi (2014).
Ogenyi Onazi
Ogenyi Eddy Onazi is a successful footballer from Plateau State.
He plays as a central midfielder for Turkish East Riffa Club in the Bahrain Division and former player of the Nigerian national team.
He was born on 25th December, 1992 and has played with several teams including the national team where he scored his maiden goal during his the second game for Nigeria in a match against Venezuela in November 2012.
In 2013, he won the African Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles in South Africa.
Ruby Gyang
Ngohide Ruby Ann GyangGyang, better known by her stage name Ruby Gyang, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter from Plateau State.
She was born in the city of Jos, Plateau State and her journey to fame began when she created Loopy Music alongside MI, Ice Prince and Jesse Jagz.
She joined Chocolate City Music after Loopy Music’s merger with Chocolate City Music in 2015 and has released an EP under the label.
Nafisat Abdullahi
Nafisat Abdulrahman Abdullahi is a Nigerian actress, film producer, director, and entrepreneur from Plateau State.
She has is known as the only Kannywood star to reach the top 10 in Google Search In 2021 and she was awarded Actress of the year 2021 According 360Hausa.
She graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Jos and she also took a professional course at the London School of Photography in London, England.
She became famous after starring in the Kannywood movie “sai wata rana”.
Jeremiah Gyang
Jeremiah Pam Gyang is a singer a d songwriter and Instrumentalist from Plateau State.
He is known for his popular hit track, ‘Na Ba Ka’ (I give you) which brought contemporary Hausa music to the forefront of the entertainment industry.
Sadiq Sani Sadiq
Sadiq Sani Sadiq is a Kannywood actor from Plateau State born on 2nd February, 1981.
He became famous after he featured in “the Blood and Henna” which earned him several awards and nominations including 2015 Kannywood Awards in the junior award category.
He was also awarded by the City People Entertainment award in 2014 and 2017, he is happily married with two children.