Meet 5 Female Nigerian Celebrities That Studied Engineering (Photos)

1. Etinosa idemudia

Etinosa Idemudia is a Nigerian actress and filmmaker.

A native of Edo State, Etinosa attended Covenant University, Ota, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. She then worked as a planning Engineer for oil and gas construction projects until five years ago when she launched her career into acting. After making her first acting appearance in the nollywood movie, A Little White Lie, she went on to appear in a number of famous nollywood movies such as Devil in Agbada, Blood of Enogie, The Call, Chairman, Corpershun and Love in the Wrong Places. 

2. Uche Jombo

Uche Jombo is a 42-year-old nollywood actress and movie producer.

An alumnus of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, where she studied Computer Programming Engineering, Uche’s acting career kicked off twenty two years ago when she featured in the movie, Visa to Hell. Since her acting debut, Uche has appeared in over 300 nollywood movies, including Games Men Play, Lies Men Tell, Holding Hope, A Time to Love, and Be My Wife.

Apart from acting, Uche is also a movie producer. She has produced a good numbers of nollywood movies such as Nollywood Hustlers, Holding Hope.

3. Ada Ehi

Ada Ogochukwu Ehi, professionally known by her stage name Ada Ehi, is a Nigerian gospel singer and performing artist.

A graduate of Chemical & Polymer Engineering from Lagos State University, Ada Ehi began her music career professionally in 2009 under the record label, Loveworld Records. In the same year, she rose to prominence after releasing her first album, Undenied, followed by Lifted & So Fly in 2013 and Future Now in 2017. Since then, Ada Ehi has increasingly gained local and international fame through her songs and music videos.

4. Tonto Dikeh

Tonto Charity Dikeh is a 36-year-old Nigerian actress, singer, and humanitarian.

Tonto is a graduate of Rivers State University of Science and Technology where she studied petroleum engineering.

Eleven years ago, Tonto came into limelight after starring alongside the Late Muna Obiekwe in the controversial movie, Dirty Secret. Since then, she has appeared in many nollywood movies such as Guardian Angel, Rush Hour, Battle of the Queens, and Throne of War.

5. Chizzy Alichi

Chigozie Stephanie Alichi, popularly known as Chizzy Alichi, is a nollywood actress.

Shortly after completing her bachelor’s degree in Agricultural engineering from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Chizzy joined the Nigeria movie industry in 2010 and got her first ever shot as an actress in a movie, Magic Money. However, the movie that shot her into prominence was Yul Edochie’s directional 2016 movie, Akaraoku.