 Dikko (1912–1977) was a Nigerian doctor who was a former federal commissioner for Mines and Power and was the first medical doctor from Northern Region, Nigeria"

Russel Aliyu Barau Dikko was born in Wusasa, Zaria, a location where Christianity was allowed to flourish in the muslim dominated Zaria emirate".The Christian missionaries were led by a Walter Miller, a young Church Missionary Society missionary doctor, the missionaries built a school, church and hospital in Wusasa.Dikko attended the CMS elementary school in Wusasa and later went to King's College " He then continued his studies at the University of Birmingham.