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Dangote becomes first African to enter top 25 on Forbes richest list

Aliko Dangote

Forbes have released their annual list of the world’s wealthiest people, and for the first time ever, an African broke into the top 25. Chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote’s ever-growing finances catapulted him up 20 spots as his new worth of $25billion took him to the ...

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Pastor Adefarasin not happy he isn’t listed among five richest pastors in Nigeria

Paul Adefarasin

Recently, forbes listed the five richest Nigerian Pastors who are Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, aka Winners Chapel, Estimated net : $150 million, Chris Oyakhilome of Belivers’ Loveworld Ministries, aka Christ Embassy, Estimated net worth: $30 million – $50 million, Matthew Ashimolowo, Kingsway International Christian Centre ...

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Forbes releases list of 10 most powerful men in Africa

Forbes has released its 2014 list of The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa and 3 Nigerians made it. They are; 1. Simdul Shagaya: Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Konga.com and DealDey 2. Chinedu Echeruo: Tech Entrepreneur & Founder of Hopstop.com and Tripology.com 3. Kola Karim, Nigeria,�Group Managing Director and ...

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See the world’s highest-paid musicians for the year 2013

Lady Gaga vs Madonna

The ‘Material Girl’ surpassed singer Lady Gaga and veteran rockers Bon Jovi as the highest-paid musician in 2013. See the top 10 highest paid (from June 2012-June 2013) below.. 1. Madonna – $125 million 2. Lady Gaga – $80 million 3. Bon Jovi – $79 million 4. Toby Keith – ...

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Forbes releases World’s Most Powerful list + Dangote makes number 64

      Forbes just released its World’s Most Powerful People list and put Russian president Vladamir Putin ahead of US president Barack Obama. Dangote was placed 64th most powerful person in the world, Jonathan didn’t make the list. See more below

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Psquare clinches second position of richest artistes in Africa + See full list

Richest artistes in Africa

Just like Forbes, Huffington post has also released a list of its own version of 10 richest african musicians. See the names of Nigerian musicians who made the list below. 1. Youssou N’dour 2. Psquare 3. DBANJ 4. Koffi Olomidé 5. Salif Keita 6. Fally Ipupa 7. 2face Idibia 8. ...

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“It ain’t nothin” – Pdiddy brags after losing $1Mill to RickRoss (photos)

P diddy and Rick Ross NaijaVibe

Pdiddy lost $1Million dollars to Rick Ross during a studio dice game. He posted their agreement on Instagram with the caption “I just lost a million dollars. It ain’t nothin #SuckMyD**kB***h.” RickRoss also instagramed the cheque with caption “I had Puff write me a contract for the 1million $$ I ...

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Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga & Femi Otedola make Forbes list + Full list

Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola and few others have made the Forbes list of the richest people in the world. They also reviewed the top 21 richest Nigerians based on the value of their shares held in quoted companies, the size and market share of their companies, the number ...

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Daftest list ever – Freeze Cool Fm on Forbes most bankable artiste list

Freeze

Still on this list matter, they should all give it a rest. Top radio host, Freeze Coolfm does not agree with the list and expressed this on Twitter. Tiwa Savage’s manager & fiancee, Teebillz also thinks Tiwa was missing on the list. Someone said this and i think i will ...

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TeeBillz believes Tiwa Savage is richer than those listed by Forbes (See tweet)

Tiwa Savage and Teebillz

Still on the Forbes listing matter. Tiwa Savage’s manager and fiancee, Teebilz is convinced Tiwa Savage’s bank statement is heavier than those listed by Forbes in Africa listing.

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Davido vents on twitter to ‘rich dad’ comments (see tweets)

Davido suit

We posted some hours ago on Davido’s reaction to the Forbes richest artiste list, which he didn’t make. A fan tweeted at him saying Forbes does not count his father’s wealth as his. This statement obviously pissed him off, well who wouldn’t get mad. See his reaction below: We would ...

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Davido disses Forbes list of richest African artistes (See tweet)

Davido disses Forbes list

So Davido didn’t make the Forbes list of top 10 most bankable and richest African aritstes, lol. What does Balu mean by the way?

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Top 10 richest African artistes by Forbes/Chanel 0 (See full list)

Top 10 richest African musicians 2013

Forbes in conjunction with ‘Channel O’ released the list of African Top 10 richest African musicians 2013. The ranking is based on artist Sales, Social Media presence, endorsement value, YouTube views, show rates, Influence, appearance in newspapers, investments, popularity and so many other factors.. Nigeria has 7 reps on this ...

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Arabian Prince sues Forbes for miscalculating his wealth

Arabian Prince

A Saudi prince is suing Forbes magazine for libel because it said he was only worth $20billion in its annual rich list instead of $30billion. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest businessmen, claims the magazine underestimated his wealth by $9.6billion when it placed him at 26th in ...

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Real Madrid Is Now Richest Club In World, Knocks Man Utd Off, see Forbes’ Football Rich List

Real Madrid v Barcelona 008

Real Madrid has been listed as the world’s most valuable football club in the latest list of Forbes’ football rich list. Manchester United had held top spot since business analysts Forbes started compiling the list in 2004 but have been overtaken by Real. Barcelona now in third place and Arsenal ...

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P.Diddy Leads Jay-Z and Dr.Dre to Top Forbes 2013 List Of Wealthiest Artistes

Forbes 2013 List Of Wealthiest Artistes

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has always been one of the biggest business magnates of our time, with the Bad Boy CEO moving from musical to non-musical ventures with ease. Today Forbes reported who the world’s five wealthiest hip-hop artists are, and Combs topped the list with an estimated net worth of ...

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I’m worth at least �20BILLION! Saudi prince blasts Forbes for saying he’s ‘only worth �13billion

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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is threatening to boycott an annual list of the world’s super-rich, after Forbes magazine claimed he was �worth ‘only’ �13billion. He is unhappy with a ‘flawed’ estimation of his wealth, which left him languishing in 26th place with a mere �13billion. Prince Alwaleed, the Saudi King ...

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Top 21 Richest Nigerian Billionaires

Very few Nigerians have made the Forbes list of richest people in the world the reason been that Forbes estimates the wealth of individuals and rank them based on the value of shares they have in quoted companies (companies listed on the stock exchange). The few Nigerians that have made ...

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Diddy Buys A Bottle Of Ciroc For Everyone At NYC Club

?? It was Ciroc for everybody last week when Diddy, who Forbes named the richest hip-hop guy on the planet, bought every table at the newly re-opened Marquee nightclub in New York City a bottle of Ciroc vodka. ? The New York Post reports that on Wednesday night the �All ...

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Isabel Santos is now the richest black woman replacing Folorunsho Alakija

Earlier this morning, Forbes gathered a recent report on a woman (Isabel�dos Santos) who is now�believed�to be the richest black woman�in the world, displacing the Nigerian�business�mogul, Folorunsho Alakija that got the position few months ago from Oprah Winfrey. Over the past few years Isabel�dos Santos, the oldest�daughter of�Angolan President Jose ...

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