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JIM OVIA The man Jim Ovia needs no introduction whatsoever. He is one of the richest Nigerian ever, in fact he is one of the top 40 richest Africans. He is reportedly said to be worth conservatively close to a Billion dollars. With massive investments in real estate, banking, communications, recreational center etc.  The astute business man from what we have just heard has major plans in the pipeline to increase is investments and worth incredibly in the next few years. On going as we speak is a multi-storey office building project where the former La Casa Lounge/cigar bar used to be, the imposing office building is at the Lagoon front on Ozumba Mbadiwe in-between the Civic center & Caverton Helicopter office opposite the Law School.  According to the gist the next in line to be built on the same axis not far from one of his properties -the Civic center, is a 5-star hotel, the hotel is most likely going to be called the Lagos Marriot or Marriot Hotel, Lagos, whic...

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   Leadership has unveiled some of Nigeria's highest paid CEOs and the stories behind their rise to the top, based on authoritative reports, between 2009 and 2012. Read below Being a successful and influential chief executive officer takes hard work, guts, sacrifice and a more-than-average knowledge of how the business environment works. Many who wish to be successful and influential wonder how others have achieved great things, thinking such feats are impossible in their bid to toe same path. Nigeria boasts a slew of successful CEOs in almost every sector – banking, oil and gas, sports, health and manufacturing. LEADERSHIP Friday unveils some of them. Find the report after the cut... CEO, Stanbic IBTC, Sola David-Borha  As the managing director/CEO of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, David-Borha is one of the country’s highly-rated bankers. She is the highest paid director in Nigeria’s banking sector, with an annual remuneration of N177m. Whe...

    The popular and successful blogger wore this outfit to Tiwa Savage and Tunji Balogun's Wedding. Beautiful!

This new 100 dollar bill went into circulation on October 8th this year and features a better portrait of former US president Benjamin Franklin and other improvements.  The old dollar bill

Some chiefs and residents of Ilashe Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Thursday narrated how the monach of the town, Oba Adesina Anibijuwon, was killed by suspected members of Odua People’s Congress, who allegedly strangled him and left his corpse inside his residence which they set ablaze. Those who recovered his corpse from the building said the charred remains of Anibijuwon were taken to the mortuary at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital in Osogbo by Osun Ambulance Service at around 10.30pm on Wednesday. The ambulance that conveyed the remains of the monarch was said to have been escorted to the mortuary by armed policemen and some residents. The residents feared that those who killed him might want to seize his corpse. Some residents who also spoke with our correspondent said the officials of the state fire service, who came to put out the inferno, ran out of water. Some residents wondered why some chiefs in the town went into hidin...

The police at Idimu, Lagos, have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot water on her sister.  The 28-year old housewife who is also the women’s leader in her husband’s ministry at Shasha allegedly poured hot water on Chidinma Chukwu, causing her serious injury because the 14-year old Chidinma sold only few pawpaws she was to hawk on the fateful day. Unfortunately, Chidinma did not sell everything and Angela became angry, accusing her of being too playful. But the matter came into the open when a samaritan heard of it and reported to the police at Idimu. The incident happened at their residence at Ifelodun Street Orisunmbare, Shasha, Lagos State. According to PMNews, Angela had warned Chidinma to ensure that she did not come back home without selling all the pawpaws packed in her tray for sale that day. After Angela burnt her sister, she tried to hide the incident by refusing to take her to a hospital. Instead, she arranged with a nurse wh...

Berlin – No fewer than 200 Nigerian girls are trafficked every month to Russia for prostitution, the nation’s ambassador to that country, Amb. Asam Asam has said. Asam, who spoke against the backdrop of consular challenges faced by the embassy, disclosed this in an interview in Berlin. Read more here.. Investigations reveal that the crime had decline in Western Europe following strict laws on illegal migration, and joint efforts by Nigeria and the governments of those countries to curb the menace. However, attention has shifted to Eastern Europe as the new destination for the trade. “The major consular challenge we face in Moscow is the influx of trafficked persons from Nigeria, not less than 200 girls are trafficked every month, and we have so many of them exposed to danger. “Some are thrown out of the window and treated harshly, there must be a way of stopping these racketeering , these girls are not tourists, students or government officials yet they are given visas from the Ru...

The post below was posted on the 13th of November, 2013, ahead of the 16th November electionmin Anambra, as if it was a revelation from TB Joshua. Kindly read and comment... ANAMBRA DECIDES 2013. RESULTS ANNOUNCED, Sunday/Monday Papers. After Anambra guber election on Nov 16, Sunday/Monday Newspaper Headlines will go as follow; = Don't celebrate yet, Nwoye tells Obiano (APGA) (Leadership) = Concede defeat, Obiano urges Uba and Ngige (Punch) = APC Cries out, says election was rigged (daily sun) = Ngige demands Vote recount... (Vanguard) = No evidence of manipulation (NTA news) = This is the same way I was robbed in 2003, 2007 and 2011 - Buhari. (Nation Newspaper & Daily Trust) = Election results for Mmiata Anam awaited (Channels) = Trucks with suspected ballot papers crosses into Agulueri from Kogi (Sahara Reporters). = There will be violence if we loose; APC declares (Hope For Nigeria) = Uba and Nwoye are opportunists - Go back to school and biz (AIT...

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  In   this video ,   Nollywood Ace Actor, Segun Arinze, announces release of more personal funds to subsidize membership registration fees to Nigerians willing to join   Club080.com   - an empowerment programme he believes can go along way to change the unemployment challenge in Nigeria and how you (reading this) can benefit, too. Also in the video are Mr. Philip Obin, Founder/President of Club080, Mrs. Winifred Okafor, a member who has made over N80,000 within 5 days of joining Club080.com having been referred by another member far away in Abuja. Continue... The programme was broadcast live from the   Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC)   - Television Studio which is one of the most watched TV stations in Calabar and environs.   Club080 is wonderful platform created and managed by a young Nigerian and wish to register here that for the first time, I am deed proud that we have such laudable programme that is 100% Nige...

This year  billionaire popstar Madonna  tops the annual list of the top-earning musicians by a wide margin after raking in a whooping $125 million dollars for 2013, making her the highest-paid musician in the world. The bulk of Madge’s millions came from the tail end of her MDNA Tour, which grossed $305 million. She augments her income with heady merchandise sales at concerts, as well as her Material Girl clothing line and Truth or Dare fragrance. Gaga ranks second with $80 million; she grossed over $160 million on her latest tour before succumbing to a hip injury. Had she been able to finish, she would have likely topped $200 million.  Read more here... Her ARTPOP album was released after the end of our scoring period, but should give her a boost on next year’s list. She could easily reach the No. 1 spot with a successful set of concerts, the main driver for most major artists’ earnings. A look at the rest of the list underscores the importance of live perfo...

Annie idibia who is currently in the united states awaiting the delivery of her second child with 2face Idibia posted these lovely pictures on her instagram page.she sure look good with the baby bump. See another picture after the cut. .

Unknown gunmen yesterday abducted Chief Nelson Tempurah, 78, the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Nelson Belief. Chief Tempurahwas was kidnapped in his family home in Minibeleu community, near Akassa in Brass Local Government Area. The community leader was abducted just before 3am by seven gunmen who stormed his residence, climbing in through the roof. A community source said in Yenagoa that the gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare people in the neighborhood away before going for their target. Nelson Belief confirmed the abduction of his father to newsmen in Yenagoa.  He said the kidnappers were yet to contact the family, adding, “It is quite sad that an aged and peaceful man will be abducted." A source noted that after abducting the old man, the gunmen collected the mobile phones of those in the building including those of the help. Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, DSP Alex Akhigbe, who also confirmed the...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate in the recent Anambra state Governorship Election Dr. Chriss Ngige has described the recent election as “flawed” and “shameful”, described the election as a “disaster”. Dr. Chris Ngige said: “We have on tape a policeman thumb printing for APGA and INEC officials running away with election materials.” A very Angry Ngige also said: “This INEC used students instead of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to starve us of election materials. All the electoral officers were all compromised, like the one in Idemili North who deliberately acted on the orders of INEC and APGA. “Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka here were used as poll clerks just to find fault in APC and to favour their lecturer, Dr. Nkem Okeke, who ran as deputy to the APGA candidate in the election. “Much more astonishing is that they wore NYSC uniforms because of the election and when they are taught how to perfect fraud, somebody will ...