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Aliko Dangote becomes the first African to make Forbes' Top 25 world's richest list

Frontline business man and CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has become the first African to make Forbes annual top 25 world’s richest list. Dangote, whose worth was put at$25billion occupied the 23 spot as against the 43 position he was in last year.
For four consecutive years, Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in the African continent. Meanwhile, former Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates has also overtaken Carlos Slim as the world’s richest man.
Top 10
1. Bill Gates- $76b
2. Carlos Slim Helu – $72b
3. Amancio Ortega – $64b
4. Warren Buffett – $58.2 B
5. Larry Ellison$48 B
6. Charles Koch$40 B
7. David Koch$40 B
8. Sheldon Adelson$38 B
9. Christy Walton & family$36.7 B
10. Jim Walton$34.7 B

Best Photo ever! Ellen DeGeneres’ all-star selfie breaks twitter record

This picture, tagged ‘Best photo ever’ taken by actor, Bradley Cooper and tweeted by American Television host and actress, Ellen DeGeneres who was the host of the just-concluded 2014 Oscars has broken a record on social networking site- Twitter.
Featuring Hollywood’s top-notch actors; Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o. The star-studded picture set the record for most retweeted tweet of all-time. The tweet got 1,300,000 retweets in less than an hour and over 2.6 million retweets beating the 778,000 most retweets previously set by America’s President Barack Obama.
Twitter confirmed this via a notification.
“The envelope please…to @TheEllenShow – this is now the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs. Congrats!”

Look who are in school uniforms! Veteran thespians, Chiwetalu Agu and Ngozi Ezeonu

The other day, fans criticized the likes of Mercy Johnson and Funke Akindele on social media for acting as students in roles, many opined that there should be room for the young generation to showcase their talents. Noted! I hope they won’t go ballistic when they see these “grandparents” in school uniforms. The yet-to-be released movie is titled ” Mama Ukwu Goes to School”. Don’t know much about the movie but judging by the pictures and the (usual) roles of the actors; Chiwetalu Agu would be a big. bully, if not expelled from school. Ngozi Ezeonu on the other hand an easy-going, naive lady.
Photo credit: Movie Moments!

Sad: Rashidi Yekini's sister dies in fatal accident

Such a tragic news! May God comfort the Yekinis! 21 months after Super Eagles forward and football legend, Rashidi Yekini died after a brief illness, his younger sister, Rofiat Yekini has also passed on; Barrister Mohammed Jubril, the Nigeria’s highest goal-scorer of all time’s lawyer confirmed via a statement.

According to him, the mother of three was heading to Offa after a business trip when an 18-seater vehicle she was in rammed into a lorry, leaving three occupants dead and others injured. The accident occurred along Okuku-Osogbo road on Wednesday 27th February 2013 at about 1pm.

May her soul find repose! Amen

Review: All of Me – John legend | By: Greg Ighodaro

All Of Me by John Legend’s effortless sounding vocals. Simple, straight forward love ballad lyrics. Stripped down piano accompaniment through much of the record. “All Of Me” was co-written by John Legend and veteran pop songwriter Toby Gad. The words are relatively standard love song content.

They express potential behaviour issues in a relationship. “all of me loves all of you.” Two notable segments of the lyrics are likely to bring smiles and nods of recognition from many listeners as John Legend sings, “Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections,” and he then follows it later with, “You’re my downfall, you’re my muse, my worst distraction, my rhythm and blues.” WOW

He injects energy into it. He pushes into the upper vocal register in effortless fashion. Strings were injected into the mix and it makes “All Of Me” a simple, classic, romantic love ballad. The song can be easily enjoyed by anyone who is captivated by their partner in a love relationship, on in which, “all of me loves all of you.”

In addition, there is a Nigerian voice of the song but i expected a change of lyrics by “Kolasoul”……….

The 'little woman' in Emmanuel Adebayor's life is so cute

Tottenham striker, Emmanuel Adebayor added a year to his age few days back. The Togolese international revealed how he spent the day. After his training session, he blew out 30 candles at home. Shortly after, he shared a picture of him and his cute,beautiful lass, Kindra with his cake.

“Thanks for all the birthday wishes for yesterday! I’m feeling the love from all. Very much appreciated!” He wrote.

Mikel Obi makes Nollywood debut

Few weeks ago, I posted pictures of CAF award nominees/Nigerian midfielder and top actress, Genevieve Nnaji heading into a private jet in South Africa and I remember I stated that it’s either a TV commercial or they were on set of a high-budget film. Well, it’s a film.

Titled, “The Journey” and sponsored by Amstel Malta, The movie which centres on the challenges and success stories of the two Nigerian superstars will premiere at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards on the 8th of March, 2014.

Nigerian/Olympiakos striker collapses during game

Nigerian/Olympiakos striker,Michael Olaitan while running off the ball lost consciousness and collapsed during his club’s game against Panathinaikos yesterday. The 21 year-old who featured for Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League clash against Manchester United last week was attended to for five minutes before taken to the hospital for tests. The former Nigeria U-20 international’s condition is now stable.

Kanu Nwankwo's second heart surgery successful

My heart skipped when I heard the news. So glad it was nothing serious. Former Super Eagles Captain and founder, Kanu Heart Foundation, Kanu Nwankwo over the weekend had his second (corrective) heart surgery at the Cleveland Hospital, Ohio, USA; the same hospital that handled the first surgery in 1997. Thankfully, the operation was successful and Papilo as he’s fondly called is recuperating fast.
He’ll be back home in a few days time. I spoke with him Sunday afternoon and he confirmed he’s in a stable condition.” Onyebuchi Abia, Kanu Heart Foundation Co-ordinator said in a statement.
The Nigerian football legend who was among the recipients of the Nigeria Centenary awards tweeted a picture of his award today. “I thank God. Thanks for all your support and keep supporting.” He added.
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