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Three Nigerians have featured in Forbes 23 African Billionaires List.. Sitting atop the list, for the 7th year in a row, is industrialist, Aliko Dangote with $12.2 Billion. Forbes 23 African Billionaires List Two other Nigerians are also on the list, they include, Glo owner, Mike Adenuga with $5.3 Billion, and oil magnate Folorunsho Alakija with $1.6 Billion. 3 Nigerians feature in Forbes’ 23 African Billionaires list, Dangote retaining the throne for the 7th year in a row with $12.2 billion. The only other woman on the list is Angola’s Isabel dos Santos with $2.7 billion, down from $3.2 billion a year ago. 8 South Africans feature on the list, the highest for any African country, diamond mining heir Nicky Oppenheimer with $7.7 billion being the richest of the lot. Forbes 23 African Billionaires List See the full list of Africa’s 23 billionaires below: #1 Aliko Dangote – $12.2 billion #2 Nicky Oppenheimer – $7.7 billion #3 Johann Rupert – $7.2 billion #4 Nassef Sawiris – $6....

Abeokuta, the state capital of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria, is one of Nigeria’s most industrious cities. It’s a large city which lies below the Olumo Rock and is home to several caves. There are several interesting things and places about the bustling city and Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 of them. Alake’s Palace This palace is the home of the custodian of the culture and traditions of the Egba people, the Alake of Egba Land. It’s a unique and culturally rich destination that houses many statues, busts and figures that represent the deities, gods and different culturally relevant historical figures. Olumo Rock This is one of the Abeokuta’s most popular attractions and one of Nigeria’s major tourist attractions. The rock was used as a fortress for the Egba people during intertribal wars in the 19th century. The stairs of the rock are actually man-made and were carved into the rock by the Egba people to enable them climb the rock. On the ...

The year 2017 was no doubt a memorable year for many nairalanders. There were many success stories and turnaround of fortunes of ordinary Nigerians via the information they got and applied. Quite a handful of such stories made it to the front page. The larger part of the success stories were either recounted in threads or sent to people who shared the opportunities they grasp. Take a look at two of such stories below that made it to the front page in the past and read through their enviable stories. This nairalander bought her first car from freelancing and has since moved on to achieve great things for herself. Read her story here: www.nairaland.com/2479987/story-how-bought-car-income This other nairalander built himself a new home and also bought his first car from an online business! Read his story here: www.nairaland.com/3224561/how-bought-car-built-house The most recent testimonial came from this nairalander who achieved financial freedom for himself via mini-importat...

A gathering of pro-democracy and civil rights groups in the five states of the South-East geopolitical zone under the auspices of Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights & Good Governance Organizations, SBCHROs, has published the result of its fieldwork which returned Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state as the Worst Serving Governor in the South-East. The exhaustive project also singled out the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the most unpopular and unfriendly federal government among the people of the South-East, as it named the Nigerian army and its 82 Division in Enugu as the most atrocious security organization in the South-East. These results were recently released during a press briefing in Onitsha, Anambra state attended by: Emeka Umeagbalasi, Dr. MaryRose Umeh, and Barr Jacinta Ezinwanne for Intersociety; Aloysius Emeka Attah, Chairman, CLO, Southeast Zone; Peter Onyegiri of Centre for Human Rights & Peace Advocacy; Michael Ifeabunu...

Residents of Tungan Kano and Kukudagba villages, near the International Airport, Abuja, alleging neglect and lack of social amenities, block the roads leading to the airport.... on Wednesday. Photos: Olatunji Obasa Residents of Tungan Kano and Kukudagba, near the International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday staged a protest bordering on an alleged neglect of their areas in the provisions of social amenities. OLATUNJI OBASA captured the protests in these photographs:

President George Weah Liberia’s new President George Weah on Tuesday pledged to fight corruption as he spoke about conditions in his “broke country” on the first day of an official visit to Paris. The former international football star who, took office on January 22, is faced with a dire economic situation in Liberia following two civil wars and a deadly Ebola epidemic in 2013-2015. “I inherited a country that is very broke, depleted by political malfeasance. We have to make sure that the things that happened will not happen again,” Weah said during a conference. “I ordered a complete audit to make sure that what belongs to the government goes to the government.” Weah also spoke about another top priority, education for young people who represent 60 percent of Liberia’s 4.7 million inhabitants. “I believe in education. Yes, I didn’t have the opportunity in my early days but after my career I went back to school. Today I can boast of a master’s ...

Fears grew in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday about the fate of potentially scores of girls who have not been seen since a Boko Haram attack on their school two days ago. Militants stormed the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday evening. Locals initially said the girls and their teachers fled the attack. The jihadists gained worldwide notoriety in April 2014 when they abducted 276 girls from their school in Chibok, in neighbouring Borno state. A total of 112 are still being held. Monday’s incident sparked fears of a repeat and on Wednesday morning some 50 parents and guardians gathered at the school demanding information. “Our girls have been missing for two days and we don’t know their whereabouts,” Abubakar Shehu, whose niece is among those missing, told AFP. “Although we were told they had run to some villages, we have been to all these villages mentioned without any luck. We are beginning to harbour fears the ...

Debt is not neccesarily bad. Many organizations borrow money to fund their growth and expansion. So do governments. But it becomes a problem when a borrower has nothing tangible to show for its accumulated debt stock. It gets even more worrying if the debt stock becomes unsustainable (in terms of ability to pay back). So, how do Nigeria states measure up on their debt profiles and ability to service it? We took a look at the debt and dept-per-capita of Nigeria states. Lagos leads the pack with more than 1.44trillion naira in debt. Kaduna, Edo, Cross River & Enugu make up the top 5. Looking at the debt-per-head (per capita) figures, each Lagosian owes an average of N25,288 . Meanwhile, Edo comes second with each citizen owing N18,538. Cross-River comes third with each citizen of the state owing an average of N15,995. (See the chart below for the full list) It is important to note that, while a state like Lagos may lead the league tables for indebtedness but then, the st...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki , speaks on his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal which resumes today 6th of Feb.

According to a serving Nigerian police officer Daniel Sunny,Fulani herdsmen attacked them in Benue and burnt their vehicle.After the attack,two police officers were declared missing.See photos below

South African student, Sedii missed the Russian plane which crashed with no survivor A South African student schooling in Russia @Sedii_K, missed the Plane which Crashed in Russia on Sunday, leaving no survivor The South African student who missed her flight wrote earlier on Instagram; Missed my flight, and it’s the first time , my chest, my wallet, January part 2 clearly for this month. Lol and I’m supposed to start school tomorrow, tota will I have transport money. Ke gre Ima miss my connecting flight too However after the plane crash occurred, she wrote; I was so upset in the morning, but I didn’t know I was being protected. No matter what happens, trust that God allows certain things to happen for certain reasons. Got so many calls today, people worried only to find out plane crashed, 71 dead and no survivors. A plane crashed in the outskirts of Moscow after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport and it reportedly had no survivor. According to Russia...

The Federal Government will on March 1 arraign the Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on two counts of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the police in April 2017. FG to Arraign Dino Melaye on March 1 The Federal Government will on March 1 arraign the Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on two counts of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the police in April 2017. Melaye was accused of falsely incriminating the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Mr. Edward Onoja David, in the said assassination atte...

Cut legislators’, ministers’ salary by half, Sanusi tells Buhari Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to review the salaries of members of the National Assembly and ministers, with a view to creating more jobs for Nigerian unemployed youths. According to Guardian, he said this yesterday while urging political office holders to make sacrifices and salvage the country from its current economic downturn. He argued that if the salary of each member of the National Assembly was divided into two, it would go a long way to provide more jobs for 70,400 jobless Nigerians at between N90, 000 and N92, 500 monthly salary. Sanusi gave the charge through a statement addressed to President Buhari, while also lamenting that the salary of military personnel, who are defending the country was only N49, 000 with some of them lacking accommodation. He said: “Where is the change? Change should start with the National Assembly. A senator receives ...