Mogul of manufacturing, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has gotten his confirmation as Nigeria's wealthiest man as he debuted at number 334 on Forbes Richest list last week. Ranked with a net worth of $3.3 billion, the 51 year old Kano born industralist with his hands in cement, flour, sugar, salt, spaghetti, oil, property etc made his first debut.
25 worlds richest
1, Warren Buffet...62.0
2. Carlos Slim Helu & family...60.0
3. William Gates...58.0
4. Lakshmi Mittal...45.0
5. Mukesh Ambani...43.0
6. Anil Ambani...42.0
7. Ingvar Kamprad & famil...31.0
8. KP Singh...30.0
9. Oleg Deripaska...28.0
10. Karl Albrecht...27.0
11. Li Ka-Shing...26.5
12. Sheldon Adelson...26.0
13. Bernard Arnault...25.5
14. Lawrence Ellison...25.0
15. Roman Abramovich...23.5 (Up blue...lol)
16. Theo Albrecht...23.0
17. Liliane Bettencourt...22.9
18. Alexei Mordashov...21.2
19. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud...21.0
20. Mikhail Fridman...20.8
21. Vladimir Lisin...20.
22. Amancio Ortega...20.2
23. Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok...19.9
24. Mikhail Prokhorov...19.5
25. Vladimir Potanin...19.3
Africans on the list
60. Naguib Sawaris (Egyptian)...12.7
68. Nussef Sawaris (Egyptian)...11
96. Onsi Sawaris (Egyptian)...9.1
173. Nicky Oppenheimer (South African)...5.7
284. John Rupert (South African)...3.8
334. Aliko Dangote (Nigerian)...3.3
So he finally made his first debut on the Forbes list, but there are those who think Dangote was underestimated. According to Forbes, Dangote's source of wealth was described as 'inherited and growing' and their ranking method only deals with publicly quoted companies. Dangote's many companies were not included. Those who know maintain that Dangote is worth at least $16billion. That is Obajana Cement Factory alone is worth over $9billion.
Hmmmm....what do you think?
Naija Entertainmet news.
Jeans for Genes sickle cell project.It's a Fashion Exhibition that will hold on SAT, Mar 29th, at SWE BAR, 12pm. It is a fundraiser organised by the sickle-cell project, to create more awareness on sickle-cell. Packaged by Zapphaire PR, the event is proudly supported by Chocolate City, X3M Music, Victoria Ola Adigun, Bunmi Adedipe, Swe Bar and Capital Hill.
Particpants include- Beampeh- Pablo- Byge- My Qfeaturing- Ties by OUCH!- Labelles Touch- Ayana. There will be spoken word, music and poetry from artistes including- Africa's most anticipated Hip-Hop Artiste, M.I!- Jesse Jags- Bez Idakula- Spoken Word maestro, SAGE- Underground rap sensation, KEL- Naija's Rock Guru- ETCETERA,- Drenco- Special appearance by 2Shotz- Chiedu Ifeozo- CON.tra.diction.
Tell a friend and if u have any questions or need an invite, then please send a message to TOSYN BUCKNOR, or call / text 08023066252.
Kingsley Ogoro buys 35mm celluloid cameraMovie producer, Kingsley Ogoro, has acquired a 35mm celluloid camera. This is the same camera that has taken many Nigerian artistes to South Africa to shoot their videos. The camera set the movie producer back by N6million.
Hear him "I would have purchased the camera before this time but I was taking my time. And since I don't like joining the bandwagon, I always prefer to do my thing the way the spirit directs. Though the camera is very expensive, I believe it's a great plus for the Nigerian entertainment industry."
35mm is cuurntly one of the most advanced cameras in the world.
Chinenye Ochuba set to wed Beautiful ex-most beautiful girl in Nigeria (2002), Chinenye Ochuba, is set to wed. Come August/September 2008, she will wed Kunle Akinlade, the MD of Cleveland Investment, an asset management firm, in a traditional and white wedding. The introduction ceremony already held in her parents residence on Sat. Feb. 16th 2008. Chinenye who is presently a final year accounting and finance major at Greenwich University UK, is planning to relocate to Nigeria as soon as she is done with her studies, because this is where her husband to be lives.
Hip Hop World Awards 2008Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Venue: Planet One Maryland, Lagos
Time: 4:00pm
Supported by HipTV, MTN, Nigezie, MTV Base, Nigezie, AIT, STV, and Virgin NigeriaIt will shown live on STV and AIT Network, 6-8pm March 15th.
NTA's Mariam Anazodo delivers twins
Mariam was recently delivered of a set of twins in a London hospital on Friday Feb. 29th 2008. Mariam tied the knot with her TV/Radio/Sports presenter husband, Charles Anazodo in 2003. Five years later, they finally get not just one, but two bouncing babies. God is good!
Ben Bruce buys N25M Limo Jeep (Truck)Well, they are reporting that Ben just acquired a brown suburban Limousine Jeep which sells for a princely N25m.
Prince Sunny Ade
King Sunny Ade's son Prince Sunny Ade, who has just relocated to Nigeria after many years in the US has finally taken music as his career. His debut album, 'Thank You' is a combination of hip hop, fuji and juju. The album will be released on Javel Music Company soon.
2face abandons festac homeDo you blame him? They say he has abandoned his Festac home for a hotel, Comfort Suites, also in Festac. With all the recent attacks, do you blame him?
Ade Bendel and Friends
Since getting out of prison (he was there for four years and was released in Dec 2007), the former 419 kingpin, Ade Bendel, is a reformed man. He says he regrets his past life
Hear him "The new Ade Bendel is a changed man who has discarded everything about his former fraudulent life and given his life to Christ. I've embraced the lord and he is now my best friend. I intend to reach out to the youth through my foundation, Yinox"
His show
Ade Bendel and friends @ turning point
Featuring, D Banj, Segun Arinze, Basket Mouth, Sammie Okposo, (ice, RMD, Kefee, Moke Aremu and so many others.
Date: Easter Monday, March 24th
Venue: Eleko Beach
Time: 10 am-6pm
Free transportation and free launch for everyone
For information and enquiries: 07034110044, 07025021277.
Vagina Monologues resumes
Vagina Monologues is back. This time with a new cast, but the same gender sensitive issue is the centre of discourse. Directed by Wole Oguntokun. It's parading the likes of Kate Henshaw Nuttal, Stella Damasus, Yinka Davies, Funmi Iyanda, Bimbo Akintola etc. And having been shown in Abuja, it is returning to Lagos, March 12th, 13th and 20th at the Agip Hall, Muson Center, National Theatre, and Terra Culture respectively.
Funmi Interviews Madeleine Albright
Our own Funmi Iyanda and Madeleine Albright, the former United States Secretary of State. Read the full interview here...http://fiyanda.blogspot.com/search?q=Funmi%E2%80%99s+interview+with+Madeleine+Albright+
UBA/AMAA 2008
African Movie and Academy Awards (AMAA) is sure branding and winning the recognition of corporate Nigeria. The AMAA Awards, officially tagged the Galaxy of African Stars now has a three year title sponsorship deal with United bank for Africa. AMAA is returnung to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, starting with a pre-award party in Lagos on March 24th 2008. The Award proper holds on April 6th 2008.
Ndidi Azubuike is pregnant!
I saw the heavily pregnant model in a magazine. For those who don't know, Ndidi was one of the hot models in Nigeria before relocating to New York City in 2005 to pursue her modeling career. She won the first Silverbird female model of the year in 2003. So happy for her!
Ok, I'm done...got to get back to work. Hope y'all appreciate it
See you soon. Mwah
I saw the heavily pregnant model in a magazine. For those who don't know, Ndidi was one of the hot models in Nigeria before relocating to New York City in 2005 to pursue her modeling career. She won the first Silverbird female model of the year in 2003. So happy for her!
Ok, I'm done...got to get back to work. Hope y'all appreciate it
See you soon. Mwah
28 comments:
i wanna appreciate am die!!though i also think u have told us about Dangote before or do i now dream about things u wanna write before u eventually write it???
Linda,i love to talk and yarn and gist.please come and be writing for me too now!ehn.lol
u are jus too talented.how do u combine work and ur life wit blogging??
howz Mr O??takia gal
wow...congrats to Mariam. Didn't even know she was pregnant. No wonder i've not seen her on tv for sometime now. Such a pretty lady.
Aliko Dangote: Sheer hardwork, determination & doggedness does go a long way. He makes me proud to be called a Nigerian.
Jeans for Genes sickle cell project: Great idea. I hope UK. Anunobi-Ekwu is involved in the project.
Kingsley Ogoro: I am very proud of him as he dosen't do things in small measures, u know what i mean.
Chinenye Ochumba: She makes me proudly say that, "yes, i am originally from Ogidi in Idenmili Local Government Area of Anambra State."
Hip Hop World Awards 2008: I am wishing a mighty "good luck" to all the nominees, muah.
Mariam & Charles Anazodo: Twins are just good luck, karma.
Ben Bruce: He is always soaring to greater heights aside from the baby mamas, (no pun intended).
2Face: He did not really change location, he is still in Festac Town. I was thinking that, maybe he should have moved to Ikoyi or into GRA Ikeja, you know - where the "old money" lives/resides.
Ade Bendel: Praise God!
Our down-to-earth D'banj: Kokomaster, i hail o. Kokolets, pls, take note.
Vagina Monologues resumes: Great cast - I wish them luck!
Funmi Iyanda & Madeline Albright: Great minds think alike. Like beget like.
UBA/AMAA 2008: UBA; has never failed to deliver. Mrs Peace-Anyiam Fiberesima is just too much, i like her in regards to how she has a vision for AMAA and she is running with it.
Ndidi Azubike: Fine shape/great figure.
Yeah Forbes assessed Dangote on the worth of his stake Dangote Sugar and Dangote Flour which are public companies. His money was inherited because of his Dantata connection ....
I dont know how much he is worth sha but he is ONE HELL of a HUMBLE guy.... Can you imagine he was set next to me in an economic seat on a flight to London in 2005.
of course we appreciate it. As for: Ben Bruce buys N25M Limo Jeep (Truck), that just seems like a lot of money for a car
Good job. Thk you for blogging. I enjoyed every bit of the gist:-
chinenye, way to go girl!!!
i wish you a happy and blissful married life...
Abeg what is the craze with 35mm Camera? It's annoying when I see all these Artist go to SA to shoot a video because of 35mm.
Nigerians and their inferiority complex. The movies are still not comparable to the creativity of Indian movies (let's not even talk American here). If you're shooting on 35mm, and your story line is wack, your directing is wack, it's still gon be an expensive wack 35mm movie. You'll tell me if it's 35mm I'm looking for when I want to watch a movie. If someone like Tade Ogidan is getting 35mm, I'll say okay good.
ok so where do i start??
ndidi azubuike...who?? congrats tho!
funmi iyanda..pls where i can i get d video???
MARIAM!...used 2 love her! does she still host that show?? wats d name again sef?? congrats 2 her and her hubby. her hubby is cute 2. wow twins!! infact double congrats!!
chinenye ochuba...congrats 2! na wa linda u no lie o.... when u said love was in the air...abi is it pressure that is in the air?? this one everyone is just gettin married.
dangote...congrats 2
jeans 4 genes...good stuff!
Kingsley Ogoro...is it wrong that i was more excited abt this news than any of the others u posted?? lol. maybe its cos i see alot of other producers going 2 do the same which would bring about a HUGE improvement in nigerian movies. i hope 2 work with him some day sha...
ok so where do i start??
ndidi azubuike...who?? congrats tho!
funmi iyanda..pls where i can i get d video???
MARIAM!...used 2 love her! does she still host that show?? wats d name again sef?? congrats 2 her and her hubby. her hubby is cute 2. wow twins!! infact double congrats!!
chinenye ochuba...congrats 2! na wa linda u no lie o.... when u said love was in the air...abi is it pressure that is in the air?? this one everyone is just gettin married.
dangote...congrats 2
jeans 4 genes...good stuff!
Kingsley Ogoro...is it wrong that i was more excited abt this news than any of the others u posted?? lol. maybe its cos i see alot of other producers going 2 do the same which would bring about a HUGE improvement in nigerian movies. i hope 2 work with him some day sha...
ok so i saw the funmi iyanda & madeleine's video..well some of it.
im curious 2 know where the interview took place tho
ok funmi did a fantastic job conducting that interview. she actually did her homework unlike some other nigerian interviewers.
Dangote is an astute business man who has amassed wealth by diversifying into various sectors.
Join Nigeria's Capital Markets, a common interest group on facebook today.
How can you forget Patrice Motsepe from South Africa? He's also on the current Forbes Magazine cover and is the first Black South African to make the Forbes richest men list.
He just joined the list with Dangote.
Thanks for the full load of gist.
I LOVE THIS BLOG!!! Keep it coming Miss Ikeji!!!
I LOVE THIS BLOG!!! Keep it coming Miss Ikeji!!!
is not Chinenye 22 just years? why the rush rush? kilode? Ta lon le?
iwo tolani, o right o jare. no sense script, nonsense acting, no sence direction, 35mm camera, o equals to nonsense film. o tan
Your site/blog is exciting and informative. I just stumbled on it but could not get out till i devoured it. Keep the fire burning.
Funmi Iyanda New dawn?? still blazing...we love you.
Aliko made me proud.
There is hope for the generationext.
I thank God that our prison yard is a rehalbilitation center/Turning point for Ade Bendel May the soul of those he affected -vely forgives him.
Proudly Nigerian.
@tolani and anon, na wa for una. Kudos to Kingsley Ogoro jare, its his money, its his business. If he feels that buying a 35mm camera is what he needs to take his business forward who are you to say he shouldn't. na our money? The man dey try abeg as do so many others. Are our engineers building any bridges or our scientists inventing anything? They are telling stories that they presume the market likes, If you don't like them, simply dnt watch them. As for Indian films being better, thats a matter of prerogative, I hate Indian films, they are to me like reading M and B's.I would stick to Nigerian films anyday.We too dey beef our own.
Congratulations to Marian. May God bless her and her entire family.
RE: Kingsley Ogoro...
i don't understand it... what is a 35mm camera supposed to do to help him?
35mm doesn't automatically bestow quality upon a film--as someone already mentioned, if the craft is not there to begin with, 35mm is not going to magically make it appear there.
what's more, it's really nothing to buy a 35mm camera: the issue is how much a reel of 35mm FILM costs... and also where you are going to edit and process it (i hope Mr. Ogoro bought a whole studio and not just the camera!)
i'm not hating on Mr. Ogoro, of course... i just don't understand this whole obsession with 35mm in Nollywood when the issue is not the format used but HOW you use it.
Dey don come again o! So what happens to the people that fell victim of his scam? Some people died from the shock when they realised that they've lost a lot of money. It's good to reabilitate ex-convicts but this really takes the biscuit. "PASTOR" hmm. this is a sly way of legitimising 419. The musicians and other stars need to be careful.
Dey don come again o! So what happens to the people that fell victim of his scam? Some people died from the shock when they realised that they've lost a lot of money. It's good to reabilitate ex-convicts but this really takes the biscuit. "PASTOR" hmm. this is a sly way of legitimising 419. The musicians and other stars need to be careful.
THESE YORUBA PEOPLE CAN BE VERY TRIBAL,JEZZZUS. JUST READ TOLANI'S COMMENT ABOVE @12.36 AND GONGO ASO'S @1.56
NA WA O.WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THEY,ALLOWING TRIBAL SENTIMENTS TO BECLOUD THEIR SENSE OF COMMENTS SORRY REASONING.ITS TERRIBLE
awww mariam and charles got married...she was my neighbor in lagos b4 they got married..he is soo cute!!..
aww yay!
Congrats to all these pple:
Dangote-a man after my heart,one u who makes me a proud nigerian.
Mariam-happy for her,she's a lucky girl.used to watch her on NTA5(sthing fingers).God bless her bundle of joy!
Funmi Iyanda-thumbs up!
Ade Bendel-It shall be forever and us too bcos this is the end time and the best person to know is Jesus Christ!
Kingsley-big up,more power to ur elbow!
And to 2FACE Idibia,na only God go helep u o.I feel for you,keep praying!
And to LInda Ikeji,keep on ,keeping on.Love u and hope u continue to be the who that u are,bye and lots of love to pple out there!(bloggers)
Cunnie... What does Tribal have to do with it? Would it have made you feel better, if I said my name is Ngozi. My dad is Ibo, my mom is yoruba. I don't get why everything got to be about Ibo/ Yoruba. That comment right there just shows how ignorant people can be about life. We're trying to make Naija one, we don't need people like you separating us.
The fact that Naija movies need to step up in their Artistic ability has nothing to do with being tribal. The music industry is on fire in Naija. I"ll love the movies to step up too. buying a 35mm camera just does not make anysense. is like buying an expensive pencil for a child that is getting a F okay i'll give them D in school. it won't make them get an A.. They need to go to source of the problem.
~my 2 cents.
Tola,read your first comment again and see how you spoilt it all by refering to Tade Ogidan(good producer,no doubt)as been the person that will buy a 35mm camera and you will appreciate but not Kingsley Ogoro.That's why i say you are VERY tribal.If the 35mm camera is not ok to be bought then it should apply to all producers and not singling out any one of them.I wonder why you feel the 35mm camera will be better if owned by Tade Ogidan and wack if its Kingsley Ogoro(see why i said you are tribal).Talking about ignorance and those people we do not need to divide us,Tolani,have a word with yourself,i think you are the one.Lastly,your Dad might be Ibo and Mum Yoruba,i don't care, but your comments betrayed you were you owe allegiance to more.
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