Aliko Dangote: Africa's Richest man is100th on the Worlds Billionaires List- Forbes

Africa’s richest man Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote may be top of the rankings in Africa but at the global level, he rounded off as the 100th richest man

This is according to Forbes Magazine in the latest release of its annual list of the world’s richest persons 2018.

With a fortune estimated at $14.1 billion, CEO of the Dangote group who has significant business interests in cement production across Africa and agriculture back home maintained a slot he has occupied for a while now.

Two other Nigerian billionaires who made the list were oil and telecoms mogul Mike Adenuga whose fortune is currently estimated at $5.3 billion.

Folorunsho Alakija, a self-made businesswoman in the oil sector is also on the list. Alakija has various interests but known mainly for her oil business, she with a fortune estimated at $1.7 billion.

Angola’s Isabel dos Santos, who has stakes in telecommunications , oil and gas and also banking – maintained her place as the continent’s richest woman with a net worth of $2.6 billion.

She is daughter to former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and was fired as chairperson of the Angola’s state oil company by new President Joao Lourenco on allegations of financial impropriety – she flatly denies all the allegations.

Other Africans on the list are Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon Strive Masiwiya ($1.39 billion) and South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe ($2.5billion).

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos estimated to be worth $112 billion topped for the first time unseating Bill Gates with a fortune of $90 billion who came second in the list released on March 7.

Investment mogul Warren Buffet $8.9billion is now the 3rd. Amancio Ortega, Europes wealthiest man with $75.1billion is the 4th on the list, while Facebook guru Mark Zuckerberg is the best 5th with Estimated $71billion.

Comments

2019: Kanu Nwanwko to run for Presidency.

Nigerian football legend, and one time African footballer of the year, Nwankwo Kanu has announced he will run for President of Nigeria in 2019 The former Arsenal FC and Inter Milan forward said he was inspired to aspire for presidency by the feat attained by George Weah.. Recall that Weah, who had a very successful football career in Europe, was elected President in 2017 elections after defeating the incumbent Vice President Joseph Boakai, and sworn in on 22 January 2018. In an interview with Goal.com, Kanu said: “My presence here today is about the future of our country and the happiness of our people. “The last 18 years of leadership has witnessed a decline in all critical sectors of life in Nigeria, plus general insecurity in the land.” “Also, I’ll do all it takes to wrestle corruption which has become blatant and widespread. The rest of the world looks at Nigeria as the home of corruption,” Kanu, who also had a successful career in Europe, added. ...

Herdsman and 15 Cows killed in fresh Benue attack

The nigerian Police on Tuesday, March 5, 2018, confirmed that unknown gunmen killed a Fulani herdsman and 15 cows at Rafin-Bauna community of Iregwe land in Bass Local Government Area of Plateau. Terna Tyopev, the spokesman of the Police Command in the state said in Jos that the incident happened at about 5:30 p.m on Monday. Tyopev said that two Iregwe youths were on Monday also attacked and severely injured at about 6 pm while returning from a mining site at Gyero community COPY CODE SNIPPET ;At about 17:30hrs we received information that a Fulani man was killed and 15 of his cows slaughtered by gunmen suspected to be Iregwe people at Rafin-Bauna village of Bassa Local Government. “We are yet to ascertain the name and address of the slain victim. “Similarly, two Iregwe youths while returning from a mining site at Gyero were attacked by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, and as a result sustained a various degree of injuries,” he said. The spokesman said the two injur...

WELCOME

Welcome to my sure news. Where you will be updated, with information about latest happenings in Nigeria, Africa and arround the world. HERE in my sure news we provide you sure information just when the media is yet to cover it. We are first on the go. happy reading with us. Happy new year.

6 Herdsmen Remanded in prison Over Benue killings

Makurdi chief magistrate’s courtroom, presided over by Mr. Isaac Ajim, has denied bail to six herdsmen arrested over the brand new yr day assaults on Guma and logo neighborhood authorities areas of Benue state. The suspects were first arraigned on January 5 before Mr. Ajim, who ordered that the accused remanded in Makurdi Medium prison until the day before today. The accused men and women— Ibrahim Saleh, Jibrin Adamu, Magaji Yau, Ibrahim Abubakar, Useni Bala and Sabin Yau— were charged for culpable murder, crook conspiracy, mischief via fire, grievous hurt and violation of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches establishment regulation 2017. They had been also arraigned for rearing their cows in farmlands at Akor village in Guma council, thereby contravening section 97, 329, 333 and 222 of the Penal Code laws of Benue nation and segment 19(2)(3) of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches status quo regulation of Benue nation, 2017. No plea was taken for need of ...

UNLEASH YOUR MOBILE WITH RONALD KENNETH

I believe that your phone was not just made for you to make/answer calls and send/receive texts You can achieve more... LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR SMARTPHONE for more productive ventures. 1. Graphic design 2. Video editing/Production 3. Voicing 4. Social media/Online management/marketing And a whole lots more... Who should attend? •Business owners •Entrepreneurs •Students •Graduates •Governmental/Non-Governmental agency staff •Civil servants •Marketers e.t.c Classes begin : 23rd April, 2018 Fee : N5,000 Venue : Will be disclosed to registered participants For details on how to be a part of these trainings, send a WhatsApp message to +2348132718024 or follow this link for Registration #DigitourNG #RKtutorials #UYmobile

At Last a Nigerian University Ranks among worlds best

Nigeria's premier University, The University of Ibadan has secured a spot in the top 978 ranked universities in the world. In the ranking released by the Times Higher Education, The university was ranked 801 alongside several others. UI was also the only Nigerian university to make the list. Earlier in 2016, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (AWRU) and the Center for World Universities Ranking (CWUR) released a list of the top 500 and 1000 world universities respectively and no Nigerian university was on the list. CWUR said that Nigerian universities were not considered for the ranking because of lack of quality research. AWRU, who did not give a reason for Nigeria’s absence, made it clear that the criteria for ranking were the number of alumni and staff publishing journals in Nature and Science, number of alumni and staff winning Nobel prizes and Field medals. South Africa and Egypt had the highest number of universities on the list from the contine...

MTN XtraCash: You can borrow real cash from MTN now

Are you broke or probably stranded? Do you need cash urgently and can afford to borrow quick cash? MTN has released a new feature called MTN XtraCash which will allow you borrow real money and some time to payback. MTN aleeady has the feature that allows you borrow airtime but this new feature is new and better than it. There are some circumstances you might find your self that you are forced to borrow real money and therefore, MTN has finally provided you with the opportunity to take care of that urgent financial need. So, this new Value Added Service called MTN XtraCash that has been added to MTN online scheme for customers to borrow cash, is based on eligibility in order to restrict some bad users and actors from misusing the service. However, the eligibility isn’t strict; just be an active MTN user and you are done. How Do I apply for MTN XtraCash services ? You can borrow from N5,000 to N10,000 based on eligibility. Then, dial *606# and ...

MY SURE NEWS

Search This Blog