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Ex-beauty queen, Ihuoma Nnadi-Emenike, shares her experience with singer R.Kelly when she was 16 years old

According to Ihuoma, U.S singer, R.Kelly spotted her at a retail store in South Africa some years back when she was 16 and seemingly took interest in her.

The mother of one says watching the ‘Surviving R.Kelly’ docu-series reminded her of the event, prompting her to assume R.Kelly prefers being with underage girls.

Multiple women have accused R&B legend R.Kelly of sexual misconduct but he has repeatedly denied those allegations.

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You guys i actually had an experience with R-kelly.I was about 16 working pertime at a retail store in Sandton (Johannesburg) we heard R-Kelly Was in the mall, The store to see him pass by and i swear we locked eyes.

He stopped and said Hi to me, me out of Everyone?? And was asking me my name when my boss called us back in!!! I was angry at my boss though, But watching this documentary now i’m like wow. Maybe truly underage girls were his type and he was about to show interest.

Lagos Police burns a huge pile of Indian hemp, Tramadol, cocaine, synthetic marijuana, diazepam and others

The Lagos State commander of RRS, Tunji Disu has just confirmed that the command burnt a huge pile of Indian hemp,Tramadol, cocaine, synthetic marijuana, diazepam and Mandrax.

According to him, ‘after obtaining necessary court orders, the police just burnt this mountain of Indian hemp,Tramadol, cocaine, mamba (synthetic marijuana), codeine, Diazepam, Mandrax etc street value worth millions of naira. There is a strong link between drugs and crimes’.

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Rapper, ‘Falz the Bahd Guy’ debuts new look and his fans can’t believe it. (Photo)

Nigerian Rapper and Leader of the Sweet Boys Association (SBA) has revealed his new look in his recent post on Instagram.

Falz has decided to reduce his trademark beards to mere stubble and some of his fans cannot believe the way he looks now.

One follower identified as saddidenotnice wrote ; What have u done?

Another wrote :
Bro you look sick is everything okay? Where is our beards.

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Falz the Bahd Guy debuts

Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian singer, rapper, actor, and songwriter. He began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called “The School Boys” with his friend before his professional career as a music artist began in 2009.

“We giving it too much attention” Future speaks on R. Kelly scandal

American Rapper, Future thinks the world is giving too much attention to R Kelly and the scandal surrounding him.

The rapper stopped by the Power 106 studio during the promotional run for his studio album ‘The WIZRD’. While there, he spoke about everything from his writing skills and upcoming documentary to Lady Gaga and the significance of radio play.

Host J Cruz then asked him if he would record with R. Kelly and Future replied:

Man, who is that? I thought we had forgot about that? We giving it too much attention.

When you give things too much attention, they blow up. That’s why he gon’ blow up. That’s why his music gonna do what it do. If you stop talking about it, it’ll go away.

Future’s statement rubbed a lot of people the wrong way as they pointed out that not giving it attention means that the accusations will die down and sexual predators will thrive and keep going free.

Meanwhile, Future’s 2012 “Parachute” track features R. Kelly and, unlike artists like Lady Gaga and Omarion, Future hasn’t made any mention of retiring the track with the alleged sexual abuser.

Rapper, Eminem sold more albums than any other artiste in the World in 2018

American rapper, Eminem reportedly sold more albums than any other artiste in the World in 2018.

According to BuzzAngle Music’s 2018 Year-End Report, the 46-year-old rapper earned 755,027 units in album sales. This year-end report says he was the highest selling artist in the world.

Despite releasing his tenth studio album, ‘Kamikaze’, in August of 2018, the Detroit rapper’s surprise project went platinum and was the fourth top-selling album of 2018 (373,067 units). The album including diamond-certified albums ‘The Eminem Show’, and ‘Encore’ catapulted him to the top of the list for the highest selling artist in the world.
Eminem sold more albums

Eminem who landed the top slot is followed by ‘Top Artists By Album Sales’ list, K-pop group BTS, who sold 603,307 LPs. Country singer Chris Stapleton landed in third place (577,287), and Metallica came in at number four (539,861). The Beatles, Queen, Lady Gaga, and Justin Timberlake are also amongst the top ten.

According to stats, Eminem also earned a combined total of 4.7 billion audio and video streams last year, making him the fourth-highest streamed artist of 2018, following Drake at No. 1.

Lady strips off in the middle of a road in Lagos (photos)

A lady who stripped off in the middle of a road in a busy Mushin area of Lagos, made it to the list of trending topics on the internet social media users all want to know what led to the incident.

The yet to be identified lady who stripped in the middle of a road in Mushin, had a mischievous smile as she was reportedly hailed by residents of the area.

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A Facebook user identified as Esther Okocha disclosed that she knows the lady, said the lady was caught up in the act over a family issue which has taken its toll on her.

Revealed: A 31-yr-old Harvard grad runs TraderMoni

Uzoma Nwagba

He is not only the driving force behind TraderMoni, but the entire GEEP micro-loans program which has disbursed over 1.5 million micro-loans since 2016.

(Picture Above) Mr. Uzoma Nwagba with the Executive Director, Bank of Industry (Mrs. Toyin Adeniji) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in a market reporting on progress of the TraderMoni programme. Source: Thisday, Sept 27, 2018.

Unless you live in a cave, you have probably heard a lot about GEEP TraderMoni, the intervention prorgramme of the Federal Government giving loans to millions of petty traders, starting at N10,000. But what surprised us is that it is apparently run by a young guy known as “Oga Uzo” within the GEEP circle.

The Chief Operating Officer of TraderMoni is one Mr. Uzoma Nwagba from Abia State, and he is 31 years old! Sources say he is a prodigy of the current Minister of Industry, Trader and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah. Speaking to our sources at the Bank of Industry, we learn he has in fact been a driving force behind the entire Federal Government GEEP project, since 2016 (so he started at 28?).

Uzoma Nwagba

Source: Twitter

Our sources reveal that a typical work day for the ex-Goldman Sachs Analyst is full of high-pressure meetings with field operators, technology providers, agent networks and payment partners, laced with long sessions with “the ED” (referring to Mrs. Adeniji, the Executive Director at BOI), and frequent visits to the “villa” (presumably referring to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo). “He comes in and is usually on the phone, giving instructions to the teams. He checks in on everyone, goes to see the ED. Next thing he is off to the airport. He is hardly ever in the office but always in touch,” a source said. Most other days for the ex-Microsoft Project Manager are filled with dusty, muddy roads from Sokoto and Yenagoa, and market squares in several obscure locations in Nigeria, surrounded by cray-fish, pepper, tomato, cattle, and all kinds of eager and excited traders across the spectrum.

“Uzo is young but very smart and very confident; almost intimidating. You can’t bullshit him. He works even harder than us, and asks a lot of questions” a source said.

Having a young person drive such a massive national project with over 4,000 employees is quite commendable, so we looked him up. It is curious how the Harvard grad has made the leap from Engineering or Investment Banking in New York, to taking interest-free loans to millions of traders across the country.

Online sources reveal that Uzoma Nwagba attended Kings College, Lagos where he was head boy of the main campus and consistently top of his class. (KC boys, can you confirm this?). He then proceeded to Howard University, Washington DC where he graduated with a First Class in Electrical Engineering. Whilst at Howard, Mr. Nwagba was a Student Government President, and Student of the Year 2008. After Howard, he worked as an Analyst in Goldman Sachs, New York. He subsequently moved on to Microsoft in Redmond to work as a Project Manager, one of the youngest in the history of the company to hold that role, at age 21.

We are told Nwagba left the dream job at Microsoft and returned to Nigeria for a year to complete his NYSC, after which he proceeded to Harvard University for his MBA. Online sources also show he served as a member and leader of various clubs: African Business Club, Management Consulting Club, Public Speaking and Negotiation Club, Business in Government Club, and the Harvard Christian Fellowship. Uzoma’s LinkedIn profile seems not to have been updated in years.

In a country where 70-year-olds run everything in government, this is strange, but very commendable. We tried to get Mr. Nwagba to talk but our correspondents could not reach him.

Uzoma Nwagba

Source: Twitter

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey agrees to join Juventus in 5-year deal worth £36m

Aaron Ramsey agrees to join Juventus

Arsenal forward, Aaron Ramsey has agreed a five-year deal with Juventus worth £36m and will join the Italian champions on a free transfer at the end of the season.

The midfielder has been discussing a move for weeks and will leave Arsenal after 10 years at the club. It had been clear the Wales international would move in the summer and Juventus had been the frontrunners to secure the 28-year-old’s signature.

Ramsey will be paid around £140,000 a week (£7.2m a season), making him Juventus’s second-highest earner behind Cristiano Ronaldo but ahead Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa.

Juventus, who have won the past seven Serie A titles, signed Ronaldo for €100m last summer and are nine points clear of Napoli in second place after 19 games. They have reached two of the last four Champions League finals, albeit losing both, to Barcelona in 2015 and Real Madrid two years later.

They are in the last 16 of this season’s competition, where they face Atlético Madrid. The Juventus manager, Max Allegri, and the director Fabio Paratici are huge admirers of Ramsey, who is likely to be given a place in the Juventus starting XI, most likely playing with Miralem Pjanic and Blaise Matuidi in a three-man midfield. He is likely to replace one of Emre Can, Ro

Fake news about me having fun with strippers nearly caused me my marriage – Osinbajo reveals

Osinbajo reveals fake news

ice President Yemi Osinbajo, has narrated how a fake report about him frolicking with strippers nearly caused a rift between him and his wife, Dolapo.

Osinabjo disclosed this while speaking at a BBC symposium on fake news tagged, ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News’, in Abuja yesterday Wednesday January 9th.

Lending credence to the fact that fake news can cause a lot of problems, Osinbajo said a blogger had published a photo of him with two women and claimed he was hanging out with strippers. However, a check on the photo after his wife had called him to talk about the photo, showed it had been edited.

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Ok so I always say to people that I LOVE NIGERIA and last night was a reminder of why. President Obama was in office for 8yrs years in my very own country and I am yet to get a glimpse of him much less a video with the Vice President of Nigeria. To many it means nothing but attending the Vice Presidential dinner last night could be the beginning of the rest of my life on a business level. My connection to Nigeria isn’t by way of origin it’s by spirit and force. The music of Fela, Tiwa, Wizkid, Davido and many others made me stumble across Nigerian music, fall madly in love with it and ever since I have never turned back. The first song to enlighten me was “party hard” by ???. Nigeria as a whole made me fall in love with it as well. We all know I love coins but putting coins aside it is one of the most motivating and inspiring countries I’ve been too. It’s the only place where you would meet someone of the age of 60 and that person has had almost 5 professions. For example: a accountant, lawyer, real estate developer, oil and gas engineer and now owns a night club. I mean WTDDA? (Where they do that at??) I love the hustle mentality, the fact that if you are in the right place at the right time you can embark on a person on project that can be life changing. I love the balance between work and play whereas in America all you do is work work work. I love the fashion, the films, the … let me stop here I don’t want this turning into something else ?. If you have a brain and enter this country with drive and focused you can make great things happen and “leave your footprint in the sand”. I’m ready to do some greater things in this new place I call home Nigeria. Let’s get to work! Photo Credit: @swankyjerry #stylisttothestars #vicepresident #yemiosinbajo @profosinbajo #nigeria #lagos #africa #government #makechanges #president #entertaimentindustrydinner

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“I have been one of the targets of fake news. It can also sometimes cause you marital peace. I got a call from my wife about three or four weeks ago and she said Yemi what are you doing with strippers and I said what do you mean by strippers? So, I read a story in a famous blog that said, ‘Osinbajo caught with strippers’.

“And there was a photograph of me sitting between two perfectly clothed ladies but underneath this picture, the same ladies were not wearing much.

“In fact-checking (I noticed that) the photographs with these two ladies at an entertainment event were taken when they were perfectly clothed but by the time the story was put out, it was as though I had taken a photo with them at the time they were not clothed at all. As it turns out, I wasn’t in the picture of where they were not wearing clothes but just the caption, the stories and all that gave the impression that here I was in the company of these ladies at a point when they were doing their business. I think the capacity of fake news to cause great harm is not in doubt at all.” he said

Pandemonium As Train Derails In Agege Area Of Lagos

Train Derails In Agege

A rickety passenger train veered off the tracks in the Agege, Mangoro area of Lagos in the early hours of Thursday, January 10, 2019, with casualty figures yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this story.

Train Derails In Agege

Social media users say traffic along the Ikeja-Along—Iyana Ipaja axis has come to a standstill during the rush hour regular commute.

A coach or two have been photographed crashing off the track into the neighbourhood beside it, with initial reports suggesting that the derailment may have hit a few persons. Pulse is unable to verify this bit of information at the moment.

Train derailment in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic nerve center, is quite common. On November 16, 2017, a train derailed around the Abattoir area of Agege, injuring many and leaving scores dead.

Train Derails In Agege

Kaduna state residents wash their streets with soap and water shortly after Governor El-Rufai’s visit (Photos)

Kaduna state residents wash their streets

Angry Kaduna residents reportedly washed their streets with soap and water, shortly after Governor El-Rufai’s visited for his 2019 governorship campaign.

Kaduna state residents wash their streets

Residents of Birnin Gwari LGA, the local government badly affected by activities of bandits and kidnappers also burned APC flags and brooms, as a sign of rejection of the party in the coming general election.

The Kaduna residents who washed their streets with soap and water shortly after Governor El-Rufai’s visit, had previously been promised a faculty of Kaduna State University and the Governor had also allegedly promised them that he will relocate his office to the area pending when bandits ravaging the area are flushed out. However it was gathered that none of these alleged promises was fulfilled.

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Kaduna state residents wash their streets

Lovely photo of Toolz, her hubby Tunde and their son

Lovely photo of Toolz

OAP Toolz and her hubby, Captain Tunde Demuren, welcomed their first child, a boy on the 15th of December 2018.

The new parents were pictured in front of the Nigerian High Commission in London with their bundle of joy. Lovely!

Captain Demuren took yo his IG page to share the photo below, with the caption;

Stopped by Nigeria House to give Chairman a taste of what he should expect.. I’m not sure he was impressed oooo… anyways sha #WeMove #BankonBanky Uncle @bankywellington will work to make #Etiosa better..#MDP ..

”We have no light and we buy water to drink, we are in hard times” Dino Melaye’s son, Josh, cries out

First son of embattled Kogi Senator Dino Melaye, Josh, took to his Instagram page this morning at about 3am to corroborate Ben Bruce’s claim that since their father was arrested on January 4th, they have been kept in horrific condition.

In his post, Josh said they have no light in their house and that himself and his two other siblings buy water to drink. According to Josh, the policemen still stationed around their home, restrict visitors from visiting them.

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Lagos police arrest 16 suspects over APC rally violence

Lagos police arrest 16 suspects over APC rally violence

The Lagos state police command has announced the arrest of 16 suspects in connection to the violence that broke out during a rally organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.

Rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed at the APC rally which was supposed to mark the flag-off of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the party’s guber candidate’s campaign.

According to reports, two journalists were injured and a prominent NURTW chieftain, MC Oluomo was stabbed in the neck with a poisoned knife.

Speaking to Channels Television, the Lagos state police commissioner, Edgal Imohimi said the clash was caused by a crisis with the union.

According to the police boss, the arrest was made possible following the discovery of the hideout of the thugs who were hired to carry out the attack.

He also told newsmen that MC Oluomo, who was rushed to Eko Hospital, is recuperating.

Imohimi said “At about 2:00 am, I led my men on a road to Lagos Island where I got intel that some of the boys were hired from.

“In those two locations by the uncompleted millennium housing estate and some areas under the bridge at Adeniji Adele, we arrested 14 suspects, some of them have given us useful information.

“The Deputy Commissioner of Police Investigation State CID is handling this matter personally. So, as at now, we have a total of 16 suspects that are being interrogated

The preliminary interrogation we have carried out reveals that it is just their intraparty national union crisis.

“I hear that their state chairman is exiting soon and there are some players who are fighting to take over from him. But for crying out loud, is it the flag off of a governorship candidate that is a good venue for them to do their inter-party squabbles?”.

The Lagos State Police Command has declared a chieftain of the NURTW, Mustapha Adekunle aka Seigo, wanted in connection to Tuesday’s violence.

Rapper Cassper Nyovest shows off his amazing mansion (Photos)

South African hip pop star, Cassper Nyovest who is one of the biggest rappers in Africa took to Twitter to show off his amazing mansion.

Sharing the photo above, the award-winning rapper wrote: ‘My Home’.

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Refiloe Maele Phoolo, professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, is a South African recording artist and record producer. His debut album Tsholofelo was released on 18 July 2014. He is currently signed to his own independent label and media company, Family Tree

Simi shares photos from her maternity shoot

Simi shares photos

Wife of Mavins singer Dr. Sid, Simi Esiri, yesterday shared photos from the maternity shoot she had for their second daughter, Sarah, who she has since welcomed.

The photos had a lovely touch of Peach colored Background which reflected a feeling of peace and joy.

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Simi shares photos

Simi shares photos

Sidney Onoriode Esiri, known commonly as, Dr SID is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and dentist, he got married to Simi in 2014 and their union is blessed with two lovely children.

ASUU Strike: No agreement reached with federal government – Prof Ogunyemi

No agreement reached with federal government

President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who reacted to claims that the ASUU strike might be suspended soon, stated that no agreement has been reached with the federal government.

Prof Biodun Ogunyemi who spoke with Tribune, disclosed that the team that represented the union at the meeting with representatives of government had no final say over calling off the ASUU strike action.

“It was just yesterday (Tuesday) that government sent the proposal to us without waiting for feedback before going to the public that we have reached an agreement. ASUU does not operate in that manner.

“The ASUU team that met the Federal Government would have to consult our principal over the proposal which we are already doing.

“So, ASUU cannot make a pronouncement on a mere proposal. Until our principal agrees, there is no agreement. And that is what we have always emphasized to government that we are going to consult our members and if after consultation, our members think the proposal is good enough, we will get back to government and tell them that now, we have taken a decision which becomes an agreement.

“But so far on government proposal, we have not taken a decision. And our strike is still ongoing.

“If you say you are going to set up a committee and you have set up that committee, that one is clear. And if you say you are going to pay certain money for certain purpose and you have paid, that will not also cause further argument. But where we said you should release certain amount of money in five tranches within certain period of time, and you are saying well, you have paid N20 billion, or you have paid N2 billion or N15. 4 billion, it means you haven’t started.

“So, that is the level we are now. And we don’t have a final say on any proposal that is controversial. But for areas that are not controversial as I had mentioned, we will only need to confirm payment. If paid, fine. It then means that one is settled and we now move to another one that is yet to be settled. And the one that is not settled we will need to take feedback to our members and that is the position we are at the moment” he said.

Simi and her bridesmaid dancing ‘Shaku shaku’ at her trad wedding yesterday

Here’s a viral video of newly-wedded Simi and her bridemaids dancing the ‘Shaku Shaku’ dance at her traditional wedding yesterday.. and it all beautiful!

The video of Simi and her bridesmaids dancing Shaku Shaku is coming after we shared a video of the couple dancing at her traditional wedding, which was held at Eko Atlantic. Here is the video below;

Recall that we reported earlier that Simi and Adekunle Gold will be holding their traditional wedding yesterday, and their White wedding today, after they got engaged and held a wedding introduction December last year.

According to the report, 300 guests will be attending Simi and Adekunle Gold’s wedding, 3 weeks after they did their secret wedding introduction in Magodo, Lagos. The secrecy of the event shouldn’t come as a surprise to many, as the couple have always kept their relationship private.

How MC Oluomo was stabbed with a poisoned knife

It is no longer news that a NURTW leader Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly referred to as MC Oluomo was stabbed with a poisoned knife at the Lagos APC rally yesterday.

An APC chieftain who was at the venue made the revelation to The Pulse on condition of anonymity.

“MC Oluomo was stabbed twice with a poisonous knife called Makenje (which literally translates to don’t touch blood). All the VIPs were spirited out of the venue by security personnel. It was like a war zone with sophisticated guns and machetes on display”, he said.

Another source said, “It was well planned by top politicians. This was carried out by thugs loyal to Ambode’s camp. These thugs and the politicians who put them up to this are still angry that Ambode didn’t get a second term ticket.
The plot was to disrupt the rally and turn attention away from the candidate Sanwo-Olu. And you have to say they succeeded to some degree”, says the source.

MC Oluomo wasn’t supposed to be rushed to the hospital after being stabbed, because he supposedly wears a spiritual armour that shields him from gun, knife and other dangerous weapons. Which was why the knife used to stab him was a poisoned one.

But he was expected to be inured from the venom of a poisoned knife, no less.

“The only way they could break through MC Oluomo’s skin was to poison the knife and as I speak with you now, native and medical doctors are battling to keep him alive by extracting the venom from his system. It’s 50:50 for him now”, another APC source shares.

Another source mentioned that MC Oluomo is recovering in hospital after “doctors and two elderly jazzmen (native doctors) extracted the poison from his system

“The man who stabbed MC Oluomo lives on Apapa Road in Ebute Metta. Forget what the Commissioner of Police is telling you”, the APC source offers.

My boyfriend gave me N100k to buy Ice cream — Nigerian Lady reveals, mocks broke guys

Nonny Blessing is trending on Facebook after she took to the platform to disclose the huge amount her boyfriend gave to her to buy herself, ‘Ice Cream’.

She also took to the platform to mock ‘poor guys’ who cannot provide for their girlfriends.

She wrote; “When you have a good boyfriend not all this poor poor boys that can’t give there girlfriend 100k to use and buy ice cream thanks to my boyfriend kiss kiss..”

This is not the first time she’d be trending on Facebook.

She once took to the platform to share pictures of herself with a condom, begging guys to come service her.

Comedy Video: Xploit Comedy – How Different Countries Buy Movies

New Xploit Comedy Video.. They group of four title this one, “How different countries buys movies”.

They show us the difference in how people abroad buy ‘porn’ disk.. and how people in Nigeria buy theirs.

You’d enjoy this one.

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‘Your career is going to end once the war is over’ – Blackface declares total war on 2Baba

2face replies Blackface

Blackface Naija has declared total war on 2Baba, saying on his Instagram page that the latter’s career is going to end once the war is over.

The former founding member of defunct Plantashun Boyz took to his Instagram page earlier today to make this known. though he didn’t reveal what triggered the post. See what he wrote below;

Can the #WAR officially begin @official2baba ? I say it has now #officially… even though you been taking secret shots but you can come out in the open now You know your career is going to end when this is finally over #youareoverwith2019 ?

Forbes List of Top 20 Richest men in Africa 2019

Forbes has released their 20-man richest men in Africa list, for the year 2019.

This list was released today, 9th of January, 2019.

The list has revealed that there were fewer and poorer billionaires on the African continent in 2019.

Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote retained his place as the richest man in Africa on the newly released Forbes’ list of African billionaires.

He, however, lost almost $2bn compared to his last year’s worth. Dangote’s estimated $10.3 billion net worth is nearly $2 billion less than a year ago.

The continent’s second richest is Mike Adenuga, also of Nigeria, worth an estimated $9.2 billion.

Adenuga owns Globacom, which is Nigeria’s third-largest mobile phone network, plus oil exploration firm Conoil Producing, extensive real estate holdings in Nigeria and a network of 12,000 cellphone towers. .

His net worth has climbed dramatically from $5.3 billion in January 2018 as a result of more detailed information provided by him about his assets.

In a per country ranking, Egypt and South Africa are tied with five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two.

Nigerian cement mogul Abdulsamad Rabiu, who runs and owns the BUA Group, returns to the list for the first time since 2015.

He merged his Kalambaina Cement firm into publicly traded Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, which he controlled, in late 2018. Rabiu now owns 97% of the list entity.

Kalambaina, which operates a new cement production facility, started selling cement in mid-2018. Separately, Rabiu’s OBU Cement recently expanded its operations, adding a new production line.

Nigeria’s Alakija owns a stake in one of the most productive oil fields in Nigeria, currently operated by Chevron. Her net worth dropped due a decline in the value of the oil field, in part because its production has leveled off.

Altogether the 20 African tycoons are worth $68.7 billion, down from $75.4 billion for last year’s list. However, the average net worth for each list member this year has climbed to $3.4 billion from $3.3 billion in early 2018.

Here are the richest Africa’s Billionaires 2019

#1 Aliko Dangote $10.3 B; Age – 61; Source of Wealth: cement, sugar, flour
#2 Mike Adenuga $9.2 B; Age – 65. telecom, oil
#3 Nicky Oppenheimer $7.3 B; Age – 73. diamonds
#4 Nassef Sawiris $6.3 B; Age – 57. construction, chemicals
#5 Johann Rupert $5.3 B; Age – 68. luxury goods
#6 Issad Rebrab $3.7 B; Age – 75. food
#7 Naguib Sawiris $2.9 B; Age – 64. telecom
#8 Koos Bekker $2.3 B; Age – 66. media, investments
#8 Isabel dos Santos $2.3 B; Age – 45. investments
#8 Mohamed Mansour $2.3 B; Age – 70. diversified

#8 Strive Masiyiwa $2.3 B; Age – 57. telecom
#8 Patrice Motsepe $2.3 B; Age – 56. mining
#13 Aziz Akhannouch $2.1 B; Age – 58. petroleum, diversified
#14 Mohammed Dewji $1.9 B; Age – 43. diversified
#15 Othman Benjelloun $1.7 B; Age – 86. banking, insurance
#16 Abdulsamad Rabiu $1.6 B; Age – 58. cement, sugar
#17 Yasseen Mansour $1.5 B; Age – 57. diversified
#18 Youssef Mansour $1.2 B; Age – 73. diversified
#19 Folorunsho Alakija $1.1 B; Age – 68. oil
#19 Michiel Le Roux $1.1 B; Age – 69. banking

Pastor arrested for allegedly impregnating 16-year-old girl in Akure

Pastor arrested for allegedly impregnating

A pastor has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in Abusoro, Ijoka area of Akure, Ondo state.

The suspect Josiah Akinsuyi, is the pastor of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Ondo state.

Parading Josiah Akinsuyi before newsmen, the state Commandant of NSCDC, Pedro Awili, said the suspect’s act was brought to light after the victim confessed to her father that she is four months pregnant and that the pastor is responsible for her pregnancy.

The victim and her parents were taking refuge in the church building when the pastor seduced her and started sleeping with her.

The NSCDC commandant said the pastor who was transferred to the church last year was introduced to the girl by one Sunday Babatunde, who had also been sleeping with the girl.

He added that one of the sisters of the victim knew about the development and from the investigation of the command, the girl’s sister had to intervene before the victim could cooperate with the pastor.

“Our investigation revealed that the pastor has been sleeping with the young girl for some time. A pregnancy test had been conducted which confirmed that the girl is four months pregnant. We also discovered one of the elder sisters of the girl knew about the whole development.

It was gathered that the young girl rejected the Akinsuyi overtures the first time he talked to the girl but her elder sister intervened, urging the young girl to cooperate with the pastor and she has been sleeping with her since then.

The young girl said the man has been sleeping with her in the classroom of one private school owned by Pastor Akinsuyi’s wife. Though the pastor denied having any intercourse with the girl”

The pastor denied the allegation, saying it was a calculated attempt to smear his image. He denied having sex with the girl.

Yemi Alade Blames Social Media As Cause Of Rising Depression Among People

Yemi Alade Blames Social Media

Effyzzie Music lead act, Yemi Alade has given her candid opinion on the rising figure of depressed persons in the society.

Yemi Alade Blames Social Media

The ‘Oga’ crooner in a tweet blamed social media as one major cause of depression. She said that social media has made a lot of people compare their lives with those of others instead of appreciating their own uniqueness.

Yemi Alade said this was the main reason lots of people are getting depressed daily.

Social Media is Training us to compare our lives , instead of appreciating EVERYTHING that we are,No wonder everyone is so depressed!

‘I call lati boy’ buys a Keke Napep for transport business after Davido gave him N1m

So it may seem as though “I call Lati” guy is a smart person, as he has used out of the 1 million naira Davido blessed him with, to cop himself a brand new keke napep to start up a transportation business.

Recall that last year, on the 27th of December during David’s concert in Lagos, the singer promised a fan the huge sum, for his efforts in protecting girls from being harassed at the concert.

At some point, the male fan went viral after he took to Instagram to call out Davido who had instructed him to call his personal assistant, Lati, to redeem his cash but was unable to reach him.

He finally was able to get through to Davido and he’s got his cash.

This is coming after a TV presenter, Shade Ladipo, tagged the boy as a “stupid young man”.

This statement was made by Shade Ladipo, one of the hosts of the fast rising TV programme “Today On STV”.

Speaking further during the show, Shade Ladipo expressed her view concerning the act of the young man that was promised and given one million naira; stressing that the young man did not utilize the opportunity of him meeting with Davido, effectively.

The foremost TV presenter, also stated that, when she saw the video going viral, she said to herself that, ‘’this is one very stupid young man’’ stressing that the young man would have asked Davido for an opportunity to work for him.

Shade also refer to most young people as ‘’short sighted’’, emphasizing that the money will not last longer than the day it was given to him, revealing that it will definitely be used for illicit act with his friends.

Video below;

https://youtu.be/b2AVpUraGjE

Young man left bed-ridden after selling his kidney to buy iPhone

Young man left bed-ridden after selling his kidney to buy iPhone

A young man is now disabled, bed-bound and needing constant care after selling his kidney to buy an iPhone, according to recent reports on Chinese media.

The 25-year-old man, known by his surname Wang, had his kidney removed in an underground clinic before selling it on the black market for 22,000 yuan (£2,528) in 2011 when he was just 17 years old.

The teenager wanted an iPhone and iPad desperately in order to prove to his classmates that he was trendy, but his cash-strapped parents could not afford them.

His story shocked the country at the time, leading iPhones to be billed as ‘kidney machines’ by web users.

In order to raise funds for his gadgets, the high school student found three middlemen on a Chinese online chatting platform QQ, who promised to help him realise his dream – but at the cost of one kidney.

To complete the transaction, Wang travelled from his hometown in the eastern Anhui Province – one of China’s poorest provinces – to the southern Hunan Province in April, 2011.

He organised his travels secretly and neither of his parents was aware of his plan.

Upon his arrival, the middlemen introduced the boy to two surgeons, one surgeon’s assistant and one nurse, all of who worked at local hospitals and were moonlighting.

An operation soon took place at an un-certified clinic provided by one middleman to remove the right kidney from Wang, according to a report on CCTV.com at the time.

The kidney was then sold to a patient by the middlemen illegally and the recipient paid 150,000 yuan (£17,258) as well as $10,000 (£7,860) for the organ. Wang was paid 22,000 yuan – 10 per cent of the total profit – while the middlemen kept the majority of the money.

The boy immediately bought an iPhone 4 and an iPad 2 with the money before returning to Anhui Province.

His mother only discovered the situation when she saw him with his new digital products. She wondered where he had got the money and Wang told her he had sold his kidney. His mother called the police.

After the operation, Wang’s health quickly deteriorated. He suffered from renal deficiency and later became disabled, according to CCTV.com citing a report from local news site VOC.

First video from Adekunle Gold and Simi Wedding

Adekunle Gold and Simi Wedding

Adekunle Gold and Simi’s Wedding went down at the Eko Atlantic in Lagos.. and below is the first video of the beautiful couple vibing and dancing at their wedding.

Watch below, press play;

WATCH THEIR WHITE WEDDING VIDEO HERE.

The love birds had their ‘secret wedding introduction’ recently. They had the traditional wedding today.. and their white wedding will be tomorrow, January 10th with only 300 lucky invited guests billed to witness the epoch making event at Ilashe Beach.

In December 2018, the lovebirds became the talk of the town after Simi shared a photo of themselves kissing on stage during her big moment where she shared the stage with Adekunle Gold at her concert.

Adekunle Gold and Simi Wedding

Meanwhile, ‘Gentleman’ crooner, Ric Hassani reacted to the news of their wedding in an Instagram comment via his page @richassani.

He said, “They have been dating years before you all knew what was going on. I have known each of them about ten years now. Privacy is the best.”

Also, fans of the two singers have flooded social media with congratulatory messages while they draw lessons from the privacy and simplicity of the relationship.

@Frank_LeanXV tweeted, “Simi and Adekunle Gold are getting married. How? When? Whaattttttt? Falz? Where? Congratulations to them.”

@Sire__Iretomiwa said, “Congratulations to Adekunle Gold and Simi on their wedding today. God bless your union.”

Adekunle Gold and Simi Wedding

@iSlimfit said, “I heard Simi and Adekunle Gold are getting married today and they invited just about 300 guests! Las las, Wedding no be concert! I have gotten inspiration!”

@Adonasofficial tweeted, “After being through the worse together, Adekunle Gold and Simi sets for the better days ahead. Congratulations.”

@Engr_Series said, “Simi and Adekunle Gold’s wedding today? No one saw this coming… They’re my fav’ couple already.”

@EzraelAni tweeted, “Now that Simi and Adekunle Gold are finally getting married, Simi’s full name will now be “Simi Gold” right?” The white wedding has reportedly been scheduled to hold on Jan. 10, with only 300 lucky invited guests billed to witness the epoch making event at Ilashe Beach.

You can also watch below this adorable video of Adekunle Gold’s interview with BBC;

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa8RpLgUcR/

WATCH THEIR WHITE WEDDING VIDEO HERE.

Shocker: Three SS1 Students Drug And Gang-Rape Their Classmate In Lagos

A Magistrate court in Lagos has ordered three Senior Secondary School 1 (SS1) students (names withheld), who allegedly gang-defiled their 15-year-old classmate be remanded in a juvenile home.

The state police had dragged the teenagers, aged: 16, 16 and 14 years before the court on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful canal knowledge, sexual assault and defilement.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Hafsat Ajibode, told the court that the boys committed the offences in July 2018 at Makoko Area of Lagos State. She said that the boys gang-defiled their 15-year-old classmate at her resident.

“The boys claimed that they came to visit their female classmate at her house while her parents were not around. They offered her a drink which was suspected to contain some sleeping pills and that was the last the girl remembered when she became conscious. When she regained consciousness, she discovered that she was Unclad and bleeding while the boys had disappeared.

She raised the alarm which led to the arrest of the accused. The girl has since been traumatized and hospitalized as a result of the incident,” she said.

Sgt. Ajibode said that the offences contravened Sections 260 (1) (2) (4), 261, 263 (1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The case was adjourned until Jan.16 for mention.

Photos of Celebrity Guests At Adekunle Gold And Simi Traditional Wedding

Adekunle Gold and Simi traditional wedding has already begun.. and it’s going down at a private venue inside of Eko Atlantic as at the time of this report.

Most of your favourite celebrities are attending the ceremony right now.

Some of the celebrities already at the venue include Falz, Do2dtun, Smade, Praiz, Olamide, Moelogo, Pheelz and others.

Simi Traditional Wedding

Simi Traditional Wedding

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