Dangote Is The 43rd Richest Man In The World!

Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is now the 43rd richest man in the world, according to the Richest People in the World list Forbes released yesterday.

Dangote moved from 76th with a net worth of $11.2billion in 2012 to 43rd with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013. So he made about $5billion just in one year! Na wa o!

Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest man with a net worth of $73bn, while Bill Gates is the second with a net worth of the $67bn. 3rd is Armancio Ortega of Spain ($57bn), 4th is Warren Buffet ($53.5bn), and 5th is Larry Ellison with $43bn net worth.

Dangote remains the richest man in Africa.

Commonwealth Visa FreeRegime Soon – Ashiru

Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, says the Commonwealth of Nations is planning to introduce a visa free regime for its member states.

Ashiru stated this in Abuja on Monday at a meeting with the Secretary General of the organisation, Kamalesh Sharma.

As a prelude to accomplishing this, the council of ministers of the organisation is to present a proposal for the exemption of holders of official and diplomatic passports from visa requirements at the next CHOGOM meeting scheduled to hold in Colombo, Siri Lanka.

The minister said, “We also discussed the issue of free movement to promote people to people contact within the Commonwealth.

“In the past, it used to be that holders of Commonwealth passports could travel within the commonwealth countries easily without having to go and queue for visas. We are now thinking for ways to ensure that we bring back this old tradition of the Commonwealth.

Wizkid Had A Fun Day Out with Nigerian Idol Contestants

It looked like they had plenty of fun and excitement as the contestants of the Nigerian Idol Season 3 spent an activity full day on the island with Nigerian pop music star Wizkid on Monday the 25th February 2013. The outing was sponsored by Pepsi.

Their first stop was Raddison Blu hotel. The eager contestants joined Wizkid at the gym. One lesson they definitely learned from the star was “You must keep fit”. With the type of energy needed to keep the crowd entertained, that is one tip they definitely need to use.

From the hotel, their next stop was some singing lessons from ‘Weezy’. He emphasized that they need to “Always believe in yourself and your ability”.

They had some airtime with the Beat 99.9 FM. The contestants shared some on air presence with Wizkid and got to meet with Toolz O, Bovi who dropped by and the rest of the Beat FM team.

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Kim K And Kanye West Go For Matching Tuxedoes At The Givenchy Fall/Winter 2013 Show in Paris

The love birds were in the front row at Givenchy on Sunday. Smiling and looking rather reserved at times, they wore his-and-hers matching Givenchy tuxes, in opposing colors.

Need I say that Kim K’s tuxedo really hid her baby bump!!!

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Nollywood Actress Ayo Adesanya Says "It’s A Sin To Have Tatoos"

 

Nigerian Actress Ayo Adeshina. She’s been around for a long time and poplar in both the Yoruba and English Nollywood movies.

She’s trying to get rid of her tattoo now as she says she now knows it’s a sin.

“I still have it (her tattoo) but it’s fading off gradually. I recently had a surgery. I’m supposed to have gone for another one. I’m clearing it off but it’s so painful. It gets swollen and too painful.

“I went to a church to pray and they gave me a Bible verse, I never knew it was against Christianity. Until the Pastor opened a passage that I should read, and that was how I knew. It’s actually so beautiful when you have tattoos but immediately I knew it was a sin then, I made up my mind to clean it.

She’s trying to get rid of her tattoo now as she says she now knows it’s a sin.

“I still have it (her tattoo) but it’s fading off gradually. I recently had a surgery. I’m supposed to have gone for another one. I’m clearing it off but it’s so painful. It gets swollen and too painful.

“I went to a church to pray and they gave me a Bible verse, I never knew it was against Christianity. Until the Pastor opened a passage that I should read, and that was how I knew. It’s actually so beautiful when you have tattoos but immediately I knew it was a sin then, I made up my mind to clean it.

NYSC Mobilization Timetable For Batch A Candidates And Those Posted To Yobe and Bornu States

 

 Below is NYSC  2013 Batch A Time Table For Batch A Corpers and those Posted to Yobe and Bornu States.

Event                                                                                                          Date

Delivery of Call-up letters to Institutions / NYSC Secretariats …………25th - 27th February, 2013

2013 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course …………………………………….5th March - 26th March, 2013

2013 Batch 'A' Orientation Course for Yobe and Borno … ……………4th - 25th April, 2013

ORIENTATION COURSE FOR YOBE AND BORNO

NYSC Management wants inform all the prospective corps members deployed to Yobe and Borno that their orientation course will begin on 4th and end on 25th April 2013 at Nasarawa and Benue States NYSC camps respectively.

For more information on this visit: NYSC Website

 

American Idol Hits Low!

Last Wednesday American Idol pulled in 13.1 million viewers, it's lowest Wednesday night rating since the singing competition show debuted back in 2002.

This marks the third week in a row that the ratings have gone down. American Idol season 12 premiered January 16, 2013 with 17.8 million viewers. Last year's season finale aired May 23, 2012 with 21.49 million viewers.

They (American Idol producers) added Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj to the judges panel and expected a jump in ratings. 

Well the exact opposite happened!!!

HIV Infection Cured Through Very Early Treatment

HIV Infection Cured Through Very Early Treatment

Researchers say they have, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.

A baby girl in Mississippi who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard HIV drugs, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday, in a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.

The child's story is the first account of an infant achieving a so-called functional cure, a rare event in which a person achieves remission without the need for drugs and standard blood tests show no signs that the virus is making copies of itself.

More testing needs to be done to see if the treatment would have the same effect on other children, but the results could change the way high-risk babies are treated and possibly lead to a cure for children with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Happy New Month Y'all !!!

Happy New Month friends, It will be a beautiful month!

Wishing you so much happiness and love! Especially from Perfect Ushers!

...And no more deaths of our stars (I mean here in Nigeria)!!!

What Do You Think About This Video

This video is titled: Boko Haram Threathens To Execute French Family Kidnapped in Cameroun, Africa (For those reading from other continents other than Africa)

I watched this video, and it shows how cowardly this people are!

What God do they serve? To think they even prayed before rendering their threats, just shows their wickedness!

Please feel free to share your views.

Eagles largest jersey Makes Guinness World Record

Nigeria has again recorded another victory as Guinness Nigeria Plc was recently awarded the certificate for the world’s largest football jersey.

The largest football jersey exploit, was part of Guinness’ Fly with the Eagles campaign in support of reigning African champions- the Super Eagles as they took on the rest of the continent at the just concluded AFCON 2013 tournament in South Africa.

The jersey measured an amazing record size of 241ft 3in in width and  294ft 2in in length to set a new  world record as the largest football jersey in history, beating the last record held at a size of  234ft 1 in by 259ft 8in. created and displayed in Sukru, San Istanbul Turkey in 2009.

The largest jersey was unveiled at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere Lagos and the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt in a bid to galvanize the support of millions of fans for the Super Eagles in their quest for victory at the city of Madiba.

According to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Seni Adetu, it is a case for double joy for the nation.