Photos: President Jonathan Celebrates Christmas With Family, Receives Giant Card From VP

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Other dignitaries were also there to celebrate the season with the first family. His Vice, Namadi Sambo later visited the president at the villa where he presented a gigantic Christmas card to him. 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Photos: President Jonathan Celebrates Christmas With Family, Receives Giant Card From VP

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Christmas: We Are Ready To Die & Kill For You- Nigerian Armed Forces Tell Nigerians

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Christmas: We Are Ready To Die & Kill For You- Nigerian Armed Forces Tell Nigerians

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Federal Government Declares Dec. 25th & 26th Public Holidays

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Federal Government Declares Dec. 25th & 26th Public Holidays

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Good Samaritan! 35-Yr-Old Nigerian tissue seller Returns €16,000 in lost briefcase!

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Good Samaritan! 35-Yr-Old Nigerian tissue seller Returns €16,000 in lost briefcase!

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Pictured! Another Magodo Housemaid Plans With Robbers To Rob Boss, Escapes With Loot

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #720100; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4082379483699917018" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; position: relative; width: 656px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTefo_8fLw7ljMhSZtm9QRDH47yy3fL6-fH0kQHQaruxHC9G6oq-c01rN1SMiB5Vy5I9IM0m_4kE8LE5GXaksdIcADr91Ewep63T03sUzZxNeB5fx-dcWlA00tqb1CyYnjETXuo6oXKA6/s1600/CRIME51.gif" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ab2422; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTefo_8fLw7ljMhSZtm9QRDH47yy3fL6-fH0kQHQaruxHC9G6oq-c01rN1SMiB5Vy5I9IM0m_4kE8LE5GXaksdIcADr91Ewep63T03sUzZxNeB5fx-dcWlA00tqb1CyYnjETXuo6oXKA6/s1600/CRIME51.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(171, 36, 34); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal">                                                                     Daniel and Dennis</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Seems house helps are really more into stealing and kidnapping these days. Just about three days ago, a house help kidnapped her boss’ two children in Magodo, and today <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/maid-connives-gang-rob-boss-escapes-loot/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" style="color: #ab2422; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vanguard</a> is reporting how a newly employed house help planned with two other men to rob her boss at home. It’s just disheartening.  Find the story after the cut.</div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Operatives at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos, are currently investigating two robbers, allegedly invited by a housemaid to rob her boss (names withheld) in Magodo Estate, Lagos State.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> According to reports, the housemaid, simply identified as Mary, connived with the robbers, identified as Ikong Daniel, 22, her <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD10" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">lover</span>, and Pius Dennis, 20, to rob her boss a few days after she was employed.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> During interrogation, the suspects revealed that Mary took them into her boss’ bedroom, where they stole her money, gold jewellery and other valuables.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> However, trouble started when the maid escaped with the proceeds of the operation. Unfortunately, Ikong Daniel and Pius Dennis were arrested while attempting to escape.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b>Suspect’s account</b><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Confessing to the crime, Daniel said: “It was my girlfriend, Mary, that perfected the plan to rob her madam. She recently started work there as a housemaid and invited us to the house. I did not plan with Mary to rob her boss. We <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">have been</span> dating for about three months.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Dennis got involved because I invited him. I told him that when he closed from work he should come to my house, because it had been over a year since we saw each other.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “After he closed, we went to my house in Ikorodu. When we got home, my girlfriend, Mary, called me on phone that I should come to where she was working at Magodo.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “I did not have money. It was Dennis that loaned me money for transportation from Ikorodu to Magodo. When we got there, she opened the gate and took us inside.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “When we got there, she said we should come inside that we have an assignment to carry out. She took us inside to her madam’s bedroom and asked us to hold the woman that there was money in the house.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “I do not know the exact amount or the worth the jewelleries she collected.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “It was Mary that also brought the knife we used to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">frighten</span> the woman during the operation. I assisted her to hold the woman, while she parked her valuables.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Mary, who is also from Cross River State, was able to escape with the proceeds from the operation.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “She promised to share with us whatsoever we made from the operation.”<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Dennis, a commercial bike operator, confirmed Daniel’s story, adding “we were almost out of the estate when operatives of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, apprehended us and brought us to Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> “It was Daniel that held the madam down, while his girlfriend packed the jewellery, money and other valuables.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"> “The mistake I made was not leaving when I realized that his girlfriend had invited us to rob her boss.”</div> </div>

Pictured! Another Magodo Housemaid Plans With Robbers To Rob Boss, Escapes With Loot

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Inheritance Drama: Nwobodo’s Son’s Corpse Missing, Burial Forcefully Postponed

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #720100; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-24185092318988499" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; position: relative; width: 656px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mcSlApR9tgmF94Ox4K5xKDyhWX1PWsbcLkU3Nv5siO2AcIsM0FLTNflVmVA75OBJcIGTiC5U6D-OekcK9NAMuSTl5ldouc3GujHXqIcUoaNg8bZXf_asCzAlmEUzd53gStpJ6sSqIWpp/s1600/Jim-Nwobodo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ab2422; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mcSlApR9tgmF94Ox4K5xKDyhWX1PWsbcLkU3Nv5siO2AcIsM0FLTNflVmVA75OBJcIGTiC5U6D-OekcK9NAMuSTl5ldouc3GujHXqIcUoaNg8bZXf_asCzAlmEUzd53gStpJ6sSqIWpp/s1600/Jim-Nwobodo.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(171, 36, 34); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Remember Chief Jim Nwobodo just lost his son to cancer? Remember he cried out that a Nigerian doctor killed his son due to his selfish reasons? Well that same son was denied burial yesterday as his corpse went missing forcing the entirely family to postpone the burial.  Want to find out the full details, find it below according to<a href="http://leadership.ng/news/393266/nwobodos-sons-corpse-missing-burial-postponed#respond" style="color: #ab2422; text-decoration: none;">Leadership</a> newspaper.</div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The burial of the late Dr Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, the first son of former civilian governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, scheduled to hold yesterday in Enugu State was aborted following the disappearance of the deceased’s corpse, LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> It was gathered that the two younger brothers of the deceased (Chukwudi and Uso) kept the corpse away from the reach of anybody when it became apparent that the former governor wanted the remains of his late son to be interred within the compound of a new bungalow he built in honour of his first son who died on November 14, 2014.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> It was also gathered that Chukwudi and Uso, Jim’s surviving two sons from Mukosolu, his first wife, argued that if their elder brother was buried outside their father’s expansive house at Amaechi Awkunanaw, they would be denied the right to inherit the family house.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Several dignitaries including the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Gil Nnaji, Dr Nnia Nwodo and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, who came to commiserate with Chief Nwobodo left after failing to broker peace between the chief mourner and his two sons.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> As at the time of filing in this report late yesterday, the duo of Chukwudi and Uso were yet to resolve the nagging issue of the appropriate place to inter the remains of the late Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo jnr.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> It was gathered that before yesterday’s incident, concerned elders of Amaechi Awkunanaw community had pleaded with the Nwobodos to resolve their differences to no avail.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"> When Chief Nwobodo reportedly concluded plans to bury his late son outside the family compound, Chukwudi and Uso drove to the mortuary and removed the corpse of their late brother to an unknown place.</div> </div>

Inheritance Drama: Nwobodo’s Son’s Corpse Missing, Burial Forcefully Postponed

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Explosion Rocks Federal College of Education in Niger State as Female Suicide Bomber Attacks!

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Explosion Rocks Federal College of Education in Niger State as Female Suicide Bomber Attacks!

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APC Governor aspirant and Fashola's aide arraigned for Murder in Lagos.

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JqZ_M2Q-o8CX_1AeK92dUYXHrXvDsTkU2lbASHKvNLKEaZCRTANh_xI_9qChadiiZPFyUh2BLZScfKthFYsxTfE3MPevdxU8lcG9Z2C0mPxCjzhJhVnkA8Kg9b1rYRTm6meffj4ktSQ/s1600/Fashola%E2%80%99s-aide-360x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #eb3700; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JqZ_M2Q-o8CX_1AeK92dUYXHrXvDsTkU2lbASHKvNLKEaZCRTANh_xI_9qChadiiZPFyUh2BLZScfKthFYsxTfE3MPevdxU8lcG9Z2C0mPxCjzhJhVnkA8Kg9b1rYRTm6meffj4ktSQ/s280/Fashola%E2%80%99s-aide-360x225.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 102, 102); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="280" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The atmosphere of the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate's Court was tense on Tuesday when a former Commissioner for Rural Development and a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Tola Kasali, 62, was arraigned for murder.<br /><br />Arraigned with him were the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Politics and Legislative Matters, Musiliu Folami, 64, and Kasali's Chief Security Officer, Tobun Abiodun, 38.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/fasholas-aide-apc-gov-aspirant-arraigned-for-murder/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #cc2621; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Punch</a>,the court was filled with party loyalists, supporters and family members of the accused persons, as many others stood outside the court.<br /><br />They were arraigned on four counts bordering on murder and unlawful possession of firearms.<br /><br />The police said the men conspired to kill one Musiliu Lamidi on November 9, 2014, around 2pm at Eko Tourism Hotel, Akodo, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state.<br /><br />The police added that they were found in possession of a pump-action gun, with number 6381, without a valid licence issued by the appropriate authorities.<br /><br />The corpse of the deceased was said to have been found on the premises of one of the defendants.<br />The judge granted the defendants bail on "self recognition" and ordered the prosecution to verify their addresses and places of work.<br />The matter was adjourned till December 11, 2014 pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions</span></div> </div>

APC Governor aspirant and Fashola's aide arraigned for Murder in Lagos.

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CNN Turns Down Political Adverts From Naija (See)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8G0sVUeXuvqmX8qBFJ-JgsPUN5aWIcOB5L9ZtH1S0omFxmAdhxs4JhQpso9Gs4iFs9gaS1jrcDTH8Ef5o1Bdtf-zPpkkcwaSVvdDDJXGL3oRCWZfCjsRa6qjSnUwbV3lTcAEb76ZuyDq/s1600/cnndebate03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #7d181e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8G0sVUeXuvqmX8qBFJ-JgsPUN5aWIcOB5L9ZtH1S0omFxmAdhxs4JhQpso9Gs4iFs9gaS1jrcDTH8Ef5o1Bdtf-zPpkkcwaSVvdDDJXGL3oRCWZfCjsRa6qjSnUwbV3lTcAEb76ZuyDq/s320/cnndebate03.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">According to reports, for you to place an advert on Cable News Network (CNN), you could pay as much as N5 Million for a 30 second advert at prime time. Surprisingly our  9ja politicians are more than ready to pay and ensure that their campaign plans are aired. However, CNN has refused to accept any form of political jingles. A consultant to a presidential said, </span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">“We approached CNN agents in Nigeria to place some adverts for our principal. We sent the creatives to them as requested and they returned them, saying they do not run commercials that are intended to campaign for votes. We could not believe it,” </span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Another, who is working for a state governor seeking re-election, said he had a similar experience.</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">An official of CNN said that it is a general rule not to accept certain advertisements and there was no discrimination against Nigerian politicians.</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Ashley Hogan-Gancarz, the account manager of CNN International, added that:</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">“CNN International never accept political or religious advertising. This is due to Ofcom regulations.</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">“If you want to promote investment opportunities, etc. that would be fine but nothing to do with politics or the 2015 election.”</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Credit: <span style="color: red;">TheCable</span></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span>

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Governor Babatunde Fashola arrests his own staff in LASAA for driving against traffic (Photo)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopwucxtFgDAV7PlwanW3nZgiMIpfv2U2oUDso9HyuJYvHSSaydSGhfgGKO9iVp6nWwR4qrfdYnR15iArMUb5sD1m5kOwZVhIFXS5INpetFvLQsxjf5ERTO-NieEc6ymbcqTMseMSGuyAs/s1600/LAGOS+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #7d181e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopwucxtFgDAV7PlwanW3nZgiMIpfv2U2oUDso9HyuJYvHSSaydSGhfgGKO9iVp6nWwR4qrfdYnR15iArMUb5sD1m5kOwZVhIFXS5INpetFvLQsxjf5ERTO-NieEc6ymbcqTMseMSGuyAs/s1600/LAGOS+1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The man who tamed the "most notorious city" in Nigeria, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday arrested an employee of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Israel Onyemaechi, for driving against traffic.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It was learnt that Fashola arrested Onyemaechi for committing the offence on Awolowo Road, Ikorodu, while he was inspecting projects in the Ikorodu and Epe areas.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The governor’s convoy blocked the suspect’s vehicle and he was brought down from the blue bus which was branded LASAA. Onyemaechi was said to have been apprehended by the governor’s security detail while the vehicle was impounded.</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The driver reportedly pleaded with the governor but Fashola was said to have been angered by the fact that he expected employees of the state to lead by example.</span></blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div> <span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The governor has been known to arrest traffic offenders in the past. On July 17, 2012, the governor accosted a colonel, K.I. Yusuf, for plying the BRT lane along the Outer Marina.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">According to Punch, Go</span></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span>

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Nollywood Actress Ebube Nwagbo back to school as a 15 year old (Photos)

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2523190531410216561" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; position: relative; width: 646px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKnJjJBEmOZ9PddLkJErUi3kW9dqi4Ct7JMLFPhMzUSGDwuhRQ51hi6k_KtzhXZ5b2UjYpJofVBUBw1Mxep39WIi5ExPbxvqQrR4PvHFxdIpYlIA6x-__YnV3vHHZ9_4eVAnqddka1vxq/s1600/845020318457382120_337527288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #7d181e; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKnJjJBEmOZ9PddLkJErUi3kW9dqi4Ct7JMLFPhMzUSGDwuhRQ51hi6k_KtzhXZ5b2UjYpJofVBUBw1Mxep39WIi5ExPbxvqQrR4PvHFxdIpYlIA6x-__YnV3vHHZ9_4eVAnqddka1vxq/s1600/845020318457382120_337527288.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKJIE_I5o2sZZtrI5PTItt-Zyegao1lV6LAaGBi8chRXRVqcT2RYJVx81TZpZi90Tq07WZALt3Lf3EgpfpsdCCevLpdL5FGtbSc_tcXqwBIE6SUkt6Qr-YtknqIoZHvWQyo-N9zQreI8B/s1600/845039535357413152_337527288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #7d181e; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKJIE_I5o2sZZtrI5PTItt-Zyegao1lV6LAaGBi8chRXRVqcT2RYJVx81TZpZi90Tq07WZALt3Lf3EgpfpsdCCevLpdL5FGtbSc_tcXqwBIE6SUkt6Qr-YtknqIoZHvWQyo-N9zQreI8B/s1600/845039535357413152_337527288.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Ebube is playing the role of a young 15 year old student and she could easily be mistaken for actually being 15 or still in her teen years, looking perfect for the role in the school uniform. </span></div> </div>

Nollywood Actress Ebube Nwagbo back to school as a 15 year old (Photos)

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OMG! Man Stabs Childhood Friend to Death for Correcting Him (Photo)

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6432540084863870370" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; position: relative; width: 646px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSrkrrKhsSGrKL0WKMSK7JJWnGr5kPbjv4ZO-0LV0hK-b9KOyfD62Y_b3j_Qk1buifzehxwNiTt0r861qHgTcguzsgg7Vt8-wyR_WOE9DlBzEtFR7zfFDG3Ovem0Ks-zle4AOTeTXeYK-/s1600/Scene-of-the-incident-Salau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #7d181e; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSrkrrKhsSGrKL0WKMSK7JJWnGr5kPbjv4ZO-0LV0hK-b9KOyfD62Y_b3j_Qk1buifzehxwNiTt0r861qHgTcguzsgg7Vt8-wyR_WOE9DlBzEtFR7zfFDG3Ovem0Ks-zle4AOTeTXeYK-/s1600/Scene-of-the-incident-Salau.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">A 25-year old lottery agent, Olawale Salau, has been stabbed to death by his childhood friend, Kamoru Kushimo. And according to </span><a href="http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/man-stabs-friend-to-death-for-correcting-him/" style="color: #7d181e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PUNCH</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">, the incident happened on Wednesday, last week on Alafia Street, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Olawale Salau had just gotten his jobless childhood friend released on bail after he was detained for attacking someone in the neighbourhood. But when he started asking his friend to change his aggressive behaviour, a resident, Sola Adebambo (not real name), said Kushimo became angry and accused the deceased of reporting him to people who had been rebuking him.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">He said the suspect began insulting the deceased and threatened to end their friendship. Sola said:</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"> “In the afternoon of that fateful day, he verbally assaulted him for hours while we were </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">all drinking at the club. Salau did not answer him and people asked Kushimo to stop, but he refused. Then he said he wanted their friendship to end. Salau told him that if that was what he wanted, he was satisfied with the decision. But we all became surprised as Kushimo said he wanted to fight with him. </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">While we were all trying to settle the quarrel, Kushimo grabbed a bottle and smashed it against the wall. The splinters fell on me and injured another friend of ours. But Salau held him from using the bottle. I tried separating them.”</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">They reportedly went their separate ways after some community leaders intervened. However, unknown to Salau, his friend had gone to waylay him in the dark, armed with a knife.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">The resident who spoke to PUNCH Metro said he had gone to attend to the injured friend identified as Flash, when he was returning to the street and saw the suspect racing towards him.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">“I didn’t know he had stabbed Salau in the chest and armpit with the knife. But I ran after him. He wanted to jump the fence of a house into the next street, but I grabbed him. He pleaded with me to release him, but I told him he was going nowhere. It was then I saw Salau screaming that he had been stabbed. </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">I handed Kushimo over to an elderly man and tried to help Salau up. But he was down and nobody even came near because it was dark.”</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">The victim’s boss, Taofeek Olaoye, said the 25-year-old could not make it as he died before he could get medical help. He said:</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"> “I was about going to bed when I received a call that Salau had been injured. I didn’t know what exactly transpired between him and his friend. When I got there, I carried him into the car, as life was gradually ebbing out of him. We took him to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital at Ikeja, where he was confirmed dead. </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">It was an unfortunate incident because we had just closed from work when all this happened. He was a very hardworking boy, who had been with me for about eight years.”</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">PUNCH observed that the street was still tense a day after the incident, as residents discussed in hush tones. Thick blood stains could still be seen at the frontage of the house where the deceased reportedly slumped. Some pieces of furniture and electronic gadgets were burnt beside the blood spot.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">It was learnt that angry residents brought out the property of the suspect and vandalised them.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">The deceased’s girlfriend, Funmilayo Egunbiyi, said she and Salau were planning their wedding when he was killed. She said:</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"> “I feel so terrible about this loss. He was my confidante. I want justice for him. Also, I am aware there was a third person who instigated the fight. The police should arrest him.”</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">The Chairman of the Community Development Area and the traditional ruler of the area said they could not comment because they had already gone to bed when Salau was killed. PUNCH Metro, however, learnt that the matter was reported at the Dopemu Police Division in Agege, and the suspect was in police custody.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu confirmed the incident. He added that the corpse of the deceased had been taken to a morgue.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">“It involved two friends who were apparently fighting and one stabbed the other to death. The suspect is in police custody while the remains of Salau have been taken to the morgue,” he said.</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"> </span></div> </div>

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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8566687296807477652" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; position: relative; width: 646px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzV30oOjoDHX_j1sZFqSu7q346uTltdTmMaAFbaof37s27cnS8NEjv5mRL0evghLRBisoRKNUk3-c6vfOudszV5RxfvVdXYwoKTdHRL__R7wm4NTaQcx9Ej54Gkde3jWPPuYBYFskXIfpW/s1600/453317476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #7d181e; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzV30oOjoDHX_j1sZFqSu7q346uTltdTmMaAFbaof37s27cnS8NEjv5mRL0evghLRBisoRKNUk3-c6vfOudszV5RxfvVdXYwoKTdHRL__R7wm4NTaQcx9Ej54Gkde3jWPPuYBYFskXIfpW/s1600/453317476.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Disappointed by the refusal of the United States to help Nigeria procure military weapons to combat Boko Haram, the federal government has now openly expressed its dissatisfaction with the American government decision, arguing that the Americans were letting Nigeria down at her hour of need, Empowered Newswire reports.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While receiving a delegation of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations yesterday, the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor Ade Adefuye said both the Nigerian people and the government feel abandoned by America.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #7d181e; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;"></a><o:p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></o:p><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“I am sad to inform you that the Nigerian leadership: military and political, and even the general populace, are not satisfied with the scope, nature and content of the United States’ support for us in our struggle against terrorists.”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“We find it difficult to understand how and why in spite of the U.S. presence in Nigeria with their sophisticated military technology, Boko Haram should be expanding and becoming more deadly”.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“The U.S. Government has up till today refused to grant Nigeria’s request to purchase lethal equipment that would have brought down the terrorists within a short time on the basis of the allegations that Nigeria’s defence forces have been violating human rights of Boko Haram suspects when captured or arrested.”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indeed the US government had equally explained that it would not be selling military weapons to Nigeria due to human rights allegations against the Nigerian military.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But Mr. Adefuye, in his meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations, dismissed such allegations.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“A stable and secure Nigeria is an invaluable asset to America,” Mr. Adefuye concluded.</span></div> </div> </div>

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Sad! How Female Bomber Hid Explosive Device In Hijab To Kill 14 Bank Customers

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-749905354132422474" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; position: relative; width: 646px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VT8B4PTX78mgIO1pQlH1PQgJ5asqI936PDikVaDC-Nsg85Ek_1FBgkJ8F0V7ZyqRmn8DeyMtzfEvyW6ey6zx88nLplhruJiCXeVRCxbhRY2ajKinAPeV1EtqJUjRvOuEqSW5fRltsjM7/s1600/bo.jpg" border="0" class="decoded" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VT8B4PTX78mgIO1pQlH1PQgJ5asqI936PDikVaDC-Nsg85Ek_1FBgkJ8F0V7ZyqRmn8DeyMtzfEvyW6ey6zx88nLplhruJiCXeVRCxbhRY2ajKinAPeV1EtqJUjRvOuEqSW5fRltsjM7/s400/bo.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A female suicide bomber yesterday morning, at about 10 am, bombed bank customers at the First Bank, Azare, Bauchi State while banking transactions were going on, killing seven and injuring 10.</span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />A resident of Azare town who spoke on the condition of anonymity said most of the victims were workers who were in the bank to withdraw their salaries.<br /><br />Reuters however reported that nine people died from the explosion.<br /><br />The suicide bomber, it was learnt concealed the Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in her hijab and joined the bank customers on a queue to make withdrawals from one of the bank’s ATMs centres before the bomb exploded. </span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEQI07vZ2D9AJQdCowshxeQ3TU7m541rdTd9nDaZZFZNVz8_DNrvK3rrSvHBn6reczBGWB55uHU9Y4PKi8hfwuuJBTwlC0-RPyz-ZAR4BC6mcjFifXox7u1wXgD51Lb6bpJhuBFR97RP9/s1600/bo3.jpg" border="0" class="decoded" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEQI07vZ2D9AJQdCowshxeQ3TU7m541rdTd9nDaZZFZNVz8_DNrvK3rrSvHBn6reczBGWB55uHU9Y4PKi8hfwuuJBTwlC0-RPyz-ZAR4BC6mcjFifXox7u1wXgD51Lb6bpJhuBFR97RP9/s400/bo3.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></div> <span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />The Information and Communications Officer, at the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Mallam Dahiru Haruna Shira, confirmed the incident on the telephone with newsmen adding that both the injured and the dead were brought to the hospital.<br /><br />However, the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim,  said at the hospital that 14 dead bodies and 37 injured persons were brought to the hospital.<br /><br />Ibrahim also said 16 other victims were still on admission, while others were referred to Malam Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano because the victims had brain injuries.</span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfhImPljWNdPIejD6_7evAFOaCx7wP4htlnyc5PqGzSTUMFTKxLhHepzM0bTUA3EFnMT_KsttpY9343T-xxbBh-YnWaW2Hb_Ay-kEVsC2flYv5d0AiDQ3x3khcNSNrSc-j1DH1AzB6rU9/s1600/bo2.jpg" border="0" class="shrinkToFit decoded" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfhImPljWNdPIejD6_7evAFOaCx7wP4htlnyc5PqGzSTUMFTKxLhHepzM0bTUA3EFnMT_KsttpY9343T-xxbBh-YnWaW2Hb_Ay-kEVsC2flYv5d0AiDQ3x3khcNSNrSc-j1DH1AzB6rU9/s400/bo2.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; padding: 8px; text-align: start;" width="299" /><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Two women were among those who died, and most of the people are from within Azare, while others are from Shira and Giade, he said.<br /><br />The First Bank building where the suicide bombing took place had all its glass windows shattered. All banks in the town have been closed down and banking services suspended.<br /><br />Another bank staff who spoke on the issue said about 20 persons died while another said that the woman who carried out the attack had her body cut into two even as her head was found across the road near a suya spot, adding that a student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who was in the bank to make withdrawals when the incident that killed her occurred.<br /><br />The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Bauchi State, DSP Haruna Mohammed, also confirmed the bank attack by a suspected Boko Haram female suicide bomber, pointing out that  seven persons died while another 10 sustained various degrees of injuries.</span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"> <i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"On the 7/11/2014 at about 10:05hrs,there was a bomb explosion suspected to have been carried out by a female suicide bomber at First Bank premises in Azare Town, Bauchi State,” he said, adding that the, “scene of incident was visited by the Commissioner of Police for an on the spot assessment and to commiserate with victims."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"five of those wounded were treated and discharged."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"The entire surrounding have been cordoned off and swept by Police Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, E.O.D,” even as “four suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident and they are assisting the police with useful information that could aid investigation."</span></span></i></blockquote> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntghU3gf4MK8MQvtwCNLFeLMTQD_zDBKV2z5VrIYxT3vvHsZXBwrXIdQOP8Il7A1mOQxa24HUWAjPeJarih9UaKwtXpb1wJYiXRqbm-QAcyz3oXJxYILoobNwq5lPG6CuJwH69XOZrgxW/s1600/bomb.jpg" border="0" class="decoded" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntghU3gf4MK8MQvtwCNLFeLMTQD_zDBKV2z5VrIYxT3vvHsZXBwrXIdQOP8Il7A1mOQxa24HUWAjPeJarih9UaKwtXpb1wJYiXRqbm-QAcyz3oXJxYILoobNwq5lPG6CuJwH69XOZrgxW/s400/bomb.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></div> </div> </div>

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WOW! Dangote Becomes 23rd Richest Man In The World; 1st Black Man To Reach Top 25– Forbes

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3499151181594288707" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; position: relative; width: 646px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvPBRj183cnDZ4WuO-JN2hJJg106uah97J6fHII6BU5v2zVgYjWq8BPoF7ZyYiyJZFnARSxUSkFn9c4Xg2-EwYSzZFqDSRDcrnLedC0baUZ5U62w8wFKdYc0DUM5O40FBz7NuYzyY0sF4/s1600/ALIKO-DANGOTE-OFFICE-POSE+(1).jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(213, 42, 51); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">A Nigerian is now the 23rd richest person in the entire world! It's our very own President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. According to Forbes, he has moved 20 spots from his initial position of the 43rd richest person in the world to the 23rd position making him the first first black man to be named among the 25 richest people in the world! He is currently worth $25bn Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg, holds the 21st spot, but with the way things are going, Dangote may surpass him pretty soon. Congrats to him!</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Globacom's boss, Chief Mike Adenuga, is the next Nigerian on the list, with a wealth of $4.6bn, he is maintaining the 325th position in the world, while Folorunsho Alakija, with $2.5bn, is on the 687th spot and Abdulsamad Rabiu in the 1,372th position in the world, with $1.2bn.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Bill Gates takes the no 1 spot with $76billion, see the top 30 richest people in the world after the cut</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">1. Bill Gates</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $76 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Microsoft</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">2. Carlos Slim Helu & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $72 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: telecom</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">3. Amancio Ortega</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $64 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: retail</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">4. Warren Buffett</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $58.2 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">5. Larry Ellison</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $48 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Oracle</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">6. Charles Koch</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $40 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: diversified</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">6. David Koch</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $40 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: diversified</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">8. Sheldon Adelson</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $38 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: casinos</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">9. Christy Walton & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $36.7 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Wal-Mart</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">10. Jim Walton</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $34.7 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Wal-Mart</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">11. Liliane Bettencourt & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $34.5 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: L’Oreal</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">12. Stefan Persson</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $34.4 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: H&M</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">13. Alice Walton</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $34.3 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Wal-Mart</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">14. S. Robson Walton</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $34.2 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Wal-Mart</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">15. Bernard Arnault & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $33.5 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: LVMH</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">16. Michael Bloomberg</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $33 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">17. Larry Page</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $32.3 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Google</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">18. Jeff Bezos</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $32 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Amazon.com</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">19. Sergey Brin</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $31.8 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Google</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">20. Li Ka-shing</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $31 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: diversified</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">21. Mark Zuckerberg</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $28.5 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: Facebook</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">22. Michele Ferrero & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $26.5 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: chocolates</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">23. Aliko Dangote</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $25 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">23. Karl Albrecht</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $25 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: retail</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">25. Carl Icahn</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $24.5 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: investments</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">26. George Soros</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $23 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: hedge funds</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">27. David Thomson & family</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $22.6 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: media</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">28. Lui Che Woo</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $22 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: casinos</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">29. Dieter Schwarz</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $21.1 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: retail</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">30. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Net Worth: $20.4 B</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">Source of wealth: investments</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">See full list <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2014/03/03/forbes-billionaires-full-list-of-the-worlds-500-richest-people/3/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></span></div> </div>

WOW! Dangote Becomes 23rd Richest Man In The World; 1st Black Man To Reach Top 25– Forbes

A Nigerian is now the 23rd richest person in the entire world! It's our very own President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. Accord...

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