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Monday, 16 September 2013

Full List Of Nigeria's 21 Richest Men..Forbes (Dangote,Orji Kalu,Dokpesi,Adenuga Etc)

THE Forbes Magazine has declared Aliko Dangote as the world’s richest African in the world, just as the world’s richest black woman, Folorunsho Alakija, is conspicuously missing in the magazine ranking of the 21 richest Nigerians.

Alakija, an oil tycoon and fashion designer, reportedly worth at least $3.2 billion edged out African American Oprah Winfrey, worth more than $2.7 billion, in Forbes 2012 list of richest black people.

However, Forbes said the value of shares held in quoted companies, size and market share of their companies, number of companies they own and its assumed value and the impact of the companies on the Nigerian economy were the yardstick used in compiling the new list.

Full list of the richest 21 are Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Group, richest man in Africa and richest black man in the world; Mike Adenuga, Conoil, Equitorial Trust Bank, Globacom; Femi Otedola, Zenon Oil and Gas; Orji Uzor Kalu, Slok Group; Cosmos Maduka, Coscharis Group; Jimoh Ibrahim, Nicon Insurance, Global Fleet; Jim Ovia, Zenith Bank, Visafone; Pascal Dozie, MTN Nigeria, Diamond Bank; Oba Otudeko, Honeywell Group Nigeria; Sayyu Dantata, MRS Group.

Others are Umaru Abdul Mutallab, former Chairman First Bank Plc, Mutallab Group; Samuel Adedoyin, Doyin Group; Dele Fajemirokun, Chairman Aiico Insurance, Xerox Nigeria, Chicken Republic, Kings Guards; Cletus Ibeto, Ibeto Group; Raymond Dokpesi, Daar Communication, AIT; Tony Ezenna, Orange Group; Molade Okoya Thomas, Chairman CFAO Nig and other six french companies; Ifeanyi Ubah, Capital oil and gas; Leo Stan Ekeh, Zinox Computer; Fola Adeola, GTBank; Ade Ojo, Elizade Motors Nig Ltd, Distributor of Toyota cars

The National Treasurer of the New PDP, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamma has announced his resignation from the National Working Committee of the group with immediate effect, rejoining and pledging loyalty to the Bamangar Tukur-led faction.
Briefing journalists at the presidential villa, Alhaji Tanko said he has carefully studied the unfolding events in his party and the consequences on the polity.
He said the crisis will not augur well for the unity of the country and urged all PDP faithful to ensure that the crisis is resolved peacefully.
The beginning of what has spiralled into a major crack in the ruling PDP started when five PDP governors stormed out of the PDP special convention, hence the birth of the ‘New PDP’.
Five of the governors – Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara; Muazu Aliyu of Niger; Musa Kwankwaso of Kano; Sule Lamido of Jigawa and Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State –walked out of party’s convention in Abuja, with a claim that a lot is not done right with the Tukur leadership.
Governors Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers States, who were barred from attending the convention, also joined the other governors to form the factional PDP.
Former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, Senator Bukola Saraki and former national secretary of the PDP also joined the newly formed PDP.
A news conference was held the same day, where the group announced that it had taken over the party’s structure, putting former acting national chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje as the new national chairman, while the position of the national secretary of the new PDP faction was given to Prince Oyinlola.
The group said they took the decision to salvage the PDP from those who have hijacked it.
The five governors claimed that they had visited some key leaders of the party to express their displeasure over the manner the party was being run. but nothing was done about it.

Hope rose yesterday for Nigerian first time visitors to the United Kingdom, who may be affected by the planned introduction of £3,000 (about N700,000, (visa bond as British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vowed to block the implementation of the policy.

The British Government plans a new visa policy that will see some “high risk” first time visitors deposit £3,000 in bond before being given visas.

The deposit will be refunded on departure from the UK within the stipulated period but forfeited if the applicant overstays the visa.

The pilot project is planned to start in November in six countries, including Nigeria where there has been outrage from the government and the people.

Some lawmakers have even urged the Federal Government to consider a retaliatory approach should the UK go ahead with the bond policy.

The other countries targeted for the pilot scheme are Ghana, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Clegg said yesterday he would try to block any attempt to make foreign visitors routinely pay a securitydeposit to come to the U.K.

Officials and business people in other affected countries have condemned the proposal, and the British government has not said how many visa applicants will have to pay the bond.

Clegg said his Liberal Democrat party and its Conservative coalition partners had “differences of emphasis” on the plan, and details were still being discussed in government.

“I am absolutely not interested in a bond which becomes an indiscriminate way of clobbering people who want to come to this country,” Clegg told the BBC. He said the bonds “are certainly not going to go ahead” on that basis.

“Of course in a coalition I can stop things,” he added.

Immigration is a sensitive political issue in Britain, especially with the unemployment and austerity measures brought on by the economic crisis. Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to cut net immigration from 252,000 a year in 2010 to below 100,000 a year by 2015.

While that plays well with the Conservatives’ right-of-centre supporters, it has been trouble for the centrist liberal Liberal Democrats, who are holding their annual conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

The party is sagging in opinion polls, 18 months ahead of a national election, and many members have expressed unease about the compromises involved in coalition government. Earlier this month, one of the best-known Lib Dem lawmakers, Sarah Teather, said she was quitting because she felt the party no longer fought for social justice and liberal values.

Clegg defended his party’s participation in the coalition, saying it had made the government fairer and more liberal.

President Goodluck Jonathan is going to the United States to meet President Barak Obama and become the first Nigerian leader to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 23. In his mission, he will be accompanied by a range of Nigerian ministers led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Ade Adefuye, said that the Ministers would arrive at Washington on September 20, to further underscore the positive changes the government had made.
He disclosed that Jonathan will meet with key industry players in agriculture, power and infrastructure during his visit. Adefuye added that investors would be provided with information on the steps that the government had taken so far to attract foreign investments.
The ministerial delegation includes Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment, Segun Aganga; Minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke; Ag. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri; and Director-General, Nigeria Stock Exchange, Arunma Oteh.
A reliable source disclosed to DailyPost that Jonathan in New York would hold meetings with top executives of companies doing business in Nigeria such as Coca Cola, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, and Chevron.
Jonathan and Obama, will meet next week in New York. Both leaders will also address the annual United Nations General Assembly next Tuesday.
Last month, a top US Government official, Ms. Wendy Sherman, leading the American delegation to a US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission in Abuja, had presented to Jonathan a letter from his American counterpart, reviewing the diplomatic relationship between both countries and inviting the former to a meeting in New York.

Brandy Honored With Humanitarian Award In Atlanta

South Africans may not have shown up at her concert months ago but thousands turned up at the Piedmont Park in Atlanta when an emotional Brandy received her award at the Pure Heat Vision Community Festival

on Sunday.

Her outstanding career achievements are as good as her ability to be an incredibly generous star. That’s what the Vision Community Foundation in Atlanta saw when they decided to crown Brandy with a Humanitarian Award for her effortless contribution to her community through arts.

Brandy appeared in a slim fitted cream white bump shorts and jackets, a Loubouton red shoes and her signature braids. Present to support the Grammy winner were Sean Garrett, Trina Braxton, Jade Novah, Meelah (from 702), Taj George, Tiffany Evans, Angel Taylor and some member from Danity Kane – Sunshine Anderson and D. Woods – who payed Brandy a music tribute.

The Vision Community Foundation was founded by Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III who is also the senior pastor of the Vision Church of Atlanta.

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