Tag: Forbes
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Emefiele wins Forbes’ 2017 ‘Best of Africa Achievement’ Award
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday won the 2017 edition of Forbes’ ‘Best of Africa Achievement Award’ The Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Council on Africa, Florizelle Liser, said the CBN chief merited the honour because the body is happy to see the work that is being done on the Ease…
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Revealed: The highest paid artistes for 2017
Every year, the highest paid artistes are chronicled by Forbes Magazine. The publication has unveiled the list of the world highest paid artistes for 2017. It mentioned United States, US, rapper and singer Sean Combs also known as PDiddy as the highest earning artist for 2017, following his income from Ciroc vodka, DeLeon tequila…
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Bill Gates loses position as World’s richest man to Zara founder, Ortega
Amancio Ortega, a Spanish retailer has now been named the richest man on the planet according to Forbes. Ortega who is the co founder of Inditex, a colossal retailer, has a $200 million lead over the Bill Gates who was previously the most richest man. Inditex is perhaps most famous for its ownership of Zara…
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Oyedepo, Adeboye, Oritsejafor, 4 other Nigerian pastors make Forbes world 20 richest pastors
Seven Nigerian pastors have made it to the list of top 20 richest pastors in the world and their estimated net worth in the latest release by Forbes. The list, which is a collection of men of God all over the world, sees the founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in…
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Mark Zuckerberg gets $3.5 billion richer in the last five days
Recent financial reports show that Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg got $3.5 billion richer in the last five days. This is an outstanding feat considering the fact that there is a global outcry of financial lack in every nook and cranny. Forbes reports that the shares of Facebook, which have risen…
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How Don Jazzy reacted to being listed on Forbes Africa
Nigeria’s ace music producer, Don Jazzy has reacted to being listed on Forbes Africa as one of the bankable entertainers in Africa. According to him, he has been doing this for ten years as a result of God and his fan’s support.He used the medium to declare to Nigerian banks saying they just reach out…
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Dangote, Trump, Putin, others make list of Forbes world’s most powerful persons
Africa’s richest person and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been named along other world leaders in Forbes recent list of world’s most powerful persons. Other world leaders who made the new Forbes list are Russian President, Vladimir Putin; American President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump; and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.…
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Terrorist leaders rank on Forbes world’s most powerful people list
Self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of dreadful Al-Qaeda terrorist group have been ranked in the recently published Forbes world’s most powerful people list. Among hundreds of candidates from various walks of life all around the globe measured along four dimensions: power over…