Sunday, 7 September 2014
List Of Nigeria Richest Men
1. Alhaji Aliko Dangote – founder of
Dangote Group, Richest man in
Africa and Richest black man in the
world
2. Mike Adenuga – Conoil, Equatorial
Trust Bank,
Globacom
3. Femi Otedola – ZENON Oil and
Gas
4. Orji Uzor Kalu – Slok Group
5. Cosmos Maduka – Coscharis
Group
6.Igwe De MC - UNTH,DreamFM,NA
MCON,
7. Jimoh Ibrahim – Nicon Insurance,
Global Flee
8. Jim Ovia – Zenith Bank, Visafone
9. Pascal Dozie – MTN Nigeria,
Diamond Bank
10. Oba Otudeko – Honeywell Group
Nigeria
11. Alhaji Sayyu Dantata – MRS
Group
12. Umaru Abdul Mutallab – former
Chairman First Bank
Plc, Mutallab Group
13. Prince Samuel Adedoyin – Doyin
Group
14. Dele Fajemirokun – Chaiman
Aiico Insurance, Xerox
Nigeria, Chicken Republic, Kings
Guards etc.
15. Chief Cletus Ibeto – Ibeto Group
16. Raymond Dokpesi – Daar
Communication, AIT,
17. Tony Ezenna – Orange Group
18. Chief Molade Okoya Thomas –
Chairman CFAO Nig
and other six french companies
19. Ifeanyi Ubah – Capital oil and
gas
20. Leo Stan Ekeh – Zinox Computer
21. Fola Adeola – GTBank
22. Emmanuel C. Okecukwu--Emmanonyeco
(Nig.) Enterprises.
LOSS OF AN ICON
TRAGIC:Vice Chairman Of Sun Newspapers IsDead'
Mr. Dimgba Igwe reportedly died this morning around 10am after being knocked down by a car The Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Dimgba Igwe has died .
He was reportedly hit by a car today,September 6, 2014 while jogging around his home in the Okota area of Lagos.
The Sun reports that Mr. Igwe passed on around 10 am at theLagos State University TeachingHospital (LASUTH) of injuriessuffered after a hit-and-run driverknocked him down.
A statement from the media housequoted the Chairman of the SunPublishing Limited Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu as saying that the development was“tragic shocking and dark day in theannals of journalism in Nigeria. Dimgba Igwe was too much ofgentleman, fine brain and mind to die tragically like this.”He was 58 years old.
May his soulrest in peace.
Mr. Dimgba Igwe reportedly died this morning around 10am after being knocked down by a car The Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Dimgba Igwe has died .
He was reportedly hit by a car today,September 6, 2014 while jogging around his home in the Okota area of Lagos.
The Sun reports that Mr. Igwe passed on around 10 am at theLagos State University TeachingHospital (LASUTH) of injuriessuffered after a hit-and-run driverknocked him down.
A statement from the media housequoted the Chairman of the SunPublishing Limited Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu as saying that the development was“tragic shocking and dark day in theannals of journalism in Nigeria. Dimgba Igwe was too much ofgentleman, fine brain and mind to die tragically like this.”He was 58 years old.
May his soulrest in peace.
Monday, 1 September 2014
why I Like Yoruba Girls
I haven't been so close to yoruba people until recently,during the reconcillatory program initiated by Gen Yakubu Gowon.
I had the privilege of living with Yoruba under one roof and this exposed me to the Yorubas.
After that program I was endeared to Yoruba girls and I didn't know why
I took out my time thinking on why I began to like the yoruba girls
Yoruba girls are very beautiful, no doubt about that. They are generally slim, ebony black with appealing white eyes and white sets of teeth which attracts them to any man that loves beauty but that is not my definition of a woman ,besides we have beautiful Ibo girls who can win any man's heart at first sight
Yoruba girl are very natural the way they speak,both when speaking yoruba and english languages.
They never feign phonetic and tries to pronounce all vowels instead of assimilating some sounds making them well articulated and audible.
They really defined african radio and TV broadcasting and gave broadcast a course as a sizeable number of Yoruba girls are renowned TV and radio presenters but still we have Ibo girls who make up the bulk of radio and TV presenters as Ibo accent is well sourced for in the media industries
Yoruba girl can cook,cooking is one of their hobbies. Like Africans they believe that a way to a man's heart is his belly and all youruba girls learn the art while at their parents houses.
They are very notorious in preparing Okro soup and stew.
Two teaspoonful of a stew prepared by a yoruba girl can serve a cooler of rice.
Then again the Ibo girls are arguably the best cooks in the entire Africa and even beyond
Now why do I have this love for yoruba girls?
Why this special liking?
Was I bewitched by yoruba girls?
Definitely No, I don't beleve in black magic, it does not exist
I have come to notice that my special liking of Yoruba girls is based on little things
Little things that their Igbo counterpart neglect.
It is so little but speaks volumes about them.
The little thing that developed my likeness towards Yoruba girls is their style of greeting which is seen as respect.
A yoruba girl would kiss your foot while greeting you. She knells on her knees, touches the ground, bows her head and even sheds tears while greeting a man or an elder.
To them greeting an elder is a form or worship, a kind of adoration and this act portrays them as humble , respectful girls with good manners from good homes even when they are far from all these.
A Yoruba girl does not greet once or twice, she continues to greet until her subject is touched and begs her to stop.
She provokes the spirit of her subject to love her even when she is not near his definition of love and this is one thing Ibos and other ethnic groups are lacking
It seem that Yorubas' home grooming is centered on greetings which gives birth to respect and humility.
This explains why hundreds of Yorubas can live peacefully in a compound sharing one kitchen, one toilet and one bathroom in a 'face to face ' apartments.
In that compound there is only one 'BABA' who is given that position because of his age or achievements.
Interestingly most if not all the people in that compound may not know the real name of that BABA.
Incase of where there may be many BABAs in a single compound suffixes are added to the names of other BABAs or other BABAs answering their original names leaving the name BABA to the eldest Baba.
This is respect of the highest order
The Baba has a role to play in that compound.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
Much respect has been given to Baba and much is expected from him.
Baba may not have a wife or biological children living with him, but he does no domestic chores, his chores are handled by children in the compound and he fathers everybody irrespective of their different states of origin and tribes
Baba is the head of that compound and has the final say in every matter. He settles all disputes in the compound and even inter compound disputes.
Most Baba even send some children in the compound to schools even up to university level and enrol others into vocational skill acquisition centers and trades adopting these children without papers
There is mutual respect in the compound which is guarded by the elders in the compound and this gives birth to love.
It is hard to identify children from same parents in the compound as all play, eat and fight together.
Women in the compound are called Iya this, Iya that, Yeye this or Yeye that, making all of them mothers of the compound
In case there arises a time when people in the compound couldn't control their adrenaline thereby engaging in exchange of words or physical combat, this is resolved amicably by others and when it is beyond them or when one of the parties rejects the judgement, the matter would be taken to Baba who has the final say and matters hardly get to law court
In Igboland bowing down of heads by boys or bending down by girls while greeting as a sign of respect to elders ended immediately after primary school.
It was seen as school culture and was only done in schools to fulfil all righteousness.
Some see greetings as enslavement and some adults rarely respond to greetings even when they heard it
In some families wives do not greet the husbands and even when they do, the word 'Sir' or 'My Lord' is not attached to it forgetting the biblical injunction "Honour your father and mother ( elders inclusive ) so that your days may be long "
We seem to look at that verse as a mere sentence without any meaning
Living in a part of the world where the lifestyle is " mind your business ", neighbours living together for years without knowing each other, wearing a swollen face when you have no quarrel with anybody, I have seen that the public relationship of most Igbos is getting to zero
In the midst of my own people I'm living in fear, afraid of my own brothers and sisters
Telling a stranger Good morning on a beautiful day is seen as an attempt to lure or entice in order to steal; a thief bidding his time to steal something big
The only place in Igboland where greeting is reverend is Abia and Imo.
When I heard greetings from Ngwa area ,I was marvelled. It was like a call and responds song.
It started with Maazi from the younger person and the greeting can last up to five minutes thereby developing brotherly love and good human relationship.
It is only in this part of igboland that you can see respect and that may be the reason they live so long.
All adults in the family have one nick name or the other.
There is 'Dede ukwu' , 'Dede nta', 'Dede this' 'Dede that' and so on
There is Doo Ugochi, Doo Amarachi, Doo onyinyechi and so on.
Adults are not called by their names unless something is attached to their names unlike Ebonyi where children call their mothers by their names
Respect is nowhere to be found in most Igbo villages and this is affecting us at the national level.
We can no longer speak with one voice, a councillor from a ward measures himself higher that a senate representing his constituency.
Everybody wanting to be Lord when they can't see farther than their noses.
Blind men wanting to Lead but do not want to learn.
Bikonu Onye fekwanu Eze, Eze erute ya.
Let's go back to drawing board, our olden days and get things right
I had the privilege of living with Yoruba under one roof and this exposed me to the Yorubas.
After that program I was endeared to Yoruba girls and I didn't know why
I took out my time thinking on why I began to like the yoruba girls
Yoruba girls are very beautiful, no doubt about that. They are generally slim, ebony black with appealing white eyes and white sets of teeth which attracts them to any man that loves beauty but that is not my definition of a woman ,besides we have beautiful Ibo girls who can win any man's heart at first sight
Yoruba girl are very natural the way they speak,both when speaking yoruba and english languages.
They never feign phonetic and tries to pronounce all vowels instead of assimilating some sounds making them well articulated and audible.
They really defined african radio and TV broadcasting and gave broadcast a course as a sizeable number of Yoruba girls are renowned TV and radio presenters but still we have Ibo girls who make up the bulk of radio and TV presenters as Ibo accent is well sourced for in the media industries
Yoruba girl can cook,cooking is one of their hobbies. Like Africans they believe that a way to a man's heart is his belly and all youruba girls learn the art while at their parents houses.
They are very notorious in preparing Okro soup and stew.
Two teaspoonful of a stew prepared by a yoruba girl can serve a cooler of rice.
Then again the Ibo girls are arguably the best cooks in the entire Africa and even beyond
Now why do I have this love for yoruba girls?
Why this special liking?
Was I bewitched by yoruba girls?
Definitely No, I don't beleve in black magic, it does not exist
I have come to notice that my special liking of Yoruba girls is based on little things
Little things that their Igbo counterpart neglect.
It is so little but speaks volumes about them.
The little thing that developed my likeness towards Yoruba girls is their style of greeting which is seen as respect.
A yoruba girl would kiss your foot while greeting you. She knells on her knees, touches the ground, bows her head and even sheds tears while greeting a man or an elder.
To them greeting an elder is a form or worship, a kind of adoration and this act portrays them as humble , respectful girls with good manners from good homes even when they are far from all these.
A Yoruba girl does not greet once or twice, she continues to greet until her subject is touched and begs her to stop.
She provokes the spirit of her subject to love her even when she is not near his definition of love and this is one thing Ibos and other ethnic groups are lacking
It seem that Yorubas' home grooming is centered on greetings which gives birth to respect and humility.
This explains why hundreds of Yorubas can live peacefully in a compound sharing one kitchen, one toilet and one bathroom in a 'face to face ' apartments.
In that compound there is only one 'BABA' who is given that position because of his age or achievements.
Interestingly most if not all the people in that compound may not know the real name of that BABA.
Incase of where there may be many BABAs in a single compound suffixes are added to the names of other BABAs or other BABAs answering their original names leaving the name BABA to the eldest Baba.
This is respect of the highest order
The Baba has a role to play in that compound.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
Much respect has been given to Baba and much is expected from him.
Baba may not have a wife or biological children living with him, but he does no domestic chores, his chores are handled by children in the compound and he fathers everybody irrespective of their different states of origin and tribes
Baba is the head of that compound and has the final say in every matter. He settles all disputes in the compound and even inter compound disputes.
Most Baba even send some children in the compound to schools even up to university level and enrol others into vocational skill acquisition centers and trades adopting these children without papers
There is mutual respect in the compound which is guarded by the elders in the compound and this gives birth to love.
It is hard to identify children from same parents in the compound as all play, eat and fight together.
Women in the compound are called Iya this, Iya that, Yeye this or Yeye that, making all of them mothers of the compound
In case there arises a time when people in the compound couldn't control their adrenaline thereby engaging in exchange of words or physical combat, this is resolved amicably by others and when it is beyond them or when one of the parties rejects the judgement, the matter would be taken to Baba who has the final say and matters hardly get to law court
In Igboland bowing down of heads by boys or bending down by girls while greeting as a sign of respect to elders ended immediately after primary school.
It was seen as school culture and was only done in schools to fulfil all righteousness.
Some see greetings as enslavement and some adults rarely respond to greetings even when they heard it
In some families wives do not greet the husbands and even when they do, the word 'Sir' or 'My Lord' is not attached to it forgetting the biblical injunction "Honour your father and mother ( elders inclusive ) so that your days may be long "
We seem to look at that verse as a mere sentence without any meaning
Living in a part of the world where the lifestyle is " mind your business ", neighbours living together for years without knowing each other, wearing a swollen face when you have no quarrel with anybody, I have seen that the public relationship of most Igbos is getting to zero
In the midst of my own people I'm living in fear, afraid of my own brothers and sisters
Telling a stranger Good morning on a beautiful day is seen as an attempt to lure or entice in order to steal; a thief bidding his time to steal something big
The only place in Igboland where greeting is reverend is Abia and Imo.
When I heard greetings from Ngwa area ,I was marvelled. It was like a call and responds song.
It started with Maazi from the younger person and the greeting can last up to five minutes thereby developing brotherly love and good human relationship.
It is only in this part of igboland that you can see respect and that may be the reason they live so long.
All adults in the family have one nick name or the other.
There is 'Dede ukwu' , 'Dede nta', 'Dede this' 'Dede that' and so on
There is Doo Ugochi, Doo Amarachi, Doo onyinyechi and so on.
Adults are not called by their names unless something is attached to their names unlike Ebonyi where children call their mothers by their names
Respect is nowhere to be found in most Igbo villages and this is affecting us at the national level.
We can no longer speak with one voice, a councillor from a ward measures himself higher that a senate representing his constituency.
Everybody wanting to be Lord when they can't see farther than their noses.
Blind men wanting to Lead but do not want to learn.
Bikonu Onye fekwanu Eze, Eze erute ya.
Let's go back to drawing board, our olden days and get things right
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