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Let's take a look at the richest musician in the world and see if your favorite made a cut.  1. Kanye West- $2 BILLION Kanye West is the richest musician in the world. And also the first on the list of the top 10 richest musicians in the world. He has successfully amassed wealth in real estate, and brand endor fact, his music records have sold over 140million copies. In the beautiful world of music, especially hip hop, Kanye West is at the forefront. He is not just a music artist and rapper, Kanye West has a stronghold in fashion, screenwriting, and politics as well. With over two dozen Grammy Awards won, Kanye West’s net worth is $1.8 billion. His lifestyle is worth reading about. Recently, he and his beautiful wife, Kim Kardashian separated and have been at loggerheads. 2. Rihanna- $1.7 BILLION Rihanna is another sensation and occupies second place on the list of the top 10 richest musicians in the World. Recall that Forbes ranked her among the top ten highest-paid celebrities in

1. Youssou N’Dour   Youssou N’dour is the richest musician in Africa with a net worth of $145million. A man who is known for his extraordinary vocal range and for introducing international audiences to mbalax—a Senegalese popular music style. Born on October 1, 1959, Youssou N’Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. He was once described by Rolling Stone Magazine as, “perhaps the most famous singer alive” in Senegal and much of Africa. His bedrock in Senegalese music and storytelling remains the hallmark of his artistic personality. After two years in street theatre, Youssou’s career really started in 1972, when he was just thirteen. Papa Samba Diop, known as Mba – leader of the Star Band in Dakar – passed away. Youssou sang a tribute to him, a song he composed on stage right there in Senegal’s Saint-Louis Stadium. “Everyone was still in tears, and I brought a little joy. I was vibrating. Mba was like a star fading fro

ABUJA — AGAIN, the negotiation meeting held by the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday, ended in deadlock, thus dashing hope of imminent resumption of academic activities in the nation’s public universities. The union had met yesterday with Prof. Briggs’ renegotiation committee with a view to resolving its difference with FG towards reopening the universities. The meeting which held at the National Universities Commission,NUC,Abuja, ended, without resolution. It was gathered that the Prof. Nimi Briggs’ renegotiation committee did not bring any new offer to the table, forcing the lecturers’ union to walk out of the meeting. A source at the meeting said the committee only pleaded with the striking lecturers to suspend their action with a promise that the 2023 national budget will address their demands. Recall that the union has been on strike for six months now,having began the action on February 14,2022,over issues ranging from poor funding of pu

 Nationwide darkness may hit Nigeria today as electricity workers at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) threaten strike action. This is at the detriment of already signed contracts between the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the 11 distribution and generation companies. The development, linked to a disagreement over promotion interviews for staff, will cause shortchange of consumers, who are currently being billed under the terms of NERC’s Service Based Tariff (SBT). In September 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari vigorously defended an increase in electricity tariff tagged SBT, stressing that it is the only gateway to improving power supply to the masses. Under the plan, the higher the hour of supply a consumer enjoys, the higher his or her per kilowatt of electricity. By implication, someone who enjoys 18 hours of electricity could be paying N60 for a kilowatt, while some who enjoys six-hour daily could be paying N30 for the same kilowatt, making a breach i

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as Africa's wealthiest man for the eleventh year in a row. The Nigerian billionaire businessman is ranked 64th on the global billionaires’ index. Let's take a look at the top richest people in Africa and their net worth. 1. ALIKO DANGOTE    Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the continent’s largest cement producer. He owns 85% of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company. Dangote Cement produces 45.6 million metric tons annually and has operations in 10 countries across Africa. After many years in development, Dangote’s fertilizer plant in Nigeria began operations in mid-2021. Dangote Refinery has been under construction since 2016 and is expected to be one of the world’s largest oil refineries once complete. His net worth is $13.9 billion. 2. JOHANN RUPERT & FAMILY    Johann Rupert is chairman of Swiss luxury goods firm Compagnie Financier

Do you wonder who the richest women in the world are. Let me tell you, a woman with loving family and supportive community, well not according to Forbes though. So who are the women with the highest net worth?. We are going to take a look at the top 5 richest women in the world. 1. FRANCOISE BETTENCOURT MEYERS    Francoise Bettencourt Meyers was born on 10 July 1953, in Neuilly-sur-seine, France. She is the owner of the world largest cosmetics maker as well as the president of schueller foundation. Francoise is also an accomplished author of Greek mythology works and literature that focus on Jewish christian  relationship. Her net worth is $74 billion . 2.  ALICE WALTON Alice Walton (born 7 October 1969) is the youngest and only daughter of Sam Walmart, the founder of Walmart. She is a co-founder of Walton enterprise. She has several collection of art works, worth hundred of million dollars. She opened Crystal bridges Museum of American Art in her Be

  Nigeria beat South Korea 1-0 on Sunday in the Group C football match at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, Complete Sports reports. Esther Onyenezide’s late strike gave the Falconets victory in their second match of the tournament The Falconets will face Canada in their final group match on Wednesda The match which was scheduled for 9 pm was shifted to 10.15 pm due to heavy rai According to Complete Sports, the Falconets made their first attempt to score a goal in the third minute through Bashirat Amoo, who tried a long-range effort from a free kick but was calmly saved by South Korea keeper Kim Kyeong-He  Falconets depart for U-20 Women’sIn the 22nd minute, the Koreans went on the attack again with Lee Soo-In hitting a long-range strike but the ball hit woodwork With four minutes left in the first half, Amoo made a long-range strike which went off target. Five minutes into the second half, Onyenezide tried a long cross into the area on the back of a pour