NIGERIA'S ALIKO DANGOTE IS 64TH MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD

 

Just so you know, he was the only black man and African on the list. (except of course for Barrack Obama and Mohammed Ibrahim), So this not a mere feat for our own Aliko Dangote who was yesterday listed as the 64th most powerful person in the world.

 

The publication compiled by Forbes released pitched the Nigerian Business mogul in the 64th position in a list of 72. The publication lists Aliko’s net worth as $ 16.1 Billion which makes him the richest man in Africa.

MEET ZURIEL ODUWOLE, THE NIGERIAN WONDER GIRL BREAKING RECORDS

 

When her peers are busy trying to find their voices, this wonder girl has discovered her purpose at the tender age of 11. She is busy rebranding Africa by showing the positive things about the continent, and making the case for Girl Child education and development in Africa and Emerging Markets. Meet Zuriel Elsie Oduwole, award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer that is taking the African continent and the world by storm.

TWO NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS EMERGE WINNERS AT THE 2013 CNN/MULTICHOICE AFRICAN JOURNALISTS AWARDS



Tolu Ogunlesi & Dr. Susan Mboya
(President, Coca-Cola Africa Foundation)

Two Nigerian journalists Toyosi Ogunseye and Tolu Ogunlesi emerged winners at the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards which held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, CTICC. It was the 18th in the series of the yearly event.

The two winners are Sunday Punch Editor, Tolu Ogunlesi, a freelance journalist for Ventures Africa, Nigeria, who won in the Coca-Cola Company, Economics and Biz Awards category and Toyosi Ogunseye, who won in the UNICEF-sponsored Environment Category.

Tolu Ogunlesi’s story was an investigative report on the Eko Atlantic City, a mammoth new development on the coastline of Lagos. He dedicated the awards to the millions of down-trodden people in Nigeria and around the world. He dedicated his award to the millions of down-trodden Nigerians and people around the world.



Toyosi Ogunseye & Steven Allen
(Regional Director, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa)

Toyosi Ogunseye’s story, “The Rich Also Cry”, focused on pollution in an estate in Lagos where gaseous metal had created very serious medical challenges.

The top prize went to Msindisi Fengu and Yandisa Monakali from South Africa and their story was on a students’ hostel which looked like prison cells in South Africa. Other freelance journalists who won awards were Noicola de Chaud, won with a documentary in the Culture Category and Florence Dallu in the Radio General News Category. All the 16 winners were selected from over 1,400 entries.