NIGERIA'S ALIKO DANGOTE BECOMES 43RD RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD

 

Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote has moved up in the Forbes world’s richest ranking from the 76th position which he maintained in 2012 to the 43rd position.

According to the list which was released on Monday by Forbes, Dangote – President of Dangote Group and Chairman of Globacom, Mike Adenuga were the only Nigerians on the list.

 

With a net worth of $16.1 Billion as of March 2013, Dangote retained his position as the richest man in Africa. Meanwhile, Adenuga ranked 269 on the list with a net worth of $4.7 Billion.

 

WITH THE 2013 WOMAN OF CHANGE AWARD: JOSEPHINE ODUMAKIN HONOURED

Nigerian democracy activist and women’s right advocate Dr. Josephine Odumakin was recently honoured with the 2013 United State Secretary of State’s International Woman of Courage Award.
 

The presentation was made by the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, with Secretary of state, John Kerry at the Dean Acheson Auditorium of the US State Department at a ceremony which coincided with the International Women’s Day.

WHAT REALLY DO YOU LOVE?

On this beautiful valentine evening,

As we lay in our secret haven,

With flowers for bed and our arms for pillow,

You whisper the sweetest words; “I Love You!”

“Oh, I Love You Too!” I cry bursting with tender feelings.

HALT! My love, before you wrap those arms around me,

And bathe my face with kisses,

Pray tell, “What really do you love?!”

Take my hands in yours,

Walk me through your heart,

That I may see through your eyes,

The ME you see and love…

What really do you love?

Is it my form, formed of dust?

These features that change with time?

Or this beauty-of no account of mine?

Tell me Pray tell, “What really do you love?!”

Love me beyond my beauty,

Love me beyond my body,

Love me beyond my brains,

Love me beyond mundane

When I say, “I love you,” I shout it to men and angels,

I know your strength and weakness and choose and accept him still!”

Pray tell, my valentine, “What really do you love?!”

 The writer is a motivational speaker with a difference. Follow her on @iddypalmer

LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER’S LOVER

I might not have another opportunity to say this much to you, so you have to listen attentively to what I have to say to you.

From the day I first held her in my arms, she has turned my life upside down and I couldn't have asked for more.

She is fearfully and wonderfully made just like her mother, I implore you to adore her that way and never stop bringing forth her inner beauty.

I always thought no one will be good enough for my angel, I guess I can’t have her forever, so you must appreciate her at all times.

She might be in love with you now but she has been part of my very soul and means the whole world to me.

I want you to know that nothing in the world compares to my little girl, so worship her like a queen and hopefully one day you will be her king.

She is not perfect and will surely make lots of mistakes but the more you understand her the more she flourishes for you.

There would be times you both would hold different opinions and disagree on many issues, I will need you to have some patience and work through it together.

She is my daughter and there are have been moments when I felt really disappointed by her, you can be disappointed for a while but never love her less.

Her dreams and aspirations are very dear to her and must be given the greatest encouragement possible.

Sing for her, dance with her and play with her. She always needs somebody to rock her world.

Guard her jealously because there are many who would give anything just to spend a moment with her.

You will find yourself sometimes lost in her charm and elegance, always let her know. That way she feels very wanted.

Always find something to make her laugh; it is the easiest way to give her wings when she wants to fly.

She deserves the moon and the stars, so please spare nothing to give her the best of everything.

As you take her out at twilight when it is quiet and lonely, I know what it means but you must realize that the strength of a man lies in the courage to do what is right at the right time.

Please be very careful with her heart, don’t ever take it for granted and if you must break it make sure you do it honourably.

Never mistake her tenderness for weakness she is a mighty woman of valour.



Always remember that I am always watching you.

SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA LIFT THE CAF NATIONS CUP TITLE

 

The Super Eagles of Nigeria today lifted the 2013 Africa Nations Cup in South Africa.

The Stephen Okechukwu led team defeated the Stallions of Burkina Faso by 1-0 in a very keenly contested match. The lone was converted by Sunday Mbah in the 40th minute.

This is the third time Nigeria is winning the tournament with previous success in 1980 and 1994. The coach Stephen Keshi was amazingly the captain of the team that won the tournament the last time out in Tunisia. For the Burkinabes this was their first ever appearance in the final and they did give a good account of themselves with their superlative performance.

Crowds thronged the streets of major towns in Nigeria in apparent celebratory mood. In a country with a lot of social, ethnic and religous challenges, football has become a binding factor for it's people. This trophy has not only restored Nigeria's unity but has redeemed their image in the footballing world.

Conratulations to the Super Eagles of Nigeria from the i-inspire Naija team. Thanks for making us proud.

NIGERIAN RAPPER JUDE ABAGA"S LOVE LETTER TO AGBANI DAREGO: WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

Remember those days in cSecondary School when we used to write love letters to girls we fancy their companionship. Well Jude Abaga has proved that love letters is still an option in wooing a woman with this sweet love letter to former Miss World Agbani Darego. We just thought this will inspire someone out there searching for love in high places. Check it out.

 

My Dearest Agbani Darego,

Will you be my valentine?

Do give this the utmost consideration. If you will be my valentine, let me say that I am, first, of all men most privileged, and second, about to engage in heavy research about what being someone’s valentine actually entails.

If you will not be my valentine, I must assume this is only because you would prefer me to ask you to marry me. If so, poste haste and with rapidity in extremis, I would, My Sweetling, desire your hand- and as much of the rest of you as possible -in blissful matrimony.

But wait. I traverse ahead of myself. I have not introduced myself. Sure I have spent many hours ogling over your Instagram photos and following you closely on Twitter, but I have never, as it were, had the opportunity of introducing myself.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK DEBUTS IN LAGOS

For the first time, Africa will partake in a global conversation that examines the cultural and economic impact of social media in our lives. From February 18 to 22, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, will join nine other cities to participate in the 2013 Social Media Week.

NIGERIAN PUPILS TO PARTICIPATE IN MODEL UN CONFERENCE

 

Three public school pupils from Rivers State have been selected to represent Nigeria at the National High School Model United Nations Conference scheduled for UN headquarters in New York, United States of America.

 

The Model United Nations Conference, a catch-them-young initiative, is a forum that gathers international pupils from all over the world to deliberate on common world difficulties and challenges that all countries are increasingly affected by. The forum offers invaluable insights into the full range of UN activities and responsibilities. It will hold between March 6 and 9, this year.

 

A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the state ministry of education, Mr. Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu, after the state Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi received the pupils in her office, stated that they were selected after passing a written and oral test conducted for pupils by the state ministry of education last year.

NIGERIA RECORDS ZERO CASES OF POLIO IN TWO MONTHS

Nigeria has attained an outstanding feat by recording no incidence of poliomyelitis in the last two months. The Director General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Ado Mohammed told state house correspondents after meting with President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday that the committee on the eradication of polio has stepped up its efforts to totally eliminate the disease from the country in the next two years.

"What we told the president is that in the last two months, Nigeria has not recorded a single case of Polio. What this means is that no child has been paralyzed in Nigeria in the last two months. This is a major Achievement," he said.

NDUKA OBAIGBENA'S ARISE MEDIA LAUNCHES GLOBAL TV NETWORK

The publisher of Nigeria's national daily, ThisDay Newspaper, Nduka obaigbena is set to launch two new television stations. The well connected media mogul, according to a release, will kick start Arise News and Arise 360 TV.

ARISE NEWS will have a strong African footprint and serve underserved communities in the USA and other parts of the world. The stations will broadcast from Lagos, London, New York and Johannesburg reaching as far as Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.