1. Coach Stephen Keshi
In February this year, media outlets were awash with the triumph of the Super Eagles at the African Cup of Nations finals in South Africa. Keshi broke the the jinx that lasted for 19 years as the national team, on February 10, 2013, under Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, became African Champions after defeating Burkina Faso in the final match of the African Cup of Nations soccer tourney at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to lift the trophy for the third time: in 1982, 1994, and 2013.
Keshi, born 23 January, 1962, is a former Nigerian defender and now football manager, who has managed the nation’s senior male football team since 2011. He became the first Nigerian and second African to win the cup both as a player and as a coach. He had coached the national teams of neighbouring Togo and Mali before taking up the Super Eagles job.
2. Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Group was ranked richest man in Africa and richest black man in the world by Forbes Magazine.
Forbes also said Dangote is now the first African entrepreneur to lay claim to a $20 billion fortune as the stock value of his largest holding, Dangote Cement, leaped just three months after it released its annual ranking of the world’s richest people.
The report noted that Aliko Dangote’s 93 percent stake in the cement company is now worth $19.5 billion.This was in addition to his controlling stakes in other publicly-listed companies like Dangote Sugar and National Salt Company of Nigeria and his significant shareholdings in other blue-chips like Zenith Bank, UBA Group and Dangote Flour.
3. Akinwumi Adesina
The Forbes Africa Person of the Year has, since its inception two years ago, reportedly attracted the highest calibre of nominees from across the continent.
Akinwumi Adesina was considered a worthy winner by the judges as [b]he is a man on a mission to help Africa feed itself.
4. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Award winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s third novel – Americanah was listed in The New York Times recently as one of The 10 Best Books of 2013, selected by the editors of the publication. Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun Premiered as a movie in 2013 with several Hollywood and Nollywood stars featuring.
Most recently American super star Beyonce, featured Chimamanda in her latest album.
5 Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde in April was enlisted on Forbes magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, a feat which earned the 34-year-old actress the title ‘Africa’s most renowned leading lady.’
Jalade-Ekeinde was named in the 2013 icons category of the list alongside young Pakistani activist; Malala Yousafzai, US first lady Michelle Obama, Burmese pro-democracy activist; Aung San Sun Kyi, RnB diva; Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and controversial Italian footballer; Mario Balloteli.
Writing a profile on the actress who this year launched a reality show about her life on M-NET, she was described as the “Queen of Nollywood.”
6. Zuriel Oduwole
Zuriel Elise Oduwole, 10 -year-old Nigerian girl,who enjoys interviewing presidents and world business leaders, was recently celebrated as the youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes Magazine.
In today’s world, when many youths and adults roam about the streets looking for jobs, here is a 10-year-old Zuriel Elise Oduwole, who seems to have discovered her purpose for living at the age of 10.
At a very tender age, she has met with African presidents and top African leaders because of her passion to relate with great men and women.
Currently, she is being globally celebrated as the youngest person ever to be interviewed by Forbes Magazine.
Oduwole has already made a name for herself right from her childhood, and another which stands as a plus for her is that she is already a hot cake in the business world.
Zuriel, who is often referred to as the next Oprah Winfrey, said she is committed and determined to rebrand Africa by bringing out positive things in the continent and most importantly, convince Africans on the importance of educating the female gender.
She became the youngest global international media representative ever on record last November, 2012, competing with seasoned correspondents from Cable Network News (CNN), Reuters, Super Sports, Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) and The Guardian, likewise in South Africa and Nigeria.
7. Mosunmola Abudu
Famous talk show host, Mo’ Abudu launched what could be described as Africa’s first global black multi-broadcast network, EbonyLife TV [/b]on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Just few hours after the glamorous Lagos launch, the channel went live on Monday, July 1, 2013.
According to Mosunmola Abudu, ‘EbonyLife TV is aimed at giving Africa a new perspective by projecting its potential and re-writing its story’. The channel, it is hoped would change the old age perception of both Africa and Africans, using entertainment and lifestyle with programming aimed at viewers aged 18 to 34,
Often referred to as the Oprah Winfrey of Africa, Mo’, as the talk show host is fondly called, has used the platform of her syndicated daily talk show, ‘Moments with Mo‘ to build a strong repertoire. With the launch of EbonyLife TV, Mo makes history becoming the first and only woman in Africa to own a cable TV channel.
She has interviewed celebrities from Hillary Rodham Clinton, former African presidents F. W. de Klerk of South Africa and John Kufuor of Ghana, former England soccer skipper Rio Ferdinand, musician R. Kelly and American fashion icon Diane Von Furstenberg.
Located in Tinapa, Cross River State, EbonyLife TV has high ambitions: to revolutionize media and entertainment in Nigeria and across Africa.
8. Olumide Aliu
Olumide Aliu, was elected as president of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council; thus becoming the first African to head the global body for aviation safety.
Mr. Aliu was elected ICAO Council president on Monday at the 38th Assembly of the organisation in Montreal, Canada. The assembly consists of 172 countries.
Nigeria joined ICAO in 1960 and was elected into the Council of ICAO in 1962 as a Part II member State. The country has since remained on the Council and has continued to promote the interest of Nigeria and Africa on the Council as well as contribute to the development and growth of civil aviation in the region.
9. Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare showed her class as she won a silver medal in the women long jump and a bronze medal in the 200m at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia. She also holds the African record in 100m sprint.Blessing Okagbare won Nigeria’s first medal at the IAAF World Championship in Moscow as she leaped 6.99 metres to clinch the silver medal in the long jump event final.
Nigeria last won a medal at the Athletic World Championship in 1999, a drought Blessing Okagbare has ended with her victory.
10. Kelechi Ihenacho
Arguably the world's hottest teenage footballer on the planet, Kelechi dazzeled the world this year as the country’s under-17 men football team won a 4th Under-17 title with a 3-0 win over defending champions Mexico.
The team’s highest goalscorer, Kelechi Iheanacho, emerged as the competition’s most outstanding player by winning the adidas Golden Ball.
The player who scored a total of five goals against Mexico, with four in a group match and one in the final, scored a total of six goals in the competition.
This was apart from providing seven assists as the team scored 26 goals in seven matches.
He has thus emulated the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Landon Donovan and Toni Kroos before him.
He also won the adidas Silver Boot as the competition’s second highest goalscorer with six goals, one behind the top scorer Valmir Berisha of Sweden.
Various clubs in Europe have been battling to sign the 17-year old prodigy, clubs like Manchester City, Arsenal, FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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They both dated n had sex n kissed n all dat, n so wat? Pls all of u shud luk 4 beta tins 2 talk about. Jobles nigerians!
ReplyDeleteGbam!! D truth must be told.
ReplyDeleteFFK is a big boy, watever anybody like U̶̲̥̅̊ can say it.
ReplyDeleteGuys or ladies!! Just chill!! Why are we so blinded with tribalism? For once let the truth be revealed, fine this is of no meaning and they shouldn't be washing their dirty linens publicly cz we don't care! But the fact is there was an accusation and a denial here but now we can see that FFK was right though he shouldn't have dragged Bianca into this but dts too late so Madame Bianca pls don't denial the past cz it can hunt you.
ReplyDeleteomololu at ur age u r still gossipen?not even better gossip.na dis one hav sex wt dis one. Dat is why we r caling yoruba lazy people.na wa oooooo amibor.it corncern u? Are u their?
ReplyDeleteAnd that is why the Igbo people are rogues, illiterates and the scum of the Nigerian society. They disgrace this country all over the world. They will do anything for money, prostitution, armed robbery, ritual murders. All the ills in this country are traceable to them.
DeleteYORUBA women are worse than Sluts. That's y many of their husbands use maagun (thunder boat) on them. S̶̲̥̅Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ shut ur damn trap! Jobless mumu.
ReplyDeleteMiss Omololu dated 3 men at that time and Bianca 1. Miss Omololu is not married and is known for posting nude pics of herself on face book, but for u Bianca is the slut! Tribalism is a very bad thing oh. It will make one see the truth and not say it.
ReplyDeleteIs there any issue here of National Interest? Plssssssssss!
ReplyDeleteThis suppose to have died down since.People kept on insulting ffk.Now look at this strange revealatn.He is even saying he is ready to go to court.Bianca is already in d mud.dts why i wanted ds matter to die since bt people kept on reigning insults on .At this point,Bianca must go to court bc i want to knw d truth of this matter, else i will never respect her again!
ReplyDeleteThe thruth is out, so everybody should just forget about this issue. Bianca shouldn't ve spoken on the mata atall. Fine, she was trying to save face.
ReplyDeleteYou are certainly a mean,idiotic and moronic retard. Discuss issues and don't go about spreading hatred. Are u really sure the tribe u came from? Ask ur mum she will tell u that u r not from the tribe u claim u are.nonsense
ReplyDeleteMy take on this is why should this matter ever come to the media at all? These are your private affairs and should be kept very private. U dated somebody in the 80's why embarrass her in 2013 in the media? what do you want to achieve. This is a height of grave irresponsibility.
ReplyDeleteQuestion is if one is allowed in law to flaunt sexual escapes one had with a woman years before her wedding. would that not be defamatory even if it was the truth?
ReplyDeleteImmagine someone publishing that they slept with your wife years before you married her. would you like it? Thats exactly what is at stake here not necessarily whether it is true that you slept with her or not.
They dated and what happened? Is Femi still lusting after someone who no longer want him? Some one who was long happily married and settled with his family till date? It suggest that Femi do not even like his wife and family. All these years have passed and still dreaming? does it means that you were Jealous of Dim Ikemba?. Where you just waiting for The great Ikemba's Call to Glory? For Femi's information she comes from a state and town where married people are married for good. Shikena! case closed! Sorry Femi! Look somewhere else!
ReplyDeleteLooks like u are too stupid to read and understand anything.
DeleteDear Anonymous,The writer did not date "three guys".She only wrote that Lanre Tejuoso & Moji Okoya also dated,and are still married till today;and Bukola Saraki & Toyin Ojora dated and are still married till today.This info is in public domain.
ReplyDeleteSo please read to understand,and if you have difficulty with understanding English language, it's never too late to enrol in an evening Adult Education Class in your locality.
For this Idiot who wrote this:
ReplyDelete"I now see that most igbo women are slut, irrespective of their social class. #TOOBAD#"
In your stupid sense and foolish mentality did you hear the co-idiot Omololu who is not married and frustated say they FKK & B had intimate relationship. Kayode who has apologized knows he did not have anything like that with her. Is unmarriedable Omololu another certificated Yoruba who does not know the meaning of intimacy. If she does know whether they had intimate relationship as she said she did not meet them in their intimate periods, what is actually her point here. In yoruba land and language does translation of intimacy or intimate means mere acquintance or knowing someone. I hope she will not beg like his crazy brother. I know it is tribal sentiments that is driving her, seeing Kayode has drowned and has brought big shame to the yorubas as usual, she is craving for every means to clean him up. I know as the practice in Yoruba, she too will eventually apologize and fade into thin air when the chips are down.
Ms Omololu, do not creat more trouble for bro Kayode, he has already had much battering. I am sure you do not want Nigerians to continue booing him and his supporters like you. You are the one causing this guy to be misbehaving and indeed all the troubles his creating. You are they ones beating the drums for him.
May be that is why nobody wants you as a wife, you have already been identified as controversial and a slut.
You do not need to tell Nigeria how slutty you have been right from your days in UK till date, we already know. A word is enough for even the insanes like you guys.
Your arguement in its entirety points to no where, when you have said you did not see Bianca and Kayode during their intimate periods.
I wld blame Bianca for all these. Since It happened in d past she should have just ignored d loud mouth instead of draggin it this far. After all everyone(great or small ) has a past dat might b good or bad .
ReplyDelete"Ms. Omololu-Olunloyo, a self-styled ‘Facebook Drama Queen’, is unpopular for her many controversies on the social media where she regularly hurls abuses on people as well as posts her semi-nude photos" Person of this attitude should not be taken seriously. Single @ 48 means alot, she could only be good in breaking marriages, for me they did nt date becos FFK has withdrew his statement earlier.
ReplyDelete@ Ojoma, not happened but Bianca denied the relationship.
ReplyDeleteAfter years of enough bom-bom, she Bianca was dumped by Fani hence, it was extremely difficult for her to get another guy before she was subsequently inherited by her father's age-mate regarded to be a late war lord.
Hope you can now decode the jara, Ewu Sokoto Amun Nkita.
This is just too much, why don't you leave the poor woman alone, how would Mr Falana feels if his wife's ex-marrital affair is been discussed as this, he should just count himself lucky that Bianca's Husband is late, a man that is old enough to be Femi's father, can you regard your father's wife like that. Abeg let the ex remain X, so that she can treat the YZ of her life. I don't know why her issue has to be brought into the matter in the first case
ReplyDeleteMy question Fani is what was the point of stating in public that u had an affair with Bianca. You are a married man with family so what's the point of this news. Get a life... Really. This news is so annoying and to think that a matured woman like Omolulu or whatever she is called will involve herself in such nonsense... Pity. You dated her then got married to another. Move on and let sleeping dog lie. Haba
ReplyDeleteToday one can see that somebody has studied and got Ph.D. in one of the highest institutions of the cannot make him or her wise . What a shame. FFK please spare some respect for your wife and children, as for yourself you have already finished yourself . I still do not believe that the FFK in question here was a Nigerian formal minister or one of the top functionaries during OBJ government . Wonders shall never end in this country .
ReplyDeleteSo after all these stories, the two of them "Polash" eeh. Choi! No be small thing o. Femi after fucking her young cuntus you ran away and married your tribe, shey? E no good o
ReplyDeletei guess tribalism is the game here! and dats why younger ones that make comments here a blinded by it! its a pity most people that have dropped trial remarks on their comments may not go far in life due to myopic and agrestic ideas. OLUNLOYO herself is shameless in her comment that shows immatured and galamatias approach. i doubt she has a decent home to keep if in her forties she still poses SEMI-NUDE and the younger ones 'hail' her for befiddled and necrotized comments!!
ReplyDeleteIt has now come to fore that most Nigerians were educated illiterates. Its so sad that any man not to talk of a past cabinet minister will site examples of women he had met in the past just to prove a point. I am a Yoruba woman and I totally condemn this act of recklessness on the part of FKK. Whether he has dated these ladies in the past or not, they deserve unreserved apology and others who knew when or when not should please keep their nose out of this rotten topic.
ReplyDeleteomololu.of all people?...Femis's voltron???...hahahahahaha!!!!!!........this is hilarious.wait a minute; what if the two were couple??? a perfect match if you ask me...
ReplyDeleteIf a woman dates you and does not remember you, then you were insignificant then and even now. Fani' s witnesses Is not a credible one as her life and unmarried status shows. please leave Bianca alone.
ReplyDeleteIF YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, AT YOUR AGE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED AND NOT TO BE REFERRED TO AS MS OMOLOLU .GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT YOUR MISERABLE SINGLE LIFE,MS FORMER GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER.EVEN WITH YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND NO MAN COULD MANAGE TO MARRY YOU.YET YOU ARE NOT A SHAME OF YOUR SELF TO MENTION THE NAMES OF MEN THAT YOU DATED THAT ARE HAPPILY MARRIED TODAY.YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO YOUR FAMILY.
ReplyDeleteLet frustated FKK and unmarried Omololu go to court and defend themselves. Let them bring their evidence, and convince Nigerians that Acquitance or being school mates translates to intimacy.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder Ms Omololu is an Internet porn actress, she thinks everyone is like her.
ReplyDeletelets conclude, Igbo women are quite industrious, arrogant and like money and will marry anything as long as the thing has money, yoruba women can be humble, lazy and saucy but that is what makes them very loose sexually and can marry even a poor man that has 10 wives as long as he is serious. Hausa woman, hmmm, best wives you can have, just that they don't have the drive to achieve much in life, that can draw u back if you are married to them.
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