There are quite a number of high- paying professions in Nigeria but just few are in the top rank by virtue of the income (salary) earned over a period of time by these professionals.
Most of the jobs culled from these professions require one to have exceptional creative skills, technical know-how and expertise, educational degrees and sort of a robust experience.
For a job/profession to be considered as highest-paying, the pay must commensurate with the value offered.
Different variables can be considered in terms of measuring what makes these professions high- paying. Some of them are:
· Annual salary
· Market Demand (Competitive nature)
· Nature of job
In no particular order, here is the list of high paying professions in Nigeria:
· Medicine/Health Sector: Medicine is one of the highest-paying professions in Nigeria. Those in the health sector earn reasonable income but this dependent on qualifications, positions and level of experience acquired in the profession over time.
· Petroleum Engineering: According to surveys, petroleum engineers are employed by oil companies. Hence, they are at a basic advantage to get high pays. Even at basic entry level, petroleum engineers still earn reasonable and large income as salaries.
· Law: Law is indeed a profession of pride and in a country like Nigeria where there are daily Court cases, many lawyers have cases to unmask and earn their money. To be able to get a comfortable spot at the pinnacle of one’s career, then the person must have built a very strong foundation for him/herself. The profession demands one to be extra-ordinary, bold and as such be able to stand out.
· Lecturing: University lecturers are also earning good salaries by virtue of their academic cadres. Those in private universities get more pay for the lecturing service(s) rendered. So don’t be swayed by the saying that “A lecturer reward is in heaven”.
· Entertainment: Without mincing words, the entertainment industry is indeed very lucrative. They make millions of by entertaining people. Comedians, Musicians, entertainers, Nollywood actors/actresses all have different strategies to advance their careers. They also get endorsement deals, organise concerts, TV ads and many more.
· Aviation: The aviation sector is a very important one. The demand for pilots, aeronautic engineers and others is always on the high rise because of the level of “expertise” involved.
· Accounting/Banking: Accountants help one to make informed financial decisions hence their professional services and experience is very much essential and important. It should be noted that a very high percentage of wealthy people are business men and entrepreneurs hence, most of them need the expertise of an accountant to keep a track record of financial activities.
· Media (PR, marketing, journalism): Today, the survival of any business, organisation or brand depends largely on how effective and efficient their advertising or marketing strategy is. One of the primary duties of an expert in this field is creating a strategic campaign plans that’ll help achieve the outlined business objectives.
· ICT (Programming, Coding, Software developers): Those in the field of ICT/IT could be termed as “hot-cakes” because of the peculiarities of their jobs and the advancement in digital trends/digitalisation. Undoubtedly, programmers are problem solvers. They help in figuring out how to make computers solve man problems. They are among the top 5 best paid professions in developed countries.
· Estate management: Estate management is a multi-facet discipline that covers all areas relating to the direction and supervision of land and landed properties. Without any iota of doubts, estate management business is truly lucrative and profitable.
The establishment of Western Nigerian Security Network (WNSN) code-named Operation Amotekun, by the Southwest Governors, has been accompanied by fears and misconceptions.
Endorsed by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, it is fashioned to function as a community policing in response to the yearning of the local people.
Amotekun is all but these below:
Regional Police: While the comments are thriving as to whether they will operate as region police, one of the Governors Rotimi Akeredolu has stated that it will not operate as a regional police force, therefore, it is not an idea in the embryo to introduce state police.
“We are not creating a regional police force. We are not oblivious of the steps we must take to have state police.
“Some of us are unapologetic in our belief in state police but we are also-law abiding citizens. We know the lawful steps to be taken to achieve that but that won’t stop us from taking steps to provide security for our people,” the Ondo governor emphasized during the launching on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.
Alternative to Nigeria Police Force: Amotekun security is not an alternative to the police and therefore, does not possess the constitutional powers vested in the Force alone.
Fear to be used for political purposes: another fear of the critics is channeled towards the potential to be abused or converted as a political instrument for governors’ whims and caprices. Amotekun cannot be deployed Amotekun for political purposes.
While the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission is still working on the grey areas in Amotekun’s operational guidelines, members will be drafted from local hunters, vigilantes and designated members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) as personnel and police.
The headquarters will be in Ibadan and the operation will be controlled from Gbongan in Osun State.
As we enter the winter months, most supporters are looking ahead to new players to welcome to their clubs – but it’s also time to remember those who hung up their boots during 2019.
All good things must come to an end and the retired players make us realise we really are getting old.
Here are some of the football stars that retired in 2019:
* Xavi
A career in which he won it all – including the Qatar lottery – has been drawn to a close. A former Spain and Barcelona Midfielder, He won World Soccer Player of the Year (2010), Ballon d’Or – third place (2009, 2010, 2011), Spanish Sportsman of the Year (2009), World Cup champion (2010) Olympic silver medal (2000). Also Ranked has one of Barcelona all-time best player .
*Robin van Persie
Van Persie retiring at the age of 35 is a shocking reminder of our own mortality, but it’s a testament to the man himself that he has lasted so long after so many injury problems during his early years at Arsenal.
When he was fit and firing, few strikers in the Premier League could match the Dutchman, especially during his final season in north London and debut campaign at Manchester United, when he struck 67 goals in all competitions.
* Petr Cech
The former Czech Republic, Chelsea and Arsenal goalkeeper who won the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, FA CUP, English Premier League and other major trophies in the EPL before retiring from Soccer and proceeded to Playing Ice Hockey in his country.
By all accounts he’s a great goalkeeper; Cech has set the benchmark for all Premier League stoppers to aspire to with a record 202 clean sheets in 443 appearances in the competition.
Yet the 36-year-old still isn’t done, with the small matter of the Europa League final against his former club Chelsea still to come before the end of the season.
*Andrea Barzagli
Barzagli perhaps attracted fewer plaudits than team-mates and defensive partners Georgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, but having joined Juventus for just €600,000, the centre-back has proved an immense servant to the Italian giants.
Not only did Barzagli help inspire Wolfsburg to their one and only title, the 38-year-old will retire having also won eight Serie A crowns, four Italian Cups and the World Cup.
It’s little wonder Juve chairman Andrea Agnelli dubbed him “the best signing we ever made”.
* Juan Silveira
Seventy-nine caps for Brazil, for whom he appeared at the 2010 World Cup and won two editions of the Copa America with, plus over 300 appearances of top-flight European football with Bayer Leverkusen and Roma, winning honours with the Italian outfit.
Juan has spent the last seven years back in his home country with Internacional and Flamengo, but the defender bowed out at the ripe old age of 40 at the end of April.
*Peter Crouch
The English striker also Known as “Crouchy,” Played for Liverpool, Tottenham, QPR, Portsmouth, Norwich City, Aston Villa, Burnley, Southampton and Stoke City.
He Scored over 167 goals during his time, spent seven-and-a-half years with Stoke, scoring 62 goals before joining Burnley in January 2019. He retired in July 2019.
*Diego Forlan
The Uruguayan football manager and former Athletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Villarreal player, who scored over 252 goals during his time.
Forlán also had a successful international career, scoring 36 times for his country between his debut in 2002 and his retirement in 2015, including six goals at FIFA World Cups. On 12 July 2011, at the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, which Uruguay won, Forlán earned his 79th international cap in a match against Mexico, breaking the record held since 1986 by goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez.
On 20 June 2013, in a match against Nigeria at the 2013 Confederations Cup, Forlán became the first Uruguayan to win 100 caps.Forlán was Uruguay’s all-time leading top scorer from 2011 until Luis Suárez overtook him two years later.
*Samuel Eto’o
The Former Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid , Chelsea and Everton Striker who won the African Player of the year for Four times : in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.
A precocious talent, Eto’o moved to Real Madrid as a 16 year old. Due to competition in his position with more experienced players, he had several loan spells, before signing for Mallorca in 2000 where he scored 70 goals. His impressive form saw him join Barcelona in 2004 where he scored 130 goals in five seasons and also became the record holder for the most number of appearances by an African player in La Liga.
Winning La Liga three times, he was a key member of the Barcelona attack, alongside Ronaldinho, that won the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto’o scoring in the final, and was part of a front three of Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry that won the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto’o again scoring in the final.
He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals. At Barcelona, He came in third for the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005 and was twice named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in 2005 and 2006.
He has participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations. He is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals, and is Cameroon’s all-time leading scorer and third most capped player, with 56 goals in 118 caps.
Eto’o announced his retirement from international football in August 2014, and finally retired from football in 2019.
*Wesley Sneijder
The former Ajax, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Galatasaray Midfielder who was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA.
A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he started his professional career playing for Ajax, with whom he won four trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy in 2004.
With 134 caps, he is the most capped Dutch player of all time. He announced his international retirement in March 2018 and finally retired from football in 2019.
*Fernando Torres
The 35-year-old played for five clubs – Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, AC Milan and Sagan Tosu – in his 18-year career, with Torres attaining legendary status at Atletico.
At club level, Torres was able to lift some important trophies. He won the Europa League with Atletico in 2017/18, along with reaching the Champions League final with Los Rojiblancos in 2015/16, while at Chelsea he lifted the FA Cup and the Champions League in 2011/12, as well as the Europa League in 2012/13.
Internationally, however, Torres will never be forgotten by the Spanish public. His deft chip over Jens Lehmann in the 2008 European Championship final was the start of Spain’s dominance, with La Roja securing their first trophy since 1964. He also scored in the 2012 European Championship final win against Italy, whilst also helping Spain lift the World Cup in 2010. In 110 games for La Roja, Torres scored 38 goals.
*Bastian Schweinsteiger
The Former Bayer Munich Player who spent 17 seasons at Bayern Munich, playing in exactly Bundesliga 500 matches across all competitions and scoring 68 goals.
His honours at the club include eight titles, seven DFB-Pokal titles, a UEFA Champions League title, a FIFA Club World Cup title and a UEFA Super Cup title.
He joined Manchester United in 2015, playing sparingly for 18 months before moving to Chicago Fire.
He played for the German national team from 2004 to 2016. He is Germany’s fourth most-capped player of all time, having earned 121 caps and scored 24 goals, in a 12-year international career starting in 2004.
He was selected in their squads for four European Championships and three World Cups, including their victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Following Philipp Lahm’s international retirement on 2 September 2014, Schweinsteiger was named captain of the national team.
He played his last match for Germany against Finland on 31 August 2016, after which he retired from international football.
* Arjen Robben
The former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich winger from football aged 35 following a trophy-laden career at club level and having earned 96 caps for his country, which included playing in a World Cup final.
Robben won 12 league titles – eight with Bayern, two at Chelsea and one each at PSV Eindhoven and Real Madrid – and was part of the Netherlands team that lost to Spain in the 2010 World Cup final in Johannesburg.
*Patrice Evra
Evra, 38, has called time on a 20-year career during which he played for Nice, Monaco, Man Utd, Juventus, Marseille, West Ham and the France national side.
The left-back spent eight seasons at Old Trafford, winning five Premier League titles, the Champions League and three League Cups.
Evra also won two Serie A titles at Juventus and the French League Cup at Monaco. He won 81 international caps for France between 2004 and 2016, and was in their squad for two World Cup and three European Championship tournaments.
*Ashley Cole
The former England defender won 13 major titles during his 20-year career, including the 2012 Champions League with Chelsea, three Premier League titles and seven FA Cup triumphs.
38-year-old Cole, who won 107 caps for England, announced his retirement on Sky Sports, where he was appearing as a pundit for Sunday afternoon’s Premier League games.
Cole made more than 500 club appearances in a career that took in Arsenal, Crystal Palace (on loan), Chelsea, Roma, LA Galaxy and Derby County.
*David Villa
The ex-Barcelona star who won the Golden Boot at the 2008 Euros and finished joint on goals with the Golden Shoe winner from the 2010 World Cup.
Villa’s club achievements include winning La Liga twice, the Champions League, the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.
After spending a season at Atletico Madrid, he left Spain for America, as he became the first player for MLS expansion side New York City FC.
He scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup, was the top scorer at Euro 2008 and earned the Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup.
His displays for Spain and Valencia saw him named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 for 2010. He became the first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals and, after a brief comeback in 2017,he retired from the national team with 59 goals in 98 matches, making him Spain’s all-time top goal scorer as well as the country’s top scorer in the World Cup, with nine goals.
*Julio Baptista
Julio Baptista
The former Brazil international started out at Sao Paulo before heading to Spain, where he played for Sevilla – scoring 20 goals in the 2003-04 LaLiga season – and Real Madrid. Baptista helped Arsenal win the League Cup during a loan stint in 2006-07, including an astonishing four-goal haul against Liverpool in a 6-3 quarter-final win at Anfield.
There were also spells with Roma and Malaga, as well as a return to his homeland with Cruzeiro in 2013, prior to joining Orlando City in MLS.
Going out on a date with a crush for the first time can be tasking, as the thoughts of how to appear on the date would be the only thought in mind.
Many people, especially girls, weary themselves with their appearance and comportment, which might lead to the person looking extremely unsettled on the day of the date, which could send wrong signals to the person they are on a date with.
Being real is an attribute everyone must imbibe if you must appear great on a date, avoid fake life, keeping your dress style simple and yet attractive.
Below are five tips on how to look when going on a date:
Be yourself: Being yourself is one of the most important of when considering your appearance when on a date. When going on a date with someone we should always appear real to avoid putting the wrong impression on your crush minds, which might last over time.
Be comfortable: What you wear for a particular date should be comfortable, don’t wear a cloth that will make you adjust yourself every minute. This might make you feel so uncomfortable. When you become so uneasy during a date, the person you’re on a date with might just feel you’re not interested in him or her.
Be simple yet classy: Looking simple does not mean you’ll appear or unkempt. In looking simple, you must appear neat, not with very expensive apparels but with clothing that will suggest modesty and still keep you classy and attractive enough to leave a lasting impact on you crush.
Be honest: As the popular saying goes, “Honesty is the best policy”. Being honest is the best habit you can appear in when on a date, trying to impress will only prove what you’re not, some people feel they might be unacceptable, and so they tell their crush some lies that might later be used against them in future.
Don’t be a talkative: When on a date with someone for the first time, you must avoid talking too much, invest the time you intend using to talk, to study the person (This doesn’t mean you should be quiet while on a date). You must also avoid saying everything you see, you can keep it and discuss about it later on.
Year 2019 was full of many twists and dramas in the Upper Chambers.
Behind the historic moments were some senators that caught the attention of millions of Nigeria.
Here are the senators who courted and hugged controversies in 2019:
Senator Sabi Abdullahi
He was at some point the spokesman of the 8th Senate. The representative of Niger North district is Deputy Chief whip of the Senate. He sponsored the infamous hate speech bill. To make it worse, he proposed death punishment for violators, sparking a lot of outcries across the nation.
Senator Sani Musa
The billionaire businessman – turned- politician got elected in rather controversial circumstances after his party initially denied him the ticket in the primary elections. Having settled into the Red Chamber proposed the social media bill, which many Nigerians condemned as obnoxious.
Senator Dino Melaye
Although he is no more in the Chamber, Senator Dino Melaye succeeded in entertaining Nigerians as usual before he lost out in a fiercely contested rerun election. Loud, abrasive and quite wordy, Melaye could pass for a trade union leader instead of a distinguished senator.
In January, Melaye refused to surrender to the police following an allegation that he shot and almost killed a police officer at a checkpoint in Kogi on July 19, 2018. After laying siege to his apartment in Abuja for days, the controversial senator surrendered to the police on January 4, 2019 after fellow lawmakers persuaded him to resolve the situation with the police amicably.
Not done with his antics, Melaye developed an ailment to perpetually keep himself in ‘sick bed’ to prevent trial. The Police medical team had to give him a clean bill of health and transferred him from an Abuja hospital to the DSS medical facility.
On getting to the DSS hospital, the ‘ailing’ Melaye refused to enter the main building of the centre. The viral photos of Melaye sleeping on the floor within the premises of the DSS hospital painted a picture of a man who enjoys being at the centre of controversies.
In September, when his criminal trial resumed, the ex-Kogi West senator showed up as a stroke patient. He was assisted into the courtroom by two aides, who told the court that the senator could not walk. Melaye’s endless drama hit its climax in November when he lost the rerun of the Kogi West senatorial election to Smart Adeyemi, who he refers to as his political wife.
Senator Jibrin Isah Echocho
The Igala-born senator was largely anonymous during the year under review. While he did not see the need to remain in the background as he has always done, it remains a mystery. Instead, the senator representing Kogi East senatorial district displayed insensitivity by reducing the death of Mrs. Salome Abu, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP women leader in his state as a subject of politicking.
At a time the nation was shell-shocked over the brutal murder of a female politician, Echocho chose to play politics. He exonerated the perpetrators, saying that it was a retaliatory attack that left two others critically injured too.
Senator Elisha Abbo
The Adamawa-born politician started his journey to the Senate on a rather distasteful note. Weeks after the Senate settled down for business, a video of Abbo assaulting a nursing mother surfaced on the internet.
Abbo, who is one of the youngest senators in the 9th Assembly, thoroughly embarrassed himself and the sacred institution he represents. What followed after the video went viral, was at best only fit for comedy shows.
First, the senator vehemently denied the authenticity of the video. When he realised he couldn’t sustain the lie, he apologised to Nigerians in a hurriedly organised press conference. While some Nigerians began to canvass for him to be forgiven, Abbo showed up in court pleading not guilty.
Abbo is one of the youngest senators in the 9th Senate. In the space of one week, Abbo embroiled himself in another controversy when he had an altercation with Mrs. Remi Tinubu, a member of the Senate ad hoc committee investigating the incident between him and the nursing mother.
Tinubu had advised Abbo to comply with the rules of the committee or get suspended after the senator refused to swear an oath. Irked by the statement, Abbo lost it, saying, “I will not sit here and listen to you threaten me with suspension. I am a senator like you. You cannot threaten me with suspension.”
Gone are the days when it’s only the guys that crushes on ladies. These days, ladies also crush on guys. The only difference is that a lady, who is crushing on a guy, could stay crushing for years without making a move. Some will try for months to get the guy’s attention using different methods.
A guy, on the other hand, could make a move on a lady just few weeks of crushing on her. It is therefore essential that a guy makes a move on a lady when he notices that she’s crushing on him. Crushing on the opposite sex isn’t a crime. In fact, it begins from admiring someone’s physique, complexion, friendliness, caring lifestyle, handsomeness, beauty, dentition, endowment, etc. The crime is when you spend your entire time crushing without having the boldness to make a move. You can always seize the opportunity to make a move on your crush when you feel you’re really getting to love the person. In the same vein, you might notice that an opposite sex is always looking at you, checking on you, calling you, gushing over you, buying you gifts and what have you. All these are signs that the person is having a crush on you. After some times, if you notice the person is not bold enough to make a move on you, all you need to do is to remain more free and accommodating around the person. The reason why someone who is crushing on you, might delay in making a move on you, might be as a result of you not being free with them. So, they might feel ashamed if they are eventually turned down. So they prefer to remain in the crushing circle.
Here are sure ways to know someone is crushing on you:
* They checkup on you always: You notice a person checks you up always, a day can’t pass without him or her saying hello to you, either via call or text messages. This kind of person is a potential crush. If you think you like the person also, try to always reciprocate on days the person doesn’t call or text. This way, you’ll keep the crushing alive but if you don’t return phone calls or text or you ignore his or her call, you will only end up chase away a potential partner. * They borrow something from you: Sometimes a crush who you just met might want to strike continual communication, and might just look for something to borrow from you as an excuse to see you again. As a student in a lecture room, you might sit next to someone who has a crush on you, and after the lecture, the person will want to borrow your lecture note, just as a way of seeing you again. This happened to me personally in church. * They comment on all your social media posts: A crush might feel the best way to get your attention is by always commenting on your posts on social media, especially photos you post. Some will deliberately tell you they will use the photos as their wallpaper or save it on their phone. When you notice that someone is always commenting on every post you make, it is a sign someone is loving you secretly. * They pay attention when you talk: You might have noticed how a particular person pays attention to you when you guys are having a conversation. Even when they have their phones with them, and someone is even trying to chat them up they rather pay full attention to you. * They spend longer hours with you: They don’t rush to leave when they visit, they wish like staying with you for longer hours. Not because of your money but they just feel so relax while with you. This is because they’ll start missing you the very moment they leave your house. * They make you notice their presence: This happens all the time. They sight you and immediately start trying to get your attention either by walking in front of you or coming to you to ask a question they probably know. Sometimes on a bus, a lady who admires a guy sitting next to her, might want to strike a conversation by asking where a particular bus-stop is or how much the transport fare is. It may also happen in places like church, school, workplace where you’ll notice someone who is continuously starring at you, this is just a way to get your attention. * They feel shy when with you: It has been proven that someone who are really crushing on you might eventually get shy when they get to meet you. They feel nervous and might try to hide their feelings. * They buy you gifts: They see buying you things as a way of getting to you, they pay for stuffs you buy even without your knowledge.
There is no fight quite like a celebrity social media battle. This is because the entertainment industry is full of fun, excitement and controversies.
Nigerian celebrities, just have their way of giving us topics to talk about.
Here is looking at biggest Nigerian celebrities fight that shook social media:
* Liz Anjorin and Toyin Abraham
This could have been tagged one of the biggest and most talked-about celebrity feuds in recent times.
It all seemed like a movie especially since they are actresses.
Anjorin took to her Instagram page and accused Abraham of filing report against her to Saudi Arabian authorities that she (Anjorin) was trafficking cocaine, which led to her being searched at the airport, claiming that Abraham often opened fake social media pages to criticise her colleagues online.
Reacting through her lawyers, Abraham warned Liz to take down her posts and apologise or risk being sued.
When many thought Anjorin was going to end it all at that point, her lawyers also responded and threatened to counter-sue Abraham.
Anjorin maintained that Toyin had her new baby at a traditional birth attendant’s place while Abraham released a video showing her in a Lekki-Lagos hospital, in what seemed to be shortly after she was delivered of her son.
The President of the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr Latin, had to come out publicly to caution them to stop the ‘warfare’ on social media.
Speaking in a video broadcast shared on social media, Latin said: “From today, any of you (Toyin or Liz) that posts anything on Instagram, whether positive or negative, the industry will penalise such person. Enough is enough; it’s getting out of hand. Liz Anjorin and Toyin Abraham, this is the last warning– if you post anything, you won’t like what will happen.”
* Tiwa Savage and Charles Anazodo
Nigerians will not forget in a hurry the feud between ace singer Tiwa Savage and football analyst, Charles Anazodo.
It all started when Anazodo accused Tiwa of walking past him without saying ‘hi’ when they met at a radio station.
The singer, without wasting time in replying Anazodo, said: “Firstly, I’m sure you saw me rushing to the studio because I was late for my interview, plus I had a hat on. Secondly, I’m glad I didn’t say hi because who are you to think you can’t say hi first”.
The verbal exchange continued as Anazodo responded to the tweet, saying, “I’m nobody– just another human being. Cheers”.
This generated lots of reactions from Nigerians on social media.
* MI and Vector
MI and Vector are two talented rappers. Their fans often compare them to each other.
The fight between the duo was a really big one that had social media talking especially Twitter.
On August 30, 2018, during a radio interview, Vector reacted to MI’s song titled, ‘You Rappers Should Fix up Your Lives.’ Vector maintained that MI was wrong to have condemned Nigerian rappers in the song.
In 2019, MI threw a jab at Vector on a song titled ‘Martell Cypher’.
This, however, led to Vector ‘dissing’ MI on the track, ‘The Purge’.
Thereafter, MI directly fired ‘shots’ at Vector in the ‘diss’ track dedicated to him and titled, ‘The Viper’.
In the song, MI branded Vector a snake, stating that he (Vector) allowed bitterness to consume him.
The fight didn’t end there as Vector decided to fire back at MI in the song, ‘Judas the Rat’, where he claimed MI was responsible for the failure of Jesse Jagz’s music career.
His lyrics stated: “Jesse Jagz, you’re my buddy. I couldn’t do this in a hurry but the truth about your brother has been blurry. So, sometime in this sermon, I will say some uncomfortable facts to show his fans their GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) is really a rat. Let’s start the lecture…”
* Naira Marley and Ruggedman
Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley is one of Nigeria’s rave of the moments. The young artiste was always uploading videos on his Instagram handle about the wrongs of special internet fraud security systems, EFCC and SARS.
This over time has made him step on toes due to his controversial ‘support’ of internet fraud
This was what caused the clash between him and veteran artiste rugged man.
Ruggedman called for his arrest on his Instagram handle based on Naira Marley’s controversial song “Am I a yahoo boy”.
Naira Marley was finally arrested and the case is still ongoing. This fight rocked social media and got Nigerians talking.
* Eniola Badmus and Uche Ogbodo
Just a week after actress Uche Ogbodo publicly body-shamed her colleague Eniola Badmus, Ogbodo shared series of sensual pictures to celebrate her birthday.
Reacting to the pictures, Badmus condemned Ogbodo, saying that despite the provocative nature of the pictures, they didn’t get her the attention she desired.
Eniola wrote on her Instagram: “Uche Ogbodo– joker, you were pulling me down on Instablog like you were the greatest .Women supporting women is not in your dictionary”.
This is also one fight that got Nigerians talking.
* Tacha and Mercy
Just exactly 10 days to the end of the popular reality TV show Big Brother Naija 2019, controversial housemate Tacha and Mercy got into a really serious fight.
The two were at each other’s throats, exchanging invective till Mercy flipped her hair towards Tacha and she (Tacha) pulled Mercy’s hair.
This however led to Tacha’s disqualification from the show.
This is one big fight that got Nigerians talking as fans of the duo were notorious for attacking and shading each other on social media.
As kids, we all fantasized about growing up and becoming rich and famous. Talent surely has no age barrier as long as you are willing to showcase such talent to the world. Such was the case of these 6 Nigerian children-celebrities who have created a niche for themselves in the entertainment industry.
At a very tender age, these ones make impressive amounts through talents and fame that they have built over time.
1) Emmanuella
Emmanuella Samuel, born July 22, 2010, is popularly known as Emmanuella. She is a YouTube child Comedian on Mark Angel YouTube channel.
In 2017, Mark Angel Comedy YouTube channel became the first-ever Nigerian-owned YouTube channel to hit a million subscribers.
Emmanuella started comedy when she was only five years old.
She was on a family holiday and met with Mark Angel. He needed some kids for his comedy shoot, and called a few children he knew for the audition but they couldn’t memorize their lines.
He then turned to Emmanuella and she excelled despite the eighteen-hour-long video shoot, a stunt he pulled to test the endurance of the kids. After her selection, Mark Angel had to convince her parents to let her become a part of the Mark Angel Comedy team and got their approval.
Her fame started after the comedy skit “This is Not My Real Face Oh” in which she was making jokes about a teacher to her fellow student without knowing the student was the child of the teacher.
This short skit was featured on CNN’s Facebook page.
The Imo born comedian has won numerous awards such as the award for Top Subscribed Creator from YouTube at the inaugural edition of the Sub-Saharan African YouTube Awards. She also won the Best New Comedienne & Princess of Comedy awards at the Afro-Australia Music & Movie Awards (AAMMA) among other.
In 2018, Emmanuella was invited to the National Assembly by former Senate President Bukola Saraki on account of her landing a role in a Disney film.
She currently has a net worth of $90,000 that is over 20 million naira.
Before his encounter with popular musician Wizkid, Ahmed was just a young kid pushing to become a child star in the music Industry.
In 2017, luck came on 13-yr-old Ahmed when Wizkid was simply performing at one of his concerts and noticed a boy in the crowd, singing along with so much energy.“Why you never sleep, come on stage,” Wizkid reached out to him.
Young Ahmed, seized the window of opportunity, dropped some of the best bars of the night.
Surprised by his rapping skills, Wizkid promised to sign him. He, however, gave Ahmed N10m and signed him into his star boy records.
Prior to signing with Wizkid, Ahmed was always hanging around malls and pursuing his music by rapping for strangers.
Ahmed is worth an estimated N10m
3) Destiny Boy
Afeez Adesina Popularly known as Destiny Boy became famous after he covered the song IF (by Davido) and got noticed.
His talents and hardworking character helped him to get promoted in the pop-music industry in Nigeria.
The 15-yr-old Fuji pop artiste was born in Agege. According to him, his style of music was influenced by the area he grew up in where Fuji was is a societal soundtrack.
He is worth an estimated N8m.
4) DJ Young Money
This is one of the richest celebrity kids in Nigeria. The talented 12 years old DJ makes millions of Naira through different contracts and performances.
In 2016, he signed a deal with K-Nation Entertainment, as the in-house DJ of the Label.
The young DJ took over the disk jockey business from his father and is unarguably the richest child DJ in Nigeria.
He is believed to be worth about N20m.
5) Egypt ify ufele
Ify is a Nigerian-American designer who found joy in designing outfits for all occasions.
She is the founder of Bully Chasers charity, she reportedly began her plus-size fashion line Chubiiline after being bullied in school.
Despite starting to make clothes for herself, the 14-year-old girl also make clothes on mannequins and get them ready for fashion shows.
The young designer was born on May 3, 2005, to Dr Reba Perry and Emeka Ufele.
Her older sister Sade Perry is also a fashion designer.
This got little Ify interested in owning her clothing line. According to her profile, she was diagnosed with critical asthmatic health condition because of her weight which made her go in and out of the hospital.
After her heath got better, Ify returned to school but was bullied by some of her school mates. They said she was too chubby. Chubby or not, Ify makes a lot of money. At her age, she has an estimated net worth of N10m.
6) OzzyBosco Wonderkid
OzzyBosco Wonderkid is a Pop Singer. He was born on January 7, 2007, in Nigeria.
During his first televised performances, he was already compared to the Nigerian superstars D’Banj and Naeto C.
He hailed as the most successful child performer in Africa. After winning the Nigerian Kids Got Talent in 2011, he has worked steadily to make a name for himself and to become the biggest performer in Africa.
According to Wikipedia, Forbes OzzyBosco Wonderkid’s estimated net worth is under review. However, he is believed to be worth nothing less than N20m
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, former Edo State governor and national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), remains in the eye of the storm. Will he triumph over his traducers and keep his job?
In the last six months, the APC top seat has been hot for him. He is facing battles on many fronts from his party men.
Some members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Working Committee (NWC) want him out for what they describe as his high- handedness.
But, he beats them to their plots as majority pass a vote of confidence in him through their signatures on the loyalty form.
Oshiomhole’s sin, according to his critics, is that he runs a one-man show, sometimes, not even from the party secretariat, but from his private office.
He is also under fire for not calling meetings regularly and not filling vacant positions of Deputy National Chairman (South) vacated by Minister of Trade and Investment Adeniyi Adebayo and National Secretary vacated by Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni.
During the last NEC meeting, majority of chairmen of state chapters foiled a plot to rusticate him. Contrary to the intention of the ‘coup plotters,’ he was given a clean bill of health amid the tension that engulfed the meeting.
Oshiomhole is also facing heat from the local chapter of the party in his home state, Edo, where many of his loyalists have deserted him. Factional chairman of Edo APC, Anselm Ojezua, placed him on suspension, following the protracted feud between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki.
APC governors, who are said to be locked in 2023 permutations, have taken sides in the Edo imbroglio. To them, Oshiomhole’s cup is full and he should therefore go.
The governors are the main power bloc in the ruling party. Yet, they failed in their desperate and determined effort to oust him. Their game plan was to get the endorsement of the national party leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, for their plot. But the masterminds could not get a quorum.
While Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu and his Kaduna counterpart, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, were believed to be the architects, Governors Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun and Baba Gana Zulum of Borno State refused to support the ‘coup.’
Opinion is still divided on the push for Oshiomhole’s resignation. If Oshiomhole is prevailed upon or pressurised to resign, who succeeds him?
Oshiomhole, a former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leader, can only sleep with one eye closed. The forces against him are formidable. A source said the tempo of agitations for his removal may be sustained till the party’s mid-term non-elective convention.
But, it appears that he may wax stronger ahead of the judgment day. For example, following the lifting of suspension on notable stalwarts recently, a rapprochement is being brokered between Oshiomhole and Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), an ardent critic of the chairman, by credible Southwest APC chieftains.
Akeredolu, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun were suspended for anti-party activities during the last elections. They allegedly sponsored governorship and parliamentary candidates on the platforms of opposition parties against the APC standard bearers. However, the suspension produced a weak consequence as it did not diminish the status of the suspended leaders.
Why the war against Oshiomhole may be sustained and predicated on that fact, with him in the saddle, he remains a big obstacle to the 2023 calculations of anti-presidential zoning elements.
On assumption of office, the chairman said he will not merely warm the number one party seat. He has often asserted his authority and insisted on party supremacy and discipline. But, on some occasions too, his actions were devoid of tact. Oshiomhole is believed to be combative. It may have become his undoing. He seems to lack the skill to handle his colleagues in the party who are governors and former governors.
But recently, not only did the party retain Kogi, it also won the governorship poll in Bayelsa.
Will the chairman survive the sustained antagonism by the powerful forces in his party?
The onus is on Oshiomhole to demonstrate courage. It is not by soft peddling on his avowed commitment to party supremacy and discipline.
But, he should try to pacify the aggrieved, pursue reconciliation and convince critical stakeholders that his actions are geared towards party’s interest.
There are more than 200 countries in the world. But there are states and territories on this planet we never knew existed. They occupy a small area and some of them are inhabited by just a couple of families.
Below are lists of the top ten tiniest countries with a population smaller than that of a medium-sized city or even a small village:
Palau
The Republic of Palau is an island country, which consists of more than 300 islands of different sizes. Palau is one of the most amazing places on earth. Its area is 459 sq. km with a population of 21,347 people. Its rain forests are full of unique plants and birds and its territorial waters are inhabited by 130 threatened species of shark. But the most remarkable sight in the country is the lake with over two million jellyfish in it.
Palau
Niue
Niue is a tiny island state in Oceania. Despite the truly amazing views, tourism is not popular there. Therefore, the country depends greatly on foreign aid, especially from New Zealand. The capital city is just a small village with a population fewer than 600 people. But the island has its own airport and a real supermarket, the one and only in the whole state.
Niue
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The state consists of two islands: Saint Kitts and Nevis. One of the main sources of income is the economic citizenship program that allows anyone who has at least $250,000 to invest in the local sugar industry and thus obtain the status of a citizen of St. Kitts. Another way of obtaining citizenship is to purchase a property worth no less than $400,000 on either of the two islands.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Principality of Hutt River
The Principality of Hutt River is a micro nation located in the province of the same name in Australia. It was founded by Leonard Casley, who declared his farm to be a new and independent state. Although the country is not recognized by any state, it still has its own currency, stamps, and passports. In different parts of the principality, tourists can see the busts of His Royal Highness Prince Leonard I of Hutt.
The Principality of Hutt River
Tuvalu
Tuvalu is one of the smallest and poorest countries in the world. The economic situation of the tiny state could be even more disastrous if Tuvalu hadn’t been given the Internet domain .tv, which annually brings millions of dollars to the country’s budget.
Tuvalu
Nauru
Nauru is the smallest independent republic and the smallest island state on our planet. Nauru has neither an official capital nor public transportation system, and 25 miles of its roads are used by locals driving their private vehicles. Environmental problems make the republic very unpopular among tourists. Another “record” of Nauru is the number of obese people: the obesity rate in the country is more than 70%.
Nauru
The Principality of Seborga
This micro-nation on the territory of Italy is ruled by His Tremendousness Marcello I. The Principality of Seborga is actually a village of the same name near the French border. The unrecognized state has an army that consists of 3 people: the Minister of Defense and two border guards.
The Principality of Seborga
The Republic of Molossia
The self-proclaimed Republic of Molossia is a micro-nation founded by Kevin Baugh, located in Nevada, USA. Its population consists of Mr. Baugh himself, his family, 3 dogs, 1 cat, and 1 rabbit. Molossia has its own national anthem, national emblem and national flag. They even have the death penalty for particularly serious crimes. It issues its own passports and even has a space program. In May 2017, the Republic turned 40.
The Republic of Molossia
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Apart from Vatican City, there is another tiny state on the territory of Rome, which is called the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Its area is 0.012 sq. km. and it occupies three buildings, two of which are located in Rome and the third one on the island of Malta. The country has its own currency, stamps, website, car numbers, and passports.
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Principality of Sealand
The unrecognized state of Sealand is a sea platform located 6 miles away from the coast of Great Britain. Sealand is governed by a self-proclaimed Prince Regent, and anyone can become a count, baron, or even a duke: one can buy a noble title for a few hundred British pounds on the state’s website.
