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Joshua Chibi Dariye who is simply known as Joshua Dariye is a businessman and Nigerian politician born on July 27, 1957.

Dariye who hails from Plateau state, was born in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state.

He is married to his wife, Valentino and their union blessed with four children which include Nanle Miracle Dariye, Ruth Dariye, Joy and Ebenezer.

His son, Nanle Dariye wedding to Chioma Ararume was an exciting one attended by lots of dignitaires across the country.

Joshua Dariye was the former governor of Plateau state who came into office on May 29, 1999 under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

After his first four years, he got re-elected in May 2003 but was impeached in November 2006 as his deputy, Michael Botmang now became the governor.

Howver, the impeachment was nullified by the Nigerian court of appeal and Dariye was ordered to be reinstated with immediate effect.

With his reinstatement, Dariye’s term in office as Governor of Plateau state came to an end on May 29 2007.

Moreover, Dariye was arrested in London in January 2004 after he was caught with large sums of money.

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During this time was his position as the governor of Plateau state on which nothing could be done as serving governors have immunity from criminal prsecution and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had to wait till the end of his tenure to charge him to court for money laundering.

Joshua Dariye was also elected under the Labour Party platform as Senator for Plateau central in April 2011 after earning a toatl of 189,140 votes ahead of Dawuda Gowon who earned 160,106 votes.

On March 28, 2015, he was also re-elected as senator representing Plateau central senatorial district.

It was also said that Dariye decamps to APC (All Progressive Congress) in 2018.

His net worth is unknown for now, check back later.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African activist, lawyer, politician and philantropist, who served as president from May 10, 1994 to June 16, 1999.

He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Mandela who was preceded by F.W. de Clerk and suceeded by Thabo Mbeki, had also served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from July 7, 1991 to December 20, 1997.

Here are the other 10 interesting facts about him.

1. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 and died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 1995.

2. He was also known with other names like Madiba and Dalibunga.

3. He was to the Thembu Royal family in Mvezo, British South Africa.

4. He married three times, first in 1944 to Evelyn Ntoko Mase and divorced in 1958, second in 1958 to Winnie Madikizela and divorced in 1996 before he got married to his wife, Graca Machel, the first education minister of Mozambique, till death.

5. Mandela had six children including Makgatho, Makaziwe, Zenani, and Zindziswa.

6. For his education, Mandela studied law at the University of Witwatersand and University of Fort Hare.

7. He was given a nobel peace prize award in 1993.

8. Mandela also served 27 years in Prison before he was released in 1990.

9. Mandela was known for his Anti-Apartheid movement.

10. Lastly, we could remember Mandela for his quotes such as; Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.

olu Oniru who is popularly known as Toolz is a Nigerian radio personality, talk show host and presenter born on July 6, 1982 in London.

Toolz who was born into Oniru Royal family of Lagos state, had her primary education at Talbot House preparatory school in Bournemouth, UK and her secondary education in Nigeria before relocating back to abroad to study at City of Westmonster College.

She also obtained a degree in Business and Mass Communication from London Metropolitan University.

Toolz had worked with MTV Europe and Walt Disney Pictures in the United Kingdom before her return back to Nigeria.

She now host The Midday show on the Beat 99.9 FM. She has also been apportuned to interview sevearl celebrities on her talk show ‘The Juice” which include the likes of Yvonne Nelson, Davido, Rita Dominic and many others.

The popular OAP got married to her husband, Tunde Denuren in a white weeding ceremony in 2015.

Toolz and Tunde Demuren Wedding Pictures

 

She was said to have been pregnant few months after her wedding but had reportedly lost the baby due to miscarriage.

The bold, beautiful and curvy OAP was nominated for favourite Nigerian On-Air-Personality at 2014 Nickelodeon Kid’s choice Awards. She has also won several awards including:

– Radio Presenter of the year at 2010 Nigeria Broadcasters Awards and 2010 Dynamix All Youth awards.

– On-Air-Personality of the year at 2011 FAB Awards.

– Media personality of the year at 2012 Nigerian entertainment award.

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Tolu Oniru is regarded as one of the most influential on air presenter in the country with an estimated net worth of $110,000 USD.

Here are 5 other interesting facts about the highly endowed OAP.

1. Toolz real name is Tolulope Afusat Oniru.

2. She is the daughter of Oniru of Iruland Oba Abiodun Obiru.

3. Her husband’s full name is Babatunde Tolulope Demuren.

4. Her husband is a captain and son of former director-general, Nigerian civil aviation authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren.

5. Toolz and her beau had their traditional wedding in Lagos which was attended by clebrities and royalties alike including; Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Oba Saheed Adenola Elegushi, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Banky W, Wizkid and so on with the evnt being anchored by Foluke Ogunjimi known for a TV programme called “Sokoyokoto”.

Social Media Profile

Instagram: ToolzO

Risper Faith is a popular Kenyan socialite, video vixen and reality tv star born in December 1991.

She’s quite beautiful and her hips is one of a kind just like her South Africa socilaites counterpart, Faith Nketsi.

Apart from being known for Nairobi diaries reality show, Risper Faith is also known as a twerk queen who has appeared in a number of music videos including “Money Maker” by the Kenyan dancehall sensation, Blaqy.

In 2014, the curvy model had a ghastly accident which had left with a broken nose.

She did a liposuction surgery in 2017 just to remove the fat from her body, especially to have a tiny waist.

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In february 2018, Risper Faith got married to her fiance Brian Muiriri in a white them wedding held at Radisson Blu hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Risper Faith Wedding pictures

 

Let’s not forget that she’s also an entrepreneur who owns a liquor store and sells her own branded water called Liquorice.

She’s quite successful as she owns a house (Mansion) situated in Nairobi suburbs.

Social Media Profile

Instagram: @ladyrisper

Facebook: Risper Faith

African-American billionaire, Orpah Gail Winfrey popularly known as Oprah Winfrey, is a media mogul, television show host, actress, producer and philantropist born on January 29, 1954.

She was well known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey show.. which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history as syndicated from 1986 to 2011.

Below are the other 10 facts about her:

1. Her first name “Orpah” on her birth certificate was often mispornounced and hence the name “Oprah”.

2. She was born in Kosciousko, Mississipi, U.S.

3. Apart from being knwon for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey show, she is the CEO of Harpo productions and also the CEO of Oprah Winfrey network.

4. She stated that she was molested by her cousin, uyncle and family friend starting from when she was nine years old and became pregnant at the age of 14. Her son was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.

5. She started co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19 while living with a man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey.

6. For her education, she studied communication at Tennesee state university.

7. Oprah Winfrey who currently lives in “The promise land”, 42-acre estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California, also owns a house in Lavallette, New Jersey, an apartment in Chicago, an estate on Fisherland, Florida and so on.

Oprah Winfrey Quotes

 

8. Winfrey had dated movie critic, Roger Ebert in mid 1980s but ended the relationship whe she met Stedman Graham. Both were engaged to be married in November 1992 but the ceremony never took place. She and her boyfriend Stedman Graham have been together since 1986.

9. She has appeared in sevearl movies such as The Color Purple, Native son, The women of Brewster place, There are no children here, Ellen, Beloved, Oprah’s mlife class, The Butler, Oprah prime and many others.

10. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential personality in United states of America with a net worth of $3.1 billion USD according to Forbes in 2018.

You can get to know more about her on her website “Oprah.com” or get to contact her on social media; Twitter @Oprah.

Born John Michael Nchekwube on April 22, 1987, popularly known as John Mikel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Tianjin TEDA, a club in the Chinese Super League.

Mikel Obi Profile

• Full Name:                John Michael Nchekwube Obinna
• Date of Birth (Age):   April 22, 1987
• Place of Birth:           Jos, Nigeria
• Height:                      6ft 2 in
• Position:                   Midfielder
• Club:                        Tianjin TEDA

Early Life & Background

John Mikel Obi was born and raised in Jos, the capital of Plateau state.

Mikel who is a native of Anambra state (from south eastern part of Nigeria), is the son of Michael Obi, a bussinessman who runs an interstate transport company in Jos.

The name Mikel came up when the Nigerian football Association (NFA) mistakenly submitted his real name Michael as “Mikel” for the 2003 FIFA under-17 world cup tournamnet in Finland and ever since then he had preferred to be called Mikel.

Career

Mikel Obi started his football career at the age of 12 where he was picked up by the Pepsi football Academy, a scouting team in Nigeria.

He was selected by the scouts to play for one of the top club side in Nigeria, Plateau united, as side already known for developing stars like Celestine Babayaro, Victor Obinna, Chris Obodo and so on.

Mikel later joined Oslo based club Lyn fotball in Norway.

He soon came to prominence after his outstanding performance at the 2005 world cup youth championships in Netherland, where he helped Nigeria reached the final before they eventually lost to 2-1 to Argentina. He was awarded the silver ball, being voted as the tournaments second best player behind Lionel Messi.

After the competition, Chelsea and Manchester United were already in a bid to sign the young star before he finally made his decision to join the Chelsea football club.

However, on January 6, 2017, Mikel Obi had signed for the Chinese club side, Tianjin TEDA on a free transfer.

Mikel Obi was formerly earning a salary of E82,000 per week in Chelsea plus other bonuses and now earning E140,000 per week at the chinese club.

Photos – Mikel Obi and his family

 

Personal Life

Mikel Obi is married to his Russian wife, Olga Diyachenko who is also a model. They have two kids together.

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Endorsements

Mikel Obi’s fame has earned him a lot of endorsemnts with top brands including a five year deal worth N800 million with Amstel Malta along with actress Genevieve Nnaji and a to year deal worth N20 million with Peak milk.

Mikel Obi owns fleet of cars including a Ranger Rover sport, Mercedes G-wagon, Bently Continetal GT and he also owns a house estiamted to wrth over E200,000.

John Mikel Obi net worth is estiamted at a sum of $60 million USD as at 2018.

Social Media Profile

Instagram: @mikel_john_obi
Twitter: @mikel_john_obi

Born Victor Moses on December 12, 1990, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Chelsea football club.

Victor Moses Profile

• Full Name: Victor Moses
• Date of Birth(Age): December 12, 1990
• Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
• Height: 5ft 10 in
• Position: Winger
• Club: Chelsea
• Langauage: English

Moses who was born in Lagos part of Nigeria, was just 11 years old when his parents were killed.

Moses who also have an elder brother and other siblings, travelled immediatelly after the incident to Britain where his expenses were paid for by relatives.

He went to Stanley to Stanley Technical High school (now known as the Harris Academy) in South Norwood.

Victor Moses was approached by Crystal Plae where he began his professional career before he caught the attention of Wigan Athletic where he made his premier league debut in 2010.

After two years, he was signed by Chelsea but tranfered on loan to Liverpool at the second season and also on loan transfer at Stoke city and Westham United on his third and fourth season.

On his return to Chelsea in 2016-17 season, he impressed the coach Antonio Conte during the preseason and was included in the first team squad.

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Pictures of Victor Moses and his wife

 

Victor Moses got married to his wife, Josephine in 2017 and their union is blessed with two kids.

Moses who earns weekly salary of $100,000, owns fleet of cars including Mercedes Benz, Ford BMW, Ferrari and so on.

Victor Moses has an estimated net worth of E12 million as at 2018.

Social Media Profile

Twitter @victormoses

Eldrick Tont Woods who is popularly known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer born on December 30, 1975.

Facts About Tiger Woods

• Full Name: Eldrick Tont Woods
• Nickname: Tiger
• Date of Birth(Age): December 30, 1975
• Height: 6ft 1 in
• Nationality: United states
• Spouse: Elin Nordegren (2004-2010)

Early Life And Background

Tiger Woods was born in December 1975 in Cypress, California to his Parents, Earl and Klutida Woods as the only child.

He has two half brothers, Earl Jr. and Kevin, and a half siter, Royce from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray.

His mother Kultida is originally from Thailand and of mixed race, Thai, Chinese and Dutch.

Wood’s nickkname, Tiger was given to him in honor of his father’s friend Col. Vuong Dang Phong, who was also known as Tiger.

Career

Wood who grew up in Orange County, California, was introduced to Golf at a very tender age.

At the age of eight, he won the 9-10 boys event, the youngest age group available at the junior world Golf Championships. He also went on to win the Junior World Championships six times.

At 13 years, he played in the 1989 Big I, which was his first major national junior tournamnet and at 15 years old, he became the youngest ever U.S junior amateur champion.

At the age of 19, Woods took part in his first PGA tour major, the 1995 masters and tied for 41st as the only amateur to make the cut.

Tiger Woods started his professional career at 20 years old in 1996 and at the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA tour events.

He got to the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997 which was barely a year after becoming a professional golf player.

However, Wood had dominated the golf scene sll through the 2000s, having won the 2000 U.S Open. He was also the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004.

Moreover, Woods took a break from Golf from 2009 to 2010 to attend to marital issues.

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Personal Life

Woods got engaged in November 2003 to a swedish model, Elin Nordegren, the daughter of former minister of migration, Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist, Thomas Nordegren.

Both married on October 5, 2004 and had two children. They eventually divorced after six years on August 23, 2010.

Achievemnets and Awards

Woods had achieved more than he could have imagined within a short time. Some of them include:

• PGA tour Rookie of the year
• 11 times PGA Player of the year
• 11 times PGA Tour Player of the year
• 10 times PGA Tour Leading Money Winner
• He won the Vardon trphy 9 times
• He won the Byron Nelson Award 9 times
• He won the FedEx cup Chanpion two times

Net Worth

Tiger Woods who has a lot of endorsement deal with numeorus companies including Nike, Rolex, Motocorp, is said to have an estimated net worth of $43.3 million USD as at 2018 according to Forbes.

Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for the Englis side, leceister city.

Ahmed Musa Profile

• Full name: Ahmed Musa
• Date of Birth(Age): October 14 1992
• Place of Birth: Jos, nigeria
• Height: 5 ft 7 in
• Position: Winger
• Current team: Leicester city
• Net Worth: $18 million

Early Life & Background

Ahmed Musa was born on October 14, 1992 in Jos, Plateau state part of Nigeria.

Musa’s father is a muslim who originally is from Borno while his mother is a christian from Edo state.

After the death of his father, he was raised by a single mother along with his other siblings (four older sisters).

Career

Musa who was supported by his mother to become a professional footballer, started his career in 2008 at the GBS football Academy before he was transfered on loan to the now defunct Nigerian football league side, JUTH FC.

Musa was again was on loan transfer to Kano Pillars in 2009-10 season, where he helped his team to a second place finish, scoring 18 golas in 25 appearances.

Musa later took his talent abroad where he joined the Dutch Eredivisie ffotball club VVV-Venlo.

He joined the Russian side, CSKA Moscow on January 7, 2012 and on July 8, 2016, he moved to the Premier league team, Leicester city and scored his first goal in a club friendly against Barcelona in the 2016 international Champions Cup which ended in a 4-2 loss.

Musa returned back to CSKA Moscow on a loan transfer for the remainder of the 2017-18 season.

For his interantional career, he was called up in 2010 under Coach Lars Lagaback to join the Nigerian national team camp in preparation for 2010 FIFA world cup.

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At the age of 17, Musa first made his senior national team debut on August 5, 2010 where he was featured in 2012 Africa cup of nations qualifying match against Madagascar.

The young forward is also among the Nigerian team for the 2018 FIFA world cup in Russia where he scored two goals against Iceland, a match Nigeria won by 2-0.

Ahmed Musa & Juliet wedding pictures

 

Personal Life

Ahmed Musa divorced his first wife and mother of his two children, Jamila and got married to a second wife, Juliet Ejue.

He and Juliet got married in tradition wedding in July 2017, at Ogoja, Cross River state. Several of his team mates were in attendance including Raheem Lawal and Onazi Ogenyi.

Ahmed Musa Net worth

Ahmed Musa may not be the richest player in the country but he certainly enjoys a lavish lifstyle with houses in Jos, London and Moscow, He also has owns fleet of cars including a Range Rover Sport.

His net worth is estimated at a sum of $18 million.

Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson was said to have been hospitalized for Pancreatic cancer on June 22, 2018 in Las Vegas but died five days later on June 27, 2018.

Joe Jackson who was born on July 26, 1928, had died on June 27, 2018 at the age of 89.

Here are the other 10 things you don’t know about him.

1. He was born Joseph Walter Jackson in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, U.S as the eldest five children.

2. He was of African and Native American ancestry.

3. His father, Samuel Jackson was a high school teacher while his mother, Crytal Lee King was a housewife.

4. He was an American talent manager who had managed the Jackson 5 and the solo careers of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.

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5. He had dreams of becoming a professional boxer while participating in Golden Glove competitons until he met his wife.

6. He got married to his wife, Katherine Scruse in 1949.

Joe Jackson and his Family pictures

 

7. Joe Jackson had eleven children, ten with his wife Katherine which include; Maureen Reillette Jackson(born May 29, 1950), Sigmund Esco Jackson(May 4, 1951), Toriano Adaryll Jackson(October 15, 1951), Jermaine La Jaune Jackson(December 11, 1954), La Toya Yvonne Jackson(May 29, 1956), Marlon Davido Jackson(March 12, 1957), Brandon Jackson(March 12, 1957-March 12, 1957), Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), Steven Randall Jackson(born October 19,1961), Janet Danita Jo Jackson (born May 16 ,1966) and Joh’Vonnie Jackson (born August 30,1974).

8. He also had granchildren from his eleven children.

9. He had a 1,000 square foot home in Las Vegas.

10. His net worth was estimated at $500,000 USD as at 2018.