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THE TOP FIVE RICHEST NIGERIAN HIP HOP ARTISTE AND How They Made Their Millions!

Multiple award winning musician, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, might be getting knocks from some of his fans over his involvement in President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign, but we can’t deny the fact that the Koko Master, as D’banj is fondly called, is one of the top five richest Nigerian Hip pop artistes.

For three years now, D’banj has been consistent in the list of highly rated entertainers in Nigeria. Apart from music, which has earned him fame, D’banj is an entrepreneur.

Though D’banj was reported to have parted way last year with Glo, he was once the highest paid Glo ambassador before the P-Square’s deal. It’s about N70 Million. He has several other brand endorsements that earn him millions of naira. He has several other brand endorsements that earn him millions of naira.

He has a multimillion naira endorsement with an energy drink, power fist, a multimillion dollar partnership with the makers of Virgin Colour soft drink and a multimillion naira deal with popular jewellery icon, Chris Aire as the face of his watches.

Mr Endowed has other businesses under his label christened Koko which include Koko Mansion, a TV reality show, Koko Lounge, an upscale hangout in Lagos and the UK, Koko Foundation, a charity organisation and recently launched Koko Mobile.

D’banj is at the moment, one of the hottest and highest paid artists for gigs. With the release of his much anticipated album, Mr Endowed, the Kokomaster has become a hot cake for events especially on weekends.

Sources close to the artist said he collects between N 5 million and N 7 million as performance fee for local gigs, $ 80,000 to $150,000 for African shows, £40,000 to £60,000 for the UK shows and $50,000 to $60,000 for American shows.

Last year, he emerged the highest paid Nigerian artist. He was reported to have earned close to N 15 million for 3 slots of Star Trek Concert organized by Nigerian Breweries Plc.

P-Square

For Peter and Paul the Okoye twins popularly known as P-Square, 2010 was great year. Not because they released a new album, they were very fortunate to have got several contracts that earned them Hundreds of Millions of Naira. Today, the duo are proud to be part of the richest Nigerian hip pop artists.

First they won KORA award for Best Africa Artist 2010. The award came with $1 million (N150 million). Shortly after, the E no Easy crooners got the biggest endorsement deal with Glo, which we learnt is worth N 240 million for four years.

The Anambra State born R n B, hip pop artists had one of their greatest international gigs last year. Their American tour of about seven cities earned them a whopping sum of $ 1 million (N 150 million).

They also had many African musical concerts. We learnt that P-Square moved into their N300 million wondrous Omole, Lagos mansion with four brand new wonder-on-wheels worthN 65 million.

The award winning musicians have investments that are fetching them millions of naira. They have two multi million naira factories in Jos, where they built a multi million naira bakery and sachet water companies for their dad and mum.

Their investment on property is earning them millions of naira.

2face

Innocent Ujah Idibia (2face) has always been on top of his game and at the moment one of the top five  Nigerian hip pop musician to get a mouth watering endorsement with Guinness Extra Stout.The deal, we learnt earned the Benue State born artist N 20 million..

Even when people thought it’s over for the African Queen crooner, he surprised his critics with the release of the international edition of Unstoppable last year and for the first time in the history of Nigeria’s music; the CD was sold for N 1,000. We reliably gathered that it was a huge success as many other artists started emulating the idea..

His last year endorsement deal with Airtel,one of Nigeria’s telecommunication companies made the Enter The Place crooner to find his place in the list of top five richest Nigerian musicians. The deal, we gathered gives him N 22 million in year. Just like other artistes, 2face has pocketed millions of naira from all his songs used as caller tunes by subscribers.

He’s always busy doing gigs both local and international. 2face has toured an appreciable number of African countries performing. He collects between N 4 million and N 5 million depending on the show. We learnt that the charge for a gig of 500 to 1000 capacity is different from that of a massive arena like a stadium.

We reliably gathered that the artist has invested heavily on property, real estate and stock, where he earns big bucks.

BANKY W

Olubankole Wellington, better known as Banky W, may not like publicity but the Ebute – Metta crooner is actually one of the richest Nigerian hip pop artist at the moment.

Like his colleague, Wande Coal, Mr. Capable, as Banky W is fondly called by his fans is making millions of naira from gigs both local and international. Source close to the artist said he charges between N 2.5 million and N 3 million per show, performing three to four time in a week. Banky W has no endosement but has done a lot of projects that earned him huge money. He has a brand association with Estisalat, one of Nigerian’s telecommunication giants, where he featured in their popular commercial 0809ja for life..

He also featured in Cocoa Cola-Nigeria’s World Cup theme song and Microsoft’s Anti-cyber Crime Initiative.

Like D’banj, Banky W is also an entrepreneur and has invested heavily in businesses that are fetching him good money.

As a philanthropist, Mr Capable Foundation where he provided tuition fees for poor and brilliant students..

WANDE COAL

2009 and 2010 was a turning point for wande Ojosipe, better known as Wande Coal. His debut album Mushin 2 Mo’Hits was huge success and since then, the Bumper – to – Bumper crooner has been the toast of many both locally and internationally..

His astonishing wealth shortly after he came to limelight has booked him a place in the list of top five Nigerian richest hip pop artists. Wande coal is making millions mostly on gigs. At the moment, he does shows more than any other hip pop artist.

Findings have shown that he does gigs four to five times a week. For instance, Wande performed at AMAA Award in Bayelsa on Sunday, March 27, 2011,, Ilorin on Monday (March 28), Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, Port Harcourt on Wednesday, March  30 of the same week where earned between N 2.5 million and N 3 million per show.

He charges between $ 15, 000 and $ 20, 000 for international gigs. Wande Coal is one of the top music act at the ongoing Glo Rock ‘n’ Rule Concert, in 10 cities across Nigeria. He has no endorsement deal but hi s song, Bumper to Bumper is being used for the commercial of Devon soap, a product of Orange Drugs Ltd. He’s also making his money from real estate..

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ALL U NEED TO KNOWN ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Magellan renounced his Portuguese citizenship and in 1517 went to Spain to seek support for his plan from King Charles I (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). Magellan believed there was a passage to the west through or around South America. Such a passage would be of great value to the Spanish, who wanted a share in the lucrative trade in spices from the Moluccas. Portugal controlled the eastward route to the East Indies, around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, and would not allow Spanish ships to pass.

Magellan offered an additional argument to the king. The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal had divided the world between the two powers. The Portuguese hemisphere was east of a north-south line that ran through Brazil. The Spanish half was west of the line. However, the position of the line on the other side of the globe was unknown. Magellan argued that at least some of the Moluccas might lie within the Spanish hemisphere. The only way to be sure was to measure the distance around the earth by sailing west to the Moluccas, since their distance from Spain by the eastern route was k

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ALL U NEED TO KNOWN ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

 Most of the decisive land campaigns of World War I occurred on the continent of Europe. The two chief centers of operations were the western front and the eastern front. On the western front, German armies confronted those of the British Empire, France, Belgium, and, later, the United States. Most of the fighting on this front took place in northeastern France. The trenches of the western front ran from the, North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the eastern front, where German and Austro-Hungarian armies faced the Russians, the fighting began in the frontier regions between Germany and Poland (then divided among the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and German Empires) and between Austria-Hungary and Russia. Gradually the battle lines moved eastward and northeastward, deep into Russian territory.

A subsidiary theater of war in Europe was the alpine frontier between Italy and Austria-Hungary, where the two countries fought each other after Italy joined the Allies in the spring of 1915. Another subsidiary theater was the Balkan Peninsula, where Serbia, Romania, and the Greek-held area of Salonika (see Thessaloníki) were successively the scenes of local campaigns..

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres German troops in gas masks man an antiaircraft gun in October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passendale) in Belgium. The German army first used poison gas at the Second Battle of Ypres, in 1915, during World War I. Encarta Encyclopedia Keystone Pressedienst GmbH
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Since the major participants in the war had colonial empires in Africa, Asia, and what is now called the Middle East, the war quickly spread to those parts of the world. Although Germany was a late entry in the race for overseas colonies, it had obtained the rudiments of a colonial empire in Africa, including Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. It also had an assortment of islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline islands; German New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago; the Solomon Islands; and Samoa. Germany also possessed a land grant with special economic and residence rights at Kiaochow (Jiaozhou) on China's Shantung (Shandong) Peninsula..

At the outbreak of war in Europe, British, French, Belgian, and South African military forces invaded German possessions in Africa. Japan seized Germany's island possessions north of the equator while Australia and New Zealand took control of the German islands to the south. The remnants of the Ottoman Empire, located in the area later known as the Middle East, came under military attack from British forces based in Egypt.

World War I saw advances in the area of battlefield weapons. At the start of the war, the principal infantry weapon was the bolt-action magazine rifle, which was capable of firing 6 to 10 aimed shots per minute. The machine gun, which had been developed in the 1880s, was just gaining acceptance by the major European armies as the war began. It could fire rifle ammunition automatically at a rate of 200 to 250 shots per minute. It was an excellent defensive weapon, capable of devastating waves of cavalry and infantry. Other important weapons developed during the war were the flamethrower, the hand grenade, poison gas, and the tank. All these weapons were designed to restore mobility to the troops huddled in the trenches avoiding machine gun and heavy artillery fire.

ALL U NEED TO KNOWN ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

 Most of the decisive land campaigns of World War I occurred on the continent of Europe. The two chief centers of operations were the western front and the eastern front. On the western front, German armies confronted those of the British Empire, France, Belgium, and, later, the United States. Most of the fighting on this front took place in northeastern France. The trenches of the western front ran from the, North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the eastern front, where German and Austro-Hungarian armies faced the Russians, the fighting began in the frontier regions between Germany and Poland (then divided among the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and German Empires) and between Austria-Hungary and Russia. Gradually the battle lines moved eastward and northeastward, deep into Russian territory.

A subsidiary theater of war in Europe was the alpine frontier between Italy and Austria-Hungary, where the two countries fought each other after Italy joined the Allies in the spring of 1915. Another subsidiary theater was the Balkan Peninsula, where Serbia, Romania, and the Greek-held area of Salonika (see Thessaloníki) were successively the scenes of local campaigns..

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres German troops in gas masks man an antiaircraft gun in October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passendale) in Belgium. The German army first used poison gas at the Second Battle of Ypres, in 1915, during World War I. Encarta Encyclopedia Keystone Pressedienst GmbH
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Since the major participants in the war had colonial empires in Africa, Asia, and what is now called the Middle East, the war quickly spread to those parts of the world. Although Germany was a late entry in the race for overseas colonies, it had obtained the rudiments of a colonial empire in Africa, including Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. It also had an assortment of islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline islands; German New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago; the Solomon Islands; and Samoa. Germany also possessed a land grant with special economic and residence rights at Kiaochow (Jiaozhou) on China's Shantung (Shandong) Peninsula..

At the outbreak of war in Europe, British, French, Belgian, and South African military forces invaded German possessions in Africa. Japan seized Germany's island possessions north of the equator while Australia and New Zealand took control of the German islands to the south. The remnants of the Ottoman Empire, located in the area later known as the Middle East, came under military attack from British forces based in Egypt.

World War I saw advances in the area of battlefield weapons. At the start of the war, the principal infantry weapon was the bolt-action magazine rifle, which was capable of firing 6 to 10 aimed shots per minute. The machine gun, which had been developed in the 1880s, was just gaining acceptance by the major European armies as the war began. It could fire rifle ammunition automatically at a rate of 200 to 250 shots per minute. It was an excellent defensive weapon, capable of devastating waves of cavalry and infantry. Other important weapons developed during the war were the flamethrower, the hand grenade, poison gas, and the tank. All these weapons were designed to restore mobility to the troops huddled in the trenches avoiding machine gun and heavy artillery fire.

ALL U NEED TO KNOWN ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

 Most of the decisive land campaigns of World War I occurred on the continent of Europe. The two chief centers of operations were the western front and the eastern front. On the western front, German armies confronted those of the British Empire, France, Belgium, and, later, the United States. Most of the fighting on this front took place in northeastern France. The trenches of the western front ran from the, North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the eastern front, where German and Austro-Hungarian armies faced the Russians, the fighting began in the frontier regions between Germany and Poland (then divided among the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and German Empires) and between Austria-Hungary and Russia. Gradually the battle lines moved eastward and northeastward, deep into Russian territory.

A subsidiary theater of war in Europe was the alpine frontier between Italy and Austria-Hungary, where the two countries fought each other after Italy joined the Allies in the spring of 1915. Another subsidiary theater was the Balkan Peninsula, where Serbia, Romania, and the Greek-held area of Salonika (see Thessaloníki) were successively the scenes of local campaigns..

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres

	German Soldiers at the Battle of Ypres German troops in gas masks man an antiaircraft gun in October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passendale) in Belgium. The German army first used poison gas at the Second Battle of Ypres, in 1915, during World War I. Encarta Encyclopedia Keystone Pressedienst GmbH
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Since the major participants in the war had colonial empires in Africa, Asia, and what is now called the Middle East, the war quickly spread to those parts of the world. Although Germany was a late entry in the race for overseas colonies, it had obtained the rudiments of a colonial empire in Africa, including Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. It also had an assortment of islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline islands; German New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago; the Solomon Islands; and Samoa. Germany also possessed a land grant with special economic and residence rights at Kiaochow (Jiaozhou) on China's Shantung (Shandong) Peninsula..

At the outbreak of war in Europe, British, French, Belgian, and South African military forces invaded German possessions in Africa. Japan seized Germany's island possessions north of the equator while Australia and New Zealand took control of the German islands to the south. The remnants of the Ottoman Empire, located in the area later known as the Middle East, came under military attack from British forces based in Egypt.

World War I saw advances in the area of battlefield weapons. At the start of the war, the principal infantry weapon was the bolt-action magazine rifle, which was capable of firing 6 to 10 aimed shots per minute. The machine gun, which had been developed in the 1880s, was just gaining acceptance by the major European armies as the war began. It could fire rifle ammunition automatically at a rate of 200 to 250 shots per minute. It was an excellent defensive weapon, capable of devastating waves of cavalry and infantry. Other important weapons developed during the war were the flamethrower, the hand grenade, poison gas, and the tank. All these weapons were designed to restore mobility to the troops huddled in the trenches avoiding machine gun and heavy artillery fire.

Birth	July 18, 1918
Place of Birth	Umtata, South Africa
Political Party	African National Congress
Official Title	President
Term	1994-1999
Known for	Leading the antiapartheid movement, first through militancy and later through diplomacy, and symbolizing the struggle of black South Africans during his long period of imprisonment
	Negotiating the end of apartheid and leading South Africa's peaceful transition to democratic rule
	Winning the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. de Klerk
Milestones	1940 Was expelled from the University of Fort Hare for involvement in student activism
	1944 Helped to establish the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League
	1951 Became president of the ANC
	1952 Opened first black-owned law practice in South Africa with his partner Oliver Tambo in Johannesburg
	1961 Organized Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the military wing of the ANC, spurred by the 1960 massacre of blacks demonstrating in Sharpeville
	1964-1990 Was imprisoned under charges of sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy
	February 11, 1990 Was released from prison by President F.W. de Klerk
	April 27, 1994 Was elected president of South Africa in the country's first multiracial elections
	1996 Led the adoption of a new constitution guaranteeing free speech, free political activity, and the right to restitution for land seized under apartheid regime
Quote	'Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.' February 10, 1985, in a statement from prison.
Did You Know	A song by the band Special AKA titled 'Free Nelson Mandela' was an international hit in 1984, and a 1988 freedom concert honoring Mandela's 70th birthday attracted a crowd of 72,000 to London's Wembley Arena.
	While imprisoned at Robben Island, Mandela took classes at the University of London by correspondence.
	Mandela was born into a royal family of the Thembu people and was expected to become a chief.

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