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Diddy is the top-earning musician on the planet, pulling in a career-best $130 million pretax this year. His total got a boost from his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, his Ciroc vodka deal and the sale of one-third of his Sean John clothing line for an estimated $70 million. List of top 20 earners below: 1. Sean “Diddy” Combs ($130 million) 2. Beyonce ($105 million) 3 . Drake ($94 million) 4 . Jay Z ($42 million) 5 . Dr. Dre ($34.5 million) 6 . Chance the Rapper ($33 million) 7 . Kendrick Lamar ($30 million) 8 . Wiz Khalifa ($28 million) 9 . Pitbull ($27 million) 10 . DJ Khaled ($24 million) 11. Future ($23 million) 12. Kanye West ($22 million) 13. Birdman ($20 million) 14. J. Cole ($19 million) 15. Swizz Beatz ($14 million) 16. Snoop Dogg ($16.5 million) 17. Nicki Minaj ($16 million) 18. Lil Wayne ($15.5 million) 19. Rick Ross ($11.5 million, tie) 19 . Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ($11.5 million, tie) 20. Lil Yachty ($11 million)

Seven persons have been arrested over illegal sale and hawking of mint Naira notes at Ogbogwu and Building materials Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. Briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Thursday, the Commisssioner of Police,  CP. Garba Baba Umar, disclosed that on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at about 1pm, the Command in collaboration with the Department of State Security (DSS)  and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) carried a sting Operation, aimed at forestalling illicit sale of Naira Notes(Mint). The clamp-down on the ?suspects is hinged on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act section 20 and 21 thereof; Section 20 sub section 4, makes it an offence punishable by a term of imprisonment not less than five (5) years for any person to falsify, make or counterfeit any Bank Notes or coin issued by the Bank. Whereas section 21  sub section 1, makes it an ?offence punishable by a term of imprisonment of  not less than six (6) ...

Press release: President Buhari commiserates with the government and people of Kwara State over the loss of renowned industrialist, quantity surveyor and philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye. The president sends condolences to all the professional colleagues, business associates and family members of the educationist, who spent his entire life in service of humanity, especially in helping the under privileged acquire quality education. The President believes that the life and times of the industrialist and educationist deserve documentation for posterity, as he defied many odds to courageously set up many companies and an educational institution that had since turned into one of the best in the country. President Buhari commends the late Asiwaju of Offa for his patriotism, wisdom and discipline, which also clearly translated into his many awards as a foremost quantity surveyor. The President prays that the almighty God will receive the soul of the depar...

His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun cutting the ribbon and commissioning the Blue Band Factory in Agbara, Ogun State recently. Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Ogun State, Otunba Bimbola Ashiru, were among the stakeholders that joined executives and staff of Unilever Nigeria to officially open the innovative Blue Band manufacturing plant in Agbara, Ogun State. During the launch, The Executive Vice President, Unilever Ghana Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, said that the Blue Band factory is the latest addition to the various long-term investments Unilever has made in Nigeria, which would not have been possible without the support of all its stakeholders. Yaw Nsarkoh said that to sustainably serve our consumers, the new Blue Band factory is equipped with the Fast Blending technology. This technology uses 50% less energy compared to other manufacturing processes that utiliz...

20 At least 20 students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, were arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for taking part in the on-going protest tagged ‘BlackWeek’.   The students were arrested for allegedly vandalising government and personal properties in Panseke, Oluwo and Iyana Oloke areas of Abeokuta.  The students made bonfires close to the pedestrian bridge currently under construction in Panseke while some construction equipment on the bridge were set ablaze. The protest which started on Monday, according to the students, was against continued hostility between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, MAPOLY chapter. The students who had earlier barricaded the route to Oke-Mosan governor’s office on Monday were prevented Tuesday from advancing beyond Panseke.  Before the students would gather for the protest, combined policemen of regular and mobile, had bombarded the Panseke junction to prevent the students from g...

Usman Solo said that child marriage is their "religious belief". He stated this in reaction to Femi Fani-Kayode's tweets in which he criticised the Sultan of Sokoto for not championing the fight against Child Marriage and paedophilia in the North.

PDP members in the House of Representatives this afternoon staged a walkout from the chambers after a former member of their party, Nnanna Igbokwe defected to PDP.The grieviance of th PDP members is that the speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara, failed to declare Igbokwe's sit vacant after his defection. They asked the Speaker to declare Igbokwe's seat vacant since he came into the chambers on the platform of the party. Observing that the speaker will not do their bidding, the lawmakers staged a walkout from the chambers.