Check out Top Three Richest Nigerian Footballers

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Sources say John Mikel Obi, the Chelsea midfielder is the present highest earning Nigerian footballer. He joined Chelsea in the year 2006 from Norwegian club Fc Lyn Oslo on a US$25 million. He is currently on US$120,000,(N20m), per week excluding bonuses, and income from participating at the UEFA Champions League.

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The World’s Richest City (SEE)

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China may soon be the birthplace to half the world’s billionaires but Singapore – the world’s richest city – is where they go to play. Some of the rich and famous who have moved to the tiny Southeast Asian island republic include Indian telecom tycoon Bhupendra Kumar Modi, Chinese movie superstars Gong Li and Jet Li, New Zealand billionaire Richard Chandler, and famed US investor Jim Rogers.

One in six households in Singapore have a net worth of $1m, reflecting the flow of wealth eastwards as the centre of global economic activity shifts to Asia.

Rooney tops List Of Richest Premier League Players (SEE LIST)

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Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney is the richest player in the Premier League with a fortune estimated at 51 million pounds ($79.01 million), according to the Sunday Times newspaper's sporting rich list.

Twenty-four Premier League players are among the top 100 richest sportsmen in Britain and Ireland.

Rooney's fortune has risen by six million pounds from 2012 and his combined wealth with wife Coleen is estimated at 64 million pounds.

Nigerian among the richest property owners in the UK, guess who SHE is (PICTURED)

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It is a central London apartment block with a price tag that only the world’s richest can afford to pay. But owners of the lavish apartments at the Candy & Candy development One Hyde Park are notoriously shy about revealing their identities. Now a six-month investigation has revealed that oil baronesses, Kazakh singers and Arab sheikhs are all members of the small and exclusive club of owners.  Exclusive: One Hyde Park apartments are owned by a roll call of the some of the world’s richest people.

Check Out Top 21 Richest Nigerian Billionaires

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Very few Nigerians have made the Forbes list of richest people in the world the reason been that Forbes estimates the wealth of individuals and rank them based on the value of shares they have in quoted companies (companies listed on the stock exchange)

The few Nigerians that have the list are Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga and Femi Otedola.

The list of top 21 Richest Nigerian billionaires has been based on:

The value of their shares held in quoted companies, the size and market share of their companies, the number of companies they own and its assumed value, the market value of their company’s brand and the impact of their companies on the Nigerian economy.

True Life Story by the Richest Man in Hollywood (A MUST READ! )

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I came across this interesting testimony by Tyler Perry and thought I should share: A few years ago I was getting these really insane water bills. I mean HIGH! So I decided to dig some wells in my yard to have water for my landscape. I live alone, so I know it had to be from watering the grass.  So I hired a company to come out and dig these wells. The foreman and I walked all around my yard and as we were walking he was putting down flags. I asked what the flags were for. He said,

Top TEN Highest And Richest Footballers In The World – When Money Talks

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Argentine professional footballer, Lionel Messi is the world’s highest-paid footballer, followed by David Beckham of England and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, according to France Football magazine. The Barcelona talisman Messi earns some 33 million euros ($43.5 million) a year with a 10.5-million-euro salary, 1.5 million euros in bonuses and 21 million euros in advertising and other contracts.

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Top TEN Highest And Richest Footballers In The World – When Money Talks

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Lionel Messi

Description: 2012 Earnings: €33 Million (£27.5m)
2011 Earnings: €31 Million
Net worth: $110 Million – (estimated)
Current Club: FC Barcelona
The Barcelona star topped his €33 million earnings from the Spanish giants with sponsorship deals from the likes of adidas and Pepsi.

The Game Changer: The Richest African Woman- Ms Folorunsho Alakija

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Nigerian billionaire Oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist, Ms Folorunsho Alakija (61) is now the richest black woman in the world. Alakija worth at least $3.3 billion. 
She earned most of her wealth from the oil and gas sector. She has overtaken Oprah Winfrey as the Richest Black Woman.

Africa's Richest Woman - Mrs Folorunsho Alakija

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Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil and Gas limited and has emerged the richest woman in Africa according to Forbes November 2012 edition, with a net worth of $600million, which is about N94 billion. The 61 year old former FADAN president is married and has four boys.