Bill Gates is the richest in the world with a net worth of $86 billion followed by Warren Buffet ($75.6b) and Jeff Bezos ($72.8 billion).

Other Nigerians on the African list are Globacom Chairman Mike Adenuga ($5.3 billion) adjudged the fifth richest in Africa and Mrs Folorunsho Alakija ($1.6 billion) rated the 15th richest in Africa.

Following after Dangote in the African rich list is diamond mining heir Nicky Oppenheimer of South Africa ($7.7 billion) up $700 million last year.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/africas-richest-dangote-still-12-2b-net-worth/

The Court of Appeal on Thursday in Abuja dismissed a motion seeking to restrain Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the re-run election into the Anambra Central Senatorial District.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Abubakar Yahaya held that the earlier order made on Nov. 20, 2017 directing INEC to conduct election for the senatorial seat within 90 days could not be reversed.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/appeal-court-paves-way-anambra-senatorial-re-run-election/

Troops of Nigerian Army on internal security operations deployed at Akwanga highway Nasarawa State, on Wednesday 10th January 2018, arrested a suspected gun runner, Mohammed Bello, in an Opel Vectra Saloon Car with the fabricated guns heading to Saminaka to link up with his gang leader Damina Saminaka.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/nasarawatroops-arrest-gun-runner-arms-manufacturers/

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

The appointment takes immediate effect according to a statement made available by Special Adviser on Media on Publicity, Femi Adesina.

Abubakar is a retired career Foreign Service officer, who till his appointment served as Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/buhari-appoints-rufai-abubakar-nia-dg/

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in says his US counterpart, Donald Trump, “deserves big credit” for talks between South and North Korea.

The talks, held on Tuesday, were the first in two years and led to the announcement that North Korea would send a delegation to the Olympics in Pyeongchang later this year.

Mr Moon said he wanted to show Mr Trump his gratitude.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/trump-deserves-credit-korea-talks-says-president-moon/

A prominent Pakistani journalist has escaped an attempt to abduct him by armed men in the capital Islamabad.

Taha Siddiqui says 10-12 unidentified men beat him and threatened to kill him as he took a cab to the airport. He jumped out of the vehicle, reports say.

The journalist says he is now “safe with police”, who are investigating.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/see-pakistan-reporter-taha-siddiqui-escapes-armed-abductors/

Croatia midfielder Luka Modric paid £900,000 (€1million) to Spanish tax authorities in his effort to reach a settlement, even though the player has denied any wrongdoing, according to El Mundo.

Spanish prosecutors accused Modric who will lead Croatia to the 2018 World Cup where they will face Nigeria, Argentina and Icelend in Group D of defrauding tax authorities of £768,325 (€870,728) in 2013 and 2014.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/simon-carried-off-collision-gent-practice-match/

Players and officials of newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League club Kwara United were involved in a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday morning,
https://www.ireporteronline.com/kwara-united-team-invoved-terrible-accident-see-photos/

The opposition party, PDP has issued an official statement on the current state of the nation, the lingering fuel scarcity and the yuletide season.

The statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan the National Publicity Secretary says, ‘Indeed, this is the worst Yuletide ever. There is no way one can sugarcoat the fact that the anguish Nigerians face today is because of the incompetence of the APC Government, which has also amply demonstrated that it does not care about the welfare and happiness of the citizens’.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/fuelscarcity-worst-christmas-ever-pdp/

Oby Ezekwesili, convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, has berated the presidency over a TV documentary about President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ezekwesili described the 55-minute documentary put together by the Media and Publicity department of the State House as marketing promo for Buhari

She also faulted the presidency for coming up with such broadcast when Nigerians are struggling at fuel stations.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/upacut-nigerians-queuing-fuel-presidency-promo-oby-ezekwesili-condemns-buharis-documentary/

In a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, he was quoted as saying it was by only God’s grace Nigeria survived. He said:

Some of the things I saw here were unbelievable. I still shudder and wonder how a country can survive under such abuses. It is only by an act of God that we survived.

I can never forget your sacrifices and I am grateful for all. You never gave up when things were bleak, and we needed to survive. I can’t express my gratitude enough.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/saw-unbelievable-things-assumed-office-president-buhari/

Canadian singer Justin Bieber has been accused of being a trigger for Selena’s family, as some members of the family reportedly swore never to forgive him over what he did to their daughter, Selena Gomez few years ago.

Sources claim that the reunion between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, led to a heated convo between Selena Gomez and her mother Mandy Teefey, which left Mandy being admitted into a hospital though she was released same day.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/selena-gomezs-mum-rushed-hospital-justin-bieber-reunion/

The Osun Government said it would provide free train transport for its citizens and others willing to travel to the state from Lagos, for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

The State Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Mr Jayeoba Alagbada, made this known in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/christmas-osun-govt-provide-free-transport-citizens/

Businesswoman and mum of three, Caroline Danjuma, stepped out in a cream outfit for a talent hunt show in Lagos earlier today. She posed to show her side boobs. See more photos below
https://www.ireporteronline.com/hot-caroline-danjuma-goes-braless-event-lagos-photos/

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he used to smoke, chase women during his younger days.
The President while revealing some of his personal information also disclosed that he, however, stopped smoking in 1977.

Speaking with The Sun, Buhari noted that he had never taken alcohol all through his life.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/true-confessions-smoker-womanizer-buhari/

A trader was sentenced to 18 years’ jail and 10 strokes last Friday in Malaysia, for raping his 10-year-old daughter last September.

Sessions Court judge Ahmad Bazli Bahruddin imposed the sentence after the 50-year-old pleaded guilty.

The judge ordered the sentence to begin from Oct 13, the date he was arrested.

The father of eight was alleged to have raped his daughter, then aged 10 years and four months, at an unnumbered house in Beris Kubur Besar, Bachok, between 9.30pm and 11.15 pm on Sept 22.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/father-eight-raped-10-year-old-daughter-sentenced-18-years-jail-10-strokes-cane/

This is nice. Congratulations are in order for Jamila Malafa who has been promoted to the rank of Commodore by the Nigerian Navy, equivalent to the Army rank Brigadier-General. According to reports, Navy Commodore Jamila Malafa is the first female general from Northern Nigeria…She is the first female of Northern extraction to become a one-star general.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/awesome-meet-first-northern-female-general-appointed-nigerian-navy-photos/

The Nigerian military yesterday defended the Federal Government’s plan to spend $1bn on fighting insurgency.

Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Director of Defence Information, Major General John Enenche, explained that among other things, the fund will help to phase out the military’s obsolete weapons.

He explained that specifically, it will enable the military’s air, land and sea forces to purchase more sophisticated weapons and machinery.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/boko-haram-plan-spend-1bn-nigerian-military/

These are photos of some pupils in Anambra state who were reportedly handed life goats for clinching the first position in their respective classes.

The names of their school weren’t revealed but online reports indicated that the goat-handing ceremony took place St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Egbeana Ezeawule in Nibo, Anambra State.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/anambra-school-pupils-rewarded-goats-taking-1st-position-classesphotos/

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Saturday described the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha as a ritualist, who sacrificed his leg.Fani-Kayode dared the governor to tell Nigerians why he wears diapers and who murdered his white business partner.

In a tweet via his official Twitter handle, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain, also challenged Okorocha to disclose to the world the identity of his father.

Fani-Kayode wrote: “89% of Nigerians are unhapppy”- Rochas Okorohausa, The pot-bellied glutton and ugly old toad has accepted that APC has failed.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/fatal-blow-okorocha-ritualist-sacrificed-leg-fani-kayode/

THE intervention of some elders in Umuduru Village, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State has saved a man and woman from being lynched for openly having sex during a funeral in the community.It was gathered that the woman and the man had engaged in an open sex during a funeral in the area.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/lucky-escape-sex-worker-lover-almost-lynched-sex-public-funeral-service/

Edo State ace musician, Mr. Osayomore Joseph says he paid huge ransom before he was released by his abductors. Osayomore was kidnapped on October 4 and released on November 4 .

His wife was shot during the abduction. Speaking for the first time about his ordeals in an interview with a local television station, Osayomore said he was taken to a forest in a creek after travelling on the high sea.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/30-days-30-nights-evil-forest-osayomore-joseph-narrates-bitter-experience-hands-kidnappers/

This is called holding on to your possessions. As seen at a traditional wedding in Anambra.https://www.ireporteronline.com/photo-day-anambra-woman-attends-traditional-wedding/

A British judge ruled on Friday that up to $85 million from the notorious Malabu oil deal should be returned to the Nigerian government.

A British judge ruled on Friday that up to $85 million from the notorious Malabu oil deal should be returned to the Nigerian government.
https://www.ireporteronline.com/malabu-scandal-uk-court-rules-favor-nigerian-government/