Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2014 - #ForbesFive

1. Sean "Diddy" Combs ($700 million)
Diddy keeps his crown yet another year, pushing ever closer to the billion-dollar mark thanks mostly to non-musical ventures. His newly-launched Revolt TV provides him with a majority equity stake that could one day make him hip-hop’s first billionaire.
The artist formerly known as P. Diddy has plenty of other ventures, including a deal with Diageo’s Ciroc that entitles him to eight-figure annual payouts and a nine-figure windfall of the brand is ever sold.

2. Andre "Dr. Dre" Young ($550 million)
The California-bred superproducer leapfrogs Jay Z on this year’s list, fueled by the runaway success of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, which he cofounded with record executive Jimmy Iovine in 2008.

With a whopping 65% market share of the premium headphone market and a recent $500 million infusion from Carlyle Group, Beats' value is soaring toward $2 billion.

3. Shawn "Jay Z" Carter ($520 million) Continue...

293 declare missing as South Korea ferry carrying students sinks

293 people, mostly students who were on a high school trip, are missing after a ferry capsized & sank in dense fog off South Korea's coast last night, local media reports. A South Korean government spokesman told reporters this morning that there had been 459 people on board the ferry, including 325 students, 15 teachers, 89 other passengers and a crew of 30.

So far 164 people have been rescued, three confirmed dead, while hundreds are still unaccounted for. One rescued passenger told The Associated Press he believed that many people had been trapped inside the ship when it sank.The ferry had been traveling to the southern tourist island of Jeju when it sank just three hours from it's destination. The distress call was made around 8p.m last night, 11 hours into the trip. Continue...

15 out of the 103 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram men escape

According to reports, 15 out of the 100+ girls kidnapped Monday night by Boko Haram men, at Girls Government School, Chibok, Borno state, have escaped. The girls were said to have made their escape when one of the lorries used in transporting them broke down along the road. The girls jumped down from the lorry and ran into the bush around them. One of the girls who fled told AFP that they escaped when the men were trying to fix the vehicle.

"They tried to fix it. It was at this moment that some of us jumped out of the vehicle and ran into the bush". Continue...

If You‘re A Special Adviser To Goodluck Jonathan On Boko Haram Matters, What Will Your First Assignment Be?

This was sent in by a reader:
I have been thinking deeply since the last obnoxious occurrence carried out by Boko Haram in Abuja and other havoc caused by Boko Haram. My question is very simple and let's imagine you are appointed today as Special adviser to Goodluck Jonathan on Boko Haram issues or Goodluck Jonathan is your husband, uncle, father or someone so close to you and you want to assist him in combatting Boko Haram, what who would your first 3 advices be as the new special adviser on Boko Haram matters? Let's face the fact and come out with one voice to put a stop to this menace? I will leave you with the popular quote that goes thus..." Do not think of what Nigeria will do for you, think of what you van for Nigeria? Please your response will be highly appreciated.

MONEY!! Omawumi moves into N100million Lekki home + Emerges Highest Paid Female Artiste

Big girl thangs. According to a new report on Encomium, singer Omawumi Megbele is now adjudged the highest paid female artiste in Nigeria. With proceeds from shows to mouth-watering endorsements, the Warri, Delta State born singer s now in the league of musicians that cruise in exotic cars and live in multi-million naira houses. findings revealed that Omawumi’s performance fee has risen from N3million (as at September 2013) to N5 million, depending on the show. And sources close to her say Omawumi performs at least six times in a month.Another photo after the cut...

A 19-Year-Old Pakistani Arrested At Lagos Airport With N228 Heroin

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 19‑year‑old Pakistani, Iftikihar Muhammed Arslan, for attempting to smuggle 25 parcels of heroin into the country. The suspect, who claimed to be a student of Punjab College in Pakistan, was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, by the operatives when the illicit drug was discovered in his luggage during inward screening of passengers on board a Qatar airline flight. Preliminary investigation has shown that the suspect left Lahore, Pakistan with the drugs to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, then Doha, in Qatar, from where he connected to Lagos. He is believed to be working for a Pakistani drug cartel.

Spokesman of the agency, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, who described the incident as the single largest seizure of heroin at the Lagos airport since January, said the NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, found the 25 parcels of brownish substance that tested positive for heroin hidden in a smaller bag inside the suspect’s luggage. Ofoyeju said the suspect was cooperating with the agency’s team of investigators. Meantime, Arslan, who speaks English fluently, confessed how he got the drugs after this cut...

Photo: Gov. Kwankwaso ‘Sweeps Off’ Jonathan’s Feet After Visiting Kano

President Jonathan earlier visited the Olubadan of Ibadan to felicitate with him as he celebrated his 100th birthday. According to source, Kano Governor earlier said the president was not welcomed in Kano? Well the president visited the State before jetting off to Ibadan, and after he left, the Governor and other APC members had to ‘sweep off his feet’ from the state. Smh…politics is so funny.