There’s no question that being a celebrity
comes with a lot of fantastic perks. There’s
fame, fortune, luxury vacations, exotic cars,
mansions, private jets if possible, yachts and
just generally getting special treatment
everywhere you go.Here, we take a look at
some of the super-rich Nigerian celebs who
are rocking the boat.
Kanu Nwankwo- Just as his football career
was about to pick up in 1993, after a
wonderful performance at the U-17 World
Championships, Kanu Nwankwo was
diagnosed of suffering from a heart related
ailment which many football lovers thought
would cut shot his dream of becoming a
superstar.
But miraculously, he survived the surgeon’s
knife and today he is one of the influential
footballers of all time.
The retired footballer fondly called Papilo
today sits atop a multibillion business empire.
With the bulk of it in real estate and the
hospitality industry, he is also a philanthropist
especially with his Kanu Heart Foundation
which caters for children with heart related
ailments.
The former Footballer of the Year and UNICEF
ambassador was the captain of the Nigerian
national team for 16 years. He has won a
UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup
medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals, and two
African Player of the Year awards among
others.
He is also one of the few players who have
won the Premiere League, FA Cup,
Champions League, UEFA Cup and an
Olympic Gold Medal.
Nwankwo has a lot of properties scattered
across the country especially in Lagos and
Owerri. It was gathered that the player owns a
mansion located at Opebi and his multi million
naira Hardley Suite in Victoria Island aside his
photo shop on Allen Avenue and three
mansions in Parkview, Ikoyi, Lagos .
Although, he recently lost about N1.4b to
fraudsters, he however pockets N2m daily as
profit from his hotel business.
Though much is not known about his
investments abroad but he is a major share
holder in big Nigerian companies even as he
pockets millions from endorsement contracts
from corporate giants such as Peak Milk,
Airtel, among others. He is estimated to be
worth in cash and assets to the tune of N19b.
P-Square- The sensational music duo, Peter
and Paul, known as P-Square are no doubt
famous and rich but their rating soared higher
when they were rated tops at the Forbes list of
Africa’s richest artistes.
They were ranked third after Don Jazzy and
Akon who topped the list. The list was put
together using factors such as endorsement
value, investment, sales, shows, awards,
YouTube views, social media presence,
influence, among many other factors.
The twins who have featured in Forbes list
twice sure love the good things of life. They
usually have sold out concerts both home and
abroad, presidential guests of at least five
African countries, flies private jets and live big.
Inasmuch as they churn out good music, they
charge heavily for their performances at home
and more abroad. They smile home with N5m
per show in Nigeria and charge as much as
N24m and above when contracted for their
services abroad.
Last year, the ‘Chop my money’ crooner were
said to be building a N400m mansion in
Parkview Estate where landed properties start
from N100m. The house as gathered will be a
twin duplex like the one in their Omole Estate
home.
The Anambra born Glo ambassadors are also
into the oil and gas business. of oil and In
December, Peter, one of the music superstar
tweeted a picture of his newly acquired
mansion in San Francisco, USA with his kids
and wife Lola Omotayo Okoye. The house is
worth over N434m.
Psquare sure is one of Nigeria ’s musicians as
it has sold above 14 million copies of their
CDs since 2005. apart from the four year
endorsement deal with telecoms giant
Globacom for N240m, they own Rayfield Hotel
in Jos including a multimillion naira bakery and
sachet water factories.
When it comes to automobiles, they do not
settle for less. Psquare cruises in different
Sports Untility Vans like Sequia, hummer,
truck, Range rover sport, among many others.
Genevieve-Unlike some other celebrities who
crave for the klieglight, screen goddess,
Genevieve Nnaji, always make headlines
whenever she steps out.
The Mbaise
born actress
has carved a
niche for
herself in the
make believe
world and she
indeed living
the life of a
star.
Having featured
in over a
hundred
movies and still
counting, Nnaji, a professional to the core is at
the top of her game. Nnaji has received
several awards and nominations for her work
at home and abroad.
The former ‘Face of Lux’ ‘Face of MUD’,
among other commercials has raked in
millions of naira apart from her booming
clothing line St Genevieve. She was also the
brand ambassador of Range Rover Evogue.
The revered actress who is romantically linked
with music superstar, D’banj is also into real
estate business. She is currently acquiring
properties in Lagos State .
The ebony beauty is said to have recently
moved into her magnificent mansion inside
Parkview Estate, Ikoyi.
The new property is coming after she acquired
a posh home for her aged parents in Lekki.
A source claimed that she is also the owner of
her former residence in Oniru Estate , Victoria
-Island, Lagos State .
Fondly called Genny, the queen of the tube
and so far the only successful musician in
Nollywood who pockets N2m per movie, is in
love with designer purses, bags and shoes
and she spends heavily in foreign currency in
acquiring these items. She also cruises in
state of the art cars.
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