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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