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.
Nwankwo Kanu
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.
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 has easily
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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