Full List: Bishop Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote & Dr. Mike Adenuga to Pay Annual Tax for Using Jets...

            

Bishop David Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the top 10 wealthy Nigerians who will shell out hundreds of millions annually as luxury tax due to the imposition of a whooping $4,000 luxury tax by Aviation Ministry on private jet owners and operators per departure.
Information available to ENCOMIUM Weekly state that most of these super rich Nigerians make use of their toys at last thrice in a week either within or outside Nigeria. Some of them use them five times in a week. Those who have more than one are mostly affected.

 

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Photos: Dencia Gushes About Meeting Diana Ross on the Red Carpet of AMA

Confused for Nicki Minaj, Our very own Dencia had to make her self known at the American Music Awards last night... She also got to meet her icon, Diana Ross...They posed and she also showered her with compliments and they were on the red carpet at the same time....

Over excited Dencia took to her Instagram to write about her experience

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Aliko Dangote donates N150million to fight Ebola in Nigeria

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote has donated N150million to help in the fight of the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Foundation, Mrs Adhiambo Odaga announced this at a media briefing at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Monday. She said the money will be available for the establishment of an Ebola emergency operation centre in Lagos.

“After bilateral discussion with the honourable minister and his team, Dangote foundation has funded the establishment of the Ebola emergency operation in Lagos, that is being done through grant from the foundation of just a little over N150 million,” she said. Continue...

"The strategy that our chairman is deploying is the strategy to respond and to commend government for the effort, and to show that all Nigerians are concerned. We will continue to discuss with the ministry about what additional support can be offered.

“And we also have been approached by several parties who are interested in partnering with the government, and we would continue that discussion.”

Odaga relayed Dangote’s call to all Nigerians to join the federal government in the fight against Ebola, expressing optimism that the disease would be contained.
“The choice of the emergency operation centre as an investment for Dangote Foundation is based on the fact that is the critical platform through which the government is coordinating all that is happening to ensure that the crisis is contained,” she added.

Wattaguan? Akon loses his Ferrari, his brother Bu loses his mansion

Looks like hard times for the Thiam Brothers. According to TMZ, the repo man is coming for Akon's Ferrari 458 Italia claiming singer and record label exec owes $250k on his lease. The car is actually worth $225k but the total cost of the lease is a whopping $360k! This what happens when you don't do cash and carry.
Also his younger brother, record exec Bu Thiam, who is also Chris Brown's manager, has lost his Georgia mansion after falling behind on property taxes. The 5 bedroom, 5 1/2 bath, 4,659 sq foot house sold at auction for $500k. Bu paid $708k for the home in 2011.

Fashola orders reversal of LASU fees to old charges

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has directed the immediate reversal of the school fees of Lagos State University, LASU, which was increased by the government to what it was as far back as 2011.

Governor Fashola gave the directive today August 7th at the convocation programme of LASU which held earlier today at the LASU Ojo campus ground.

The reversal comes after months of protests by students and lecturers of the university. Continue...

The Lagos State Government had in 2011 increased the fees from N25,000 to N198,000 for humanities & education, while medical students were to pay N350, 000. After the protests, the state government approved a reduction by 34 to 60%, a decision which was refused by the students.

That reduction would have seen students pay between N76, 750 and N158, 250 depending on the faculty and year of study.

She still looks great with clothes on. Nicki Minaj releases new pics

The rapper released these hot new pics yesterday from a recent photo shoot...the body on this woman though. See more pics after the cut...

Suspected Boko Haram men strike in Cameroon, kill 10

According to BBCAfrica, suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack in Northern Cameroon this evening, killing 10 people -1 soldier and 9 civilians.

Must read: US State Department Ebola Alert

If you want to know more about the Ebola virus, then read this alert from the US Embassy here in Nigeria ...

In order to help our Embassy Community better understand some of the key points about the Ebola virus we have consulted with our medical specialists at the U S State Department and assembled this list of bullet points worded in plain language for easy comprehension. Our medical specialists remind everyone that they should be following the guideline from the center for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation.

• The suspected reservoirs for Ebola are fruit bats. • Transmission to humans is thought to originate from infected bats or primates that have become infected by bats. • Undercooked infected bat and primate (bush) meat transmits the virus to humans. • Human to human transmission is only achieved by physical contact with a person who is acutely and gravely ill from the Ebola virus or their body fluids. Continue...

Too early to send experimental Ebola drug to Africa – Obama says

US President, Barack Obama said yesterday August 6th that it's too early to send the unapproved experimental drug, Zmapp serum to Africa where the outbreak of the Ebola virus has recorded more deaths and threatens human existence.

 

Zmapp serum has proven to be effective in treating Ebola cases as two American doctor infected with the virus in Liberia are currently being treated in the US and are said to have improved after the use of the drug. Continue...

 

According to AFP, President Obama suggested that affected African countries should focus more on building strong public infrastructures.

"I think we have to let the scientist guide us. And I don’t think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful".

On whether he would help fast track the approval of the drug should medical experts conclude that the drug is effective, President Obama said;

 "I think it’s premature for me to say that because I don’t have enough information. I don’t have enough data right now to offer an opinion on that.”

While stressing that the deadly virus is not airborne, Obama said 

"the countries affected are the first to admit that what’s happened here is the public health systems have been overwhelmed. They weren’t able to identify and then isolate cases quickly enough. As a consequence, it spread more rapidly than has been typical with the periodic Ebola outbreaks that occurred previously."

He said the US is currently working with their European partners as well as the World Health Organization to provide resources to contain the virus.