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Adesuwa Omoruan- a World Class and seasoned Journalist reaches out to even more

Adesuwa Omoruan is dubbed the "queen of selfies" by her siblings. She confesses to taking more selfies than regulars photographs. When Adesuwa Omoruan was a child, she never thought or imagined herself becoming a broadcaster; it was the last thing she ever thought of becoming. As far as she was concerned, the lifestyle of reporters was not up to par with the kind of life she wanted, as the young dreamer that she was at the time. She wanted a life that was rich and full of the best life could offer,  although she wasn't seeking a life that was necessarily flamboyant.  "I just felt that journalist were not paid enough... My idea of a journalist wasn't just working at that time. Sometimes they looked very stressed, very few of them had cars... Growing up, I had this picture of what I wanted to be in life..." She had wanted to become a banker!  As a child, she had taken trips to the bank with her mother on several occasions to cash-in her moth...
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Forbes List: 20 Richest Football Clubs of 2016

As of January the following clubs where listed as the top 20 clubs of 2016.  1- Real Madrid     Valued at $3.26 billion 2- FC Barcelona      Valued at $3.17 billion  3- Manchester United      Valued at $3.10 billion  4- FC Bayern Munich      Valued at $2.34 billion  5- Manchester City      Valued at $1.37 billion  6- Chelsea      Valued at $1.36 billion  7- Arsenal      Valued at $1.30 billion  8- Liverpool      Valued at $982 million  9- Juventus      Valued at $837 million  10- AC Milan        Valued at $775 million  11- Borussia Dortmund        Valued at $700 million  12- Paris Saint Germain        Valued at $634 million  13- Tottenham Hotspurs        Valued at $600 million  14- FC Schalke      ...
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Breaking the Odds: The Success Story of Leicester City

Leicester City was founded in the year 1884 as Leicester Fosse FC. They are based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester. Their current coach is Claudio Ranieri. They are owned by the King Power International Group led by Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Leicester city came into the 2015-16 EPL rated as underdogs with several Bookmakers writing them off, but at the end managed to pull off one of the greatest upsets in footballing history. They were even offered the odds of 5,000 -1 by Ladbrokes and William Hill for the start of the season. However, on December 19th, they defeated Everton 3-2 at Goodison Park which took them to the top of the League by Christmas day. After a 2-0 win over Sunderland- and a Tottenham 3-0 upset of United- Leicester qualified for the championship league for the first time in their history. They won the EPL on the 2nd of May, 2016 due to Tottenham's failure to secure a win over Chelsea. Here is their usual starting lineup: Goalkeeper-  Kasper Schm...
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14 Characteristics shared by most successful people

1- Tenacity The ability to hold on to something for so long regardless of opposition is one of the qualities successful folks share. 2- Enthusiasm Enthusiasm comes from doing what you love, this is what most successful people know. Doing what you love would make you enthusiastic. 3- Energetic Successful people are tireless in their quest to accomplish tasks set before them. They often work longer hours than the average folks. Again, it's by doing what they love. 4- Bold Successful people have the boldness and courage to go after their dreams and stay on course regardless of opposing factors. 5- Intuitive Most successful people have a well honed sixth sense that enables them make decisions regardless of what the facts are. A good example is an investor who buys shares while the economy goes south. 6- Persuasive Being convinced about your ability to succeed at anything would most certainly make you persuasive. 7- Authoritative Aside from being persuasive, most successful people ar...
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George Lucas's Star Wars- the beginning of an era

George Lucas was born in Modesto, California on May 14th, 1944. He graduated from the University of Southern California. His present net worth is estimated at $4.5 Billion. Curiously though, for the man who was going to make history with his memorable characters in Star Wars, Lucas was, at a younger age, interested in race cars. Although, this later served as the inspiration for his films, amongst them Star Wars. As a young man, George Lucas was keenly interested in cars and motor racing. He wasn't considered very bright in school but had an outstanding attendance record- a feat which was unusual for students such as he was. In any case, he did excel at the arts. His art Teacher, Ida Gross recognized his potential.  On one occasion, George Lucas was coming from researching materials at the library for his school's drama when he had a fatal motor accident. According to one account, it was during this time, he discovered "the force"- 'an energy field and something m...
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