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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

6 Finance Lessons from Billionaire Warren Buffet

Warren Buffet is referred to as the "Wizard/Sage/Oracle of Omaha". He  is the chairman,  CEO  and largest  shareholder  of  Berkshire Hathaway . He was born Warren Edward Buffet in  August 30th, 1930. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals. Here are some six finance lessons from Warren Buffet. These are principles that helped this great financial wizard to mint his money. 1- Be a young Entrepreneur As a young man, Warren Buffet developed an interest in money-making and soon went on his way to to earn $6,000 when he was just 15 years of age. Starting out early in life is a sure way to reach the harvest. Being an early starter gives you the advantage of time- time to learn, make mistakes, find out what works for you and so on. 2- Don't spend all you earn As you make your profits, try as much as you can to reinvest in your business and make sound financial decisions. 3- Try to borrow less and be debt-free (as much as you can) Th

Racing at the speed of Formula One: Lewis Hamilton lives his dream

In December 1995, Lewis Halmiton approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." This was no wishful thinking because, less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. Born Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton on the 7th of January 1985 at Stevenage , Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Hamilton had always known what direction he wanted to pursue in life. Hamilton's father played a significant role in his son's success. Here is our Wikipedia puts it, "Hamilton's father bought him a radio-controlled car in 1991, which gave him his first taste of racing competition. Hamilton finished second in the national BRCA championship the following year. He said of the time: "I was racing these remote-controlled cars and winning club championships against adults". As a result of this his father b

27 Facts of Rev. Dr. Chris Oyakhilome's Success

1. Pastor Chris had an early Childhood encounter with Jesus Christ and on or before the age of 15, he already began his ministry. 2. Pastor Chris found his purpose for living pretty early in life and embarked on his journey without distraction. 3. Pastor Chris Speaks in tongues more than his neighbors in faith; a deep truth learnt from Apostle Paul which has made his Journey a Smart Option. 4. Pastor Chris is Selfless and Lavishly Invests in the gospel to the tune of billions. 5. Pastor Chris is viewed as one of the Richest Men in the World, yet he lives only on 5% percent of his income whilst putting 95% of it into the gospel and projects that see to human development. 6. Pastor Chris is viewed as a very debonair man, in fact many think he is too handsome to be in human frame, yet you will cry if you ever get to see his knees because of the impact of unlimited kneeling in the place of prayer. 7. Pastor Chris is the First African Pastor to own a 24hour Gospel Satellite TV station re

Michael Phelps- the Most Decorated Olympian of all time

Michael Phelps was born Michael Fred Phelps II on the 30th of June, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently the most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals to his name. He also holds the records for most Olympic gold medal, 23; 13 Olympic gold medals in individual events and 16 Olympic medals in individual events. In Beijing 2008, Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz's record of 7 first place finishes at any single Olympic Games. He became the most success athlete of the Olympics, for the third time consecutively, after winning 4 gold and 2 silver medals at the 2012 summer Olympic. According to Wikipedia, "Phelps is the long course world record holder in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterflyand 400-meter individual medley as well as the former long course world record holder in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual  medley. He has won a total of 83 medals in major international long-course competition, totalling 66 gold, 14 silver, and

The Lightning Bolt

Usain Bolt was born Usain Saint Leo Bolt on the 21st of August, 1986 in Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica. Bolt was born to compete in the sports. As a child, he spent his time playing crickets and soccer in the streets. "When I was young, I didn't really think about anything other than sports". Bolt began to show is potential as a would-be sprinter from his schooling days, starting with Waldensia Primary and by the age of 12, he was the school's fastest runner over the 100metres distance. Although, in high school, Bolt joined the cricket team, but he had someone to guide him on the right path. That person was his cricket coach who noticed his speed on the field of play. Subsequently, Bolt began training as a sprinter with Pablo McNeil, a former Olympic champion, and was coached by Dwayne Jarrett.  He won his first annual high school championship in 2001, taking a silver medal in 200metres and establishing a personal best of 22.04 seconds.  Bolt failed to qualify

Top 10 Richest Billionaires

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg makes it into the top ten list for the first time, debuting at sixth. He is also the youngest on the top ten. As expected, Bill Gates is still top dog, with Warren Buffet relegated to third on the list. The United States take the chunk of the list with eight out of the ten. No women is on the top ten. 1- Bill  Gates Worth $75.0 billion  Country: United  States  Major Revenue Source: Microsoft 2- Amancio  Ortega  Worth $67.0 billion  Country: Spain  Major Revenue Source: Inditex 3- Warren  Buffett  Worth $60.8 billion  Country: United States  Major Revebue Source: Berkshire  Hathaway  4- Carlos Slim  Worth $50.0 billion  Country: Mexico Major Revenue Source: Telmex, Grupo Carso 5- Jeff  Bezos Worth $45.2 billion  Country: United  States  Major Revenue Source: Amazon.com 6- Mark  Zuckerberg  Worth $44.6 billion  Country: United States  Major Revenue Source: Facebook 7- Larry  Ellison  Worth $43.6 billion  Country: United   States  Major Revenue Sourc

Check out this Success Quotes

Coming together is a  beginning; keeping  together is progress;  working together is  success.             -Henry Ford Success is not final, failure  is not fatal: it is the  courage to continue that  counts.             -Winston Churchill Defeat is not the worst of  failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.               -George Edward Woodberry The starting point of all  achievement is desire.             -Napoleon Hill Success is simple. Do  what's right, the right way, at the right time.               -Arnold H. Glasow Always be yourself,  express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out  and look for a successful  personality and duplicate it.                 -Bruce Lee The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job  at hand, and the  determination that  whether we win or lose, we  have applied the best of  ourselves to the task at  hand.                 -Vince Lombardi Success is not the key to  happiness. Happiness is  the key to success. If you  lov