MEET 10 SUPER RICH NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES
Meet 10 super rich Nigerian celebrities who are not even university graduates, some didn’t even attend at all, chill as we profile them to you and also give you run down on all of them.
1. 2baba
Innocent Idibia was born in Jos, Nigeria,. He is from the Idoma ethnic group in the southern part of Benue State , in central Nigeria.
He attended Mount Saint Gabriel’s Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He enrolled at Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu (IMT), where he did his preliminary National Diploma course in business administration and management.
While attending IMT, he performed at school organised shows and parties, as well as other regional schools such as the University of Nigeria and Enugu State University of Science & Technology.
He eventually dropped out to pursue his music career. While attending IMT, 2face Idibia started composing and singing jingles at the GB Fan Club at Enugu State Broadcasting Services (ESBS) in 1996.
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Also in 1996, he adopted the stage name “2Face” (Tuface). He cited the reason as “trying to demarcate my personal life with my business life.
2. Mercy Johnson.
Mercy Johnson-Okojie hails from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer , Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. She started her primary education in Calabar .
Her father, being a naval officer, was later transferred to Lagos State where she continued her education at a Nigerian Navy Primary School.
She went to a Rivers State Secondary School for her secondary education in addition to the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
3. Cynthia Morgan.
Cynthia Morgan was born in Benin City , Edo State where she completed her basic formal education.
At the age of 3, she was already a backup singer for her mother’s musical band.
At the age of 7, Cynthia Morgan started composing songs and at the age of 17 she recorded her debut single which featured General Pype “Dutty Stepping”.
4. Wizkid.
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid (sometimes stylized as WizKid ), is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
He started recording music at the age of 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.
Wizkid signed a record deal with Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2009.
He rose to prominence after releasing ” Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album Superstar (2011).
” Tease Me/Bad Guys “, ” Don’t Dull “, “Love My Baby”, “Pakurumo” and “Oluwa Lo Ni” were also released as singles from the Superstar album.
In February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers on Twitter.
Ayo, his self-titled second studio album, was released in September 2014. It was supported by six singles: ” Jaiye Jaiye “, “On Top Your Matter”, “One Question”, “Joy”, “Bombay” and “Show You the Money”.
5. David
David Adedeji Adeleke was born on November 21, 1992, to Adedeji and Vero Adeleke in
Atlanta , Georgia . He is the youngest of five. His father is a Nigerian business magnate and his late mother was a university lecturer. He attended the British International School in
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Lagos . Davido gravitated towards music when he started visiting recording studios with one of his musician cousins. At the age of 16, he moved to Alabama to study business administration at Oakwood University .
Davido bought musical equipment while at Oakwood and started making beats.
He made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International.
He dropped out of Oakwood University to pursue a career in music and relocated to London, where he focused more of his energy towards vocals.
When Davido returned to Nigeria in 2011, his music career was sidelined after he agreed to honor his father by enrolling at Babcock University .
In July 2015, he earned a degree in music from Babcock after his father paid the university to start a music department for an inaugural class of one.
6. D’banj.
D’banj, also known as the Kokomaster or Bangalee, was born in 9 June 1980 in Zaria, the northern part of Nigeria to a military officer who commanded an artillery regiment and a devout church dignitary businesswoman who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun State .
Due to his father’s profession he moved several times within Nigeria and later moved to England. D’banj was expected to follow his father’s military career and was enrolled to the Nigerian Military School at age eleven.
However, D’banj resisted the system and disenrolled from the school after three years. While at the Military school he was a member of the elite drum corp of the Nigerian Army.
From the Nigerian Military School he proceeded to another military owned institution Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ibara, Abeokuta where he was a church worker. There he completed his secondary school education.
7. 9ice
Abolore Adegbola Akande known as 9ice attended Abule Okuta Primary School and
CMS Grammar School, and dropped out from his law course at the Lagos State University due to lack of funds and decided to concentrate on his music.
He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children. His parents found about his singing career a year after it started around 2000. Before then, 9ice wrote his own songs, beginning at age 14.
As a big fan of Pasuma Wonder, he kick-started his singing career with
Fuji music . He derives his inspiration from his environment, and music from the likes of
Ebenezer Obey , King Sunny Adé , Tatalo Alamu, the late Alhaji Ayinla Omowura, and the late Alhaji Haruna Ishola.
8. Chidimma.
Chidinma Ekile was born in Ketu, Kosofe, Lagos State, to parents originating from Imo State . She is the sixth of seven children. Chidinma grew up with a disciplinarian father and began singing at the age of six.
When she was 10 years old, she joined her church’s choir. Chidinma worked as a business promoter in Lagos prior to auditioning for the third season of Project Fame West Africa .
She attended primary and secondary school in Ketu before relocating to Ikorodu with her family. Chidinma wanted to study mass communication, but ended up attaining a sociology degree from the University of Lagos .
Chidinma initially declined her admission to the University of Lagos due to her advancement in Project Fame West Africa .
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In an interview with YNaija , she said she has always taken school seriously and her decision to enroll at Unilag was inevitable.
She also said music wasn’t always on her agenda, but decided to give it a try after winning the music competition.
After dying her hair red and getting a mohawk, people started perceiving her as a good girl gone bad.
In an interview posted on the Daily Independent website, Chidinma said she is still the same. She also said she’s evolving and growing as a musician.
9. Tekno.
Augustine Miles Kelechi is from Ivo Local Government Area,
Ebonyi State, He was born in Bauchi State into a family of six — five boys and one girl. He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa , Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the
Nigerian Army .
At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar.
He is the elder brother to “Starboy” label act Spotless .
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