Abuja Media Circle

Meet The President was organised by PVC - Participate, Vote, Country - a group of young Nigerian professionals, businessmen and entrepreneurs. The group is the brainchild of Audu Maikori, Chioma Emetanjo, Ohimai Amaize, Aziza Uko among others. About 5000 youths were at the event which held  on Sunday  at Eko Hotel. Nollywood actors and actresses, music artistes, young professionals, politicians and the creme of young Nigerians graced the event. See the photos after the cut... Credit: LIB

Bill Gates  is once again the richest person on the planet, a title he’s held for 16 of the past 21 years. His fortune grew $3.2 billion since last year to $79.2 billion, despite a gift of $1.5 billion in  Microsoft   MSFT -0.47%  shares to The Bill & Melinda Gates  Foundation in November 2014. Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico comes in again at No. 2 while revered American investor  Warren   Buffett  took back the No. 3 spot from Spain’s  Amancio Ortega  (now No. 4); not even the largest IPO in history was enough to beat the Oracle of Omaha this year. Buffett was the list’s biggest gainer, up $14.5 billion to $72.7 billion, thanks to Berkshire Hathaway’s rising share price.   Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up 5 spots to number 16, his first time ranked among the world’s 20 richest. Ma and three other Chinese are among the biggest gainers and appear among the 50 richest on the list. Zuckerberg is also the leader in a y...