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Nollywood Actress Genevieve Nnaji has been named the richest celebrity in Nigeria.

The Nollywood actress came on top of the recently released Vanguard’s Richest Celebrity List of 2014 with a net worth of N220 million from endorsements alone.

The former Face of LUX has been

signing too many deals with multi-

national companies for the past year

including Etisalat, Amstel Malta, Range

Rover Envogue and MUD Cosmetics.

Despite missing out from the ‘infamou’s Glo Ambassadorial list, Genevieve beats big names like Iyanya » in second place with N151 million, music group Psquare who came in third with N140million,

Wizkid » at number four with N101 million and D’banj » who occupied fifth place with N100million.

Here is the complete list of Top 10

richest celebrities in Nigeria by Vanguard.

1. Genevieve Nnaji: N220 Million

Genevieve Nnaji is representing or has

represented brands like Lux, Cintrion

Energy drink, Range Rover Evogue,

Etisalat, Polo and Amstel Malta. The

Etisalat deal alone earned her N100

million. Her deal with Polo is in the

region of N70 while the Cintrion drink

rakes in N50 million for the actress.

2. Iyanya -N151 million

Iyanya’s endorsement deal with MTN is

worth N60 million. He has a $350,000

endorsement deal with Zinox computers and a N35 million deal with phone manufacturing company Solo Mobile.

3. P-Square N140 from Glo

P-Square’s deal with GLO is said to be

N140 million.

4. Wizkid – N101 million

Wizkid’s deal with MTN is worth N45

million, his deal with Pepsi worth about $350,000. He also has an endorsement

deal with Guinness.

5. D’Banj N100 million

Dbanj’s deal with Glo is said to be worth N100 million

  

6. Don Jazzy – N75 million

The Don Dorobucci gets paid nothing

less than N50 Million from Loya Milk. He also has a N25 million deal from MTN.

7. Omawumi – N35 million

Omawumi’s deal with Glo is said to worth N25 million. She also has deals with Konga reportedly worth between N5 – N10 million, as well as Mortein & Malta Guiness.

8. Tiwa Savage – MTN deal worth N30

million

Tiwa Savage’s MTN deal is reportedly

worth N30 million. She also has deals

with Pepsi, Forte Oil and Maggi

9. Davido – N30 million MTN Pulse deal

The OBO has deals with MTN Pulse and

Guinness Nigeria. His MTN deal is

reported to be worth N30 million, while

his Guinness endorsement hasn’t been

made public.

10. Funke Akindele – N20 million With

Vita Foam Nigeria

Funke Akindele has an endorsement

deal with Vitafoam reportedly worth

N20 million. She also has deals with

Globacom, Jobberman.com, Qlichy.com,

Klin detergent, Lagos Inland Revenue

Service and OMO.

*Note that this list is based on

endorsement deals alone…

More details will come up soon.