tobiasbeecher:

Which ojoro comment when the evidence is right there in your face! Look around your state you will notice some of the choice properties or businesses are owned by Igbos! Though i know you will deny this, but the truth is the truth

Abdhool:
Where is Mrs Allison Madueke.... I no bilivit!

dadem:
Forbes releases list of 50 wealthiest Africans.
Aliko Dangote retains no 1 spot. Only 5 Nigerians are certified billionaires. They are:

1. Aliko Dangote - $16.5 B
2. Mike Adenuga - $3.5 B
3. Folorunsho Alakija - $1.7 B
4. Femi Otedola - $1.6 B
5. Abdulsamad Rabiu - $1 B

Other Nigerians were on the list but aren't billionaires:

1. Tony Elumelu - $700 M
2. Jim Ovia - $550 M
3. Muhammad Idimi - $500 M
4. Orjo Uzor Kalu - $330 M

http://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/#tab:overall

speedyGonzales:


actually there all fit perfectly but the countries in the west are the wants, stealling much of our oil money! for instance that is an article on how shell a dutch-british company has corrupt spies in every level of Nigerian Government, Also, the reason the British supported Nigeria against Biafra war, Oil for Straving dead childern.


WikiLeaks cables: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying

dadem:
Tony Elumelu is the richest Niger Deltan alive.

iameugene:
No yiboooo man in first 10 in africa

No yibooo man in first 5 nigeria

This is bad ... We want biafra

ezeagu:


That's not really the point anyway, I've partly explained why there are more billionaires in places like northern Nigeria. Another is the structure of the society, in the north and west their societies are a lot more structured and many of this is because of their strong kingship/rulership systems which also lead to many aristocratic families sucking up the wealth of a community, or even owning the whole community and rendering the people serfs. This is not the case in especially Igbo culture where a system of individualism is still very strong (which is why there are multiple 'south east' threads for every Igbo state). People often mistake the individualism for weakness or disunity, but the fundamental idea that everybody is equal (well except osu and slaves in the past) is what has lead there to be more trust, less hierarchy, and which leads to less billionaires.

Pidggin:


See this

amiskurie:
Rubbish list


Because Forbes is not our friend,they neva got a thing right

all4naija:
Dullard is to blame for the fall in number of Nigerian billionaires.!

JigsawKillah:



who do we then blame for your low IQ

You don't have IQ at all!

TheAdvocate:


Now that's a huge lie. People like Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi earns largely on state government patronage. No rulership in the North socks from any community fund. Am sure yu never visited the North. For example, Idon't stand up for any first class chief up North and yu don't lock shops up North because a Chief died.
All these are pronounced in the south than North.

all4naija:
You don't have IQ at all!

ezeagu:


Look at the number of billionaires in the north, their ancestry, and the condition of the north, that's all I have to write.

oloyolo:
. Honestly sir I must confess I admire your extraordinary courage and self esteem
Not every body has the courage u have. thank God for real people like u who have enough self esteem to be who they really are everywhere they find thire self. for both the wise and the stupid the lord God made them all

dadem:
Tony Elumelu is the richest Niger Deltan alive.

ezeagu:


I know where you're coming from, but I'm trying to explain that there are far superior priorities to a society than the number of billionaires it has.

Count the oil barons on these lists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_by_net_worth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadians_by_net_worth

And I can tell you at least two Nigerian billionaires who aren't into oil are propped up the Nigerian government, a government sponsored monopoly, so we need to look at thing more clearly before offering conclusions.

amiskurie:
Rubbish list


Because Forbes is not our friend,they neva got a thing right

ezeagu:


Answer this question, is the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Russia a standard for human development and rights? Those Arab countries managed to keep hold of their resources, but their countries are built with slave labour from India. Russia is well known to be an oligarchy. You should have used the US, UK, and Canada, but that would not fit your point.

speedyGonzales:
[size=25pt]Where are the SE and SS billionaires with their oil money?[/size]