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TONY ELUMELU
He started his career selling photocopiers door to door.

On December 31st, 2025. New Year's Eve, he quietly spent $500 million to become the single largest shareholder of one of Africa's most powerful energy companies. No press conference. No announcement. Just the move.

Seplat share price rose 80% in six months after he did it.
This is the full story of Tony Elumelu, how a man from Jos, Plateau State, built a business empire stretching across 20 African countries, why serious investors are now comparing him to Warren Buffett, and what that comparison gets right and what it dangerously misses.

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Mr Gbaja has been involved in various scandals this year alone.
Same as for gbaja student hostel in UNiLaG which was built to help student accommodation and still maintained with government money but students are paying 500k each for the 4 man room and 700k for 1 man room
There are about 496 rooms, Do the maths sha
Hostel that was fully funded by the government turn private business
Hewww

Beautifulday:
Nigerians are too delusional.

Only one billionaire is giving the west headache.

How many billionaires are on China? How much headaches have they given the west?

Anyway! Nah content

I’m not sure you watched the content fully my brother, you will definitely understand the context of our video.
You think a single African man trying to dominate the global Oil refining market doesn’t cause a concern?

Another day to watch the video fully, Thank you

ikorodureporta:
When new contractor dey wait already

Lol likeyyyy, Naija we Dey

For me, I don’t think they need to remove the military drill. It can be done for a week then no need to change NYSC uniform too

Jamesclooney:
Or VDM? How much do you think he earns monthly? I’m thinking around $100k usd per month. Agree?

I don’t know about VDM earning $100k USD but he surely earns more $20k monthly from social media. He pulls crazy traffic

Neoteny:
If you're gullible enough to believe these people and their lies, then you're either a kid or you've been living under a rock.

And whatever you're is a reflection of your parents...so there.

You’re an irresponsible so called adult for referencing parents in this conversion, if you are a properly trained adult you won’t do that.

Keep living in the limited and delusional mind Bro when creators are cashing out massively.

Look at the attached picture, This is Steven ndukwu, a nigerian travel creator with 1.7 million views in last 28 days. His RPM is nothing less than $8
8 dollars x 1700 = $13,600 alone from YouTube Adsense
Now combine this with Brand sponsorship, affiliate products, digital courses, Ads revenue from other platforms like Facebook, X, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram.
So you think this guy isn’t comfortably earning over $20k monthly?



LOL, Egbon enjoy yourself.

Revolva:
Guy relax there is no way you can.make that amount every month abi na salary YouTube de pay you ...it's either some months are good while some months will be low ..that how it works ...who you be..to de earn 20k USD each month ....all lies...it's like you are saying YouTube earnings is constant which is not

I’m never saying it’s salary brother, my point is people are raking that in averagely in this same Nigeria.. There are good months, there are months not so good but trust me you’ll get to a level, you will be able to predict your average or minimum income as long as you’re consistently pushing contents.
The guys I’m talking in context have over 3 channels bringing all this income.

I’m saying this because I know unpopular people doing it and cashing that kind of money not to talk of a popular person like Shank.
What do you guys now think about creators like Sabinus, SirBalo, Mcabraka, or sisi yemmie or Tayo aina or pastor Jerry Eze?

My whole point is guys are earning this consistently in this same Nigeria

Neoteny:
I was here on Nairaland 11 years before you joined. I should be arguing with your parents, kid. You and I are not even close to being on the same level.

You've a lot to learn, child. So simmer down and you might just learn a thing or two to help with your stupidity.

Lol respectfully it’s not about age or when you have been on Nairaland, I have been on Nairaland too since 2010. This is not my first account btw.. You said you should be arguing with my parents?
Nahh you aren’t in the same set with them sir, You should be arguing with my elder ones and young uncles brother..

So because you are older means you can be knowledgeable than me in a particular thing? Trust me I won’t ever say what I don’t know about brother.. Enjoyyy your self

EponObi:
Lmaooo... $5 per 1000 views? Lmaoooo

Abeg go and sit down for one place.

Even finance niche hardly command such payout here in Nigeria.

Na Aussies, Americans, and the French him dey create content for na. Lol

I checked your profile, you also create content on YouTube. Oya, let's see your dashboard. No need fugazi'ing us with some imaginary friend earning $20k per month on YT. Pastor Jerry can comfortably earn that, with his multiple daily streams, large global audience (keyword: global), and most especially his use of YT super chat feature - his audience pay for this.

So you think shank will be earning less than $5 per 1k views?? Loll
I just know You guys argue blindly sha
3 things determine your rpm, Both the countries your content is been watched from, your niche and AVD of your video.
Shank that his average video is 30 minutes won’t average $5 dollars for 1000 views..
For your information, Pastor Jerry Eze 1 billion Naira revenue is only from hiss YouTube watch ads sha not other means of monetization you talked about..

Even people on my cl doing storytelling AI videos with average 25 minutes AVD Dey rake over $15rpm
Look at a travel creator like Tayo Aina, His rpm averages $10 for 1k views.

If you are really a YouTuber, you won’t be arguing sha

Neoteny:
I don't usually respond to incurable dunces but i will make an exception this one time:

If it's so easy why are you a broke, jobless, desperate piece of shiit lurking here looking for who to scam for your daily pittance? Why aren't you, O Social Media Overlord, already earning $200k daily?

I’m stating the obvious I know sha, I’m not a dunce either. If you don’t know about something, you will keep hell sh*t and learn bruvvv. Is it not the same YouTube Tayo aina used to buy second passport for $250k, or the one Pastor Jerry dey earn billions from…
Go to Twitter to see what boys are doing sha, you obviously don’t know anything. Afofun

Neoteny:
Don't fall for that nonsense.

It's a wicked grind to succeed. You'd need at least 30m guaranteed views monthly plus brand endorsements etc to earn close to that amount he's claiming. Note that i said views, not followers. To get those views, he'd need 10x the amount of views as followers as that's the typical views to follower ratio.

It's pure nonsense.

Lol just confidently saying rub*ish

Even boys doing faceless channels on YouTube Dey cop pass $20k monthly.. LOL you people should stop feigning ignorance and learn..
Guys are making crazy money on YT

EponObi:
Lmaoooo. Oniro oshi.

How many platforms you get that you will generate that much as a Nigerian? If you are an American or your audience are Americans, I won't argue. Nigerians, and by extension Africans, as audience don't have much value in the advertising marketplace.

He should have also mentioned how much it costs him to create content monthly.

He's smart sha. Mention bogus figures on podcast to command more service fee.

I'm not denying that there's no money in content creation. There is. But make him dey lie small small.

That said, content creation is in a bubble. Over the coming years, the gains will rapidly depreciate. Simple supply and demand theory. It's already on a decline self. Today, everyone and their ancestors are bombarding Tiktok, X with contents to make the mulla 😂. If notice, the big fish have left skit making to enter streaming 😂. That one is not yet saturated; eventually, it will. If you are smart, make as much as you can, as soon as possible. That bubble go soon pop, just like the tech bubble of 2020.

You obviously don’t know what you are saying Chief, you think it’s only Nigerians that watch his contents??

No matter how poor his YouTube is for example, his rpm can’t be less than $5. Imagine pulling 1 million views alone on a poor month.. not to talk of x, Facebook, IG ads, TikTok, etc. Perhaps that amount is even poor for a creator like him, because only him selling something on his social media can make him that comfortably (someone who has over 12 million followers across platform)
Even someone I personally know doing faceless YouTube channels gross above $20k monthly not to thank of Shank.
Is it not the same YouTube that even paid Pastor Jerry above 1 billion in a year?

You people should stop feigning ignorance on NL

Here we genuinely invested the debate whether Dangote is truly a monopolist or the West is just scared of what he can become?

Have you watched the video? It’s very detailed, a lot of secrets to unravel

Adblg0610:
The Dangote refinery is not only the backbone but an integral part of the Nigerian economy, which has enormously assisted in mitigating the painful effects of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic reforms. The Federal Government should compliment this by stopping or drastically reducing the importation of petroleum products, while efforts are intensified to rehabilitate government refineries.

Well, truly you have have raised a solid point. It so needed at the moment to mitigate the effect of the hard economic reforms

On April 7, 2026, the World Bank published a report on Nigeria's economy. Within 48 hours — it was deleted.

Inside it? A recommendation to break what they called a "potential monopoly" by one Nigerian businessman. Days later, the World Bank president himself flew to Washington to meet that man face-to-face.

His name is Aliko Dangote. And this is not a billionaire story. This is a story about oil, power, and a 50-year arrangement the West built — that one man from Kano is now threatening to dismantle.

We investigate both sides: Is he Africa's greatest industrialist? A dangerous monopolist? Or can both be true at the same time?

Drop your verdict in the comments.

Please watch the video fully to get the full detail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0zy0C4JsA?si=OnCnzA54PW8vfK-P

Tenses:
One idiot who's now a president told one idiot who's now a late former president, "print more naira notes".

From one idiot to another idiot.

Brrr This seems so sad actually

Tenses:
One idiot who's now a president told one idiot who's now a late former president, "print more naira notes".

From one idiot to another idiot.

Brrrrr This seems so sad actually.

Shame on Those of you pushing the conversations to the helms of tribalism.
Truth be said, Mr Wahab and sanwolu government failed on waste management.
Almost all busstop in Lagos is now a dump site, try to visit isolo road from Mushin
Waste has taken Half of the road, your government is 7 years already and you’re still dropping excuses like this instead of admitting your failure.
You have been here for the past 7 years that you should have been able to put up a solid waste management system, you are here doing Cho Cho Cho

We pay waste bill every month, this Psp might only come once in 2 months. In fact this people can’t even give us a solid waste bin to store our waste..

It’s a failure for a city like Lagos fr.

This is another day to watch our well detailed and researched video.

I’ll say this is what I think cos this order is never a long lasting solution
1. Decentralize waste management sector to Local governments level
2. Give more efficient companies license to operate, companies who could hire more staffs and get more trucks (This is where the problem is cos people who are in charge of this are their leaders)
3. Employ a dedicated 24 hours clean up around Lagos roads, markets and city centers. Make them see Cotonou now our neighbors here beside us
4. Invest massively in the waste loading stations and recycling plants
5. Place waste bin every 5m or strategic places around the city centre, markets that gets picked up twice daily

After all this, you can place a ban on indiscriminate waste dumping and littering with serious punishments for erring

In this video We broke down How the Naira was founded in 1970s and What Nigeria looks like in the 1970s

ElSudani:
At a time when Nigeria was one of the leading exporters of cocoa, palm oil, groundnut and then crude oil.

Yes you got that right but Crude Oil should have been a great blessing if our leaders didn’t steal us blind

But what of those other 15 unpopular parties that is called in between APC and PDP in every presidential election results party? Why this law No apply to them?

This is crazy ruling party politics with the law this people are just doing. They sha want to run unopposed

Have you watched the video to really understand the history behind Naira’s downfall?

Nigerians are just evil and corrupt people, an average Nigerian in power or higher position is ready to steal and destroy the person beside or under them.
Majority of us so evil and corrupt as people, people who are already in confinement. Una Dey add more pain to their life.
The day I knew about this was when one of my neighbour who got himself into prison back then called me suddenly and asked me to send airtime to him, that the prison wardens will sell the card and give them 50% of the money so they can use it to get better food within the camp. So if you send 2k card, the prison warden will take 1000 naira, they will give 1k.
Nigeria fantastically corrupt people

I once photographed retd. Major Gen. Ajani Ishola Williams, he is such a rugged and solid man even at that old age. He is not actually a fan of Tinubu government as some of you have been calling all of the awardees Tinubu loyalists