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Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Melezenawii(op): 5:57pm On Aug 21, 2025

Throw Back: Aliko Dangote was Real Hustler 40 Years Ago, traded spare parts , vegetable oil, frozen food , baby food etc

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by okomile(f): 6:15pm On Aug 21, 2025

Na so

We also have a beginning

Don't stop on your dreams. Don't give up, keep striving and it will end in praise

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by nothingspoil70: 6:16pm On Aug 21, 2025

Lol. Big time hustler. Never reject the humble beginning

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by SmartPolician: 6:19pm On Aug 21, 2025

I'm just wondering - how is this newsworthy?

Everyone started somewhere.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by immaculatesense(m): 6:23pm On Aug 21, 2025

SmartPolician:
I'm just wondering - how is this newsworthy?

Everyone started somewhere.

But very few make it to the APEX.
Dangote is one of that very few.
Now you know why it is "NEWSWORTHY."
No Be Juju Be Dat?

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by gidgiddy: 6:24pm On Aug 21, 2025

Let's not forget that his Grandfather was one of the richest men in the North. Dangote may have worked hard to get to where he is, but he was born into money.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by meobizy(m): 6:41pm On Aug 21, 2025

Melezenawii:
Throw Back: Aliko Dangote was Real Hustler 40 Years Ago, traded spare parts , vegetable oil, frozen food , baby food etc

1. 1986 was 39 years ago, not 40.

2. Nothing new. Igbos the country over know that dealing in markets is a quick means to wealth. Men who started with him are likely multimillionaires or silent billionaires today.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by LagosG: 8:07pm On Aug 21, 2025

Melezenawii:
Throw Back: Aliko Dangote was Real Hustler 40 Years Ago, traded spare parts , vegetable oil, frozen food , baby food etc

This definition of hustler is different for all of us sha

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by ponziponzi(m): 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2025

gidgiddy:
Let's not forget that his Grandfather was one of the richest men in the North. Dangote may have worked hard to get to where he is, but he was born into money.

Where are the other children and grandchildren of the grandfather? Always finding ways to put others down won’t help your situation.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by BodyCount: 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2025

Na so

So no be say na only ọmọ yiboz dey sell spare parts...

Good to know

Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by NuCypher: 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2025

Why should anyone respect this man? It continues to baffle me why that should be the case. The same man whose trucks kill tens, if not hundreds, of people every year, and nothing ever gets done. Lives erased at the drop of hat; promising school children killed at bus stops. yet, his slow capitalist machine keeps moving. No accountability, no compensations, no justice. Then add on top the horrendous monopolistic moves he makes to ensure his competitors never see the light of day, and God knows the amount of scheming he does by cozying up to the people in power so that he can always stay one step above the law. Even here, you can see it. Already sucking up to the military president and not to the people of Nigeria, all in a bid to stay close to power and have it favour him. This man is the devil, despite his money. Sadly, Nigerians will never see that. In a country blinded by poverty, the one-eyed rich man is king!

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by PulaPower: 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2025

gidgiddy:
Let's not forget that his Grandfather was one of the richest men in the North. Dangote may have worked hard to get to where he is, but he was born into money.

So, what’s your point?

Nah only Dangote be person wey dem Born for rich family?

Peter Obi’s son wey be Gay, dem no born ham into rich family?

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by hoygift(m): 8:10pm On Aug 21, 2025

Nigerians the easily forget hardwork for any hustler side if your papa or grandpapa mistakenly get money.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Elzazzi: 8:11pm On Aug 21, 2025

gidgiddy:
Let's not forget that his Grandfather was one of the richest men in the North. Dangote may have worked hard to get to where he is, but he was born into money.

The man who wakes up in the morning to go work on the streets works hard too. Like you pointed out he was born into wealthy and that’s the most important factor in his story.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Nobleou(m): 8:12pm On Aug 21, 2025

Rome was not built in a day

Success is a long term pursuit...

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Razzness(m): 8:12pm On Aug 21, 2025

And there are people who still think he is only rich because he came from a rich family or the government singled him out and gave him wealth

Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by EponObi(f): 8:13pm On Aug 21, 2025*

nothingspoil70:
Lol. Big time hustler. Never reject the humble beginning

Dangote didn't have any humble beginning.

And I won't call that hustling either. He has always been big from the beginning. The only thing I love about him is taking the business lessons from his grandfather and growing to be who he is today. He never took for granted the exposure, the capital, network, and insider alpha (or rather trade secrets) given to him on a platter. You can't say same for many rich kids today. They'd rather smoke, do drugs, vacay, spend lavish instead of learning to build on the foundation their parents laid for them. And you can't blame them either; blame the parents who overpamper them.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by anonimi: 8:13pm On Aug 21, 2025*

Melezenawii:
Throw Back: Aliko Dangote was Real Hustler 40 Years Ago, traded spare parts , vegetable oil, frozen food , baby food etc

Hustler has levels.

To have a big office in Apapa no be beans.

Thankfully, PDP’s 16 years of deregulation and privatisation capitalism helped his ministry further.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by iichidodo: 8:15pm On Aug 21, 2025

[color=#1986BC] Honda spare parts?!...40characters more interesting [/color]

Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by PDPdestroyer(m): 8:18pm On Aug 21, 2025

donmixc:
We Hausa are hard working, we are not into drugs trafficking nor skull mining 😎

You’re not a northerner and you know it. I know where you represent

Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Judolisco(m): 8:20pm On Aug 21, 2025

meobizy:
1. 1986 was 39 years ago, not 40.

2. Nothing new. Igbos the country over know that dealing in markets is a quick means to wealth. Men who started with him are likely multimillionaires or silent billionaires today.

na so una take dey let dem drag your people... Wetin concern dis thread with tribe like dis?

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Babangidapikin: 8:20pm On Aug 21, 2025

I kinda want to call him a spare part dealer, so all those boys in Ladipo can feel good about themselves and upgrade. So we have many potential Dangotes out there ..Lagos State Government can take the lead, now that data is king. know someone that use AI to diagnosis is car fault, many time I always think of using IOT to organize Lagos Market because me I don't have energy like that, I can't be stressing myself going to the market and be roaming about like a lost sheep.

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by richiemcgold: 8:21pm On Aug 21, 2025

Do not despise your small beginnings

So says the Bible (Zechariah 4:10)

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by WesleyPepper: 8:22pm On Aug 21, 2025

donmixc:
We Hausa are hard working, we are not into drugs trafficking nor skull mining 😎

Nwosu, stop f.o.o.l.i.n.g around .
You think we won’t perceive akpu all over your posts Abi ??
Have you gone through your own previous posts ?? Abi you think they’ve disappeared on naira land 😂😂😂😂

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by RollinTNDA: 8:23pm On Aug 21, 2025

Dangote was selling Honda spare parts before igbo people grin

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by owobokiri(m): 8:24pm On Aug 21, 2025

This guy was created by the kwurupt Nigerian state. It is wrong to portray him as a shining example for the young youths of this country! You guys should stop with the whitewashing and disinformation please.
Maybe you can deceive the young indomie generation, but there is nothing about Dangote that the older generation don't know.
From his days of having the exclusive rights to import grains and sugar into Nigeria, to the CBN helping out his companies at every end, the question should be; what took him so long? How come he is not richer than Elon Musk!??

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Re: Aliko Dangote Was A Real Hustler 39 Years Ago (Throwback Photo) by Ifyz0001: 8:25pm On Aug 21, 2025

Let dangote help us to reduce price of cement at least to the prices it's costed outside of the shores of this country.

He is making housing very expensive.

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