Forbes, a website renowned for ranking of richest people in the world, has made available the list of richest people in Nigeria in 2017.

In the latest release, 9 Nigerians made the billionaires club cut with some, just few million dollars away from reaching the benchmark.


The top two richest men in Nigeria, Dangote and Adenuga
Below are top 10 richest men in Nigeria according to Forbes ranking 2017, ranging from the least to the top.

10. Oba Otudeko: Oba Otudeko is the Chairman and founder of the honeywell group.

He is also the chairman of FBN Holdings Plc. His operations spread across oil and gas, flour mining, real estate, and marine transportation. Net Worth: $650 million.

9. Jim Oviah: Jim Oviah is the founder of Zenith Bank. He is the chairman and the largest shareholder with a stake of almost 10%.

He also manages a mobile telecom Visafone which has over 3 million subscribers. Net Worth: $1 billion.

8. Orji Uzor Kalu: The former governor of Abia State. He is the founder and chairman of Slok Holding. A conglomerate with interest in shipping, banking, oil, trading, manufacturing and the media. He became a real business man at the age of 19 after being expelled from a Nigerian University for allegedly spearheading a series of student riots. Net Worth: $1.1 billion.

7. Tony Elumelu: A philanthropist and founder of the Transcorp and Heirs Holdings. He was the chairman of United Bank for Africa and was estimated to worth... Read more at https://eckovibes./2017/03/30/forbes-releases-top-10-richest-nigerians-in-2017/

Awesome!! These are the kind of people that have millions and billions in their bank account and don't know what to do with it, they are out and lost of ideas on what to use it for....the interest alone keeps making them wealthy per second, so what's the stress. Unhm, well what can I say never loose hope we can still make our way to that list soon..

What of OBJ,IBB,Jonathan and others, wrong list,they should edit and publish another one