The [world billionaire] rankings include 226 newcomers. Seventy-seven of the new faces come from the U.S., half of whom made their fortunes in finance and investments ,

, Two of the most noteworthy new entrants are South Africa's Patrice Motsepe and Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, the first black Africans to make their debut among the world's richest. Dangote is also the first-ever Nigerian billionaire.

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That means Dangote is richer than Babangida, Obasanjo, Atiku and even MKO?

Haba richer than Babangida, sourly doubt that

Have you forgotten that IBB cannot let his asset be valued because he is a fraudstar ? how about OBJ, Late. Abacha, remember his child saying they`ll never be as poor as dangote, can Abacha`s family be as rich as IBB ? , IBB is too much money

The question was not the transparency of XYZ's wealth, but rather is Dangote richer than X, Y, Z