Mother-of-four, Folorunsho Alakija, 62, started her career as a secretary in a bank then studied fashion and launched a label but her big break was oil. In 1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was awarded an oil prospecting license, which later became OML 127, one of Nigeria's most prolific oil blocks
The company owns a 60 per cent stake in the block, valued at around $7.3 billion, Ventures Africa reports
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9 billion.... read more http://www.jaketrust..com/2013/12/move-over-oprah-nigerian-oil-tycoon.html

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The truth is that there are many Nigerian women who are richer than Oprah even before now. A few years ago,Oprah was touted to be the richest black woman but when EFCC did a burst on Cecelia Ibru's assets,it was discovered that she was actually richer than Oprah. And believe me if I tell you that there are others but with hidden sources.

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Lord Jesus,pls bless me more than this woman dat one day i'll be de richest black.
Lord all this i ask through ur Son's name Jesus Christ.
Amen

I need to understand the criteria employed by Forbes in ranking, where are all our thieving govs, sinator, rapes, ministers, presidents, etc? They should review those rankings to favour nigerians.