Nigeria, with a population of over 220 million people, remains the most populous Black nation. It is still Africa's largest economy, with a GDP of $440.78 billion in 2021 (the highest on the continent) and expected to reach $454.00 billion by the end of 2022. The GDP size is an indication of the high volume
Folorunsho Alakija is a multibillionaire businesswoman and philanthropist from Nigeria. She has stakes in the printing, real estate, oil, and fashion businesses. She serves as the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited and the group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group, which includes The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited, Digital Reality Prints Limited, and other companies. Additionally,
The dictionary does not define a “wife” as a “servant” or a “slave”. Fixing your fat backside on a couch, legs on the centre table, eyes glued to the TV, gulping down some drink, while Slave Wife is doing everything in the house is so old-fashioned that it is shameful. As high and mighty as you are, your hand will not change colour if you dust the dining table or cut the vegetables while she is cooking. Be a partner. Not a taskmaster! Haba!
Festus Akanbi writes on the milestones of Nigeria’s billionaire industrialist and former world’s richest black woman, Chief (Mrs) Folorunsho Alakija, who clocked 70 years last Thursday
In a society accustomed to male dominance of power and political leadership, it has been argued that the prevailing system in the country appeared to be wired to whittle down the chance of Nigerian women to easily clinch top political positions and corporate leadership.
For instance, while there is no clear-cut rule that forbids women from aspiring into any position in Nigeria, there seems to be a conspiracy to confine female politicians to certain electoral offices.