meet chisom a female barber @ sokoto

If one should imagine a barber, it would always be a male one.

‘Barbing’ is generally considered an exclusive job for males. But in Sokoto, a state which one would consider as conservative, due to it being the seat of the Caliphate, a woman braced the odds and became the only female barber.



Maryann Chisom attending to a customer.

Here are 7 things you should know about her:

1) Her name is Maryann Chisom.

2) She is 25 years old.

3) She hails from mbitoli local government area of Imo state.

4) 98 percent of her customers are reportedly male, including clergies and Alhajis among others.

5) She completed her Primary, Secondary and Tertiary education in Sokoto.

6) She holds a National Diploma in Public Administration and plans to go for her HND next year.

7) She has been ‘barbing’ for almost three years and learned it as an apprentice for about five months.

-Ministan babban birnin tarayya Abuja, Muhammad Musa Bello ya hana yin kiwo a babban birnin tarayya. -Ministan ya umurci kungiya mai kare muhalli ta Abuja (AEPB) da kungiyar da ke kula da muhalli da sukori fulani makiyaya. Ministan babban birnin tarayya Muhammad Musa Bello ya hana fulani makiyaya kiwo a babban birnin tarayya. An bayyana wannan ne kwana ki kadan bayan gwamnatin jahar Ekiti ta rattaba hannu akan dokar hana kiwo ga mabannatan makiyaya a cikin jahar. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter FCT Muhammad Bello,ministan babban birnin tarayya. Ministan ya umurci kungiya mai kare muhalli ta Abuja(AEPB) da kungiya mai kula da muhalli da su kori makiyaya. Ya bayyana yanayin kiwon a matsayin “mugunta” haka kuma ya umurci kungiyoyin guda 2 da hana yin talla akan gadar da mutane ke bi. Kamar yadda rohoton daily post ya bayyana Ministan ya umurci duk wani shugaban makarantar sakandare a Abuja wanda makarantar sa ta kasa cin 50% a jarabawar kammala sakandare wato Waec da Neco da ya aje aikinshi ko ze iya rasa aiki baki daya. Yace dole abun ya saka ka tunani kasancewar kulawa da akeyi matuka a makarantun Abuja, wanda ya kamata ace makarantun na birnin tarayya ke bada misali ga sauran jahohi, sai gashi masu nasarar a makarntun Abuja be wuce kashi 30% a jarabawar Waec da Neco. “Damar da zan bada ita ce, sharadi kamar haka; wannan Sabon zangon kowane firinsifal ya zage damtse ga jarabawar Waec da Neco mai zuwa ta 2017, duk firinsifal din da makarantar shi bata samu akalla kashi 50% na wadan da suka yi nasara ba, yabar makarantar kawai, saboda za’a cire shi. “Duk wanda ya kasa samun nasarar kashi 50% a Waec da Neco 2017 a makarantar shi, to be cancanta ya zama firinsifal ba a birnin tarayya. Muna son nasara ta karu, wannan shine abinda yafi amfani, ba zamu tara dalibai ba, kuma a karshen shekarar su ta kammala karatu ace abun da zasu samu be wuce credit 3 ba, ban San ko zaka yi alfahari ba a matsayin ka na firinsifal. Ina son firinsifal din da ze iya cewa abubuwa zasu canja dole a makaranta ta, ko da kayan aiki ko babu, ko da shi ko babu, zan sadaukar da kai na abubuwa su canja. Sai dai munji cewa sanata Ike Ekweremedu, mukaddashin shugaban majalisar dattawa yayi kira ga gwamnatin tarayya da su kawo dokar hana kiwo a wuraren kebabbu kuma asa wadanda zasu kula da dajin dan tabbatar da doka. In zaku iya tunawa fulani makiyaya mazauna Ekiti yan Ilori, jahar kwara, karkashi kungiyar Jamu Nate fulbe sun ki amincewa da dokar hana kiwo da gwamna Ayodele Fayose yayi.
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Minista ya hana kiwo Abuja Nasir Umar Bello 8 minutes ago 25 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send email -Ministan babban birnin tarayya Abuja, Muhammad Musa Bello ya hana yin kiwo a babban birnin tarayya. -Ministan ya umurci kungiya mai kare muhalli ta Abuja (AEPB) da kungiyar da ke kula da muhalli da sukori fulani makiyaya. Ministan babban birnin tarayya Muhammad Musa Bello ya hana fulani makiyaya kiwo a babban birnin tarayya. An bayyana wannan ne kwana ki kadan bayan gwamnatin jahar Ekiti ta rattaba hannu akan dokar hana kiwo ga mabannatan makiyaya a cikin jahar. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter FCT Muhammad Bello,ministan babban birnin tarayya. Ministan ya umurci kungiya mai kare muhalli ta Abuja(AEPB) da kungiya mai kula da muhalli da su kori makiyaya. Ya bayyana yanayin kiwon a matsayin “mugunta” haka kuma ya umurci kungiyoyin guda 2 da hana yin talla akan gadar da mutane ke bi. Kamar yadda rohoton daily post ya bayyana Ministan ya umurci duk wani shugaban makarantar sakandare a Abuja wanda makarantar sa ta kasa cin 50% a jarabawar kammala sakandare wato Waec da Neco da ya aje aikinshi ko ze iya rasa aiki baki daya. Yace dole abun ya saka ka tunani kasancewar kulawa da akeyi matuka a makarantun Abuja, wanda ya kamata ace makarantun na birnin tarayya ke bada misali ga sauran jahohi, sai gashi masu nasarar a makarntun Abuja be wuce kashi 30% a jarabawar Waec da Neco. “Damar da zan bada ita ce, sharadi kamar haka; wannan Sabon zangon kowane firinsifal ya zage damtse ga jarabawar Waec da Neco mai zuwa ta 2017, duk firinsifal din da makarantar shi bata samu akalla kashi 50% na wadan da suka yi nasara ba, yabar makarantar kawai, saboda za’a cire shi. “Duk wanda ya kasa samun nasarar kashi 50% a Waec da Neco 2017 a makarantar shi, to be cancanta ya zama firinsifal ba a birnin tarayya. Muna son nasara ta karu, wannan shine abinda yafi amfani, ba zamu tara dalibai ba, kuma a karshen shekarar su ta kammala karatu ace abun da zasu samu be wuce credit 3 ba, ban San ko zaka yi alfahari ba a matsayin ka na firinsifal. Ina son firinsifal din da ze iya cewa abubuwa zasu canja dole a makaranta ta, ko da kayan aiki ko babu, ko da shi ko babu, zan sadaukar da kai na abubuwa su canja. Sai dai munji cewa sanata Ike Ekweremedu, mukaddashin shugaban majalisar dattawa yayi kira ga gwamnatin tarayya da su kawo dokar hana kiwo a wuraren kebabbu kuma asa wadanda zasu kula da dajin dan tabbatar da doka. In zaku iya tunawa fulani makiyaya mazauna Ekiti yan Ilori, jahar kwara, karkashi kungiyar Jamu Nate fulbe sun ki amincewa da dokar hana kiwo da gwamna Ayodele Fayose yayi.
Read more: https://hausa.naij.com/957058-minista-ya-hana-kiwo-abuja.html

The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/956189-9-amazing-things-to-know-about-nigerias-richest-woman-folorunsho-alakija.html

The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/956189-9-amazing-things-to-know-about-nigerias-richest-woman-folorunsho-alakija.html

The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/956189-9-amazing-things-to-know-about-nigerias-richest-woman-folorunsho-alakija.html

The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/956189-9-amazing-things-to-know-about-nigerias-richest-woman-folorunsho-alakija.html

The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
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The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
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The richest woman in Nigeria is the 65-year-old Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She is a business tycoon who has her hands in oil and printing industries. They say what a man can do, a woman can do better and Mrs. Alakija has proven that as she has succeeded in the oil industry, broken records and managed to amass more wealth than most Nigerian men can ever comprehend. Here are nine amazing facts about Mrs. Alakija along with quotes from her to inspire you to aim higher and do better with your life. 1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (4) “Money has nothing to do with love. Love comes from within. Money is something you acquire along the line. Only love keeps people together. From the time that we started courting, it has been like that, and we thank God that to His glory, we’ve known one another for 40 years. I pray also that God continues to unite us. I believe that if love is the foundation of a union, God will prove Himself faithful.” READ ALSO: Nollywood actress on why men still chase her though she is married with four kids 2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (2) Folorunsho and her sister “It was a happy childhood, I enjoyed growing up. I learnt a lot with my guardian (Mrs. Coker), which was a totally different set-up to my mums. She taught us etiquette, how to sit at a table, went through our homework with us and it was from there actually that I left for England at 7.” 3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (2) “I am a very proud Nigerian. I have travelled far. I have travelled the world over, I have been travelling since the age of seven. I started off as a secretary to a bank’s managing director but that was not what I wanted. It was my father that set me along that path.” 4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (1) READ ALSO: Top Nollywood actress FINALLY opens up on her plans to have children 5. By 1993, she applied for an allocation for an Oil Prospecting License (OPL), which was her first move into the oil industry, and got the license by August 1993. Her company, Famfa Limited was now unstoppable. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho repo (6) “Of course, we were novices in the industry and after about three months of negotiation, we signed the dotted lines. To the glory of God, we struck oil in commercial quantities and we were told that oil has been collecting in the field for 17 million years. We just consider ourselves very lucky to have been allocated that oil field and they regretted it of course but the rest is history now.” 6. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (5) Folorunsho with her husband and children “My husband is my best friend, biggest adviser and supporter. We’ve known each other for 40 years and have been married for 37 years now with four boys. Even though we work in the same office, I always ensure that we kiss twice in a day, morning and night.” “I also prepare his special vegetable dish, does his manicure and pedicure regularly. I also go to the airport to pick him whenever he is returning from foreign trips. No marriage survives without love, respect and support from the couple.” 7. She is from a Muslim background but settled for Christianity in her adult life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg interview in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. XXXSecond sentence hereXXX. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Folorunsho Alakija “I don’t see any reason why anyone shouldn’t successfully combine his or her faith with affluence. As far as I’m concerned, wherever we get to in life is not because of what we have done, but because of what God has done through us. If God does not approve our success, we can never get there but can only try!” 8. She has her autobiography which is called: Growing with the Hand That Gives The Rose. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (4) “I’m grateful to God for making me who I am, and the way I am. I always look back and remember that nothing is as a result of what I have done but for what He’s done through me.” READ ALSO: Unbelievable: Former first lady now ties gele for a living one year after 9. She has a Rose of Sharon Foundation, a faith-based, non-profit organization which focuses on assisting the most vulnerable people in the society, including widows and orphans. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter folorunsho alakija (7) “We try our best to bring hope back into their lives…the foundation has been able to fend for 2,751 widows and 963 widows’ children, 66 orphans and actually 11 widows at university through the foundation.”
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