{"id":14148,"date":"2024-01-12T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=14148"},"modified":"2024-01-12T09:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:14:01","slug":"mike-adenuga-emerges-as-nigerias-second-richest-person-closing-in-on-dangote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/12\/mike-adenuga-emerges-as-nigerias-second-richest-person-closing-in-on-dangote\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Adenuga Emerges as Nigeria&#8217;s Second Richest Person, Closing in on Dangote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes&#8217; real-time billionaire index has witnessed a notable shift as Mike Adenuga now ranks among the top 5 richest individuals in Africa, elevating him to the position of Nigeria&#8217;s second richest person. Adenuga&#8217;s net worth currently stands at $7.4 billion, a significant increase from $3.1 billion at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This development marks a departure from the longstanding dominance of Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu as Nigeria&#8217;s top billionaires. While Dangote continues to maintain his status as the country&#8217;s wealthiest individual with a net worth of $14.3 billion, Adenuga&#8217;s surge underscores his growing financial prominence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adenuga&#8217;s journey to this position faced a setback following the Naira unification initiated by President Bola Tinubu, causing a dip in his net worth. However, recent months have seen a remarkable recovery, positioning him as a formidable contender in Nigeria&#8217;s billionaire landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes&#8217; real-time billionaire index has witnessed a notable shift as Mike Adenuga now ranks among the top 5 richest individuals in Africa, elevating him to the position of Nigeria&#8217;s second richest person. Adenuga&#8217;s net worth currently stands at $7.4 billion, a significant increase from $3.1 billion at the beginning of the year. &nbsp; This development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14150,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148\/revisions\/14150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}