Oprah May No Longer Be Richest Black Woman

uppitynegroid wrote: ThoughtCouture wrote: ok i don't feel like googling right now.  so..........is an oil block simply a specified block of land containing oil along with the rights to said oil?   Yes, I just googled for you.    Funny enough.  The first result's first paragraph mentions Babangida giving oil blocks to his mistresses fraudlently.

happy 4b wrote: uppitynegroid wrote: happy 4b wrote: Epitome made a statement i'm sure in jest that this lady made her wealth on her back and knees. You came and responded yeah most likely. I do not know how to quote posts you can find your statements on pg 2 or 3. You may not have meant to discredit this particular woman but that is exactly what you said. I am not missing your point, I know what happens in Nigeria, but that has nothing to do with this PARTICULAR woman. Never said dating a baller was on the level of receiving an oil block. I was defending my statement that just cause it happens alot doesn't mean that's how this lady made her money. I just so happened to use ballers and their girlfriends as an example because of the genralizations made about them. Don't see how you misunderstood that. And as far as me defending this lady, I don't know maybe I want to marry her sons so I am defending my future mother in laws honor. Shrugs...     It has everything to do with this woman because she is Nigerian.  A former president who is worth billions of dollars gave a woman a financial opportunity that has in turn made her a billionaire even though they are not married or related.  The article offers no explanation as to why and yet your are insinuating that I'm reaching when I say there is a chance that he did this because they had a romantic relationship.   Just like you claim I am assuming this woman did not earn her money, you are assuming she did.  You have no idea if what I've posted about the dynamics of wealthy Nigerian men and women pertains to this woman or not.  I also, have never said that I know for a fact that what I discussed is directly related to her.   At least I acknowledge I don't know it all... There is a CNN segment on this lady it is on youtube. So unlike you I am not going by this article solely. They do exposes on people making a difference. I doubt CNN would choose someone doing work fraudulently. At first you said you were making a generalization but it is clear you are speaking about this woman specifically. I am not pretending to know it all, I just refuse to go with a negative explanation for her wealth since neither of us know her personally or how she truly made her wealth. That is the difference. Up Ms. Alakija keep growing your wealth and making a difference in your community!

uppitynegroid wrote: happy 4b wrote: uppitynegroid wrote: happy 4b wrote: Epitome made a statement i'm sure in jest that this lady made her wealth on her back and knees. You came and responded yeah most likely. I do not know how to quote posts you can find your statements on pg 2 or 3. You may not have meant to discredit this particular woman but that is exactly what you said. I am not missing your point, I know what happens in Nigeria, but that has nothing to do with this PARTICULAR woman. Never said dating a baller was on the level of receiving an oil block. I was defending my statement that just cause it happens alot doesn't mean that's how this lady made her money. I just so happened to use ballers and their girlfriends as an example because of the genralizations made about them. Don't see how you misunderstood that. And as far as me defending this lady, I don't know maybe I want to marry her sons so I am defending my future mother in laws honor. Shrugs...     It has everything to do with this woman because she is Nigerian.  A former president who is worth billions of dollars gave a woman a financial opportunity that has in turn made her a billionaire even though they are not married or related.  The article offers no explanation as to why and yet your are insinuating that I'm reaching when I say there is a chance that he did this because they had a romantic relationship.   Just like you claim I am assuming this woman did not earn her money, you are assuming she did.  You have no idea if what I've posted about the dynamics of wealthy Nigerian men and women pertains to this woman or not.  I also, have never said that I know for a fact that what I discussed is directly related to her.   At least I acknowledge I don't know it all... There is a CNN segment on this lady it is on youtube. So unlike you I am not going by this article solely. They do exposes on people making a difference. I doubt CNN would choose someone doing work fraudulently. At first you said you were making a generalization but it is clear you are speaking about this woman specifically. I am not pretending to know it all, I just refuse to go with a negative explanation for her wealth since neither of us know her personally or how she truly made her wealth. That is the difference. Up Ms. Alakija keep growing your wealth and making a difference in your community!   So anyone who appears on CNN is incapable of having been a mistress of an infamous billionaire?  Ok.  The fact that she's a well-known philanthropist doesn't negate a single word I've posted.   I haven't given a negative explanation of her wealth.  I don't know how she made her money.  Once again, I've explained how many Nigerian women like her make theirs.    The difference between your posts and mine is that you have an agenda, defending a stranger.  I am simply making statements about a culture I witness everyday.  All of what I've posted is common knowlege in Nigeria.

Of course I have an agenda to defend this woman why wouldn't I? She is a black woman building an empire and doing charity work. This article was about one woman not what other Nigerian women are doing. No one knows anyone's real worth except them and their accountant. Everything is an estimate. Even forbes has been proven wrong plenty of times. You weren't simply making a statement you were inferring that this woman made her wealth from non respectable ways. You were the one that mentioned only having the article to go by that's the only reason I brought up CNN. The article was not about Nigerian women it was about one Nigerian woman. The only reason to bring up generalizations was to infer that this woman was a mistress or whatever you said many Nigerian women do. Doing this all without any evidence!
Anyway this subject is tired and its nighttime in Nigeria so goodnight.

Hey Alijaki let me hold summtin.