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Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by vislabraye(m): 4:52pm On Jul 17, 2011
I've not heard anything humble about Adenuga or his son. He slaps his staffs like a lawn tennis racket hitting a ball. I hope he changes.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by dramenda(f): 5:55pm On Jul 17, 2011
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Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Tricici(f): 9:30pm On Jul 17, 2011
My cousin lost her job on the 1st day cos she got in the same lift with Mike,

Mike went, as soon as he got into his office, who was thatgirl in the lift a few minutes ago, I want her sacked,

That's it,


Eiiii unfortunately she learned late and at a high price, my God, way employment is tough diz days!!!
Well u dare NOT. haha. by the time paddy (talk less of the daddy) steps his foot on ground life has to stop for a few seconds so that y'all bow and scrape to him then WAIT til he gets inside his elevator ooo embarassed

But hey life's good grin grin grin
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Paentera(m): 11:59pm On Jul 17, 2011
I find it rather baffling for people to ascribe any type of wealth they are unable to comprehend that is owned by an individual Nigerian to a former "powerful" government official. Once my business strikes gold and comes larger than life, it means I must be fronting for someone who has no clue about how I get on with ensuring the success of my business.

Abeg, go rest and stop spouting untruths saying Adenuga owes IBB & Atiku cos he's fronting for them - where were they when he was building up Consolidated Oil & struck his first well on Dec 25, 1990? Abeg, if you cannot put facts behind your tall tales, go find somewhere rest and expire - Nigeria don't need faceless people like you - we need more Adenugas who have the guts to make things happen and multiply their God given talent.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by BigB11(m): 12:49am On Jul 18, 2011
A typical example of the slogan "action speaks louder than just noise".
Mike has been the richest in Africa for more than 10 years now. He absolutely does it his own way.

Visit: mikeadenugafoundation.org

Folks, watch out and Man-U fan look out, Mike is about to make it happen once again.

Emulate, don't hate.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by BigB11(m): 12:58am On Jul 18, 2011
@tricici: yes, one of my staffs got fired last week simply because she entered my office smelling like a combo of orange and pepper soup.

FYI: Your staffs are the identity of your organization, and the identity of your organization belongs to you, therefore, it is up to you to make adjustment when it is necessary regardless of whose cousin is on the way.

It is that simple.

Mike Adenuga, the hardest working machine I know,
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by yemivictor: 1:42am On Jul 18, 2011
Big B1:

@tricici: yes, one of my staffs got fired last week simply because she entered my office smelling like a combo of orange and pepper soup.

FYI: Your staffs are the identity of your organization, and the identity of your organization belongs to you, therefore, it is up to you to make adjustment when it is necessary regardless of whose cousin is on the way.

It is that simple.

Mike Adenuga, the hardest working machine I know,

LOL @ orange and peppersoup! But seriously, when you begin to fire somebody (a fellow human being like you) for sharing the elevator with you (a mere mortal), what would you do if you were God?!?
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by staaari: 8:22am On Jul 18, 2011
Tricici:

My cousin lost her job on the 1st day cos she got in the same lift with Mike,

Mike went, as soon as he got into his office, who was thatgirl in the lift a few minutes ago, I want her sacked,

That's it,


Eiiii unfortunately she learned late and at a high price, my God, way employment is tough diz days!!!
Well u dare NOT. haha. by the time paddy (talk less of the daddy) steps his foot on ground life has to stop for a few seconds so that y'all bow and scrape to him then WAIT til he gets inside his elevator ooo embarassed

But hey life's good grin grin grin

thats bad but are you sure thats all the truth?

I dont think that is enough reason to fire someone.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Oluti(m): 9:03am On Jul 18, 2011
mike adenuga foundation is a big joke. go there nothing is happening.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by AjanleKoko: 9:03am On Jul 18, 2011
Paentera:

I find it rather baffling for people to ascribe any type of wealth they are unable to comprehend that is owned by an individual Nigerian to a former "powerful" government official. Once my business strikes gold and comes larger than life, it means I must be fronting for someone who has no clue about how I get on with ensuring the success of my business.

Abeg, go rest and stop spouting untruths saying Adenuga owes IBB & Atiku cos he's fronting for them - where were they when he was building up Consolidated Oil & struck his first well on Dec 25, 1990? Abeg, if you cannot put facts behind your tall tales, go find somewhere rest and expire - Nigeria don't need faceless people like you - we need more Adenugas who have the guts to make things happen and multiply their God given talent.

Have you read Mike Adenuga's own account? He says he was selling car stereos and lace early in his career, and through that became friends with a number of high ranking military officers. He got a banking license, and oil concession in the late 80s, a period where there was no liberalization in the oil sector, and that doesn't raise any eyebrows? Okay oh.

In any case, there are lots of rich Nigerian entrepreneurs who started business from the ground up, with no government patronage. You have the likes of Big Chi, the lady who sits atop the Chi empire, the Tantalizers and TFC Owners, as well as Kessington Adebutu (Baba Ijebu). What about Doyin Industries (Sam Adedoyin), the owner of ABC transport, Elizade, and Germaine Auto Center? These are people that made money selling services to the masses, and they still do so till today. They didn't just mysteriously appear as bank and oil company owners. That must be why they are not as rich as Mike, and they don't demand to be addressed as 'Aga' (chair).

Mike Adenuga is rich, no doubt. But, a role model? Leave story. We don't need to workship every rich man around just because they have money. That's why we can't even elect a local government chairman successfully, we pay so much homage to money in this country, we have no spine at all.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ideylaff: 10:38am On Jul 18, 2011
Quote from: Tricici on Yesterday at 09:30:47 PM
My cousin lost her job on the 1st day cos she got in the same lift with Mike,

Mike went, as soon as he got into his office, who was thatgirl in the lift a few minutes ago, I want her sacked,

That's it,


Eiiii unfortunately she learned late and at a high price, my God, way employment is tough diz days!!!
Well u dare NOT. haha. by the time paddy (talk less of the daddy) steps his foot on ground life has to stop for a few seconds so that y'all bow and scrape to him then WAIT til he gets inside his elevator ooo

But hey life's good


thats bad but are you sure thats all the truth?

I dont think that is enough reason to fire someone.


@staaari. trust me that was all to it, she's not the 1st or be the last to go that way, ask any of Mikes staff. the poor girl even said good morning sir and knelt the 9ija way in the lift and Mike ignored, but she notices he was already fuming and puffing by the time they were getting off the elevator. Her immediate boss even suggested to Mike that, sir she was ignorant lets transfer her to another branch.

Mike said to the man who has worked for him for over 10 years, Are you OK, are you talking to me, I said SACK her, end of story

GLO is not all Mikes, go and ask BNP Paribas in France they will tell you, all Rich Men have 2 borrow,

if he was that Rich why did Sanusi bn take over his Bank as bn distressed , that he was using a collateral 4 most of his businesses. Tscheewww
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by zomby(m): 4:25pm On Jul 18, 2011
The truth about Mike Adenuga:
He is from a very wealthy family.
He made is first million @ the age of 25 yrs old.
He has never in his life worked for anybody.
He owns everything that belongs to him (there is no such thing as fronting for anyone).
Mike is very quiet outside his circle, but extremely loud and pompous when he's around his trusted crew.
Mike loves Sunny Ade, a bit of Obey and HighLife in general.
Mike works out every day and watches what goes into his mouth.
Mike loves to have private dinner with his friends and family at least once in 2 months.
Mike has 2 Magnificent private jets, which he uses very often.
Mike has gigantic Mansions all over the world, but still lives @ his old house in VI.
Mike loves his children more than anything else and has done very well giving them the best of the best.
Mike is very shy, tough, kind, crazy, unpredictable and loves to control everything.
Mike spends his night and early morning hours (at least 5 times a week) checking books and daily activities of all his companies.
Mike has up to 50 meetings per day (this includes 1 on 1, conference calls, video conferencing)
Mike loves to have up to 10 very strong body guards whenever he moves around in Africa.
Mike prefers texting from emailing.
Believe it or not, he loves to play long tennis more than any other sport.
Mike is very stylish, classy, handsome and mostly has the best taste in a lot of things.


Mike is a very successful Nigerian simply because of discipline he inherited from his father, Mike Sr., business experience from his mum, his unique work ethic and blessing from God.

You can hate this man until next year, but he is completely blessed and will only continue to make the impossible to become possible in a very big way all over the world
So, why not just be proud and embrace one of your brothers?
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by zomby(m): 4:55pm On Jul 18, 2011
For the record, GLO belongs to Mike 100%, Conoil 75%, worldspan 100%, ETB also 100%.
No outstanding loans,or any partners.

ETB was taken away from him for exactly 3 days.
It took that long for CBN/Sanusi to realize the economy downfall that was about to take place if the bank wasn't returned right away.

98% of almost 500 ETB buildings belongs to Mike, over 2000 ETB official cars belong to this man and 90% of the dough in ETB's acct also belongs to him.

First, they can never be successful taking the bank away from Mike.
Second, if they're successful how do they plan to operate when every single machinery, building and so on belong to mike?.
And then finally, if they're successful taking the bank, who exactly are they going to hurt? Definitely, isn't going to be Mike Adenuga.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by denzel2009: 5:03pm On Jul 18, 2011
zomby:

The truth about Mike Adenuga:
He is from a very wealthy family.
He made is first million @ the age of 25 yrs old.
He has never in his life worked for anybody.
He owns everything that belongs to him (there is no such thing as fronting for anyone).
Mike is very quiet outside his circle, but extremely loud and pompous when he's around his trusted crew.
Mike loves Sunny Ade, a bit of Obey and HighLife in general.
Mike works out every day and watches what goes into his mouth.
Mike loves to have private dinner with his friends and family at least once in 2 months.
Mike has 2 Magnificent private jets, which he uses very often.
Mike has gigantic Mansions all over the world, but still lives @ his old house in VI.
Mike loves his children more than anything else and has done very well giving them the best of the best.
Mike is very shy, tough, kind, crazy, unpredictable and loves to control everything.
Mike spends his night and early morning hours (at least 5 times a week) checking books and daily activities of all his companies.
Mike has up to 50 meetings per day (this includes 1 on 1, conference calls, video conferencing)
Mike loves to have up to 10 very strong body guards whenever he moves around in Africa.
Mike prefers texting from emailing.
Believe it or not, he loves to play long tennis more than any other sport.
Mike is very stylish, classy, handsome and mostly has the best taste in a lot of things.


Mike is a very successful Nigerian simply because of discipline he inherited from his father, Mike Sr., business experience from his mum, his unique work ethic and blessing from God.

You can hate this man until next year, but he is completely blessed and will only continue to make the impossible to become possible in a very big way all over the world
So, why not just be proud and embrace one of your brothers?

He worked as a security guard in the US during his Uni days.

Long tennis ko midget tennis ni cheesy
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ak47mann(m): 5:43pm On Jul 18, 2011
Dont mind these people praising him like GOD they think every successful business man doesn't borrow money angry by the way these mike guy were is he from tongue i hear say na delta man undecided
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by zomby(m): 6:59pm On Jul 18, 2011
Yes, as a security guard at the age of 20 and taxi driver at the age of 22. You can put it down if you see these student part time quick money makers as jobs.

Mike is not from Delta, let us try Sokoto.

If you care to know Mike's background go and grab a new book written by his cousin, the Awujale of Ijebu land.

Mike just did not drop from the sky, he was the youngest, but the biggest among all his friends before some of us were born.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Nobody: 7:47pm On Jul 18, 2011
ok zomby, whts the guy's shoe size, undecided undecided, pls pull ur tongue out of the nigga's arze while u're at it angry angry angry
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by lanrelagos: 8:03pm On Jul 18, 2011
make adenuga go siddon, richest man 4 wia?una tink say na ijebu ode we dey talk?
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ak47mann(m): 8:59pm On Jul 18, 2011
lanrelagos:

make adenuga go siddon, richest man 4 wia?una tink say na ijebu ode we dey talk?
grin grin funny



ARES:

ok zomby, whts the guy's shoe size, undecided undecided, pls pull your tongue out of the nigga's arze while u're at it angry angry angry
hahahahahaha i was thinking he might be one of OGA adenugas toy boy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ideylaff: 3:00am On Jul 19, 2011
For the record, GLO belongs to Mike 100%, Conoil 75%, worldspan 100%, ETB also 100%.
No outstanding loans,or any partners.

ETB was taken away from him for exactly 3 days.
It took that long for CBN/Sanusi to realize the economy downfall that was about to take place if the bank wasn't returned right away.

98% of almost 500 ETB buildings belongs to Mike, over 2000 ETB official cars belong to this man and 90% of the dough in ETB's acct also belongs to him.

First, they can never be successful taking the bank away from Mike.
Second, if they're successful how do they plan to operate when every single machinery, building and so on belong to mike?.
And then finally, if they're successful taking the bank, who exactly are they going to hurt? Definitely, isn't going to be Mike Adenuga.



ETB also 100% >>>>LOL and Central Bank is picking his board for him, go and find out the fella has the biggest debt book within the bank, how can you be borrowing yourself other peoples money with within your own set terms while the bank is a public bank, common on, no call Dog monkey 4 us here oooo.
If you try so hard we will post more of Mikes Financials on here , 4 u 2 understand that the bottom of wealth is not all it seems to be like

So you have 4gotten Ribadu unraveled the rest of GLO share holders a while ago,

I don already tell you say na BNP Paribas get Miles balls, IBB's funds are accesed through there. Chikena, se small evidence below

http://www.thelawyer.com/bnp-paribas-counts-on-norton-rose-for-last-minute-financing/104972.article
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Nobody: 8:59am On Jul 19, 2011
zomby:

The truth about Mike Adenuga:
He is from a very wealthy family.
He made is first million @ the age of 25 yrs old.
He has never in his life worked for anybody.
He owns everything that belongs to him (there is no such thing as fronting for anyone).
Mike is very quiet outside his circle, but extremely loud and pompous when he's around his trusted crew.
Mike loves Sunny Ade, a bit of Obey and HighLife in general.
Mike works out every day and watches what goes into his mouth.
Mike loves to have private dinner with his friends and family at least once in 2 months.
Mike has 2 Magnificent private jets, which he uses very often.
Mike has gigantic Mansions all over the world, but still lives @ his old house in VI.
Mike loves his children more than anything else and has done very well giving them the best of the best.
Mike is very shy, tough, kind, crazy, unpredictable and loves to control everything.
Mike spends his night and early morning hours (at least 5 times a week) checking books and daily activities of all his companies.
Mike has up to 50 meetings per day (this includes 1 on 1, conference calls, video conferencing)
Mike loves to have up to 10 very strong body guards whenever he moves around in Africa.
Mike prefers texting from emailing.
Believe it or not, he loves to play long tennis more than any other sport.
Mike is very stylish, classy, handsome and mostly has the best taste in a lot of things.


Mike is a very successful Nigerian simply because of discipline he inherited from his father, Mike Sr., business experience from his mum, his unique work ethic and blessing from God.

You can hate this man until next year, but he is completely blessed and will only continue to make the impossible to become possible in a very big way all over the world
So, why not just be proud and embrace one of your brothers?

Do you care to reveal the individuals that constitute his "trusted crew"? Apart from Niyi Adewunmi of course.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by zomby(m): 9:07am On Jul 19, 2011
@ideylaff: you truly make me laugh.
My man, if it makes you feel better that Mike Adenuga is poor, so be it.

Instead of all this hate, why no just ask your father where he was and what he was doing when Mike was making all this money?

Whether you like it or not, Mike will continue to cap big things all over the world while you and your people continue to get more headaches.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by mcelisus: 10:28am On Jul 19, 2011
DR. Mike Adenuga (jnr) has always been the richest man in 9ja. He plays major roles in the 3 most outstandin sectors in 9ja- Telecom, bankin and oil. I respect him alot becus despite bein the king of Biz jungle he is v.humble. Forbes shud sit up
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by mbulela: 11:17am On Jul 19, 2011
AjanleKoko:

And the white man's mentality is praise singing (or butt licking)? Really?
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Tonjeola1(m): 11:42am On Jul 19, 2011
Mike is my man, he gave without checking; a staff of ETB that is closed to me said, they hit side by side along staircase in one of the branch in lagos and he asked have you not eating, are you a staff of ETB,he said, yes and he dept his hand into his pocket and gave him what he brought out without checking and after him (friend) checked and counted it, he was amazed to findout that it was N10k, what a cheerful giver.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by cre8tivity(f): 11:58am On Jul 19, 2011
honestly, i'm not surprised by some of the things some people are posting here. Nigeria is a society where people are not always happy for one another. all what I have read about mike on this site mostly says who he is, how he's making it happen, what he has and few other things about his background. i see no butt licking anywhere or any out of place praising going on here. some people can not understand why they can't make it in life. fyi hating others for their various accomplishments usually delays progress in one's life. all I have to say is i'm happy to have a phone service that is not controlled by just indians or lebanese and i'm also happy to buy my petrol from a gas station that is controlled by a nigerian.
if we don't have people like mike who are willing to invest their money in an unstable country like nigeria, politicians would have sold the entire country to chinese.i'm proud to be a nigerian and very proud of any nigerian that gives the country an outstanding name around the world. Mike is known all over Africa and a very good part of the world as a serious and smart businessman. may be we should all be asking ourselves what do we have to offer our country and stop wasting time hating a man that has made his country proud.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by cre8tivity(f): 12:01pm On Jul 19, 2011
mike closed 4 deals in 4 countries in 1 day and still had time to celebrate with his people in his living rm.

my favorite! smiley
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ideylaff: 12:18pm On Jul 19, 2011
@ideylaff: you truly make me laugh.
My man, if it makes you feel better that Mike Adenuga is poor, so be it.

Instead of all this hate, why no just ask your father where he was and what he was doing when Mike was making all this money?

Whether you like it or not, Mike will continue to cap big things all over the world while you and your people continue to get more headaches.

[b]@ zomby,,,[/b]why did u have to go so so so so so so so so low and show your level of upbringing to mention my fathers name in this issue.

Where in here did this thread warrant that, no one is begrugging Mike 4 any reason, the argument was that his level of wealth is not as reported,

was there any need to add my father to it.

I'm really ashamed with the level of mannerism you have displayed over a simple thread like this.

People like you are a disgrace to the society if I may add. what a mannerless Person you truly are,

You dont know who I am and I see no reason for my dad to be added to this thread. Please Please Please, shocked angry embarassed

Please dont put fingers into my throat, I am a well brought up and respectable person but every human being has a break point

Just because you have a laptop,or key board and mouse dont mean you should display the manners of a tout on-line.

You can go own sticking your tongue in Mikes bum as long as you like,

The rest of us, are OK with our lives if you may know.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by Odunharry(m): 3:32pm On Jul 19, 2011
lol
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by zomby(m): 5:39pm On Jul 19, 2011
@ideylaff: I'm so sorry, I honestly did not know that you're this sensitive.
You climbed over your computer posting rubbish and disrespecting Mike Adenuga and his magnificent accomplishments, but you also forgot to remember that Mike is also someone's father. This was why I had no other choice, but to send your straight to your father.
And I see no big deal in asking your father where he was or what he was doing when Mike was busy making all this big money.
Just for the record, I have no reason to lick @@s, I only embrace great Nigerians that deserve respect. Mike Adenuga represents one of the greatest Nigerians around today. if you do not agree, just send me your father's profile, let's see what you're working with.
Re: Mike Adenuga Might Be Africa’s Richest Man - Forbes by ideylaff: 10:19pm On Jul 19, 2011
@ zomby, based on your assumptions, you only know Mike from afar,

also I did not diss Mike, the thread was about his status, you said your bit and I said my own bit,

I have dealt with Mike business wise now for over 10 to 12 years now, so when I speak I'm talking 4rm personal experience.

Back to the Father Issue, apology accepted, but still disappointed you had to go that low. Please leave my dad out of this.

As far as my life is concerned, money is not the be and all to me in my life. It is also not the Key to happiness as much as self satisfaction is.

As long as Mike is not your dad, no need for us to go down this route. Please , Im begging you in The name of our LORD.

NL is a forum for us to discuss, agree to disagree and still be able to interact with each other with no use of foul language or bad mannerism.

That's my take on the issue,

OK I'd take your own opinion on board. Mike owns most of his businesses, if not outright sole ownership.

Lastly I was not the only one who had a opinion on Mike, so why pick on me and goo so low as well.

So many people posted on here their experiences with Mike as a person and as a business man

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