The Most Expensive House in Nigeria

What is the most expensive house in nigeria? That’s the sort of question that may come in to your mind. Well, nothing is wrong about that as the Giant of Africa is Nigeria due to the biggest and largest economy. Due to these reasons,  the wealthiest personalities in the country are entertainers, business persons, Sportspersons, and so on.

While all of these people are making a good amount of money, the houses they own in Africa tend to have whooping worth. In other words, they have spent considerable income on establishing their homes.

The survey has said that most people who belong to Nigeria and are successful tend to love living in luxurious homes. So today, we will tell you about the Most expensive house in Nigeria. Yes, we will only discuss one expensive house for you on the list, which will blow your mind. So, let’s get into it.

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Folorunsho Alakija’s Mansion:

The Mansion of Folorunsho Alakija’s is the most expensive house in nigeria. It’s overall price or demand for this mansion is $700 million. If we convert it with local Nigerian currency, it’s around two hundred ninety billion six hundred forty-six million nine hundred fifteen thousand three hundred nairas.

Depending upon the exchange rate, the digits would go up or down accordingly. However, it’s the current rate of the house in naira.

Julius Berger is the German Company that has the operation in Nigera. They are the ones who have completed the entire construction of the beautiful mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The task was given to them back in 2014 to build construction and design the mansion as per the owner’s requirements. It took four years to complete the mansion for the German company, and then it has handed over to the real owners.

In general, most of the expensive houses in Nigeria have kept the touch of old-fashioned styles. However, this mansion is designed through futuristic implementations as the house owner spent the early days of her life in the 1900s era.

If we talk about the interior part of the mansion, so the most important thing is that there are no windows in the mansion. Instead, the owners have considered the light wells as the replacement. Light wells are good for decreasing the necessity of electric lighting, which is a good thing to save electricity.

Moreover, the interior is based on the northern tradition where Persian rugs and soft padded floors are included. Three Story building construction that has luxury bathrooms, bedrooms, large hall, meeting room, home office, and a luxury sitting home.

Majority of the facilities are include in the exterior part of the mansion. It has a garage, Swimming pool, and a huge lawn area, which is good for expensive parking cars and recreational activities inside the mansion.

Who is Folorunsho Alakija?

In the Past, Folorunsho Alakija was well-known as the richest black woman who belonged to Nigeria. However, Oprah Winfrey was the one who surpassed the list push down Folorunsho in second place.

Folorunsho is a successful businesswoman who has invested considerable amount in the industries like Printing, Fashion, Oil, and many more. It’s not that she has born poor but to the wealthiest family and spent her early years in the U.K.

Folorunsho completed her primary education from the U.K. After that, she came back to Nigeria and completed the high school fro the Muslim High school in ogun state.

Later on, she moved back to the U.K to pursue her professional studies. From the American college in London, she bagged a degree in Fashion Design.

If we talk about her professional career, it all started at Sijuade Enterprises in Nigeria as an executive secretary. In 1993, she started thinking about establishing Famfa Limited, an oil company. In the same year, she managed to get the license to run this company.