Social class in Nigeria

Alfred Achebe, king of Onitsha and chair of the board of Unilever.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, king of the Kano Emirate and non-executive director of the MTN Group.
Aliko Dangote, chief executive of the Dangote Group and Nigeria's richest man.
Folorunsho Alakija, vice-chair of Famfa Oil Limited and Nigeria's richest woman.

The social structure in Nigeria is the hierarchical characterization of social status, historically stratified under the Nigerian traditional rulers and their subordinate chiefs, with a focus on tribe and ethnicity which continued with the advent of colonization.[1]

Since independence, however, it has become increasingly characterized by the gradual shift towards wealth, income, education, type of occupation, and most recently specific subcultures amongst the youth.

  1. ^ "In pictures: Country of kings, Nigeria's many monarchs". BBC News. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2021-07-01.