Bola Ahmed Tinubu is one of the few politicians in Nigeria who can be competed with, in terms of riches, notoriety, and political power.

The moniker “lion of Bourdillon” suits the man who, in addition to acting as “kingmaker” since his eight-year tenure as governor of Lagos State, has been credited with selecting the country’s second-ranking citizen after orchestrating Buhari’s election to the presidency in 2015.

Bola Tinubu parents: Meet Abibatu Mogaji and Mr. Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 29, 1952.
He attended Children’s Home School in Ibadan and St. John’s Primary School in Aroloya, Lagos.
After that, Tinubu travelled to the United States in 1975, where he attended Chicago State University after first enrolling at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago, Illinois.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the university in 1979.

Bola Tinubu started his professional career after graduating with honours and a number of awards at the American-based Arthur Anderson, Deloitte Haskins and Sells (now known as Deloitte Haskins and Touche), and the since-defunct GTE Service Corporation, which was once the biggest independent telephone company in the US back when the Bell System was in operation. On his return to Nigeria in 1983, Tinubu joined Mobil Oil as a Senior Auditor. He served as the company’s general auditor until his retirement in 1992.

Abibatu Mogaji, the mother, and Olumosa, the father, both residents of Lagos, gave birth to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Because he abandoned his mother when Tinubu was a very little child, his father was not present to witness him develop.

Chief Abibatu Mogaji, Tinubu’s mother, passed away on June 15th, 2014, at the age of 96.
She was a successful entrepreneur and served as the association’s president-general.

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