Mary Onyali: Top 10 Nigerian Super Sport Stars & their Super Investments

Joseph Yobo

Yobo played for Marseille in France, Everton of England and Fernabahce of Turkey and he could be described as one of the richest Nigerian players of his generation. The former Eagles captain has large chunk of his investment in real estate. He has properties in many parts of the country including Abuja and Port Harcourt. He also has houses in Lekki Phase 1 and 2 in highbrow areas of Lagos. He equally owns another one at NICON Estate also on the Lagos Island.

Yobo has also acquired properties in Central London and Liverpool both in England. He has also invested in football academy in the Ogoni region of Rivers State and in Lagos. Reports also have it that he is set to go in to full time players’ management.

Mary Onyali

Athletics may not be such money spinning sport and many of those engaged in it, especially in this clime, really don’t make as much as their counterparts in football, basketball and even boxing, but Onyali who participated in five Olympic Games still managed to put something away for the future. The former sprinter went into the production of sports wears shortly after retirement. The current Special Adviser to the Director General of the National Sports Commission has a company known as Yali Yali, a sports line, that competes at the lower level of sports apparel market.