Dreams Comes true................As Billionaire TY Danjuma Pays Whopping N1bn For His Dream Hotel In London

T he revered oxford dictionary described wish list as “ a list of desired things or occurrences. ” And such is how one can describe the present state of mind of billionaire Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, as he is now the chief pilot of the prestigious hotel called The Kings Arms Hotel The 300-year-old inn next to London’s Hampton Court Palace, is now owned by Nigeria’s former Minister of Defense TY Danjuma, and is now poised to open soon after refurbishment, a Bloomberg publication announced last night. The 80-year-old Danjuma, who is worth $1.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, paid 2.4 million pounds (N1.096bn) for the 14-room Kings Arms Hotel two years ago. Rooms cost about 250 pounds ($318) a night. The retired military general made a fortune from an oil block awarded to him in 1998 by the regime of late General Sani Abacha. Beyond the U.K., the Danjumas own real estate in California and have bought and sol...