Aliko Dangote And Nigeria's Accidental Billionaires

"Tear Down This Cement Wall!"

Last week, Forbes released a report that showed Aliko Dangote’s personal worth of $11.2 billion constitutes actually constitutes 2.4% of the Nigeria’s GDP at $414 billion.

Let us put these figures in some badly needed context. John D Rockerfeller, one of America’s richest men ever, commanded a personal fortune of 1.53% of the US’ GDP at the time of his death. In fact, even today, the personal fortunes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, the two richest men in America, collectively fall short of 1% of the US’ GDP today.

Why am I sharing these statistics with you?...

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SHAME: Nigerian Ship Arrested In Ghana For Crude Oil Theft

A disgrace of international proportion was recorded in the deep sea as a Nigerian flagged vessel, M.T. Madina, was arrested in Accra, Ghana, for carrying stolen crude oil to a private jetty.

The vessel which was arrested by the Ghanaian Naval authority was said to have lifted the crude from a mother vessel in Nigeria when sailing to Ghana.

The ownership of the vessel could not...