Sept 2, 2015/ The Will Nigerian born billionaire and one of Africa’s richest men, Chief Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, 79, has died in a Brussels, Belgium hospital from an undisclosed ailment, according to news reports quoting family sources. He died on Tuesday September 1. Chief Fernandez was an oil baron, businessman […]

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Ecobank on Thursday said it’s partnering The Global Funds in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (TB) pledging the sum of $3.0 million to that effect. A statement from Ecobank says the program is designed to strengthen the financial management skills of program implementers in Nigeria, […]

Wed Aug 26, 2015/Reuters Nigeria’s economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter as lower crude prices took their toll on Africa’s biggest economy and top oil producer. Annual growth dropped to 2.35 percent from 6.54 percent a year earlier, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said late on Tuesday. […]