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Fri. Aug 22nd, 2025

“My father lent me the £250,000 that scaled up Zenon’s business”- Otedola 

Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has revealed that a £250,000 loan from his father Sir Michael Otedola, a former Lagos State governor-was the lifeline that helped scale up Zenon Petroleum, the oil trading company that cemented his place in Nigeria’s business landscape. Otedola made the disclosure in his memoir Making It Big, where he draws parallels […]

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