Nigerian Pastors are 'as rich as oil barons' - BBC
Oyedepo alighting from one of his numerous jets BBC/Mfonobong Nsehe, Nigeria's pastors run multi-million dollar businesses which rival that of oil tycoons, a Nigerian blogger who has researched the issue has told the BBC. Mfonobong Nsehe, who blogs for Forbes business magazine, says pastors own businesses from hotels to fast-food chains. "Preaching is big business. It's almost as profitable as the oil business," he said. The joint wealth of five pastors was at least $200m (£121m), he said. Mr Nsehe said the richest of them, Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, was worth about $150m. Bishop Oyedepo owned a publishing company, university, an elite private school, four jets and homes in London and the United States, according to Mr Nsehe. 'Private jets' The Nigerian blogger said Bishop Oyedepo was...