Politics

Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group Beats Dangote, Others To African Entrepreneur of The Decade

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2023 0

The founder and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has defeated the Chairman Dangote Group of Companies, Aliko Dangote and South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe in an online voting to emerge the African Entrepreneur of the Decade, 2023. The award being spearheaded by Face of Democracy

Business

BUA sponsors 2023 Lagos International Polo Tournament

Ihesiulo Grace 26 January 2023 0

By Joy Obakeye BUA Group has been announced as a main sponsor of the 2023 Lagos International Polo Tournament scheduled to hold from January 28 to February 19, 2023, in Lagos State. In addition, BUA will be sponsoring the most prestigious high-goal subsidiary cup – The Independence Cup reputed as the oldest polo prize in […]

Business

BUA Chairman, Rabiu bags double honours

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2022 0

By Temitope Adebayo Founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has been conferred with the prestigious Nigerian National Honour of Commander of the Federal Republic as well as the Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) by TBS. These awards were presented by President Muhammadu Buhari recently on two different occasions to Abdul Samad Rabiu […]

Business

Dangote, Flour Mills want BUA Sugar Refinery Shut Down

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2021 0

The establishment of a new sugar refining plant in the country, according to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, and Mr. John Coumantaros, Chairman of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, poses a challenge to the achievement of the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) as well as the sustainability of the country’s local sugar […]

Business

BUA establishes cement company in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2020 0

BUA Cement has announced the establishment of a three million metric tonnes cement plant in Adamawa State.  The company simultaneously announced a 50 megawatts power plant in Guyuk and Lamurde Local Government areas of the state This was disclosed by the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, when he led a management team on […]

Covid-19

Covid 19: BUA group donate isolation centre in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2020 0

The Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdussamad Rabiu, has donated a 3-storey building in Kano, to serve as isolation center for the  COVID-19 disease. Mallam Garba Mohammed, Chairman Kano state fund raising commitee on COVID-19, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano.According to the statement the BUA CEO had already instructed his contractors […]

Business

Equities market rebounds as ASI gains 0.17%

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

The equities market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday recorded the first gain of the week as the All-Share Index (ASI) rose by 0.17 per cent due to buying interest in BUA Cement Plc and 18 other stocks. The All Share Index rose by 45.83 basis points or 0.17 per cent to 27,568.91 […]

News Politics

Dangote, BUA face – off‎: Edo PDP berates Obaseki over role

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2018 0

The Publicity Secretary of Edo State Peoples Democratic Party ,Chris Osa Nehikhare has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of showing open support to the Dangote Group at the expense of BUA in the ongoing face-off between the two groups. It will be recalled that in 2008,the BUA Group acquired majority shareholding of Edo Cement Company after […]

News

Dangote accuses BUA of stealing, illegally mining limestone on its properties

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

Management of Dangote Group over the weekend accused BUA of engaging in illegal mining of limestone deposits in its Mining Lease No. 2541, located in a boundary town of Oguda/Ubo in Okene Kogi State. Dangote’s Executive Director, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, frowned at the media war, instigated by BUA against the Dangote Group, over a matter […]

News Property

BUA set to increase cement production, create jobs

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

….Sokoto, Edo plants to be commissioned in 2018 The Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, has said that his firm will soon increase cement output in the country, as he plans to expand the company’s facilities in order to make more cement available for local consumption. He said, “We will be inaugurating our Sokoto […]