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Apapa-Wharf Road reconstruction project 75% completed – officials

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2018 0

The Apapa Wharf Road reconstruction project has achieved 75 per cent completion, officials of AG Dangote Construction Company Ltd., handling the project have said. The Project Director, Mr Bosun Kalejaiye and the Project Manager, Mr Tunde Jimoh, made this known on Sunday in Lagos during an

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Dangote, Peugeot-Citroen partnership excites MAN

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2018 0

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has applauded the partnership between Dangote, Peugeot-Citroen and five State Governments in automobile manufacturing. The Director-General of MAN, Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadri, said in an interview with journalists on Monday in Lagos that the partnership would revive the automobile industry in Nigeria. “If we are able to have more of

Entertainment

Daddy Freeze reacts to Dangote daughter’s wedding

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

Daddy Freeze has gone on social media to analyze Dangote daughter’s wedding that held over the weekend. He wrote: #FAMIL2018 #LessonsLearnt. – 1: One of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates, was one of the most humble in his dressing. – 2: Money and power know no religion. – 3: The usual showbiz […]

Business

Dangote’s investments in Lekki Free Zone to earn Nigeria N8trn annually

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Aliko Dangote, President/CEO of Dangote Group, on Wednesday, said his investments in the Lekki Free Trade Zone will earn the Nigeria N8 trillion turn over annually. The Africa richest man who spoke at the opening of the inaugural edition of the Lagos-Kano Economic and Investment Summit held at the Jubilee Chalets in Epe, Lagos, said […]

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Dangote Foods rewards 77 distributors, pledges to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2018 0

Dangote Foods, comprising Dangote Flour Mills, Dangote Sugar Refinery and NASCON Allied Industries has rewarded a total of 77 customers who distinguished themselves in 2017. At the award night held at the Expo Centre of Eko Hotel Victoria Island Lagos on Wednesday night, 11 winners emerged from each of the geopolitical regions while the balance […]

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TCN’s Fibre Optic Saga: Alheri, Phase 3 owe FG N27.18bn in 11 years

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2018 0

…Fashola writes Buhari, seeks EFCC, others probe of Phase 3, Alheri (Dangote subsidiary) …Raises conflicts of interest by Makoju, Diko with Dangote, Jegede, Ex- Minister Cornelius Adebayo’s son-in- law The Federal Government’s ongoing war against corruption and sleaze may be a Herculean task to accomplish, following a startling revelation that two indigenous

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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 […]

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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 […]

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$18 bn Dangote refinery: Reps support project, promises to deepen local content law

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

* Tasks oil companies on effective local content implementation The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Local Content, Mr Emmanuel Ekon on Wednesday, commended Dangote Group for its huge investment refinery and petrochemical, which is geared towards improving the socio-economic development of the nation. Ekon gave the commendation during the House Committee on

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Dangote: Only African in Bloomberg 50 list of year’s most influential people

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

Aliko Dangote was honored last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York’s iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg’s list of 50 most influential names who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa’s richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B USD to increase Nigeria’s food production capacity. […]

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Market Fire: Dangote donates N.5b to Kano traders

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

Succour came the way of the over a thousand hitherto dejected traders affected by the Kano Market fire disasters few months ago as the renowned business mogul, Aliko Dangote made good his promise and donated a whooping some of N500m to rehabilitate the them. Aliko’s donation which came through the Aliko Dangote Foundation, was in […]

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Dangote hosts investors, stakeholders, consumers at Lagos Fair

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

Dangote Group, a leading participant in the on-going Lagos International Trade Fair will be hosting investors, distributors, dealers as well as the consumers tomorrow Tuesday during its Day during which the company management team will espouse on the strategies of the company to remain a leading pan-African conglomerate. Group Executive Director of the Company who […]

Features

Stakeholders take decisions on Apapa gridlock menace

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

Stakeholders have met in Lagos and agreed on a number of measures to tackle traffic gridlock, port congestion and other problems in Apapa and its environs. They met with the three-in-one Minister, responsible for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, who called for the collaboration of all of them to face the lingering […]

Crime News

Gunmen kill Dangote security, abduct Portuguese expatriate

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Idris Ahmed, Lokoja Despite huge resources to mobilise security to combat banditry and violent crimes by the Kogi state government, the security situation has recently escalated. On Monday, two policemen attached to Dangote construction site were killed, while the Portuguese expatriates they were guarding were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. They were said to be attacked […]

Business

Dangote to Showcase $1.5bn Investment in Edo at Alaghodaro Summit

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

Titus Akhigbe,Benin As preparations hit top gear for the Edo State Investment Summit tagged Alaghodaro 2017, international industrialists including the Mahindra Group of India, Tolaram Group from Singapore and Dangote Group are set to showcase their over $1.5bn investment outlay in the state. The companies are billed to share their experiences, prospects and insights from

Business

Dangote Foundation, GBCHealth, form African Business Coalition on Health

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2017 0

Dangote Foundation and GBCHealth have joined forces to forge a new model of partnership, the African Business Coalition on Health (GBCHealth) in Africa. Chairman of Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, shared plans to build an African Business Coalition on Health (ABCHealth), during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum which he is co-hosting and which is taking place […]

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2019: I’m not interested in politics, Dangote tells PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 1 September 2017 0

…Says his passion is to create jobs for Nigerians …’No think thank committee has contacted me’ …Warns politicians to stop dropping his name Africa richest man and billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has declared that he has no interest in politics, advising that politicians and political parties should leave him alone and stop dropping his […]

Energy News

Dangote, Kano partner on 100MW solar power

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2017 0

Africa’s conglomerate and indigenous investor, Dangote Group, has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Kano State Government for the proposed 100MW Dangote-Black Rhino Solar Power Plant. The formal agreement for the project, which is to be sited at Zakirai, in Gabasawa Local Government area of the state, took place yesterday, 10th August, 2017, […]

Business

Labour hails Dangote on investment, employment, youth empowerment

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2017 0

… Urges others to emulate him Following his fresh investments in automobile and agriculture, the organized labour has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and the Chief Executive of the Dangote Group for promoting investment and creating thousands of direct and indirect youth employment across the country and in Africa. The labour said Dangote’s patriotism remains

Business

Investors stake N2.6b on 215.16 million shares

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2017 0

Investment appetite of investors in equities listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Tuesday remained sturdy as buy mandates for choice valuable stocks continued to soar. Trading which closed bullish yesterday, recorded more unexecuted buy mandates for choice stocks, Transcorp, Guinness and Dangote Cement all of which are currently trading cum-dividend on the