Tag: Dangote
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Dangote Cement records 24.2% revenue increase in Q1
Dangote Cement Plc on Tuesday said its revenue for the first quarter stood at N413.2 billion, translating to a 24.2 per cent increase over the same period last year.
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Orji Uzor Kalu celebrates Aliko Dangote at 65
Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, felicitated with the founder and President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Sunday as the latter turned 65. In a goodwill message issued in Abuja, Kalu described Dangote as an outstanding Nigerian, recognised beyond the shores of Africa for his giant accomplishments in business and humanitarian…
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Police foil attack on Dangote refinery in Lagos
Security operatives foiled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the PRO, the attack occurred at the early hours on Monday.
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FACTCHECK: Is Dangote urea fertiliser plant the world’s second largest?
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the $2.5 billion Dangote Fertiliser Plant in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. Buhari said during the ceremony that the plant which occupies 500 hectares of land in the Lekki Free Trade Zone and has capacity to produce three million metric tons of urea fertiliser per annum, was the second largest…
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President Buhari commissions Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Lagos
The urea and ammonia fertiliser plant is the biggest of its kind
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Ganduje gives Dantata, Dangote, Abdulsamad new appointments
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday appointed Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, his uncle, Aminu Dantata, and Abdulsamad Rabi’u as members of the state Zakkat and Hubsi Commission. Zakkat, refers to the obligation that a Muslim has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes.
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Dangote advises me to save my money-Davido
Popular singer, Davido has revealed that Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa counsels him to save his money. Speaking in a chat with Earn Your Leisure podcast, the ‘Jowo’ crooner whose father, Adedeji Adeleke is a friend of Dangote, said: “Anytime I see Uncle Aliko, he tells me, David save your money”
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote loses brother, Sani
Sani Dangote, the Vice President of the Dangote Group and brother to the President of the group, Aliko Dangote, is dead. The death was confirmed in a terse statement by the Dangote Group on Sunday, with sources adding that he died in the United States of America after a protracted illness. Sani was said to…
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Dangote seeks loan deals to finance Lagos refinery project, cost rises $19bn
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is in talks with some of the world’s biggest oil traders to help finance his mega refinery project in Lekki, Lagos, Reuters has reported quoting close sources to the project. The 650,000 barrel-per-day refinery, once complete, will be the continent’s largest plant and redraw major trade flows of crude…
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Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene
Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country.