Nigerian born former British boxer, Peter Oboh was the World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental light heavyweight champion, the British Boxing Board of Control light heavyweight title holder among others.  Oboh is not given to mincing words when he speaks on boiling issues. In this chat with Jacob Ajom, Oboh said Nigerian sports need the support of corporate Nigeria and advised millionaire, Alhaji Aliko Dangote to forget about buying Arsenal and invest in Nigerian sports. Excerpts

Delectable music diva, Omawumi Megbele has finally come out to clear the air on the controversial N40 million hair she allegedly rocked to Dangote’s daughter’s wedding which held in March 2018.

Dangote, a wholly Nigerian brand, has been voted the most valuable brand in the 2018 Top 50 Brands, upstaging  MTN Nigeria at the top with 87.4 points to MTN’s 80.8 points.

Nigeria’s Dangote Group has emerged the most valuable brand among the top 50 brands in Nigeria for 2018, which were unveiled, weekend, in Lagos.

LAGOS—EXECUTIVE Director of the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Aliko-Dangote has urged millennials in Nigeria and across Africa to diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast-track the development of the continent.

Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, have partnered with Dangote Cement to conclude yet another issuance of N50 billion Series 3 and 4 Notes, under the recently established Dangote Cement Plc’s N150 billion Commercial Paper, CP, programme.

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) and German Equipment Manu-facturers Association (VDMA) have formally opened the Train-the-Trainer (Didactic & Rhetoric) Course (ToT) under the Dangote VDMA Initiative on Technical Education & Vocational Training (TVET).

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has urged other stakeholders in the sector to join hands with the government to fund education, adding that funding qualitative education goes beyond the government.

The AG-Dangote construction company yesterday, urged governments at all levels and engineers to switch over to rigid pavement for road construction, saying it was more affordable, durable, safer and stronger.

The Dangote Group has dismissed suggestions that the huge oil refinery being built in Lekki, Lagos Nigeria, will not be ready in 2020 as planned.

KANO — The Kano State House of Assembly has exonerated Speaker Alhasan Rurum of the allegation of collecting a bribe of over N100 million from Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest man.

AFRICA’S richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday, lamented that Nigeria currently spends about N1.5 trillion annually on importation of food, saying it puts heavy pressure on the country’s foreign exchange.

FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange yesterday listed Dangote Cement Plc’s N50 billion commercial papers, CPs, the biggest CP programme so far on the Nigeria debt capital market on its platform.

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a $650 million loan facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for his oil refinery project in Lekki, Nigeria.

The Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II and Africa’s leading industrialist, Aliko Dangote, and Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, are expected to attend the 11th edition of the Access Bank Polo event in Lagos tomorrow