Dangote to spend $10bn on rice cultivation
The Dangote Group shone at the just concluded 2017 Gateway Trade fair which was held in Abeokuta, emerging as the second most patronised exhibitor, just as the Group disclosed that it was investing N10 billion dollars in rice cultivation in five states to boost food self-sufficiency.
Suspected thugs destroy proposed Dangote-affiliated Onitsha depot
THUGS suspected to be agents of an Anambra-born business mogul (names withheld), have been fingered in the wanton destruction of the property belonging to an Onitsha –based company, Bontus Oil and Gas Ltd. Bontus Oil and Gas is currently working out an arrangement with Dangote Group to be its main agent in Onitsha and its environs.
Dangote provides employment without ethnic, religious discrimination – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the entrepreneurial skills of Alhaji Aligo Dangote, saying that he provided employment without ethic and religious considerations.
Dangote Sugar, Flour total revenue up 84.8 % to N275.5bn
Dangote Flour Mills Plc and Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc have recorded total revenue of N275 billion in the financial year ended December 31, 2016, representing an increase of 84.8 per cent from N275. 5 billion of the corresponding period of 2015.
Okowa urges Dangote to invest in Delta’s petro-chemical industry
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has charged the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to invest in the petro-chemical industry by taking advantage of the huge deposits of gas in the state.
Dangote, Total, Honeywell, 9 others get 30% of $367m special forex sale
Twelve firms bought 30 per cent of the special foreign exchange sales of $367 million conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on March 2nd, 2017.
Fayemi lauds Dangote over cement export
THE Federal Government weekend in Ibese, Ogun State, confirmed that Nigeria had attained self-sufficiency in the production of cement and indeed now an exporter of the commodity, ascribing the feat to Dangote Cement which spare headed the backward integration policy introduced by the government.
Dangote group spends N1bn on Apapa road – Manager
The Head of Ports Operations, Dangote Group, Mr Yakubu Abdullahi said that the organisation spent N1 billion to repair the road leading to Apapa Port.
Dangote, Alakija & Kessington for honorary awards at LASU 21st convocation
Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo after years of suspending honorary awards to individuals, is set to confer same to the trio of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija and Chief Adebutu, Kessington at her 21st convocation ceremony schedule to hold on 23rd , March 2017. The event will also see a total of 36,489 students graduate from diploma, first and higher degrees programmes.
Dangote Refinery to receive compressor trains
In a bid to make Dangote Oil Refining Company in Lagos world class, Germany-based MAN Diesel and Turbo will deliver two compressor trains to the company.
Aliko Dangote opens coal mine in Tanzania
Aliko Dangote is now a coal miner as Tanzania has offered his Dangote Cement Company in the southeastern town of Mtwara, land to mine coal for its operations.
