The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said the Dangote Group has paid back 70 percent of the loans it took to construct an oil refinery. Emefiele spoke at the commissioning of the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote Refinery in Lagos on Monday. The CBN boss said the refinery was initially […]
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The Kano State Governor, 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. This was contained a […]
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A lady who identified herself as Bea Lewis has claimed she had dated Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman. Lewis took to her Instagram page on Thursday to recount how the billionaire “broke my heart in 1000 pieces” long after their romantic escapade. In the post which appeared to be a reflection of the year 2020, […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessmen, has agreed to renovate some parts of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. On Thursday, Dare told journalists that the renovation will include just the football pitch, light and scoreboard. According to him, work will begin in the next two […]
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that he withdrew $10 million just to have a look at it and convince himself that he is rich. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim governance weekend, ongoing in Abidjan, Dangote said he knew he was rich on paper, but had to convince himself that he was indeed rich. […]
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Billionaire businessman and president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says there are better days ahead for the business community in Nigeria, despite the elections ongoing in the country. The business mogul said there is a lot happening in Nigeria, and elections did not deter his companies from investing in the country. “I think from the […]
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Richest man in Africa and business tycoon, Aliko Dangote has recently been listed as the 6th most charitable person in the world. Also listed by Forbes magazine as the world’s 23rd billionaire, jumping 20 spots on the scale from his previous 43rd position among the elite club of the world’s richest people. The philanthropist gesture of […]
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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has flagged off its one-off and unconditional Micro-grants Programme in Niger State with 25,000 disadvantaged women as beneficiaries bringing the total number of women beneficiaries to 256,500 across seven states of the federation. Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote said weekend at the flag-off ceremony held at the Justice […]
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The president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been ranked by Forbes as the 66th most powerful person on earth, ahead of Mike Pence, US Vice-President. In the American business magazine’s 75-person list, Dangote clinched the second position in Africa, trailing President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, who was ranked 45th. Both men are the […]
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Bukola Saraki, Senate President, on Thursday, met with Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates and African Business Mogul, Aliko Dangote to proffer solutions to financing healthcare in Nigeria. Saraki who was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, had the breakfast with the business magnates and philanthropists at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. […]
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