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President/CE, Dangote Geoup, Aliko Dangote has been described as the ‘Pride of the Black Race’. Governor of Kano State, Dr. Umar Ganduje, who was speaking at Dangote Special Day, Monday said Nigeria is lucky to be blessed with someone like Aliko Dangote who has made Nigeria and indeed, Africa proud in different ways. Represented by state Commissioner of Commerce, Industry, …

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    Dangote Cement Stirs Industrial Revolution In Africa, Commissions Mfila Plant In Congo   The new plant estimated at $300 million has potentials for about 1000 direct employment and thousands of several other indirect jobs Africa’s largest cement Company, Dangote Cement Plc (http://APO.af/mCqnZz) yesterday added fillip to the on-going efforts at economic emancipation of Africa when it formally opened …

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The Osun Board of Internal Revenue Service, (OIRS), Thursday sealed a Dangote Quarry located at Ajebandele, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the State. The tax enforcement team which was led by the Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Tax and Revenue Matters, Barr. Gbenga Akano and the officials of Osun Internal Revenue Service arrived at the quarry as early as 6:30am, sealing …

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    Succor 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 sum of N500m to rehabilitate them. Aliko’s donation which came through the Aliko Dangote Foundation, was in response to the appeal …

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Leading pan African cement manufacturer, the Dangote Cement (www.Dangote.com) has maintained its strong hold in the Nigeria domestic cement market accounting for 65 percent of the Nigerian market volume, while other African plants’ volumes went up by 7.5 percent to 7.0 mta. The Cement company has in the past months expanded its operations across Africa with the coming on stream …

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For Africa to attain its desired goal in real growth and development, prominent African leaders and top entrepreneurs across the continent have decided to work together towards integrating their economies to enable free trade among its members. Specifically,Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibajo,  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and president of the Dangote group, who are co-chair …

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A multi-million Naira Youth Farming Initiative that will engage teeming unemployed Nigerian graduates in rice farming has been launched by the Dangote Rice Limited (www.Dangote.com) in Kogi State. This is even as the Company prepares to hit the market with One million metric tons of Dangote rice in 2018. The Dangote Youth Rice Farm project, mainly an out-grower scheme for …

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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has called on well-meaning individuals and corporate organisations to invest in road infrastructure. Fashola told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the idea was to attract the private sector to road maintenance and in turn the Federal Government would give them tax relief. According to him, the initiative will be …

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The Management of Dangote Group on Monday debunked a story alleging that the company will benefit 10-year tax holiday after constructing 35 km Apapa to Oworonshoki highway end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Speaking at the Ikoyi head office, on Monday, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, revealed that the company has …

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On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted by former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, inaugurated its first Global Business Forum with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Africa’s richest man, Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote. Following talks by former US president Bill Clinton, French president Emmanuel Macron, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Alibaba …

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