Fayemi shuts schools, denies deploying of soldiers over protests No fewer than three Dangote trucks were allegedly burnt down in Ado-Ekiti by hoodlums, who appeared to have hijacked the EndSARS peaceful protests. Also, three girls, who were among those participating in the EndSARS protests, were on Sunday night allegedly gang-raped by co-protesters. This is just…

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has lauded Tony Elumelu for being among the 100 most influential people of 2020.   In a congratulatory message to Elumelu, Dangote said: “The Amere handshake says a lot about Tony Elumelu. His gritty grip underlines his charming, tenacious personality: a man who hardly backs down from any…

Dangote Cement has paid its shareholders over N1trillion as dividends in the past seven years, as part of efforts to grow the Nigerian economy.   A breakdown of the seven-year dividend payment gleaned from the company’s financial statements indicated that N51.1 billion was paid in 2013, N119.3 billion in 2014, N102.2 billion in 2015, N136.3…

One of Nigeria’s leading cement manufacturers, Dangote Industries Limited, has appealed to the Federal Government to embrace concrete roads and use cement for the construction of its roads

Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese, disclosed at the weekend that the firm has spent about N4.1 billion on infrastructural projects as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

As I was saying, the decision to end the fuel subsidy regime was momentous. A decision this big would naturally invite what we call matters arising. These are issues thrown up

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Mr. Bill Gates, and Aliko Dangote have applauded the healthcare delivery system in Borno State. According to the trio, the aggressive development of the state’s primary healthcare system despite a decade-long Boko Haram insurgency that destroyed about 50 per cent of such facilities was commendable. They made the…

Overuse and non-replenishment of farmland by small-scale farmers while they lack the capacity and resources for organic agriculture have constituted a barrier to the food productivity of farmers per hectare in the country. Also, imported or most locally blended organic fertiliser brands are still relatively expensive for the resource-poor farmers. Hence, the coming into the…

Former Green Eagles winger, Adegoke Adelabu, has described as ‘heart warming’ the decision by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, to earmark $1 million for the renovation of some parts of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Dangote’s commitment came on Wednesday about nine months after he promised to renovate the 60,000 capacity stadium, which has morphed…

A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former staff of Dangote Oil Refinery, Matina Amosu who was convicted for stealing the sum N3 million by a Lagos High Court.

Amid harsh operating environment, Dangote Cement Plc has posted Group revenues of ₦891.7 billion and volumes of 23.7 million metric tonnes of cement production

The Guardian Newspapers, in collaboration with African Consolidated Analytical Limited, will on March 27 hold the second edition of The Manufacturing Excellence Roundtable and Awards at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.