{"id":64493,"date":"2020-03-21T12:49:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/03\/21\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:49:45","slug":"billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"kkZBejJ3LVkCn9vVcQY\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria reaches eight, the Aliko Dangote Foundation earlier pledged N200 million to support Nigeria\u2019s health authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic. Zouera Youssoufou, Managing Director and CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation disclosed this while speaking to CNBC Africa\u2019s Kenneth Igbomor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1529,1076],"tags":[17672,26935],"class_list":["post-64493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","tag-managing-director","tag-zouera-youssoufou","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria reaches eight, the Aliko Dangote Foundation earlier pledged N200 million to support Nigeria\u2019s health authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic. Zouera Youssoufou, Managing Director and CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation disclosed this while speaking to CNBC Africa\u2019s Kenneth Igbomor.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1603\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":20,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Managing Director\",\"Zouera Youssoufou\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/\",\"name\":\"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg\",\"width\":2405,\"height\":1603,\"caption\":\"How will Dangote-IPMAN deal impact status quo?\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV","og_description":"As the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria reaches eight, the Aliko Dangote Foundation earlier pledged N200 million to support Nigeria\u2019s health authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic. Zouera Youssoufou, Managing Director and CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation disclosed this while speaking to CNBC Africa\u2019s Kenneth Igbomor.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2405,"height":1603,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19","datePublished":"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/"},"wordCount":20,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg","keywords":["Managing Director","Zouera Youssoufou"],"articleSection":["National","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/","name":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19 - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-21T12:49:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Billionaire-Aliko-Dangote-pledges-N200mn-to-aid-Nigerias-fight-against-COVID-19-1.jpg","width":2405,"height":1603,"caption":"How will Dangote-IPMAN deal impact status quo?"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/billionaire-aliko-dangote-pledges-n200mn-to-aid-nigerias-fight-against-covid-19\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Billionaire Aliko Dangote pledges N200mn to aid Nigeria\u2019s fight against COVID-19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}