Aliko Dangote – National Infinity Magazine

Powerful oil mafia attempted to sabotage my refinery -Dangote

The chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that some local and international criminal organisations, which he described as “mafia”, made repeated attempts to sabotage his $19bn refinery project located in Lagos. Dangote while speaking at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings, likened the oil cartels to a mafia stronger than the drug mafia, hell-bent on maintaining their grip on the industry. “Well, I knew that there would be a fight. But I didn’t know that the mafia in oil, are stronger than the mafia in drugs. I can tell you…

Aig-Imoukhuede named President, France-Nigeria Business Council

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

At the esteemed Choose France Summit 2024, held on Monday, May 13, 2024, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, the Chairman of Access Holdings PLC, was formally appointed as the President of the France Nigeria Business Council (FNBC) by the President of the French Republic, President Emmanuel Macron. The France Nigeria Business Council (FNBC) stands as a pivotal coalition of Nigerian private sector business leaders, committed to enhancing bilateral relations between Nigeria and France. Its core objectives revolve around the facilitation of trade, investments, infrastructural development, job creation, and cultural integration between the two…

Six ‘brother Nigerians’ including Dangote, Rabi’u get Niger Republic’s highest national honours

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Six Nigerians, described as brothers’ by Nigerien President on Wednesday, received Niger Republic’s highest civilian awards, Order of Merit of Niger and Great Master of National Awards, for their roles in promoting better relations between the two countries. Of the ‘six brothers’, none is a southerner where Nigeria’s oil wealth with which the country serves its relationship with its northern neighbours is located. The awardees include two Businessmen, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; and President of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabi’u; Governors Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State and Bello Matawalle…

RevolutionPlus CEO Bamidele Onalaja, listed in Forbes Africa’s top business people

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Respected property magnate and Chief Executive Officer of RevolutionPlus Group, Bamidele Onalaja has been listed as been listed by Forbes Africa as one of the 48 business leaders and policymakers in government and corporate Nigeria that will shape the Nigerian economy in the year 2022 and beyond.Onalaja who is also the President of Rotary Club of Maryland was listed alongside prominent Nigerians that included President Mohammadu Buhari, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Africa’s richest person, Aliko Dangote and others cutting across banking, finance, real estate as well as oil and gas.The…

Amajiris’ Export To Southern Nigeria: Dangote replies Ohanaeze

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Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist and Africa’s richest man has refuted claims assertions that his company’s trucks were being used to transport Almajiris from the Northern part of Nigeria to the South. His reaction was contained in a letter dated May 27 and addressed to the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nnia Nwodo. The letter entitled, ‘Allegation of illegal haulage against Dangote Industries Ltd’, was signed by Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Communications Officer. Nwodo and other Southern and Middle Belt leaders recently expressed concern about the influx of Almajiris to the Southern States. Dangote…