BUSINESS

Dangote, The Sick, Adopted Child of Nigerian Government

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2023

By Sheikh Juma Earlier this week, news broke that Aliko Dangote was moving 60% of his family investment to the US.Two days after, we saw him in Tanzania promising to increase his investment in the country because he wants to support the new president, whose business decisions have been

NEWS

Buhari receives bride for Zulum’s son as VP, Governors, Dangote, others attend wedding

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2023

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Maiduguri, served as the ‘wali’ (groom’s representative) who received wife for Mohammed Zulum, eldest son of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum. The wedding Fatiha took place at the Maiduguri Central Mosque around the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi. The wedding […]

NEWS

Shettima meets Gates, Dangote, Govs at Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2023

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday met with the co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, the chairman of Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum behind closed doors at the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which began at 11:43 a.m., is part of engagements lined up for […]

BUSINESS

Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu lost $5.85bn to naira float-Bloomberg

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2023

Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu, Nigerian billionaires listed among the 500 richest men in the world, have lost $5.85 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index (BBI). The BBI is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. It provides details on the calculations of net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page. Data on […]

COLUMNS

Federal Republic of Alhaji Aliko Dangote and fuel subsidy debacle

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2023

By Erasmus Ikhide In 2016, Alhaji Aliko Dangote got $2b dollars allocation from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by processing form ‘A’ for intangible goods. He got the dollars at the cheapest rate, moved it out of the country to buy equipments to establish factories in other African countries, and there was no earthquakes under […]

NEWS

Obi, Dangote, Abiodun attend APC chieftain’s mother’s burial

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2022

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, joined the family of an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Segun Senbanjo, for the burial of the latter’s mother, Olubunmi Ibiyemi Craig. At the well-attended burial ceremony on Thursday, Sebanjo, a former APC Ogun State senatorial aspirant, hosted top politicians and captains of industries, to bid his […]