Online Publishers’ Conference: Govs, Service Chiefs, Lai Mohamed, Dangote, Others Confirm Attendance
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), a group for the highest strata of Nigerian media professionals in online publishing, has secured firm assurances of the presence of More...
Africa’s Richest Man, Dangote Sets Up $100m Vehicle Assembly Plant in Lagos
Aliko Dangote LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dangote Industries, the conglomerate controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is establishing a $100 million truck assembly plant in Lagos in a move that More...
Dangote Denies Death Rumour, Says I’m Hale,Hearty and Alive
Dangote LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Africa’s richest man , Alhaji Aliko Dangote has come out to deny the rumour making the rounds that he ‘died’ in an unnamed German hospital at the age of 59. The business More...
Recession: Dangote Advises FG To Sell Assets to Remain Afloat
Dangote LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote told CNBC that a wave of asset selling by the government could be the best way to boost Nigeria’s recession-hit economy. “I More...
Plunging Naira: Dangote Knocked Out of Bloomberg Billionaire Rating
Dangote LAGOS JUNE 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)– Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, fell 25 places on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday as the naira tumbled on its first day of trading More...
Why Dangote Suspends Production Of Tomato Paste in Newly Commissioned $20m Factory
Dangote LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dangote Tomato Processing Factory, a newly commissioned company owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has suspended its operations due to the unavailability of its More...
Dangote to Fix Nigeria’s Chronic Fuel Crisis
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-After waiting in line for more than four hours to buy gasoline in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, taxi driver Adebayo Olawole considered himself fortunate he got a half-filled tank. More...
Eight Reasons Why Northerners are More United than Southerners
By Otunba Olumide Abegunde LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-However, recent events are making me to have a deeper reflection and I wish we- Southerners in this instance- can have some kind of introspection. Out More...
Nigerian Billionaires Yet To Fulfill Pledges to Terrorist Victims
LAGOS JULY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A large number of Nigeria’s wealthiest business leaders who pledged more than $400 million last year to support victims of terrorist attacks in Nigeria are yet to redeem their pledges. Last More...
Dangote, Africa’s Richest Man Explains Why He Has Interest in Arsenal
Dangote LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has disclosed his reason for seeking to acquire a stake in English Premier League team, Arsenal. Few weeks ago, Dangote, 58, attracted More...
Dangote Loses $10.3 Billion to Naira Depreciation
Dangote By Sounak Mukhopadhyay LAGOS MARCH11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aliko Dangote calls his homeland Nigeria as “one of the best-kept secrets.” The 57-year-old billionaire, who reportedly lost $10.3 billion in the More...
Muslims and the Sting of Boko Haram
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau By John Dania LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (URHOBOTODAY0-So much ado about the violent sect in Nigeria, Boko haram, I would rather say is overrated. No doubt, they have caused havoc in Nigeria and More...
Dangote Awards scholarships to Delta State Students
Aliko Dangote LAGOS MARCH 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Dangote Group Alhaji Aliko Dangote has awarded scholarships to eight pupils of James Hope College in Agbor, Delta State. Dangote, foremost cement producer and More...