Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Dangote Salt recently deepened its engagement with local communities through a series of outreach activities that highlighted the vital role of salt in traditional industries and everyday life during the just concluded Sallah celebration. The initiative, which spanned artisan clusters and commercial centres in Kano, underscored the importance of salt beyond household consumption, while reinforcing…
Aliko Dangote, the chairman of Dangote Group, says his foundation will spend $700 million on educating Nigerians in the next 10 years. He spoke on Sunday at the 2025 Doha Forum in Qatar. Dangote said the money will help support over 155,000 Nigerians in both secondary schools and universities across the country. During a panel…
Petroleum marketers in Nigeria may soon stop importing petrol after the Dangote Petroleum Refinery cut its ex-depot price by ₦49 per litre last Friday. This price reduction has changed the competition in the fuel market, with major and independent marketers admitting that Dangote’s new pricing makes importing petrol less profitable. The refinery now sells petrol…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced plans to increase its stake in the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery to 20 per cent. The move aims to boost Nigeria’s local refining capacity and strengthen its role in the downstream oil sector. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC, Bayo Ojulari, made this known at…
Dangote Refinery to Expand Capacity from 650,000 to 1.4 Million Barrels Per Day The Dangote Refinery is set for a major expansion that will boost its capacity from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd — a move that will make it the largest refinery in the world, surpassing India’s Jamnagar Refinery. Announcing…
Two individuals, namely Mohammed Ndatotu and an individual known as Lawal, have been apprehended by the Ogun State Police Command on charges of stealing a truck owned by Dangote cement company. The Ogun State Police Command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, made this announcement in an official statement issued on a Friday. Odutola explained that the arrest…
Lamenting the misinformation in some quarters, the management of Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, refuted any form of price increase, clarifying that the product from its factories and plants nationwide sells for N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of value-added tax (VAT). The clarification, the company noted, followed recent insinuations that it…
Dangote Noodles Limited, a unit of Nigerian company Dangote Flour Mills, has sold two production lines in Ikorodu and Calabar, to rival pasta maker De-United Foods Industries, maker of Indomie Noodles. The transaction is valued at 3.75 billion Naira ($12.26 million). De United said it has signed an agreement with Dangote Noodles to buy the…
