FG Directs Dangote to Boost Sugar Production to 600,000MT by 2030
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported sugar, directing the Dangote Group to increase local production to 600,000 metric tonnes annually by 2030. Minister of State for Industry, John Owan-Enoh, gave the directive during a visit to the Dangote Sugar Refinery in Numan, Adamawa State. Nigeria […]
Kaduna Protest: PANEP Warns Against Plot to Undermine Dangote Refinery
By: Aremu Toyeebaht Thousands of demonstrators on Monday took to the streets of Kaduna in a massive show of support for the Dangote Refinery, accusing oil import cartels and some labour leaders of attempting to sabotage Nigeria’s biggest private oil investment. The march, themed “National Unity Against Sabotage: Reclaiming Our Petroleum Sector for the People,” […]
NUPENG Accuses Dangote of Breaching Agreement, Threatens Fresh Strike
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused the Dangote Group of reneging on agreements reached with the Federal Government over workers’ unionization rights, warning that it may resume its recently suspended nationwide strike. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by its National President, Comrade Williams […]
NUPENG Suspends Strike as Dangote Refinery Agrees to Workers’ Union Rights
By: Aremu Toyeebaht The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off its threatened strike following an agreement with Dangote Refinery management to formally recognise workers’ rights to unionise. Following the Federal Government brokered peace between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical […]
FG Brokers Peace Between NUPENG, Dangote as Union Suspends Strike
By Chinedu Echianu The Federal Government has successfully brokered peace between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, leading to the suspension of the union’s strike. NUPENG had embarked on the industrial action on Monday, in protest against the refinery’s policy barring employees from unionising with […]
Dangote Partners Afreximbank for 2025 Intra-African Trade Fair in Algeria
By: Aremu Toyeebaht Dangote Group has strengthened its commitment to boosting intra-African trade by becoming an Official Premier Partner for the 2025 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), set to generate over $44 billion in trade and investment deals. The highly anticipated event, organized by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the AfCFTA Secretariat, […]
Tinubu, Dangote Align on Africa’s Energy Independence and Oil Sector Reform
By Aremu Toyeebaht President Bola Tinubu met privately with Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, deepening strategic conversations around Nigeria’s oil and gas sector reforms and the continent’s pursuit of energy independence. Though details of the meeting were not made public, the timing, following President Tinubu’s June […]
Invest at Home for Industrialisation, Dangote Tells Africans
By Oluwakemi Kindness Africa’s top industrialist, Aliko Dangote, says the continent must take a bold stand on economic self-reliance and industrialization, calling for an “Africa First” approach, similar to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s America First policy. Speaking at the ongoing Afreximbank conference at a session themed The Path to Making Africa Great Again, Dangote compared […]