Amidst a raging public debate about the tax reform bills that would overwhelmingly revolutionise Nigeria’s taxation framework, BusinessDay has tracked some of the largest taxpayers in 2024. This list was compiled based on the publicly available financial statements of companies…
Joseph Makoju is dead
A former Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Engineer Joseph Oyeyani Makoju, is dead. Makoju, a former managing director of Dangote Cement, died at a private hospital in Abuja on Monday. Details of his death were not available at press time.…
Over 20 cars up for grabs, as Dangote Cement extends Bag of Goodies promo
Dangote Cement has extended its ongoing Dangote Bag of Goodies sales promo by an additional four weeks, saying that customers still have more than 20 cars and other fabulous prizes to be won. Speaking over the weekend, Dangote Cement’s Group…
Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies Promo: First star prize winner emerges
Mr. Benjamin Igherighe, a Dangote Cement retailer in Abraka, Delta State has emerged as the first grand prize winner of a saloon car in the ongoing Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies scratch and win promo. The car was presented to…
Manufacturing, agriculture key to economic growth, development says Dangote
Executive Director of the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Dangote, has urged millennials in Nigeria and across Africa to diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast-track the development of the continent and better life for…
Q2: Dangote Cement invests $3bn across Africa, employs 27,952 Nigerians in 2017
Group Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Joe Makoju, said the company has invested a whopping $3 billion to build manufacturing plants and import/grinding terminals across Africa. The company’s operations, according to Makoju are in Cameroon (1.5Mta clinker grinding), Congo…
Dangote Cement shareholders get 90% of net profit as dividend
Shareholders of Dangote Cement on Wednesday at the company’s 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM), approved the dividend payout of N10.50 per 50 kobo share, which is 90 per cent of net profit and an increase of 23.5 per cent over…