Last Man Standing: Alhaji Aminu Dantata @ 90, by Munzali Dantata     Aminu Dantata was one of the eighteen surviving offsprings of Alhassan Dantata when I was growing up in the 1960s. Most of them lived on the same street founded by their father, around 1910,...

Sugar Backward Integration’ll Save Nigeria $700m Annually – Dangote       Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has said Nigeria will save up to $700m of foreign exchange yearly from sugar production self-sufficiency if the government faithfully follows through the backward integration policy in the sugar industry. The Chairman of...

Lagos State Govt Pays Over N4.2bn As Pension Arrears       The Lagos State government has paid N4.203 billion as pension under the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS), otherwise known as ‘Pay As You Go’, between May 2019 and March 2021, Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pension, Mrs....

Dangote Cement Pays N273bn Dividend       Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc yesterday commended the management of the company for an impressive performance despite the economic challenges in the immediate past business year. The shareholders approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per share for the year...

DPR Targets N900bn Remittance Into Federation Account In Q2, 2021       The DPR has said it is targeting to generate and remit about N900 billion into the Federation Account in the second quarter of the year. The agency has also received over $20 billion investment proposals since...

Customs Recover N426m Unremitted Revenue From Importers       The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recovered N426 million revenue that was not remitted by some importers at the Lagos Port Complex. The Coordinator of the Strike Force of the Comptroller General, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, who stated this...