Dangote ranked among 50 most influential persons in the world

 President of the pan-African conglomerate, the Dangote group, Aliko Dangote has been named among the 50 world most influential personalities by the Bloomberg, the renowned US based news media with bias for business and financial news reporting.

 The group of personalities chosen by the Bloomberg Market, consisted of CEOs, world leaders as well as religious leaders. As expected, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis made the list with Dangote on number 41.

 According to Bloomberg, those on the list “build companies and assemble fortunes. They run banks, or hope to disrupt them. They shape economies and spread ideas. They manage money and wield the clout that goes with the billions of dollars they invest”

Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Aliko Dangote, former Ekiti state governor Kayode Fayemi are among the Nigerians that witnessed the investiture of former Agriculture Minister Akinwunmi Adeshina as the 8th President of the African Development Bank, AfDB in Abidjan today. 

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I don't have a house outside Nigeria - Aliko Dangote

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote says he does not own a house outside Nigeria

"Somebody asked me, how many houses do you have abroad? I said, well, to tell you the good news, I don’t even have a nine-inch block outside Nigeria, and that is the truth. I don’t have a house anywhere abroad.” - he told Senior Media executives during an interview session over the weekend

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Aliko Dangote Says He Will Acquire Arsenal FC Soon

Africa's Richest man, Aliko Dangote says he will soon buy Arsenal Football club once he completes the refinery that he is building in Lagos. He said this to BBC Hausa on Tuesday June 16th

“When we get this refinery on track, I will have enough time and enough resources to pay what they are asking for. There were a couple of us who were rushing to buy, and we thought with the prices then, the people who were interested in selling were trying to go for a kill. We backtracked, because we were very busy doing other things, especially our industrialization.”he said

Dangote had shown interest in buying the club when he spoke with

Aliko Dangote Pay A Courtesy Visit To The Governor of Lagos State

Aliko Dangote pay a courtesy visit to the Governor of Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Dangote is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 67th richest person in the world and the richest in Africa.