Browsing: Dangote Cement

The move underscores the company’s commitment to cutting carbon emissions, enhancing energy security, and setting a benchmark for sustainable industrialization across Africa.

This significant growth, the firm said on Tuesday, reflects the company’s strong operational performance and strategic expansion efforts.

The Plant Director of the company, Azad Nawabuddin, made this known when he spoke at the scholarship award ceremony in Obajana on Monday.

The lawyer to the Otabor family, Eko Solicitors and Advocates, announced the death of the lady hit by a Dangote Cement truck in Edo State on August 13, 2025

The Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak, disclosed this to newsmen after his presentation at the 2025 Annual Drivers Retreat.

The Eagle Online had earlier reported that Dangote has resigned his membership of the board of Dangote Cement and by implication its chairmanship

This is just as the Ogun State Government lauded the Ibese Cement Plant for partnering the state government on the development of the host communities in the state through provision of infrastructure and empowerment programmes.

During a one-day capacity development workshop for local vendors, themed “Leveraging DCPI’s Processes and Procedures to Build Viable Local Businesses,” Acting Ibese Plant Director, Johnson Michael expressed this commitment.

This is just as the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote assured all stakeholders that all his business units are committed to optimising their operations to contribute to the attainment of net zero within the global stipulated timeframe.

This initiative is part of the company’s broader empowerment programmes designed to ensure food security for the people.

The Plant Director, Louis Raj, emphasised its commitment to the infrastructural and socio-economic development of the host communities.

The market capitalisation, which opened at N55.132 trillion, shed N750 billion or 1.36 percent to close at N54.382 trillion.

The cement plant also reported a 10.9 percent increase in the Nigerian market which rose from 8.0Mt to 9.0Mt in the half year ended June 30, 2024.

The cement manufacturing firm said it believed that true progress is measured not only by economic prosperity but also by the holistic development of all stakeholders.

The company said it is committed to development for the prosperity of the people and host communities by placing a premium on the developmental needs of the communities and empowerment of their indigenes.  

The company commissioned 10 of the 17 Alternative Fuel Projects across the Group.

The proposed increment in dividend is subject to ratification by the shareholders at the forthcoming AGM of the firm. 

This came even as the Ogun State Government said the Dangote Cement is a key driver of the state’s economy.

The spokesman of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday,

Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, made this known in a statement on Friday.