Devakumar Edwin, Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group, presented the scholarships to the beneficiaries on Monday.
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He said he was thus present at the time “watching the life support machine going down until it stopped working.”
The body was brought to Kano early on Wednesday and was buried after the funeral prayer at the Palace of the Emir of Kano.
The funeral prayer, conducted at the palace of the Emir of Kano at about 11am was led by Imam Sani Muhammad.
Sani is the brother of the President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, and served as his Vice President
Gbajabiamila, in a statement in Abuja, said Sani Dangote’s demise was a painful loss, given his role in the group.
Asiwaju Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, prayed that Almighty Allah comfort the Dangote family and grant the deceased eternal rest.
In a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja, Buhari joined the family in mourning the industrious son.
Sources said he died in the United States of America during a protracted illness with the Dangote Group confirming his passage
The donations were made on Tuesday in Lagos to the physically challenged persons at the Pacelli School for the Blind, Surulere and the Lagos State owned Old People’s Home, Sabo-Yaba. The food items range from bags of rice, beans, semovita, noodles, beverages among many others.
He gave the charge in Abeokuta at the end of a three-day training for journalists from across the South-West geo-political zone in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, also visited
The awards were presented during the NSE Ikeja Branch’s dinner and awards ceremony organised as part of activities to round off its engineering week with the theme ‘Integrated engineering development as a catalyst for homegrown industrial revolution’.
The position of AMCON was stated by its spokesman, Jude Nwauzor, in an interview with LEADERSHIP newspaper.
The Dangote Group made the announcement in a statement posted on its website on Sunday.
The award was announced by Brand Africa, founders of the Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, during a virtual event in Uganda.
A statement on Monday by the Group Chief, Branding & Communcations, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, said Sahara Reporters’ story entitled ‘EXCLUSIVE: How Suspended NPA Boss, Hadiza Usman Awarded Coastline Terminals To Dangote’s Proxy Company In Shady Deal’, dated Sunday, May 9, 2021, was an attempt to tarnish the name of the company.
The largest buyer of SHACMAN brand in Nigeria, Dangote Group has since the entrance of SHACMAN vehicles into the Nigeria market through Transit Support Services Limited as SHACMAN Nigeria six years ago bought over 3,500 units of the brand.
In a statement by Buhari’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, commemorating the birthday of Africa’s leading philanthropist and industry giant, the President said “the pandemic has placed enormous strain on many nations, but in our case, due to the support and cooperation of citizens like Dangote who display great empathy and sacrifice to mankind in their own ways, the burden has been made somewhat lighter for the citizens and the government.”
ECCIMA said the entrepreneur had, through his company, Dangote Group, added a lot of value to the nation’s economy, operating in almost every sector of the economy.