Tag: $16 billion

Nigeria’s state oil company denies it failed to remit $16 bln in 2014

Wed Mar 16, 2016/Reuters By Julia Payne Nigeria’s state oil company on Wednesday challenged official allegations that it had failed to remit 3.2 trillion naira ($16 billion) in revenues to the government in 2014 and said it only owed $1.64 billion. The auditor-general made the allegations in a report two […]

Dangote Plans $16bn Investment in Africa

Dangote Group, the Nigerian company controlled by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, plans to invest about $16 billion in cement, petrochemicals and agriculture over the next four years to boost expansion. According to the President of the group, the investment will help the Lagos-based company grow by almost a third […]