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NBMOA mourns passing of Aminu Alhassan Ɗantata at 94

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Aminu Alhassan Ɗantata

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has expressed deep sorrow over the death of elder statesman and prominent businessman, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Ɗantata, who passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the age of 94 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (UAE). In a condolence message signed by its Chairman, Board of Trustees, (BoT) Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, the association extended its heartfelt sympathies to the Ɗantata family, his grandnephew and business magnate Alhaji Aliko Ɗangote, and the Kano State Government. “May Almighty Allah grant him eternal…

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Tinubu mourns business icon, Aminu Ɗantata

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Tinubu mourns Dantata

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Ɗantata, an elder statesman, business mogul, and philanthropist, describing his demise as a monumental national loss. A condolence message yesterday, signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, noted that Ɗantata, who passed away at 94 in the early hours yesterday, was a renowned and accomplished businessman. President Tinubu described Ɗantata death as a monumental national loss because of his sterling contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth and development. In addition to his long-standing…

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Elder Statesman, Business mogul, Aminu ?antata donates N1.5bn to Maiduguri flood victims

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Aminu ?antata

Elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu ?antata, has donated N1.5 billion to victims of Maiduguri flood disaster in Borno State. ?antata donated the money yesterday when he visited the State governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House, Maiduguri, the State capital. He expressed sympathy with the state government and victims of the disaster. ?antata, 96, lamented the downturn in the countrys economys fortune, pleading with the political elites to fear Allah. In addition, he prayed for unity and peace in both Borno State and Nigeria as a whole. In response, Governor Zulum…

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Nigeria needs Constitution review on presidential system – Aminu Dantata

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Former Board Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc, Aminu Dantata, has disclosed that the presidential system of government is too expensive for Nigeria to run. This was stated by Dantata, on Wednesday, when he received a delegation of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), led by Ango Abdullahi at his residence in Kano. The NEF was in Kano on a condolence visit to the family of the Late Bashir Tofa, former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention, (NRC), who died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, (AKTH),…

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