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Nigeria: Tinubu, Buhari, Shettima, Atiku, Govs, Barau, Others Mourn Dantata
- Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, a 94-year-old Nigerian businessman and elder statesman, died last Saturday in Abu Dhabi and was buried today in Madinah following Islamic rites.
- His death followed a lifetime of building a multidecade business empire in sectors like construction, banking, and oil and gas, which laid foundations for Northern Nigeria's economic growth.
- Leaders including President Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku, Governors Yahaya and Yusuf, Senate Deputy President Barau, and others publicly mourned him as a philanthropic pioneer and national loss.
- He was called a "towering figure" whose contributions created thousands of jobs and fostered prosperity, and the Senate postponed the North-West constitutional public hearing to honor him with a minute of silence.
- His passing marks the end of a remarkable era in Nigerian business and philanthropy, with calls to immortalize his legacy through institutional renaming and remembrance of his industry and generosity.
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Senate postpones N/West constitution review hearing to honour Dantata – Daily Trust
The Senate has postponed its scheduled North West zonal public hearing on constitution amendment to honour the late elder statesman and renowned business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who was buried in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced this during Tuesday plenary, explaining that the decision followed consultations with stakeholders in the North-West region. “In view of the demise of a very prominent philanthr…
Senate postpones public hearing on constitution review in honour of Dantata
The senators also observed a one-minute silence in honour of the late business icon. The post Senate postpones public hearing on constitution review in honour of Dantata appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Barau, Ganduje arrive Madina for Dantata’s funeral
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, have arrived in Madina, Saudi Arabia, ahead of the burial of elder statesman and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Deputy President of the Senate, Ismail Mudashir, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, Bara…
Nigeria: Tinubu, Buhari, Shettima, Atiku, Govs, Barau, Others Mourn Dantata
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, former President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, northern governors and other eminent Nigerians have mourned the passing of Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, an elder statesman, business mogul and philanthropist.
Tinubu_ Buhari_ Shettima_ Atiku_ Obi_ Govs_ Others Mourn Business Mogul_ Dantata
Breaking | 24 seconds ago *Dantata was part of a family of traders and merchants who built the famous groundnut pyramids of the First Republic Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Folalumi Alaran in Abuja, and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano President Bola Tinubu; former President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President Kashim Shettima; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, David Mark; Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf yesterday mourned an…
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