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Dangote Cement

14 Mar
The House of Representatives has ordered the immediate probe of the authorities of Dangote Cement manufacturing company and others over alleged arbitrary increase in the price of cement in the country.
13 Mar
No fewer than 305 youths from the Dangote Cement Ibese plant’s 17 host communities have so far been trained and empowered with multi-million Naira start-up packs in different vocations since the commencement of operations by the Cement Company in Ibese, the Company management has disclosed.
29 Feb
The community, which hosts the Gboko plant of Dangote Cement, has grounded activities at the company, following a protest over resettlement plans.
21 Feb
In what may be described as a twist and sudden change in performance, the industrial goods index which was rated worst performing in 2023 has returned a year-to-date gain of over 95 per cent to investors.
19 Feb
Cement prices have skyrocketed to between N7, 000 and ₦9,500 per 50 kilogramme bag in major building materials markets, leaving consumers and construction firms reeling from the sudden spike.
5 Feb
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) banking index led the losers’ chart at the end of last week's transactions with -4.52 per cent loss. Following the sector last week was the insurance indices with -4.07 per cent. The oil and gas indices also declined by -2.47 per cent.
30 Jan
The Nigerian equities market reopened in an upbeat yesterday, as investors jostled for dividend-paying stocks to reposition for the 2023 earning season, causing market capitalisation to appreciate further by N1.24 trillion.
29 Jan
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) industrial goods index has emerged as the best-performing sector this year so far, returning a year-to-date (YTD) gain of 96.43 per cent to investors.
25 Jan
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) achieved a new record of 100,000 mark as sustained bargain hunting in Dangote Cement Plc propelled the all-share index (ASI) to rise by three per cent.
22 Jan
The industrial index led the gainers' chart at the end of last week's trading in the equities segment of the capital market as investors' rising appetite for Dangote Cement (+53.9 per cent) and BUA Cement (+45.8 per cent) lifted the sector by 46.9 per cent.
18 Jan
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) sustained rising profile at the end of yesterday's transactions as the All-share index crossed 90,000 mark, occasioned by bargain hunting in Dangote Cement Plc and 46 others. The All Share Index (ASI) rose by 2,092.15 points, representing a gain of 2.38 per cent to close at 90,063.25 points. Also, market…
16 Jan
The bulls maintained dominance at the reopening of transactions yesterday on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)as increased demand for Geregu Power Plc and 67 others lifted the All-Share Index (ASI) by 1.92 per cent.

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