Dangote Boosts Diversification with Maiden Clinker Shipment to Senegal MAN lauds export drive Dike Onwuamaeze Dangote Cement has reaffirmed its status as the biggest cement producer in Africa with the exportation of 27,800 metric tonnes of
clinker to Senegal. With this historic maiden voyage at the weekend from its Export Terminal located in Apapa Port, Lagos, Dangote has gradually made Nigeria, which until recently was
one of the world's largest bulk importers of cement, first self-sufficient in cement production, and now an exporter of cement clinker to other countries. The exportation of the
clinker from the Dangote Cement Export Terminal would also place Nigeria as one of the leading clinker exporters in the world. The company is expected to increase the quantity of
clinker export to other African countries within the next few weeks, it was further learnt. It said the clinker exportation would enable Dangote Cement to take advantage of the African Continental Free
Trade Area, and by so doing contribute to the improvement of intra-regional trade within the ECOWAS region. The company's new drive Continued on page 9
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Obaseki Parleys Wike, Emmanuel, PDP NWC over Edo GovTicket To meet PDP South-south govs, aspirants To take final decision after consulting Buhari APC govs pledge to resolve Edo, Ondo crises Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt, Okon Bassey in Uyo and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City With
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from the race for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the weekend, began talks with
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to actualise his second term bid. THISDAY gathered that to secure the gubernatorial ticket of the party, Obaseki on Saturday night met with
the Chairman of the main opposition party, Prince Uche Secondus, and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. He followed this up
yesterday with a visit to Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, who is very influential in the party. After the meeting with Wike, Obaseki left for Uyo where he met behind closed-
doors with his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Mr. Udom Emmanuel. Obaseki and Wike met behind closed-doors at the Continued on page 9
Buhari Orders Probe into State House Shooting President not in harm's way from incident or COVID-19, says presidency Confirms first lady's security aides breached Aso Rock regulations Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered investigation into Thursday’s shooting in State House by his wife's Aide-deCamp (ADC), vowing that the law must take its course. Reacting to the incident, the presidency, in a statement yesterday by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the president acknowledged concerns generated by the development, adding that he's not by any means in harm's way. Usman Shugaba, ADC to the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, had fired two shots in the precincts of the State
House on Thursday night, while attempting to apprehend the president's private secretary and nephew, Sabiu Yusuf, in his house. The ADC had led some of his colleagues along with the first lady and three of her children to Yusuf's house after a heated argument, following the president's wife's insistence that he should self-quarantine after returning from a trip to Lagos, the epicentre of COVID-19 in the country. She had said Yusuf's refusal to self-quarantine after returning from a trip during the interstate lockdown, puts Continued on page 9
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PERFECTING HIS NEXT MOVES... L-R: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Nyesom Wike, during a visit to the latter in Port Harcourt...yesterday