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1. Cos I personally lost money after attempting to buy a gift for my ex online to pacify her after an argument.
2. You keep hammering on this problem.
I decided to take it head's on.
DANGOTE FIRST BUILT A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO BUILD DANGOTE REFINERY - Not many Nigerians know that Dangote has to first build a full-scale construction company, before he built the refinery?
Yes, you read that right.
Dangote literally built a full scale construction company to construct the refinery.
If that's not just business brilliance, what else is.
Now let me explain the brilliance in Dangote's move.
When Aliko Dangote announced his plan to build Africa’s largest oil refinery, many assumed he would contract foreign construction giants, the usual suspects from China, France, or the U.S.
But if you understand how this man thinks, you’ll know he doesn’t outsource destiny.
He knew something most entrepreneurs never grasp:
"You can’t build world-class infrastructure in Nigeria without first building the infrastructure to build it."
So what did he do?
He built the foundation before the refinery.
He established Dangote Projects Limited, a fully equipped construction company under the Dangote Industries umbrella, designed to handle everything from civil works to mechanical installations.
But it didn’t stop there.
To build that refinery, he had to first build the world around it.
Because in Nigeria, the challenge is never just the project, it’s the infrastructure that supports the project.
There were no roads strong enough to carry refinery equipment.
There was no consistent power supply to sustain construction.
The ports couldn’t handle the massive cargo.
So Dangote did what great industrialists do, he built everything he needed himself.
He built a 435-megawatt power plant to generate electricity for the refinery, fertilizer plant, and even parts of the surrounding communities.
He built internal roads, bridges, and a deep-sea port (the Lekki Port Access Jetty) to bring in heavy equipment.
He trained over 30,000 Nigerian engineers, welders, and technicians, turning skill scarcity into a local advantage.
He imported and owned over 2,000 heavy-duty construction machines, ensuring no delay from third-party contractors.
That’s not a businessman, that’s an industrial architect.
Dangote understood that to build a project of this magnitude in Nigeria, you must first control your ecosystem, from power to logistics to construction.
By Daniel Adeniyi
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“He came to my house to have sex, I refused, asked him to leave. That’s when the problem started.” — Man.
They met on Grindr, but when the male model arrived, he turned out to be a catfish, different from who was on his profile.
So the host refused to touch him and asked him to leave. The hook up boy refused, insisted he must be paid.
He became violent, broke bottles, scattered the house and injured himself in the process.
According to the host, the hook-up boy still refused to leave, raising suspicion he was a kito.
Happened in Gwarinpa, Abuja.
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