Her favorite restaurants include NOK by Alara, which serves new African cuisine; Z Kitchen, which offers succulent steaks; and R.S.V.P., which specializes in international dishes. Again, they resumed possession of the shares again as in the previous time, but this time it seems Dangote sold his shares to Dantata and M.R.S Oil and Gas Company Limited. Some descendants of Alhassan Dantata includes: "Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, An Appreciation", "Biography of Select Kano Merchants, 18531955", "Alhassan Dantata: Things You Didn't Know About Him", "Meet the wealthy but simple Nigerian merchant behind Dangote's success story", "Biography of Select Kano Merchants, 1853-1955", "Nigerian Tycoon Abdulkadir Dantata Is Dead", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alhassan_Dantata&oldid=1135608976, Mahmud Dantata, popularly known as Mamuda Wapa (19221983): son. Diezani was charged with responsibility for $20 billion missing from the Petroleum agency. "As Banana Island did in the beginning, it restricts the types of homes that can be built. Dantata built his first house in the then empty Sarari area (an extension of Koki) in Kano. Other business allies who are shareholders in companies located at Plot 70 Sahrada Industrial Area, Phase 3, Kano, Nigeria, include Ayokunu Tajudeen Sowemimo and Arjun Thadani. More:Comporta, a Portuguese Village Where the Well-Heeled Go for Some Privacy. Of the three condo developments, Ocean Parade is considered the most top-notch, she said, because of its many amenities, which include tennis courts, an Olympic-size pool, two gyms and childrens areas. They work for multinationals as well as the mega mobile-network operator Etisalat Nigeria; Airtel Nigeria, the provider of prepaid, postpaid mobile and 4G services; Ford Foundation Nigeria, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance human welfare; and the law firm of Olaniwun Ajayi & Co., which all have headquarters there. She was accused of organising a diversion of $6 billion (N1.2 trillion) from the Nigerian treasury and was arrested in London in 2015. Sayyu Dantata, a chip off the old block of the Dantata family has come to establish himself as a major player in the Oil and Gas sector. They are frequently used to shield the identities of owners and/or to hide money. It's definitely different playing mixed polo but I love it.". [1][2] He is the great-grandfather of Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest person in Nigeria and Africa. Central Bank of Nigeria Staffs hail billionaire Sayyu Dantata, as he personally flies his chopper to work to beat the Apapa traffic, today, in Lagos. LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a leading luxury goods conglomerate helmed by French billionaire Bernard Arnault, is reportedly pursuing the acquisition of Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, Richemont, led by South African billionaire Johann Rupert. It is a 200 million-liter lubricant processing plant that is acclaimed as the first of its kind in West Africa and covers the entire value chain of lubricants. "Banana Island is a piece of heaven in the middle of noisy Lagos," said Ms. Nouboue, adding that the island has two parks. His passport to the nation's sweet crude is the MRS. Some others set up shell companies to raise funds before starting operations, to attempt a takeover or as a front for an illegal business. Leave Application A dedicated road connects it to a network of roads near Parkview Estate. Dantata stated that the plant will not only generate foreign exchange for the country through product exports but also meet the needs of neighboring countries. This they do through Transfer Pricing, a complex structure that allows businesses often in third world countries to shift profits to shell companies overseas to allow them pay little or no tax in the country where they made the money. Every time I see horses I just want to go and spend time with them. He is the Founder and CEO of MRS Holdings Ltd (Formerly, MRS Group). At some point he returned to Bebeji to his religious studies and work. It will not be slowed down in perpetuity. She is the daughter of late Chief M.K.O Abiola. As part of a recompilation, Abbas returned the confiscated lands around Kano to the Agalawa families. Business career [ edit] As in the rest of the country, real estate prices on Banana Island are based on the value of the land, which according to Roberta Nouboue, managing director of Madingwa Real Estate, is NGN400,000 (US$1,101 per square meter). In 2012, her blog was worth $1.2 million. MARCO STORARI manages all aspects of oil storage terminalsoperations at MRS Terminals in West Africa which is over 350,000m3 storage depots. Aliko Dangote's brother, Sayyu Dantata's MRS Oil head office shut down by Government over Tax Evasion. He told them that his days were approaching their end and advised them to live together. [7], In 1912, when the Europeans started to show an interest in the export of groundnut, they contacted the already established Kano merchants through Emir Abbas and their chief agent, Adamu Jakada. But does Dangote pay his fair share of tax in Nigeria or is he hiding assets abroad? He used the new trade routes to Ibadan and Lagos to develop his network of trading associates. See More, Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. He has 31 years experience gained in shipping, oil trading, supplyoperations, fleet tanker management, maritime claims, andinsurance amongst others from various companies in Italy,Monaco and Nigeria. Mossack Fonseca has, however, in a statement to ICIJ denied wrongdoings, saying, as a registered agent, it merely helps incorporate companies, and that before agreeing to work with a client in any way, it conducts a thorough due-diligence process, one that in every case meets and quite often exceeds all relevant local rules, regulations and standards to which we and others are bound.. With this capacity, the company is thus set to give well-known brands such as Total Nigeria Plc, Ammasco International Limited, 11 Plc, Oando Plc, Tonimas Nigeria Ltd, Forte Oil Plc, and Conoil Plc a run for their money. On the same date also, a company they both own as at 2003, MRS Oil and Gas Co. Limited bought 25,000 numbers of shares from OVLAS S.A. The spokesperson for the Dangote Group, Tony Chiejina, in response to enquiry by Premium Times, said, Thank you for your enquiry concerning our alleged relationship with the following off shore companies namely: Paseo Trading Ltd, Seychelles; Petrowest S.A.,Seychelles; SID Holdings Corp, Panama and Chalmers Shipping Inc, Panama. Buyers have a choice of two- to four-bedroom en-suite flats, maisonettes and terrace houses, added Charles Onyenze, an associate at Knight Frank. Richemont recently announced an 18 percent increase in sales at actual exchange rates for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2022, according to its recent trading update for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2023. According to documents available to Premium Times, on the same day, Dangote was re-issued a higher number of shares 250,000. Aliko Dangote is widely known for his staggering wealth. Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities. Ms. Nouboue said prices for detached houses, which rarely come on the market because there are not many on the island, start at NGN1 billion (US$2.75 million). PPPRA Prior to foundingMRS in 1995, Alhaji Dantata was the Director ofDangote Transport (Dangote Group), Lagos,Nigeria. After graduating from, This page was last edited on 25 January 2023, at 19:11. Despite this challenge, the management team is focused on enhancing the companys global market position. Nigerian oil and gas billionaire Sayyu Dantata will be playing on the field at the International Polo Club Palm Beach this season with his SD Farms team alongside Peco Polledo, Juan Tito Ruiz Guiazu and Jesse Bray. She left the children in Bebeji, in the care of an old slave woman named Tata. Shares of the company are currently trading at EGP10.79 ($0.352), representing a 1.8-percent increase from their opening price on the Egyptian Exchange this morning. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. It remains unclear whether Dangote and his associates used their shell companies to buy any such service from Fonseca. Other business allies. That happened on October 12, 2012. Three days later he died in his sleep on Wednesday 17 August 1955. So, according to published reports, does Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of the former president Olusegun Obasanjo; Sayyu Dantata, son of Alhassan Dantata, who, when he died in 1955 was one of the . DISCLAIMER: The currency conversion is provided for illustration purposes only. Anil Kumar Ahluwalia, whose company name is Santosh Investment Limited S.A is connected to a Panama shell company called Lotus Trust Services Sarl. wealth and financial magazine, Forbes namedBanana Islandin Lagos as themost expensive neighbourhoodand place to live in Nigeria. (For religious reasons, his money collected no interest). Details available show that the plant has the capacity to produce about 50 percent of Nigerias lubricant consumption, which today stands at about 364 million liters. He asked them not to allow the company to collapse. He dealt not only in groundnuts and kola but also in other merchandise. Shell companies are usually domiciled in notorious tax havens like Cayman Island, Monaco, Panama, Samoa, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lebanon, Mauritius, British Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Belize, Macao and close to a hundred others; usually tiny countries. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. The remarkable surge in profit by triple digits can be directly attributed to two key factors: the sale of GB Lease, the groups leasing business, and its 7.5-percent stake in MNT-Halan, a prominent fintech firm led by Egyptian entrepreneur Mounir Nakhla. Given all these factors, he said Banana Islands exclusivity always will remain attractive to "the highest echelon of the society. One of such men is Sayyu Idris Dantata. [CDATA[ Prior to founding MRS in 1995, Alhaji Dantata was the Director of Dangote Transport (Dangote Group), Lagos, Nigeria. The investigation unveiled the cloak of secrecy provided by Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that specializes in creating offshore companies, some of which have been used by con men and women to hide Ponzi schemes, predatory lending scams, and other financial frauds from their victims and from the authorities. See Sayyu Idris Dantata's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. After her husband's death, she decided to leave Bebeji for Ghana, where she had commercial interests. "I have been riding horses since I was a kid but this is the first year I have been playing polo and I'm starting here," Dantata said. "The first houses that were built are in British and Dubai traditional styles," Ms. Nouboue said. . At least 100,000 secret bank account operators who owned about $100 billion were exposed in the leaks, unsettling investigators in several countries. Evidence abounds in the data that the Panamanian company, Mossack Fonseca, offers clients aggressive reinvoicing services that are specifically designed to help companies avoid/evade taxes. Additionally, the company is developing a pricing strategy with alternative product offerings. More:The Beach is Always Close in Cottesloe, by Perth, Australia. Below is a list of 9prominent Nigerians who live on Banana Island as well as those who own properties on it. Linkedin. At the time of his death he was the wealthiest man in West Africa. He might have hoped his wealthy mother would allow him to live with her and find him work among the Gold Coast Agalawa community. He added that the launch of the new facility will drive the production of 200 million liters of lubricant per year, which is more than enough to cover 50 percent of the countrys annual consumption. However, it was not granted because of worldwide military and economic conditions. The lubricant plant has the capacity to produce 1,700 different products and will play a key role in Nigerias economy by boosting youth employment, generating revenue, and reducing the countrys import dependence. However, Richemonts biggest market, Asia-Pacific, including sales from mainland China, experienced a seven-percent decline at constant rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 26 Jan 2023 06:54:53 They are Afrex S.A clients in Panama. He holds aBachelors degree in Economics from the ParisAcademy and has been with the MRS Groupsince 2004. Arellano then connected on a nice pass with Dantata to give SD Farms its first lead (10-9) since the fourth chukker.Dantata scored an insurance run off a breakaway to make it 11-9 with 2:01 left. The lubricant plant, which is located at Tincan Island in Apapa, Lagos, is set to contribute immensely to Nigerias economy and will boost employment, generate revenue, and reduce the countrys import dependence. Documents show that Sayyu Dantata owns 250,000, 125,000 and 50,000 share units in PetroWest S.A., Paseo Trading Limited, and Arkinton International Limited respectively. Similarly, MRS Investments Company Limited is a shareholder company to Chalmers Shipping Incorporation, which in turn is directly connected to another shell company named Afrex Sal, also domicilled in Panama. It also offers status. After the usual reading of the Qur'an, he had to go and beg for food for his mallam and himself. Tundun leads a largely quiet lifestyle with the exception of rare appearances at social events. For art, residents head to Ikoyi, which is five minutes away by car. He had substantial amounts of capital. Going into the match, both David Paradice's Scone and Sayyu Dantata's SD Farms had secured resounding victories against their Semifinal opponents, proving they were more than worthy to have trounced the other eight teams and potentially, each other. - Sayyu Dantata - Son of Alhassan Dantata - the wealthiest man in West Africa at the time of his death in 1955.-Kola Abiola - son of MKO Abiola - prominent businessman, publisher and politician. His son, Alhaji Aminu Dantata and his grandchildren like Hajiya Mariya Sunusi Dantata as well as his great-grandchildren, Aliko Dangote still finance pilgrimages of other Muslims to Mecca every year. Read on to find out all about this young billionaire and his newly launched Bestaf Lubricant Plant, which was recently declared open by President Muhammadu Buahri. Facebook. Thank you for your interest in MRS Holdings Ltd. [5], Probably after being freed from slavery around 1894, Dantata joined a Gonja-bound caravan to see his mother. View profiles of the MRS board and our executive management team. "She came from my dad and it was one of my dad's best horses forever," Arellano said. Rated as a 2-goaler in the U.S., he saw some action on the field at IPC last season. Managing Director of Bestaf Trading Company Andreas Wielsch stated that, with the lubricant plant, the company will be able to produce about 50 percent of Nigerias annual lubricant consumption of about 364 million liters. But he said that hes optimistic that "the economy will improve. He supplied large British trading companies with raw materials and also had business interests in the Gold Coast. He urged them to avoid clashes with other wealthy Kano merchants. Despite the decline in earnings, the board members approved a cash dividend distribution of EGP0.60 ($0.0196) per share for 2022, totaling EGP399.06 million ($13.03 million). He began his career as Director of the Engineering and Transport Division of Dangote Group, considered the Largest Nigerian conglomerate. However, this did not happen. . An engineer by profession, he started his career as the transport director with his uncles company and rose through the organization. Before Dangote ceased to be shareholder of M.R.S Oil and Gas Limited, himself, Mr. Dantata and their co-owned company, M.R.S Oil and Gas Co. Limited, was used to buy shares in Petrowest S.A, another company registered in Seychelles on October 6, 2003. Grand Champions Polo Club13444 South Fields RoadWellington, FL 33414. Its by invitation only. He was also a good financial manager. Everyone wants smaller homes because their kids leave and more people are selling their mansions to live in three-bedroom flats, where they dont have to worry about maintenance and using a generator for electricity. Apartment buildings, Mr. Onyenze said, come fully stocked with amenities that include fitted kitchens, walk-in-wardrobes, intercom systems, security surveillance systems and standby generators. When the British disposed the successor of Yusufu in 1903, they appointed Abbas as the Emir of Kano. According to Swiss newspaper Finanz und Wirtschaft, insiders have suggested that LVMH is actively seeking to expand its jewelry segment by acquiring Cartier, a luxury jewelry brand owned by Richemont. The brand has more than 400 retail service stations across the country, and operations span several West African countries, including the Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroon, and Cote dIvoire. Dantata is the founder and Chairman of MRS Holdings Company Limited. The Worlds Best Cross-BorderInvestigative Team, ANCIR is not responsible for the content of external sites | Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, and his brother Sayyu Dantata have been linked to shell companies in tax havens, writes Joshua Olufemi and Emmanuel Mayah. Polo has long been a passion for Dantata, who is known to be low-key despite his wealth. Were proud of the work we do, notwithstanding recent and willful attempts by some to mischaracterize it.. Dangotes account was in operation till August 2004. Sayyu Dantata is the son of Alhassan Dantata who was the wealthiest man in Africa at the time he passed away in 1955. Kola Abiola is one of Nigerias low-key millionaires. Yet that question has become even more relevant across the globe following discoveries of several secret shell companies linked to the businessman, his allies and relatives. Alike Dangote's stepbrother Sayyu Dantata launches $450-million lubricant plant in Lagos. Tukur received his religious training from a Tijaniyya scholar and received the support of the Agalawa. The island also has three prominent condo developments: Ocean Parade Towers, Bella Vista Towers and Lakepoint Apartments. Among them are Sayyu Dantata, Aisha Dantata and Mariya Dantata who are listed as shareholders of Koggi Shipping Incorporation with registered location as Plot 688, No 4 Winnipeg Close Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria. Using data-mining techniques and working in collaboration with a global network of investigators with access to secret databases, Premium Times was able to uncover several Nigerian business players associated with shell companies. NEXT: 5 Female Nigerian Politicians Involved In Corrupt Practices, Aliko Dangote, a poster boy for Africas undeniably successful businesses, is one of, The Board of Director of Medview Airline Plc has resolved to engage in lease . Oyekunle is a shareholder of Sunningdale Assets, S.A, a company that also shares same registered location with MRS Holdings Limited at Plot 70 Sharada Industrial Area, Phase 3 Kano, Nigeria. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Morris Brown College Atlanta- Georgia, USA. Pinterest. That remains unclear. Her home is currently valued at N800 million. Shortly before his death, he pointed to sixty "groundnut pyramids" in Kano and said, "These are all mine". Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Exclusive shops include the handbag purveyor Zashadu, the high-fashion clothier named for the Nigerian designer Ejiro Amos Tafiri, and the functional/fashionable clothing designs of Grey. Dantata worked harder in Ghana than he did in Bebeji. [6], Dantata maintained a house in Bebeji and had no property in the larger trading town of Kano. Some of those named in that global investigation were found to have concealed their identities for years and using codes perhaps to shake off tax authorities from accounts, some of which held illicit assets from criminals, traffickers, arms dealers and other outlaws. is a great place to go on Friday nights," she said. In a similar development in September 2014, Sani Dangote, younger brother to Dangote, was dragged before a Federal High Court in Lagos over his alleged failure to liquidate about N5 billion loan granted him by Union Bank. His net worth has never been successfully estimated given his extremely private life and business dealings. Mossack Fonseca, the company behind the registration of the shell companies, said it does not direct the companies it incorporates for its clients and therefore cannot be held liable for the uses to which the firms are put. It is dedicated to teaching polo to all ages, particularly grass roots youth. 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