PENTAGON ACCUSED
Date: 11 April 1957
House (Moss) subcom hearing on Wilson directives; Moss charges they add new bans; Defense Dept Gen Consel Dechert, Asst Sec Snyder denials
Aliko Mohammad Dangote (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Refinery. In 2011, he was appointed as member of the economic management team by President Goodluck Jonathan. Dangote is the wealthiest black person in the world; as of March 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$23.8 billion.
In 1977, Dangote first founded the Dangote Group, a small company that traded commodities; importing sugar, salt, and food products. In 1981, he founded Dangote Nigeria Limited and Blue Star Services; both import rice, and bulk materials like steel and aluminium products. Following the large sales by the company, and high demand for cement, Dangote founded the Dangote Cement, which faced competition from Lafarge, a French cement manufacturing company known for importing cement to African countries during that period. As of 2023, Dangote Cement has generated about $3.7 billion in revenue, and Dangote Sugar Refinery has been ranked as one of the largest sugar producers in Nigeria and Africa.
Dangote's political activities and views have made him a public figure, in Africa. He is also known for his influence on the Economy of Nigeria, hence, he was awarded the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger in 2011 by Goodluck Jonathan and listed in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.
Lees meer...10 april 1957 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 99e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 68 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 10 april 2025, 156 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 10 april 2026, in 208 dagen. Je hebt 24.993 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 599.847 uur, of ongeveer 35.990.829 minuten, of ongeveer 2.159.449.740 seconden.
Date: 11 April 1957
House (Moss) subcom hearing on Wilson directives; Moss charges they add new bans; Defense Dept Gen Consel Dechert, Asst Sec Snyder denials
Date: 11 April 1957
Date: 11 April 1957
A W Levy, ex-member of former subsidiary Wide World Photos
Date: 11 April 1957
Date: 10 April 1957
keel laid for Grace liner Santa Paola
Date: 11 April 1957
USIA Dir Larson repts unrest in bloc that may lead to more friendly ties with US
Date: 10 April 1957
By FRANK M. BLUNK
test run set during Operation Alert, June
Date: 11 April 1957
Vertol demonstrates two 15-passenger copters
Date: 11 April 1957
By WILLIAM J. JORDEN Special to The New York Times
William JORDEN
Khrushchev plan to defer state loan payments until at least '78 and to end floating new loans pub by Moscow press; plan freezes Govt debt of 260 billion rubles, bars interest payments; younger generation seen benefiting, older people with savings tied up in state loans hurt; freely redeemable 3% loan to be retained