Dantata owns MRS Petroleum. 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. Its' mission is to provide individuals opportunities in polo at every economic and ability level. News ), 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. Dantata was also charitable, by 1963, he was spending about 40,000 pounds each year in credit to friends and the poor and provided funds to each of his children and in-laws. "He is amazing, he is different than anybody I have seen," Dantata Jr. said. In a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the management of MRS Oil said. His surname is actually Idris, which he swapped for his mothersthe mum, Mariya Dantata, was the granddaughter of Alhassan Dantata, a successful businessman from whom the Dantatas have their roots. He is the Founder and CEO of MRS Holdings Ltd (Formerly, MRS Group). His passport to the nation's sweet crude is the MRS. Worth a staggering US$15.4 billion, Nigerias businessman and industrialist, Aliko Dangote, is on the Forbes Rich List as the wealthiest man in Africa. Alhaji Sayyu Idris Dantata, Aliko Dangotes half-brother, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MRS Holdings Limited (Formerly known as MRS Group). Diezani was charged with responsibility for $20 billion missing from the Petroleum agency. Many of Dantatas employees could be heard hailing him as he expertly landed and stepped out. Two Nigerian startups chosen for Migrants Accelerator Program. It's definitely different playing mixed polo but I love it.". - Sayyu Dantata - Son of Alhassan Dantata - the wealthiest man in West Africa at the time of his death in 1955. That was on April 12 2006. The bank helped questionable characters conceal their wealth despite knowing their sources, and devised ways to hide the identities of the owners of the secret accounts from governments around the world. He is the Director of Engineering . WELLINGTON, Fl., February 1, 2020---SD Farms rallied late in the sixth chukker to capture the Aspen Valley Cup Friday at Grand Champions Polo Club.SD Farms (Hope Arellano, 1, Sayyu Dantata, -1, Peco Polledo, 6, Lucas Arellano, 2) defeated Mashomack (Josephine Hermans, 0, Santos Bollini, 1, Juanse Olivera, 2, Juan Monteverde, 5), 11-10, to win the January 8-Goal league title.Other January League winners were Newport defending its title against Beverly Equestrian to win the Limited Edition 12-Goal Series and Bushwood defeating Altair Polo to win the Metropolitan 6-Goal Cup.Dantata Jr., 18, was named Most Valuable Player after scoring a game-high six goals including four in the final chukker in his debut at Grand Champions. Sayyu Dantata's $450 million Bestaf lubricant plant. Securely share information with Africa's finest journalists. PATRICE ALBERTI is currently the Vice Chairmanof MRS Group of Companies. 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As an entrepreneur and billionaire owner of Globacom, Nigerias second-largest telecom company, Mike Adenuga is a man with luxurious tastes. His father left a will to be shared among his nineteen children and three wives following Maliki law. Africa's Business Space At Your Finger Tips! The club also hosted a full schedule of successful and highly-competitive medium goal tournaments.Grand Champions and Santa Rita Polo Farm is the largest and most unique polo facility, nestled in the heart of the world's winter equestrian capital Wellington. 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It is a clear indication that, despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic, Nigerian businessmen and captains of industries are determined to continue investing in and developing the countrys economy. Alhaji Sayyu Idris Dantata - Chairman Alhaji Dantata is a mechanical Engineer. Dantata is the founder and Chairman of MRS Holdings Company Limited. Mr. Alhaji Sayyu Idris Dantata is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MRS Holdings Ltd (Formerly, MRS Group). Monitor your investments 24 hours a day, around the clock from around the globe. 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. Amina has worked in various strata in the oil and gas industry,some of which include retail and marketing, terminal andshipping operations, financial reporting and strategy formulationfor various business entities such as, Marc Rich Investments Ltd,Aurora Energy amongst others. Markets never sleep, and neither does Bloomberg News. He is largely regarded as being socially invisible and this stems from the low profile he has maintained over the years. Marco ensures that all activities carried out in the terminals, areperformed according to highest international standards (API,Ocimf, Isgott). Central Bank of Nigeria It features 120 stalls in five self-contained barns, exercise track, five climate-controlled tack rooms, vet room, staff quarters, guest house and four polo fields with state-of-the-art underground irrigation including one field for stick-and-ball and new parking lot.Grand Champions Polo Club and Santa Rita Polo Farm's expert staff can customize a complete playing experience including horses, pros and certified umpires in addition to lessons and practice sessions as part of its' Polo On Demand program, created by Melissa Ganzi when the club first opened.The Polo School, a stand-alone USPA-sanctioned polo club, is thriving at Grand Champions and Santa Rita Polo Farm. The 200-million-liter lubricant plant is the first of its kind in West Africa and covers the entire value chain of lubricants. Note: these figures exclude private assets. But shell companies are not illegal, and not all owners use them to avoid tax or hide assets. In providing those services, we follow both the letter and spirit of the law. Here is a video of Sayyu Dantata flying his new $2m Helicopter-Chopper from the MRS Head Office in VI to his warehouses in Apapa. MRS Holding particularly popped up regularly as multiple shareholder company for other companies linked to Dangote and Dantata in Panama. It was the first time he played against polo great Adolfo Cambiaso. Content created and supplied by: studio.opera.com (via Opera With Mashomack leading 9-8 early in the sixth chukker, Dantata Jr. scored the tying goal with 3:23 left in the game. The MRS Group had just three staffers at its inception, but today boasts of about two thousand (200) employees on its payroll. Biggest asset: $12.1 billion (market cap) Dangote Cement. This literary means they resold the shares back to themselves. ], Oando announces resignation of Non-Executive Directors amidst managerial crises. He had his education at the Morris Brown College in Atlanta-Georgia, United States of America. He supplied large British trading companies with raw materials and also had business interests in the Gold Coast. The chopper is reportedly worth about N722 million. Given that they at times have nominee directors, often have no phone number, no e-mail address, no physical address, no company logo, no contact person and no federal identification number and because the host country deliberately did not collect enough ownership information on company formation documents, there are usually no paper trails for law enforcements to trace back to a particular individual or individuals in most financial investigations. Sanusi Dantata (c. 1919 - 15 April 1997) was a Nigerian entrepreneur and son of Alhassan Dantata. Nigerians who live on Banana Island include a growing list of prominent Nigerians and expatriates who have incredibly deep pockets and can afford to spend millions of naira on a property. Nigerian billionaire and CEO MRS Holdings Ltd, Sayyu Dantata, was recently spotted flying his chopper from Victoria Island in Lagos to Apapa. Mechanical Engineering from Morris Brown College Atlanta- Georgia, USA. Her home is unarguably the most talked-about property on Banana Island owing to her status as a celebrity blogger. I just went in wanting to do my best and play hard. 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. served as a Director at MRS Holdings Ltd and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc. In addition, Sayyu Dantata owns a total of 25 million units of shares in Corlay Global S.A, a company that is a client to Afrex Sal and also located at Plot 70, Sharada Industrial Area, Phase 3 . He used the inheritance to revive his transport and lorry business. On his part, Mr. Sowemimo owns 15,000 share units in Capital Development Solutions Limited which is a client company to Orion House Services (HK) Limited operating in Samoa. Dangote Cement: his stake is worth NN 1.76 Trillion ($11.5 billion), Dangote sugar: stake is worth N87.95 billion ($574.8 million), Dangote Flour Mills: stake is worth N59.48 Billion ($389 million), National Salt Company: stake is worth NN7.57billion ($49.5 million). Some people own shell companies so that when they acquire assets like private jets and real estates, governments do not find out to demand tax. 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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. Having studied the complex allocation process, he set up MRS Oil in 1995 with an initial 5-million-naira startup capital. The plant, located at the Bestaf Facility, was inaugurated by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening in the presence of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other dignitaries. Like in the case of Ovlas S.A, Mr. Dangote suddenly ceased to be shareholder. 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. Despite several documents linking Dangote to those offshore companies, the businessmans spokesperson insisted he never had any relationship with the offshore entities. "I don't know what happened in that last chukker," Dantata said. "Dantata plans to move up into 12-goal league play in February, he said. The system involved about five autonomous level of associates, agents, and farmers. Shell companies constitute some of the darkest, sometimes convoluted, corridors in global illicit finance. Below is a list of 9prominent Nigerians who live on Banana Island as well as those who own properties on it. Were proud of the work we do, notwithstanding recent and willful attempts by some to mischaracterize it.. Sayyu Dantata, billionaire cousin of Africa's Richest person Aliko Dangote, has launched a $450 million lubricant plant in Lagos through Bestaf Lubricant Limited. The reclusive banker co- founded the Zenith Bank Group in 1990, and grew into one of West Africas largest financial services providers by market capitalization ($2.5 billion) and asset base. Shell companies, experts say, are entities that have no active businesses and usually exist only in names as vehicles for another companys business operations. After snooping around and asking questions, I found that the mansion located on Banana Island Ikoyi belongs to oil magnate Sayyu Dantata. He has an estimated net worth of $4.1 billion and the figures continue to soar. Did you know that Dantata and Africas richest man, Aliko Dangote are cousins? In the same manner, his brother, Dantata, was issued the same amount of 250,000 shares. 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. That was also dated April 12 2006. Leave Application Dangote and Dantata have allegedly used their multiple companies in Nigeria and other countries to secure huge loans. The world's premier source of news on Africa's billionaires and UHNWIs. A former bank chief, Egwuenu is the second largest individual shareholder of the Zenith Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Also, the Dantata family through marriage and credit extension is linked with a few independent trading families in Kano and Northern Nigeria. "I am happy I won," Dantata Jr. said. 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. Dangote plans to channel the funds into the construction of a new cement manufacturing facility in Cote DIvoire. "The way he plays, his style, he is just unique. Samoa is one of the various countries used as tax havens by large corporations. This started in 2009 and he has gone on to be named the richest man in Africa; year after year. She obtained a B.Sc in Business Administration from the AhmaduBello University, Zaria, Nigeria in 1998. SD Farms will return for a second season. However, he was forced to sell much of the transport and cattle business by 1947 and later added on real estate. Tinubu owns a growing list of properties in Lagos (over 22) and Abuja including his property on Banana Island. 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At the time of his death he was the wealthiest man in West Africa. Mariya Dantata also has a registered location at Plot 70, Sharada Industrial Area, Phase 3, Kano, Nigeria. He had his education at the Morris Brown College in Atlanta-Georgia, United States of America. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Morris Brown College Atlanta- Georgia, USA. The companys operations span several West African countries including Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroon and Cote DIvoire. Peoples Reactions: Some Nigerians who are yet to recover from the Benin-Lagos Expressway helicopter stunt, were quick to relate both incidents. Sayyu Dantata is the son of Alhassan Dantata who was the wealthiest man in Africa at the time he passed away in 1955. Bollini scored the final goal with six seconds left. The chunk of his wealth is believed to have been inherited from his father. Dantata could not be reached. But dont feel sorry for him: Ovia still remains the banks largest individual shareholder, controlling nearly 10%. The value of the shares is based on prices at the end of trading on August 9, 2011. Lastly, Sayyu Dantata, you must have heard this name before, Dantata is one of the popular rich men in Nigeria and the name always ring a bell even to those that haven't seen him before. READ ALSO: Oando announces resignation of Non-Executive Directors amidst managerial crises, Business News | Stock Market | Money Market | Cryptos | Financial Literacy | SME |. 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. March 25, 2022. Terms of Use, ANCIR is being incubated by Code for Africa. He also owns a property on Banana Island, which explains his inclusion on this list. Thereafter, he added groundnut produce buying and transport and haulage as part of his enterprise. 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. Ovlas Trading is co-owned by Sayyu Dantata and Patrice Alberti in the name of Ovlas Trading S.A., for 75 shares with a par value of US$ 100,00 each; and in the name of Karbelina Investments LLC, for 25 shares with a par value of USS 100,00 each. Bola Ahmed Tinubu popularly known asJagabanis a former Lagos State Governor (1999-2007) and astute politician. I love her. 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. Through his holding company, Dangote owns about 95% of the companys equity. 1 Like 1 Share Re: Owner Of The Mansion Chris Brown Stayed In Nigeriaby RickyRoss1(m): 11:27pmOn Dec 25, 2012 Seychelles is a well-known tax haven used by businessmen and politicians and celebrities to perpetrate shady business deals. She owns a property on Banana Island that has been the subject of very many controversies. Dantata Jr. is the oldest son of Sayyu Dantata, patron of SD Farms and winner of last year's Palm Beach Open in the inaugural season of the 26-goal World Polo League. Omokolade Ajayi is a financial reporter at Billionaires.Africa. He also serves as a non-executive director of the companys board. In a separate document, it was shown that while Petrowest swallowed Ovlas S.A in Seychelles in 2011, courtesy of the name change, Petrowest S.A Panama only bought 100 units of shares at $100 each from Ovlas to become shareholder in the company. Sayyu Dantata is the son of Alhassan Dantata who was the wealthiest man in Africa at the time he passed away in 1955. Lubricants: engine oil, industrial oil, transmission oil, marine oil, grease, and specialty lubricants are highly demanded, especially in the automotive and industrial sectors, with the influx of used and new personal and commercial vehicles increasing by the day. However, by 1980, he had relinquished some of his business interest to his sons, including the eldest, Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata, who co-founded Dantata and Sawoe and Asada Farms.[2]. 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. He began his career as Director of the Engineering and Transport Division of Dangote Group, considered the Largest Nigerian conglomerate. -Kola Abiola - son of MKO Abiola - prominent businessman, publisher and politician. Feeding African Cities: Studies in Regional Social History, Indiana University Press, 1987. p 87-91. has changed its name and is now incorporated under the name of PETROWEST S.A. on this 27 day of April 2011. He did this to beat the normal gridlock on the road. From the look of things Lagos road hold up will now switch to airspace hold up. She was also listed as Nigerias Highest Paid Blogger by Forbes in August 2016. Dantata is the founder and chairman of MRS Holdings Company Limited, one of Nigerias largest marketers of refined petroleum products like gasoline, marine fuels, and aviation fuels. Previously, he worked as a journalist at Nairametrics. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. and founder of Sanusi Dantata and sons limited. Iyabo Obasanjo, the daughter of Nigerias former President Olusegun Obasanjo also resides on Banana Island. MRS Oil: his stake is worth N10.2 billion ($67 million) Oba Otudeko 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. Dantata only completed four years of studies at Dala Elementary School before leaving because his father preferred a career in trading to Western education for his children. Nigeria currently consumes about 250 million litres of engine oil per year, and this consumption grows by more than five percent every year due to the addition of new vehicles and machinery. Bloomberg Daybreak Europe, anchored live from London, tracks breaking news in Europe and around the world. At that time, the Nigerian government was the sole importer of diesel and there were shortages of the product largely. 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 . Some members of this system engage in buying goods from restricted rural areas and transporting it to the city where another group of agents in the Urban area buys the goods and store them instead of Dantata. (1963). However shell companies are at times used for tax avoidance. Dangote is pursuing international expansion. 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. Correction: An earlier version of this text stated that Sayyu Dantata is Aliko Dangotes cousin. harunawaleed (@harunawalid) June 25, 2019, [READ ALSO: Is Forte Oil Plc considering changing its name following acquisition?]. The horses make you love them. They are Afrex S.A clients in Panama. We thank you for upholding the principal ethics in journalism when in doubt, check. Dangote has been repeatedly listed by Forbes for his wealth. Privacy Policy | window.__mirage2 = {petok:"cT723aH5hvqF60q1AYllx84G_kL0xtl.Igad039b6Eg-3600-0"}; They include Ola Rosiji, a shareholder of Excalibur Holdings Services Incorporation; and Alex-Duduyemi Oyekunle, a traditional chief known as the Aro of Ife Kingdom. He began his career as Director of the Engineering and Transport Division of Dangote Group, considered the Largest Nigerian conglomerate. Prior to foundingMRS in 1995, Alhaji Dantata was the Director ofDangote Transport (Dangote Group), Lagos,Nigeria. ALHAJI SAYYU DANTATA is a mechanical engineerby training having attended the Morris BrownCollege in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The Dantata family operated their businesses partly through a patrimonial system of credit allocation, trade and business transfers to kin, household and others members of their clientage. Sayyus MRS got its big break when it was hired by the NNPC in 1998 to dispose of Low Residue Stock (a by-product of the refining process). He now runs Visafone, a Nigerian telecom outfit he founded in 2006. For many, this did not come as a surprise as Banana Island is largely considered to be on the same level of exclusivity with Saint Germain-des-Prs in Paris, Malibu in California, Beverly Hills in the United States, Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the elegant Calle Serrano in Spain. She is the daughter of late Chief M.K.O Abiola. Dangotes account was in operation till August 2004. 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