Dangote Refinery Dangote Refinery The Dangote Refinery is an oil refinery owned by the Dangote Group that is under construction in Lekki, Nigeria. When complete, it will have a capacity to process about 650,000 barrels per day of crude oil. Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote unveiled early plans for the refinery in September 2013, when he announced that he had secured about $3.3 billion in financing for the project. At the time, the refinery was estimated to cost about $9 billion, of which $3 billion would be invested by the Dangote Group and the remainder via commercial loans, and begin production in 2016.
History of Nigerian Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth Nigeria. The Igbo and Owerri people have ethnic associations in DFW. As of 2007 large numbers of Nigerian immigrants in the DFW area have post-secondary education, and almost all of them had received secondary education. Most universities in the metroplex have an African student organization that is usually composed mostly of Nigerians. The "Africa Herald" is published in Dallas. As of 2014 the publisher is Richard Nwachukwu. "The African International" is also published in DFW. History of Nigerian Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth The Dallas-Fort Worth area has one of the largest Nigerian American populations in the United States. Many Nigerians