THE FUSE

Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, has announced that expanding his petroleum refinery will employ at least 95,000 skilled workers at peak construction. Speaking in Lagos on Saturday during his induction as an honorary fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, the billionaire described the project as a milestone for Nigeria's industrial transformation. The plan will lift the refinery's capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million, a build the group intends to deliver over a three-year window.