{"id":146714,"date":"2025-06-28T08:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146714"},"modified":"2025-06-28T08:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:08:44","slug":"just-in-kano-business-tycoon-aminu-dantata-dies-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146714","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Prominent Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, is dead.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He died at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His death was confirmed on Saturday via a Facebook post by his Principal Private Secretary, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is with heavy heart that I announce the passing of our beloved father, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMay Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus and forgive his shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Janazah details will be shared later insha Allah,\u201d Junaid wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dantata was the founder of Express Petroleum &amp; Gas Company Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He was also the brother of Alhaji Aliko Dangote\u2019s grandfather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94 Prominent Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, is dead. 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His death was confirmed on Saturday via a Facebook post by his Principal Private Secretary, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid. \u201cIt is with heavy heart that I announce the passing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,18],"tags":[1558,1557,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-146714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-featured","9":"category-news","10":"tag-aminu-dantata","11":"tag-business-tycoon","12":"tag-kano"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94 - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146714\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JUST IN: Kano Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Dies at 94 - 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