Author: NPO Admin II

By Kamil Opeyemi Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described the CEO of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe as the king of visionary and disruptive ideas. The Lagos state governor stated this while mourning the passage of the banking guru who died in a chopper crash with about five others in California, United States. He sad the death of the renowned banker and entrepreneur is a personal loss to him and a colossal loss to Lagos, Nigeria and the banking industry. Sanwo-Olu who described Herbert Wigwe as “my brother, my friend and my adviser,” said “Herbert’s contributions to banking and the…

By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe along with members of his family. NPOReports had earlier reported how Wigwe, his wife, son were part of the six crew members onboard the ill-fated aircraft. Wigwe and family were said to be en route to Boulder City, Nevada from from Palm Springs, California, on Friday night when the helicopter conveying them crashed at about 10 pm, near a small town in California’s Mojave Desert. Also, former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, and two crew…

By Kamil Opeyemi Access Bank Holdings has on Sunday confirmed the death of its Chief Executive Officer Dr. Herbert Wigwe. The bank’s confirmation was via a statement signed by the Group Company Secretary Sunday Okwuchi. The bank had earlier said that it was awaiting information from the United States authorities over the crash. “It is with deep sadness that the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) announces the passing of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR, the Company’s founding Group Chief Executive Officer and former Group Managing Director of its flagship subsidiary Access Bank Plc (‘the Bank’). “Dr. Wigwe…

By Halimah Olamide Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday said it has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas over their alleged failure to explain National Assembly budget of N344.85 billion. The group, known for its relentless pursuit of accountability in public places, demanded the rationale for several budget items, such as the N6 billion budgeted for two car parks. According to the group’s statement made available to the NPO Reports on Sunday, Akpabio and Mr Abbas were sued for themselves and on behalf of all members of the National Assembly. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/178/2024 filed…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Cardiac Society advises Nigerians to avoid getting overly excited during games and emotional events. The advice comes ahead of the match between Super Eagles of Nigeria and their counterpart from Cote D’Ivoire in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023) tournament holding in Côte D’Ivoire. The advice is contained in a commiseration massage jointly signed by Prof. Augustine Odili, the National President; Prof. Chizindu Alinkor, the Secretary-General and Prof. Abiodun Akintunde, Publicity Secretary of the society. The society sent condolences to families of some deceased persons whose deaths were linked to surge of emotions…

By Kamil Opeyemi President of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed grief over the sudden death of the Chief executive officer of Access Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Herbert Wigwe. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian Finance Minister, said the death of the Wigwes in an helicopter crash in the United States was sad. “Terribly saddened by the news of the terrible loss of Herbert Wigwe , Group CEO Access Bank Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son as well as Bimbo Ogunbanjo in a helicopter crash,” she wrote She expressed My sympathies and condolences to the Wigwe family, the Ogunbanjo family,…

By Halimah Olamide Former Minister of Transport Osita Chidoka has narrated his last conversation with the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Mr. Herbert Wigwe. Chidoka said Wigwe had been a pillar of support since he left public office. Wigwe died in a helicopter crash in the United States In the early hours of Saturday with his wife and son. Also in the ill-fated plane was the Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Abimbola Ogundapo. “We had an appointment for last Thursday. “Osita, I will fly into Abuja with the VC on Thursday; after our meeting, I will leave…

Harrison Jalla, the Chairman of Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), on Saturday said that the current Super Eagles players have the team leadership to win their fourth AFCON title. Jalla, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, also said that the grit, resilience, determination, courage and spirit to achieve was back in the team. “Team leadership is the most essential ingredient in building a winning team and it started in the Nigerian National team from the days of Christian Chukwu as Captain to Segun Odegbami, Stephen Keshi, Uche Okechukwu, Sunday Oliseh and Mikel Obi,” Jalla…

Two persons died while two others sustained injuries in a lone accident at Iyana-Ilogbo on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Friday. Mr Anthony Uga, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed on Saturday that there were three males and a female in the Mitsubishi SUV involved in the accident. He said two of the male occupants of the vehicle died while a male and the only female in it sustained various degrees of injuries. “The corpses were taken away by family members of the victims, while the survivors were taken to a nearby hospital,’’ Uga said. He…

By Kamil Opeyemi The police on Saturday said its operatives have killed another kidnap kingpin who is the leader of the gangs terrorising the Federal Capital Territory. The police gave the name of the kidnap kingpin as Musa Wada (Sabo) Magaji who is said to be one of the associates of another recently neutralised kidnapper, Abubakar Wada. Force Spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement made available to the NPO Reports on Saturday that the killing followed intelligence which led to the hideout of the kidnappers. He said “in an operation conducted around Mpape, Abuja,” the team destroyed the camps of…