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By Halimah Olamide Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday reminded Nigerians how the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe admonished everyone to number his days. Atiku, while expressing sadness over the death of Wigwe, quoted one of the sayings of the late banking guru just as he prayed for the repose of the soul of the dead. Atiku, who took to his X handle to express grief, wrote, “In the words of one of Nigeria’s finest CEOs, Herbert Wigwe, ‘Today and always, let us remember that life is a precious gift – a chance to breathe,…
By Halimah Olamide A combination of many weather factors may have been responsible for the crash that killed the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe on Saturday. Local media reports suggest that rains and wintry mix may have affected the helicopter about an hour after take off though there are no official reports of the findings yet. CNN reports that while preliminary findings may be released soon, final reports of what transpired leading to the crash may take up to two years. The chartered Airbus EC130 helicopter had taken off from Palm Springs, California, to Boulder City, Nevada,…
By Halimah Olamide A helicopter in which the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, the has crashed, killing him as well as about five others in California, United States. NPO Reports could not confirm at press time, but it was gathered that Wigwe’s son and wife were aboard with him at the time of the crash. Also said to be aboard was Abimbola Ogunbajo, the boss of the Nigerian Exchange Group. The chopper carrying six people has crashed near the California-Nevada border late Friday night — just days after five Marines were killed when their chopper went down…
By Halimah Olamide The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has on Friday declared wanted the wife of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, Margaret Emefiele. Others declared wanted along the Margaret Emefiele, said to be the Chief Executive Officer of Dummies Oil and Gas are Eric Ocheme Odoh, Anita Joy Omoile and Jonathan Omoile. While Odoh is said to be a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Anita Omoile is the CEO of DeepBlue Energy Services Limited and Lipam Investments Limited. Jonathan Omoile is said to be the CEO of Exact Quote BDC…
By Halimah Olamide A prominent Nigerian sports journalist and analyst, Mr. Kayode Tijani has died. Though there is no official family confirmations of the death of veteran journalist, one of his colleagues in the sports journalism community Colin Udoh broke the news via his X handle late Wednesday night. Udoh wrote “Another sad news today. Our friend and colleague Kayode Tijani has passed on.” Tijani was a television sports analyst as well as a magazine publisher. His death is believed to have thrown the sports world into Mourning as many get the information about his passing late Wednesday. Details later…
By Halimah Olamide A non-for-profit organisation, the Worship-for-Change Foundation, has donated a sum of ₦33 million to four schools dedicated to caring for children with disabilities. A statement made available to the NPO Reports said the donation were presented on February 6th, 2024 at a ceremony in Lagos. It said the presentation aims to empower these institutions and provide much-needed support to the under-privileges. “Each of the four beneficiary schools – Joy in Africa Foundation (Asaba), Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn Foundation (Lagos), Seedo Initiative for Children with Special Needs (Abuja), and To Omo Re Centre for Special Empowerment (Ilorin)…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst mourning and condolences in Ekiti state after the killing of traditional rulers and abduction of school pupils, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere on Tuesday visited Governor Biodun Oyebanji as part of the ongoing moves to strengthen security in the state and other parts of Yoruba land. The Afenifere delegation, led by the Ondo State Chairman of the group, Chief Korede Duyile, were said to have been sent by the National Leader of Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti to commiserate with the Government and people of Ekiti State over the killing of two traditional rulers and abduction of…
By Halimah Olamide The All Progressive Congress on Tuesday said opposition parties are the ones sponsoring protests by some Nigerians over economic situation in the country. The ruling party said opposition parties have resorted to instigating unsuspecting young people to protests in the streets of some major cities. A statement by Felix Morka National Publicity Secretary of the party said protests in Minna and Kano on Monday “were the manifestation of this devious and unpatriotic plot.” The statement went further, “That the protests happened simultaneously in both cities is not coincidental. It bears a bold stamp of an orchestrated and…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has said it is working in collaboration with the United States Department of States and international management consultancy firm, Deloitte, to meet its net-zero carbon goals. To achieve this, the company said it has embarked on a project aimed at reducing the emission of methane and other greenhouse gases from its upstream operations. A statement made available to the NPO Reports by Mr. Olufemi Soneye, Chief Communication Officer of NNPC, said the project is at its conceptual stage. Soneye explained that the focus of a three-day Technical Assistance…
By Kamil Opeyemi The kidnapped wife of the murdered traditional ruler of Koro-Ekiti, late Oba Peter Aremu, has regained her freedom. Also released was another girl who was kidnapped along with her after the kidnappers had killed the monarch on February 2 . The kidnappers had earlier demanded a sum of N100m to release the victims. They later reduced the ransom to N40m. NPO Reports could not confirm if ransom was paid for the release of the victims. The late monarch was a retired army general before he was installed the Oba of the town. Details Later…