Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
23 Oct
The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, led by its chairman, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, has paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, to reaffirm the Foundation’s longstanding partnership with the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF).
24 Sep
The joy of his birthday this year was eclipsed by the horrible incident of February 9, 2024, in which he lost his brother, friend and business partner – Dr. Herbert Wigwe, alongside his wife and son in a helicopter crash in Nipton, California, United States of America.
16 Sep
African Business Coalition for Health (ABCHealth) has been made the new Secretariat for the Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA).
15 Jun
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier financial services provider has sealed a strategic deal worth $200 million with Afreximbank at the ongoing yearly general meeting of Afreximbank in Nassau, The Bahamas. The Acting Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Olusegun Alebiosu, closed the deal on behalf of the bank. The facility will…
5 May
I attended the second Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Access Holding Plc last month mainly to discern the direction of its new leadership and pick up the strategic focus of the institution in the years ahead.
5 Apr
Another round of bank recapitalisation is here and for the next two years between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2026, the nation’s 25 commercial and six merchant banks are expected to shore up their minimum share capital by as much as 100 per cent...
13 Mar
Co-founder of Access Bank Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede has been named chairman of Access Holdings following the death of CEO Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe, his wife and his son were among six people who died in a helicopter crash in California, United States last month. Abimbola Ogunbajo, former President of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, was also aboard the…
28 Feb
Eulogies have continued to pour forth as capital market stakeholders, led by the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), yesterday, held tributes and a closing gong ceremony in honour of former President of the Council of the exchange
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In a significant move to enhance the availability of digital payment services to Nigerians, OPay has announced a strategic partnership with AfriGO Card powered by Afrigopay Financial Services Limited (AFSL), a subsidiary of Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). AfriGO, Nigeria’s National Domestic Card Scheme aims to deepen financial inclusivity, by utilising innovative products, a customer-focused…
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Wife of the Bauchi governor, Aisha Bala Mohammed, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other development partners in the state have flagged off the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Speaking at the commemoration of this year’s exercise, Mohammed reassured the commitment of her husband’s administration to the protection of women and girls against the…
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Nigerian Air Force (NAF) strikes have killed over a dozen terrorists and destroyed their logistics and food depots in the Lake Chad Basin. NAF’s Public Relations Officer, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, in a statement, yesterday in Maiduguri, disclosed: “We’ve successfully destroyed food supply depots, and killed dozens of terrorists during the airstrikes,” stating that they…
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Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun is among the dignitaries expected at the 2024 Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors yearly Public Lecture and grand finale of the centenary celebrations in honour of the late Justice Chike Idigbe of the Supreme Court, who founded the firm. Former Chief Justice/President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, Justice…
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The Federal Government and relevant democratic agencies have been urged to uphold the rule of law by strengthening democratic institutions, implementing all electoral and judicial constitutional provisions. The calls were made separately by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ngozi Olehi; and the General Overseer of the Charismatic Renewal Ministries Inc./ National Secretary of the…
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Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitration (NICA) has urged the government to prioritise arbitration in dispute resolution. The Institute lamented that lack of government support undermines the value of arbitration in the country. NICA said arbitration and other Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms are already being used in many commercial disputes. Using these mechanisms, the Institute…
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The president and chairman of the governing council of the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development and Conflict Management of Nigeria (i-ADRNigera), Prof Akin Ibidapo-Obe has said that traditional methods of resolving disputes need to be revisited and resuscitated to broaden the scope of ADR and conflict management. He said African societies invented informal dispute…
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Former Minister of State for Petroleum, Henry Ajumogobia, former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr Ernest Ndukwe, and professor of corporate governance, Fabian Ajogwu (SAN), have stressed the need to strengthen corporate governance structures in Nigeria. They made the call at the inaugural conference and launch of the Centre for Public…
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The Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described a report of the reinstatement of the names of several unpaid staff of the institution to its payroll as misleading, provocative, and deceptive. The university authorities had on November 6, 2024, in an edition of the…
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SOS Children’s Villages, through its Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), has empowered tradeswomen with N240 million and foodstuffs in Lagos State as part of efforts to encourage women entrepreneurship at the grassroots level. The grant was disbursed to eight groups in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. The National Director of SOS…