The family of Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group who died in a California helicopter crash in February, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the US charter company Orbic Air on Wednesday. Ogunbanjo was one of seven people killed in the February 9th crash near the Nevada border, which also claimed…

High transactions in the shares of three banks – Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, Zenith Bank Plc and Access Holdings Plc – lifted the volume of shares traded last week, as the turnover of 1.8 billion shares worth N52 billion was recorded.

Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the driving force behind Access Bank's success and leader of Access Holdings, was laid to rest in his hometown of Isiokpo, Rivers State.

Ever since February 10, 2024, when I learnt of the tragic death of Herbert, his dear wife, Chizoba; his son, Chizi; and our mutual friend, Bimbo, I have been wanting to write to pay tribute to Herbert, eulogise and mourn him.

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…

The shocking exit of one of the most illustrious players of the Nigerian banking sector, Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, along with six others, is tragic in all sense.

It was the venerated writer, Chimanda Adichie, who first warned us against the destructive influences of a single story in her now famous 2009 TED talk. Many did not take her seriously and a lot more probably...

So, Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe would be carried home like a man who has fallen at the war front. He was a different kind of hero, with a lot of medals and a lot of scars.

As the harsh operating environment persists, five tier-one banks’ impairment charges hit N580 billion in the first three quarters of last year. The amount is a significant increase from the N122 billion they posted in the previous year.

Though in tears, members of the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc must have seen the gaping hole created in the organisation by the late Herbert Wigwe after 22 years of commitment...

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas UTM FLNG Ltd), Julius Rone, has described the death of the Group Managing Director, Access Bank plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, in helicopter crash as shattering.

A board member of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Michael Graham, has said the helicopter in which Herbert Wigwe was travelling caught fire after it crashed. Wigwe, Access Bank's group CEO, was travelling with his wife, Doreen, son, Chizi, and Bimbo Ogunbanjo, a former chairman of the NGX, from Palm Springs Airport…