APPOINTMENT

The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Mr Herbert Wigwe, has been named as the African Banker of the Year for the second consecutive year. Wigwe disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He was recognised at the...

Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, bagged the prestigious Golisano Health Leadership Award 2020, a premium recognition of its significant contributions to Special Olympics’ Health programmes and the promotion of equal access to healthcare, wellness, and fitness for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in Nigeria. The...

The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced the appointment of Mr Hans Essaadi as the new Managing Director of the company with effect from July 31, 2021. He replaces current MD/CEO, Mr Jordi Borrut Bel, who has completed his assignment in Nigeria and has been appointed as...

Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses, pillows and other bedding products, has won the Most Outstanding Foam and Mattress Company of the Year at the Nigerian Real Estate and Property Awards 2021 held in Lagos recently. The award was bestowed on Mouka for its laudable achievements in the sleep sector...

Airtel Africa plc, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, announces Olusegun Ogunsanya, Managing Director and CEO Nigeria is to succeed Raghunath Mandava, as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer following Raghu Mandava’s informing the Board of his intention to...

The Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Mr. Gbenga Shobo as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment was disclosed in a statement made by the bank’s Chairman, Ibukun Awosika on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Shobo will succeed Sola Adeduntan, who will be leaving...

  Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, bagged the prestigious Market Choice award and celebrated for its outstanding counterparty trust assurance, broad asset class coverage, enhanced collaboration with market participants and its commitment to market efficiency and growth at the BusinessDay Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA),...

  The CEO of Townsend Property Investment, Lady Mrs. Morola Babalola and the founder of Digital Space Capital, Mrs. Olubukola Abitoye respectively signed up as members of the African Union ECOSOCC Cluster Committee for Drum Majors for Peace. According to a press statement from the body, their additions became very...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Professor Kevin Ibeh, Professor of Marketing and International Business and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) at Birkbeck, University of London, on his appointment as Commissioner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. A statement signed by Garba Shehu, his Spokesman said the President believes that the well-deserved appointment is an...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Mr Willie Bassey, the Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced the appointment via a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. The statement...