APPOINTMENT

  PwC Nigeria has announced the admission of three new partners effective, 1 July 2024. They include Marilyn Obaisa-Osula (Consulting & Risk Services), Taiwo Oyaniran (Assurance), and Tim Siloma (Tax & Regulatory Services). This announcement is part of PwC Africa's admission of 15 new partners, with 40 per cent being...

Nigeria's Folashade Adekeye has emerged as the Chairperson, Forum of the Directors of Oil & Gas Training & Vocational Education Institutes of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO). Adekeye, who is the Director, NNPC Academy, took over from the former chairperson, Mr. Abdelkader Guenone, the Managing Director of the Algerian...

The Head Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan, has just been elected the Secretary-General of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) at the ongoing 35th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Ibietan was elected into a three-man Executive...

Tunde Hassan-Odukale has stepped down as the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited paving the way for the appointment of Mr Ebenezer Olufowose, a Non-Executive Director, as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. The company’s Secretary, Adewale Arogundade, in a notice...

  President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years. The appointment was announced in a statement signed by President Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday. Dr. Ilori...

Access Holdings has announced the return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR as its Non-Executive Chairman. He replaces Mr. Abubakar Jimoh, the erstwhile Chairman of the HoldCo who remains on the Board as an Independent non-executive director. This visionary and accomplished leader is bringing an outstanding record of accomplishments, wealth of...

    Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s former Statistician General of the Federation has assumed a new job as the Group Chief Economist and Managing Director, Research & International Cooperation at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). In this new role of his, he would support the bank’s mission of stimulating African trade...

      Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria...

  Further to the receipt of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s No-Objection to the announcement of the appointment, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) has announce the appointment of Mr. Temi Popoola as GMD/CEO designate effective 1 January 2024 subject to SEC’s formal approval of the appointment. Also, Mr....

VFD Group emerges Listed Company of the Year at the NGX Made of Africa Awards, a significant recognition of excellence in shaping the stock market landscape. The event, held on December 20th, 2023, celebrated companies demonstrating exceptional dedication to driving impact and progress across Nigeria and African capital markets. Designed...