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- 13 Jul 2021
FCMB Appoints Yemisi Edun as Managing Director
The board of directors of FCMB Group Plc has appointed Yemisi Edun as the managing director of First City Monument Bank Limited. A statement on Tuesday said the announcement was subsequent to the end…
- 20 Dec 2018
CWG Plc Announces Changes to the Board of Directors, Management Position
CWG Plc has notified its investing shareholders and the general public of the following changes to its Board of Directors and subsequently Management change. Mr. James Agada, Managing Director /Chief…
- 6 Jan 2021
FCMB Appoints Yemisi Edun as Acting Managing Director
First City Monument Bank has appointed an acting Managing Director, Yemisi Edun. Edun was asked to step into the shoes of the Managing Director, Adam Nuhu, on acting capacity, who volunteered to go…
- 9 May 2022
TradeDepot Appoints Chidi Akubuiro as Managing Director for West Africa
TradeDepot, the leading B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has appointed former Coca Cola HBC and Hayat Kimya Nigeria Executive, Chidi Akubuiro as its Managing Director for…
- 12 Aug 2015
Buhari Sacks MDs of NNPC Subsidiaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the managing directors of the subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and retired 38 top management staff of the firm, trimming down…
- 28 Mar 2023
Why we Invested $30m in DeFi Wallet Bitkeep - Gracy Chen, Managing Director of Bitget
As a cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset trading platform, Bitget has begun to explore new vistas of opportunities as it hopes to collaborate with BitKeep in order to leverage the respective…
- 19 Oct 2009
Former Bank Manager, 2 Others Arraigned over N860m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last Tuesday arraigned before Justice M. O. Obadina of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja one Alex Nkenchor, a former manager with Union Nigeria Plc…
- 2 Sept 2013
UBA Consolidates Pan African Leadership with Key Appointments
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the Pan-African bank with operations in 19 African countries and New York, London and Paris, has launched Project Alpha – the Group’s next stage focus of strategic…
- 21 Feb 2016
Leadership Battle @ NAMA Puts Flight Safety at Risk
A coalition of aviation unions and professional associations have called on the Federal Government to immediately appoint a substantive managing director for Nigerian Airspace Management Agency…
- 17 Mar 2024
Flutterwave Taps Dipo Fatokun, former CBN Director as Board Chair
Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company, has appointed Dipo Fatokun as the new Chairman of Flutterwave Technologies Solutions Limited. He brings a comprehensive regulatory understanding…
- 17 Mar 2025
AMCON vs. Arik Air: Lagos Court Adjourns High-Stakes Fraud Trial to March 19, 2025
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court has scheduled March 19, 2025, for the continuation of the trial involving Ahmed Kuru, the former Managing Director of the Asset Management…
- 19 Mar 2018
Ex-Mainstreet Bank Boss Remanded in Prison over Forgery
Mr Chester Ukandu, former managing director, Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, and Mr Achi George, director of the company, have been remanded in prison custody over alleged forging Corporate…
- 2 Feb 2022
Top Executives Exit as Crisis Rocks Allianz Nigeria
No fewer than four top members of the executive management of Allianz Nigeria Insurance Plc including the former Managing Director have resigned their appointments from the company to join other…
- 17 Dec 2018
EFCC Docks Ex-Skye Bank’s Chair, MD over Alleged N4.75Bn, $5m Fraud
Tunde Ayeni and Timothy Oguntayo, former chairman and managing director respectively of Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank) – – have been arraigned in relation to alleged money laundering offences…
- 24 Feb 2014
Joint Aviation Unions Insist on Technocrat as Minister
Worried by underground moves by some industry players to thwart its proposal for the appointment of a technocrat as the next aviation minister, joint aviation unions and associations, yesterday,…
- 29 Aug 2017
Diezani Loses N7.6B Loot, Protesters Demand Extradition from UK
The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the final forfeiture of N7.6billion allegedly stolen and hidden by Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources. This came as…
- 18 Aug 2016
Red Star Posts N6.6Bn Turnover, Gets New Management
Red Star Express Plc, a leading logistics Company, has announced a total sum of N6.6 billion turnover for the financial year ended March 31, 2016 and a profit after tax of N334.4 million. This was…
- 7 Jan 2015
ICANN Accredited ‘Upperlink’ to Float Four Subsidiaries, Elevates Staff
To restructure its operation and take advantage of the opportunities that beckon in the marketplace, Upperlink, Nigeria’s Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), accredited…
- 20 Jun 2021
Former Alpha Beta MD Begs Court to Stop Tinubu from Controlling Firm
Mr. Dapo Apara, former managing director of Alpha Beta LLP, has filed a suit before a Lagos State High Court asking it to stop Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, , from controlling the…
- 29 Apr 2019
Verraki Partners Unveiled, Positions to Address Africa’s Intractable Challenges
Following the reorganization of Accenture operations in Nigeria, Verraki is now a registered business intermediary for Accenture in Nigeria A new business and technology solutions firm has been…
- 28 Oct 2021
First Bank Holdings Taps Okonkwo, Former Fidelity Bank CEO to Replace Eke as GMD
The board of FBN Holdings Plc, has approved the appointment of Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, as its new group managing director, with effect from January 1, 2022. Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo The appointment was…
- 27 Jul 2020
Court Jails Udemadu, Former Bank MD for N66.6m Fraud
Justice I.B. Gafai of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State has convicted and sentenced Mr. Jonathan Nnamdi Udemadu, former managing director of Achina Microfinance Bank, Aguata, to 11 months…
- 7 May 2021
Aig-Imoukhuede Claims Access Bank Designed MTN‘s Winning Business Model
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, former group managing director of Access Bank and founder of Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), has revealed how the lender created a winning business model for MTN in…
- 16 Jun 2021
Atuche, Defunct Bank PHB Boss Convicted for Stealing N25.7Bn
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted Francis Atuche, former managing director of the defunct Bank PHB, and Ugo Anyanwu, former chief financial officer…
- 14 Sept 2015
Buhari’s Ministers: DSS Screens Odimegwu, Falana, Others
Mr. Festus Odimegwu, former managing director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, and Prof. Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate, are among the ministerial nominees that have been screened by the…
- 4 Jun 2013
NCS Confers Honorary Fellowship on Jim Ovia
Mr. Jim Ovia, founder and former group managing director, Zenith Bank Plc, has been conferred with the Honorary Fellowship of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in recognition of his important and…
- 30 Oct 2024
NAICOM Sacks African Alliance Insurance Board
The National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM), on Wednesday, sacked the board of African Alliance Insurance Plc with effect from October 30, 2024. The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Segun Omosehin,…
- 17 Nov 2008
Former FedEx Boss Calls for Postal Sector Liberalisation
Isaac Orolugbagbe, former managing director of FedEx speaking on behalf of the Association of Nigerian Courier Operators (Anco) and Nigerian International Air Couriers Association (Niaca) has said…
- 15 Oct 2025
EFCC Witness Admits Arik Air Had N71Bn Bad Loan Before AMCON Takeover
A prosecution witness in the ongoing criminal trial involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former AMCON Managing Director, Mr Ahmed Kuru, has admitted that Arik Air Limited…
- 2 Feb 2018
Oduoza, Former UBA Boss Floats Nova Merchant Bank
Phillips Oduoza, quintessential banker and former group managing director of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), has launched Nova Merchant Bank. Nova Merchant Bank has already designed…