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Feb

06

2025

Herbert Wigwe: One Year After

Herbert Wigwe: One Year After By Tunde Ogunseitan Next Monday, February 10, marks one year since Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba, their son Chizi, and their friend, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, tragically lost their lives in a helicopter accident in Southern California, United States. The crash occurred over the Mojave Desert between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2024, California time (between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on February 10, 2024, Nigerian time). Access Holdings is planning a memorial event to honour their memories, with details to be announced soon.Over the past year, significant changes have taken place within…

Jan

29

2025

By Famous Reporters

Access Bank Clinches THISDAY’s ‘Global Bank Of The Year’ Award

Business#AccessBank, #THISDAY

Access Bank Clinches THISDAY’s ‘Global Bank Of The Year’ Award, Aig-Imoukhuede Named ‘Titan Of The Year’ Access Bank PLC (‘the Bank’), the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings PLC (‘the Company’), has been honoured with the prestigious THISDAY Global Bank of the Year award for 2024, recognising its significant impact on the global banking landscape. In addition, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman of Access Holdings, received the distinguished THISDAY Titan of the Year award for his exceptional contributions to the banking sector in 2024. At THISDAY Awards 2025, Access Bank emerged victorious, surpassing African Export-Import (AFREXIM) Bank and United Bank for Africa (UBA) to…

Jan

25

2025

By Famous Reporters

Court Sets February 27 for Arraignment of Obanikoro’s Son, Others Over Alleged N1.3bn Fraud

LEGAL#AccessBank, #court

Court Sets February 27 for Arraignment of Obanikoro’s Son, Others Over Alleged N1.3bn Fraud Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has scheduled February 27 for the arraignment of Gbolahan Obanikoro, the son of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and four other individuals over alleged conspiracy, obtaining by false pretenses, and involvement in a N1,356,057,330.43 billion fraud. Others to be arraigned alongside Obanikoro are: Adejare Adegbenro, 51; Balmoral International Limited; M.O.B. Integrated Limited; and DDSS International Company Limited. Justice Lewis-Allagoa set the date on Friday after the defendants failed to appear for their scheduled arraignment. The Inspector General of…

Dec

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

We’ve Lost Great Friend, NAOSNP Mourns Abdul Imoyo, Consoles Access Bank, Family

NEWS#AbdulImoyo, #AccessBank, #NAOSNP

We've Lost a Great Friend, NAOSNP Mourns Abdul Imoyo, Consoles Access Bank, Family The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has commiserated with management of Access Bank and the entire Imoyo family on the demise of the organisation's Head of Media and Public Relations, Mr. Abdul Imoyo, whose sad event occurred on Sunday, December 17, 2023. The Association, in a statement made available to the media, decried the untimely death of the public relations executive, describing it as a occurrence that will affect the media space. Speaking in the statement, the President of NAOSNP, Mr. Oki Samson on…

Oct

21

2023

By Famous Reporters

Access Bank Plc, EIB Partner To Empower SMEs, Women Through €50 Million Facility

Business#AccessBank, #Empowerment, #RooseveltOgbonna, #SME, #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

Access Bank Plc, EIB Partner To Empower SMEs, Women Through €50 Million Facility Deal to provide access to finance for SMEs as an effective means to foster economic diversification and inclusive growth. At least 30% of funding will support women-led, women-owned businesses or businesses offering a service or product disproportionally benefiting women. The deal supports Nigeria's national action plan, which targets the empowerment of young people and women in alignment with the EU's 2021-2027 Nigeria Multi-Annual Indicative Program (MIP). Access Bank Plc and the European Investment Bank (EIB), on Thursday, signed a memorandum of understanding, to deploy the long-term financing…

Oct

03

2023

By Famous Reporters

British International Investment partners Access Bank Plc *Set to extend US$60 million trade finance facility across five African countries

Business#AccessBank, #Finance, #Investment, #Manufacture

British International Investment partners Access Bank Plc *Set to extend US$60 million trade finance facility across five African countries Loan facility will help to ensure availability of key commodities across import-dependent economies and critical inputs for manufacturing goods, medicine, commodities, construction, food and agriculture.Programme aims to stimulate African trade volumes by US$90 million and will contribute to SDGs 8 and 9.BII’s second commitment to one of Nigeria’s leading multinational banks. British International Investment (BII), the UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced a $60 million trade finance facility for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria and five of…

Aug

08

2023

By Famous Reporters

Access Bank To Reward Customers with N135m In DiamondXtra Season 15

Business#AccessBank, #Deposit, #DiamondXtra

Access Bank To Reward Customers with N135m In DiamondXtra Season 15 Doles out N6.38bn in 15 years of rewarding scheme Access Bank, a leading financial institution, has announced it would reward customers N135 million in cash prizes to over 800 lucky customers in its season15 DiamondXtra campaign. The bank also noted that in 15 years it had rewarded over 26,000 customers customers with N 6.38 billion. The bank also emphasized that its commitment to encouraging savings and rewarding loyal customers remains unwavering, with this year’s goal aimed at reaching an even larger number of customers compared to previous years. Speaking…

May

14

2023

By Famous Reporters

Access Bank PLC expands global footprint with launch of French subsidiary

Business#AccessBank, #FrenchSubsidiary, #Innovation

Access Bank PLC expands global footprint with launch of French subsidiary Access Bank PLC, the flagship company of Access Holdings PLC, has officially launched its subsidiary in Paris, France. The Bank’s operations will focus on trade finance, initially capitalising on flows between Africa and France, particularly Francophone Africa. Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC, speaking on the purpose of the Bank’s strategic expansion efforts said, “Access Bank PLC, today, has a very strong presence in the United Kingdom, but coming on the heels of Brexit, there was a need for us to establish a presence…