NSE’s Adeeko appointed member of GRI board

November 18, 2020

By Zainab Iwayemi   Bola Adeeko, the divisional head, shared services at The Nigerian Stock Exchange, has been appointed to the board of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) effective from January 2021. The GRI is an international independent standards organisation that helps businesses, governments and other organisations understand and communicate their impacts on issues such as climate […]

Sahara Energy Geneva appoints Mignot as CFO to drive growth strategy

November 5, 2020

By Zainab Iwayemi   Sahara Energy Geneva, a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate with business operations in over 42 countries, has appointed Nicholas Mignot as the new chief financial officer to oversee the growth and expansion of the company’s strategies globally. The appointment, which is to take effect from January 4 2021, is expected […]

AfDB appoints Fal director general, president’s cabinet office

Aderemi OjekunleOctober 14, 2020

Onome Amuge Yacine Fal has been appointed by the African Development Bank as director general of the cabinet office of the bank’s president, a statement made available to Business A.M. has shown. She will assume the new role from November 1. Fal’s new role will see her oversee the administrative and operational work and activities […]

Kyari bags Special African Leadership commendation award 

Aderemi OjekunleOctober 5, 2020

NNPC remittances to FAAC hit N1.7tn

Onome Amuge  Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has been bestowed with the African Leadership Commendation Award by the African Leadership Magazine. Kyari bagged the award at the 5th US-Africa Investment Forum and the African Business Leadership Awards 2020, which was held virtually. Speaking at the ceremony, Kyari commended […]

Flour Mills appoints former Jumia Nigeria CEO to board 

September 17, 2020

Charles Abuede Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc, Nigeria’s integrated food business and agro-allied group, has announced the appointment of Juliet Anammah, the former chief executive officer of Nigeria’s leading e-commerce company, Jumia Nigeria, to its board of directors with effect from September 10, 2020. Flour Mills in a statement signed by Umolu Joseph, the […]

Canadian Imperial Bank appoints Nigerian legal professional to senior executive role

September 4, 2020

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), a leading North American financial institution, has appointed a Nigerian-born Kikelomo Lawal, to the position of executive vice president and chief legal officer, Victor Dodig, the bank’s chief executive officer, announced earlier this month. A statement seen by Business A.M., said in her role, Lawal will be accountable for overseeing […]

Shobo, former Agusto CEO, gets special recognition at African Banker Awards

August 28, 2020

Vivien Shobo, the former Augusto & Co chief executive, came up for special recognition at the 2020 Africa Banker Awards as winner of the magazine’s Icon Award for the year at a virtual ceremony held recently. She joins notable past winners, including Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister and contender for the director-generalship of the […]

Encomiums as billionaire BUA Group founder/CEO, Rabiu, turns 60

Chris IkosaAugust 4, 2020

Billionaire founder, chairman and chief executive officer of BUA Group, one of Africa’s leading conglomerate, Abdul Samad Rabiu, turned 60 today and encomiums have been pouring in from different sources, including from President Muhammadu Buhari, who extended his warm greetings to the entrepreneurial businessman. Buhari’s greetings were sent via a statement by Garba Shehu, his […]