mascot87: Without the outstanding performance of Wale Edun on the financial destiny of this country, there is no say other Ministers can do anything tangible
OSUigboFlatHead: All the terrorists' plane should always be shot down. You can not just be flying and bombing in someone in their airspace without permission.
enemyofprogress: The King of Round Tripping. He swallowed Yoruba bank Intercontinental Bank and he sacked top Yoruba officials. Innocent Yoruba Chartered Accountants were pushed into the labour market in the afternoon (Osan gangan).. . . . ayo
Onovo Agbo David wrote:
The Weight Of 106 Houses
The dead cannot speak. But numbers can. And the numbers surrounding the late Herbert Wigwe, former Group CEO of Access Holdings Plc, are speaking with a thunder that no amount of posthumous hagiography can silence.
A bombshell investigation by The Londoner, the British publication, has linked Wigwe to 106 properties in London, one of the most expensive real estate markets on earth. Based on newly released data compiled by Tax Policy Associates' Dan Neidle, and made possible by a 2022 UK law compelling overseas entities to declare their beneficial owners, the report places Wigwe seventh among London's biggest overseas property owners. He ranks above royals, industrialists, and foreign oligarchs.
One Nigerian banker. One hundred and six London properties. Let that settle.
These properties were not held in Wigwe's name. They were registered through shell companies — entities incorporated in secrecy jurisdictions like Jersey, Guernsey, and the British Virgin Islands. Many of the beneficial owners are listed as unnamed. Unnamed persons. This is not an accident of paperwork. This is architecture. The deliberate construction of financial opacity so that the true owner, or the true beneficiary, need never surface. In Nigeria's political economy, 'unnamed persons' is a phrase that does the heaviest lifting.
UK company records had already linked Wigwe to an address on The Bishops Avenue in north London, one of the city's most storied billionaire streets, where he was listed in 2012 as a director of Carmel Gate Ltd. But 106 properties dwarfs that single address. The Londoner's investigation exposes the full iceberg, not just the tip.
When Wigwe died in a helicopter crash near the California-Nevada border on February 9, 2024, alongside his wife Chizoba, his son Chizi, and NGX Group former chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Nigeria mourned. Dirges played. Tributes poured. The man was celebrated as a titan who turned the Access Bank into West Africa's largest financial institution. But there is a question that the elegies refused to ask: where did the money come from? And more crucially, where did it go?
Wigwe held 2.59 billion shares in Access Holdings, worth ₦65.3 billion at the time of his death. He held 1.26 billion of those shares indirectly through Coronation Trustees Tengen Mauritius, an entity domiciled in Mauritius, another African tax haven. Tengen Family Office, based in Ikoyi, Lagos, managed his wealth alongside that of his long-time partner Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. The money flowed, but it flowed outward. Into shell companies. Into offshore accounts. Into 106 houses in London.
I had raised concerns, at the time of his death, about Nigeria's forex round-trippers and market manipulators who were making life unbearable for ordinary Nigerians. The revelations now unfolding suggest that the rot went far deeper than currency speculation. Properties held in trust for unnamed persons smells, unmistakably, of wealth laundried on behalf of Nigerian public office holders; the ones who cannot appear on any register but still need their London addresses.
In December 2023, barely six weeks before his death, Wigwe moved into his sprawling ₦15 billion mansion. He died on February 9, 2024. He never fully unpacked. This is not poetic irony; it is a blunt reminder that the accumulation game, no matter how well-played, always terminates at the same address.
The family battles that erupted after his death are equally telling. His father, Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, and his cousin Christian Wigwe filed legal challenges against his children, disputing the estate the late banker left behind. A Lagos High Court granted his eldest daughter Tochi guardianship of her minor siblings, only for the grandfather to appeal. The siblings accused Aig-Imoukhuede of withholding financial details. Courts have been summoned. PwC and KPMG auditors have been deployed. The empire is now a battlefield.
The charity schools, the Wigwe University built in his hometown of Isiokpo, the donations and civic gestures — these are not now erased. But neither do they erase the questions. A man who moves ₦65 billion in shares through Mauritius entities and holds 106 houses in London through British Virgin Islands shell companies is not simply a 'successful banker.' He is a man who understood, deeply, how to move money across jurisdictions so that it leaves no fingerprints.
Wigwe is gone. He cannot be prosecuted, cross-examined, or compelled to answer. But the structures he built remain: and the unnamed beneficiaries of those 106 London properties are, presumably, still very much alive, still very much in Nigeria, and still very much in office.
The reckoning does not always come in a courtroom. Sometimes it comes quietly: in a British newspaper, in a dataset, in a 2022 law that simply required people to say who they really are.
Everyone who has made life further unbearable for Nigerians in one way or another will face their date with truth. In the end, no one leaves this earth with a single pin.
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A thief is a thief no long story. Just call him a thief.
You have totally and completely lost your mind and this post of yours will go down in infamy as the most consequential one you ever made.
What you have written today is way beyond politics and you have assaulted the senses and wounded the sensitivities of all those who lost their lives, liberty and loved ones during the struggle against fascism, dictatorship and military rule.
To mock the memory of those that died fighting for democracy in the June 12th struggle and sacrificed their lives and liberty as members of NADECO in this way is unacceptable and unforgivable. Simply put it is despicable.
The blood of all those that were killed by General Abacha and his goons, whom you served, shall speak against you for the rest of your life and their spirits shall haunt you from now till eternity.
For this reason alone you stand accursed before the world, you shall NEVER become President of our nation and, as from today, your dwindling star shall be totally eclipsed and fade away until it is no more.
God will perfect it and the blood of Jesus will seal it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINPOH6gQLU Ralphs Okey Nwosu, former National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has revealed that officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) played an active role in the processes that led to the emergence of the party’s current leadership, including David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, Nwosu expressed surprise at what he described as recent actions by the electoral body, noting that his experience with INEC over nearly two decades had been markedly different.
“I have worked within party processes, party leadership, and INEC for almost twenty years, and INEC has never done something this scandalous,” he said.
Nwosu emphasized that INEC officials were not only present but fully engaged throughout the procedures that produced the new leadership of the party.
“All the processes that brought about David Mark, Aregbesola, and the new leadership — INEC was there. INEC members were there; they witnessed all the processes,” he stated.
He further explained that the commission went beyond mere observation, offering advisory support to ensure compliance with electoral guidelines.
“They were part of it and they were helpful also because, before we did anything, we went to them. We told them, ‘this is what we want to do,’ and they would advise because they wanted all the parties to succeed,” Nwosu added.
His remarks come amid ongoing debates surrounding internal party leadership disputes and the role of INEC in overseeing political party processes.
Daejumong: I SAW THE RAPTURE AND ONLY 12 NIGERIANS MADE IT. KUMUYI WAS NO. 1, ADEBOYE NO. 2.
In 1998, I saw a vision of the rapture that still shakes me today. From the whole of Nigeria… only 12 people made it.
But that wasn’t why I argued with Jesus.
What broke me was this: I was the last person on the list. And at that time, I had just finished leading an underground Christian fellowship in a school where religion was forbidden publicly. I was evangelising practically on a daily basis, with a target of three souls every day. I was living holy, praying, fasting, preaching — burning for Him with everything in me.
So I couldn’t understand why I barely made it.
But Jesus told me:
“It is not easy to make this list. Count yourself blessed.”
And in that vision: Pastor W.F. Kumuyi was No. 1. Pastor E.A. Adeboye was No. 2.
Brethren, hear me:
**Heaven is not crowded. Very few people and very few pastors are truly on the narrow path.**
Don’t let fake pastors deceive you. Don’t let church activity replace personal holiness. This is the time to examine your walk with God.
1 Peter 4:18 — “If the righteous scarcely be saved…”
Matthew 7:14 — “Narrow is the way… and few find it.”
Estello: Two term ADC rep member, Leke Abejide gave his thoughts on ADC weeks back. Adejide is the only elected ADC member in the house of Representatives as he has been there before David Mark and cos came in. He was suspended by the Mark led MWC Because he supported Presidemt Tinubu's re-election
"We will send the impostors to where they came from....."
PresidentMUGABE: What many black people don't know is that the real King of South Africa is a white man called King Charles III of England. He took over from his mother Queen Elizabeth the second. South African is a member of Commonwealth Nations which recognise the King of England as their King or Traditional Head. That is why almost all mines are owned by Britain/ Anglo Companies. Do you remember those mine workers who were killed in Marikana? They were working for Lonmin which is London Minerals. All the Gold that is coming from your land go straight to the royal family of Britain. But fools like Ngizwe can travel from KwaZulu to East London to burn things because a Nigerian group decided to honour their culture and heritage.
I met a Kenyan man who visited Nigeria and he asked how come Nigerians do not believe that a black person in Nigeria is a foreigner? He said Nigerians believe that the country is the homeland of all black race and treat every black person as a Nigerian. A slave can never be free when he still lives under the roof of his slave masters. South Africa is irredeemable and there is nothing anybody can do about that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 These are Igbo people in Houston Texas Celebrating their traditional
This celebration happens everyday
How come no one is accusing them of taking over America.
It’s only in Africa you will see black people blaming their follow blacks for their joblessness and laziness
It's because of mentality like yours that made south Africans to deal with your people. Stop giving Nigeria bad names biko
blamingthedevil: I met President Tinubu three times to help with PDP's reconciliation because Wike was used to destroy us, and he was amenable (open) to the reconciliation. I even swallowed my ego to meet Wike at his house in Abuja, but Wike told me he's already a conqueror and has taken all the positions in the PDP. I thought the PDP convention wouldn't hold, so we'd withdraw our cases in court and come to a negotiation, but neither the presidency nor Wike called me back
- Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State
I met President Tinubu three times to help with PDP's reconciliation because Wike was used to destroy us, and he was amenable (open) to the reconciliation. I even swallowed my ego to meet Wike at his house in Abuja, but Wike told me he's already a conqueror and has taken all the… https://t.co/BgWTEDrS0jpic.twitter.com/xFhDrxfztc
If Tinubu had been in PDP the crisis would have been over. Just look at kano. He has handled everyone appropriately, no fight anymore. That man is a manager😜
mascot87: Hope the houses will not be demolished in the future. People no dey ever learn. And why would any right thinking real estate company cut corners and bribe government officials to sandfill a major canal just to build an estate. If not for anything, this would be a major environmental disaster for that whole area in the future wants flood wants to find it's way through that estate into the Lagoon.
budaatum: Actually, they are merely colonised. And it is our increased awareness fostered by these sort of threads, that will make us go and decolonise our brethrens.
Only colonised?? Your choice of words speaks volume bro.. How can you work to free yourself from Fulani captivity if you have this kind of mind set?
Nigerians said they are suffering under Tinubu, the kind of suffer obi will bring if given the chance, Nigerians will never recover. That man that didn't build a single infrastructure in anambra for eight years! He was using the state fund to invest in businesses. He will introduce Nigerians to abject poverty. As in the real poverty o😔
Alasheyori: Why Hausa and Fulani Are Not the Same- A Political Strategy Exposed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF-DeupfpDU Why is the term "Hausa-Fulani" used as a single political identity in Nigeria? In this episode of Southwest Nigeria Analysis, we go beyond the label to explore the distinct origins of the Afro-Asiatic Hausa and the Senegambian Fulani Nomads. We dive deep into Nigerian History, starting with the 1804 Jihad led by Usman dan Fodio and how the resulting Caliphate History shaped modern Nigerian Federalism and Northern hegemony.
Understanding the difference between Hausa Culture and the nomadic Fulani identity is not just an academic exercise—it’s crucial for navigating Middle Belt Politics, national security, and Nigerian Election Strategy. We analyze why this "monolith" identity is a calculated move in the chess game of Arewa politics and what it means specifically for Yoruba Interests and the future of the Southwest.
Watch to understand the institutional breakdown of the Emirate system, the impact on census figures, and why the "Hausa-Fulani" hyphen is actually a sophisticated piece of political technology designed to maintain power in the federation.
The hausas people and land have been conquered. They are just bootlickers for fulanis
Politics › Re: Rating For Tinubu Ministers (photo) by Kdon2(op): 1:47am On Apr 04
