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The  Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau  (NSIB) is collaborating with the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate the helicopter crash that killed Herbert Wigwe, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc. The GCEO of Access Holdings was in the chopper alongside his wife, son and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group).  All six people onboard have been  confirmed dead.  In a statement on Monday, Bimbo Oladeji, NSIB’s director, public affairs and consumer protection, said the collaboration between both countries is in line with chapter 5 subsection 27 of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) annex 13, to the convention on international civil aviation-aircraft accident and incident investigation. “Regrettably, the United States authorities have now confirmed that everyone onboard the aircraft lost their lives in the crash,” the directo...

Nigeria has lost one of its brightest stars.  Herbert Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings and his wife, Chioba, have been killed in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. The couple, son and three others, including Abimbola Ogunbanjo, were on their way from California to Las Vegas on Friday when the chopper crashed near a border between Nevada and California. Wigwe, the founder of Access Bank Plc,  was its immediate past Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer before he became the overall boss of Access Holdings, was the Proprietor of Rivers State-based Wigwe University which is in its first year, and planned to become an all-round best in  the country. Wigwe: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday confirmed the crash of a helicopter carrying six passengers in a Southern California desert near Las Vegas. All the passengers on board are repor...