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Tinubu Meets Bolloré in Paris Over Expanded Investment in Nigeria’s Creative, Digital Economy

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has held talks with French businessman Vincent Bolloré in Paris on plans to expand investment in Nigeria’s creative and digital economy.

The meeting, held during the President’s working vacation, focused on opportunities to deepen the localisation of operations by the Bolloré Group and increase investment in sectors including film, entertainment, fibre-optic infrastructure and digital services, according to a statement issued by the presidency.

Bolloré and members of his executive team outlined proposed investments centred on Nigeria, highlighting the country’s growing influence in global entertainment through Nollywood and Afrobeats.

The group also expressed interest in expanding its operations and local presence in Nigeria, with the presidency saying the plans could support increased production, investment and employment opportunities in the country.

Tinubu reaffirmed his administration’s focus on economic growth, job creation and digitalisation, while welcoming the group’s reported plans to deepen its activities in Nigeria.

The President said the government would continue to support investments aimed at developing the creative and digital economy, strengthening infrastructure and creating opportunities for Nigerian talent.

According to the statement, Tinubu also emphasised the potential for Nigeria to serve as a base for companies seeking to operate across Africa and international markets.

The meeting comes as Nigeria continues to promote its entertainment and technology sectors as areas of economic opportunity, with the government seeking to attract investment while expanding employment opportunities for young Nigerians.

Tinubu said his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda seeks to harness Nigeria’s talent, entrepreneurship and growing global cultural influence to create greater economic opportunities and improve livelihoods.

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Banks Shut 476 Branches as Nigeria’s Banking Landscape Goes Digital

Nigeria’s banks are rapidly abandoning the traditional banking model, shutting down hundreds of branches and cash centres as customers increasingly move to digital and electronic channels.

Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria show that banks closed a net 476 branches and cash centres between 2022 and 2025, cutting the country’s physical banking network by 8.8 per cent in just three years.

The number of bank branches and cash centres plunged from 5,410 in 2022 to 4,934 in 2025, signalling a dramatic shift away from brick-and-mortar banking.

The contraction has gathered pace in recent years.

Banks closed 37 locations in 2023, followed by a much steeper reduction of 229 locations in 2024. Another 210 branches and cash centres disappeared in 2025.

In effect, more than nine out of every 10 locations lost during the three-year period were closed in 2024 and 2025.

The figures, contained in the CBN’s 2025 Statistical Bulletin for the Financial Sector, cover branches and cash centres operated by commercial, merchant and non-interest banks. The data were sourced from the CBN and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Lagos bears the biggest hit Lagos, Nigeria’s financial powerhouse, recorded the largest decline.

The state had 1,602 bank branches and cash centres in 2022. That figure dropped to 1,532 in 2023, 1,521 in 2024 and just 1,444 in 2025.

That represents a loss of 158 locations, or nearly 10 per cent, in three years.

Despite the closures, Lagos remains overwhelmingly dominant, accounting for almost 29 per cent of all physical banking locations in Nigeria.

The Federal Capital Territory also suffered a significant contraction. Abuja went from 400 locations in 2022 to 362 in 2025, a decline of 38, or 9.5 per cent.

But some states experienced far more dramatic cuts.

Ekiti lost almost half of its banking locations, falling from 107 in 2022 to just 57 in 2025 — a staggering 46.7 per cent decline.

Enugu lost 44 locations, dropping from 162 to 118, while Oyo shed 41, falling from 237 to 196.

Other notable declines were recorded in Ondo, Plateau, Osun, Cross River and Rivers.

Northern banking centres also feel the squeeze

The contraction was not confined to the South.

Kano, for instance, initially expanded its banking footprint, rising from 164 locations in 2022 to 183 in 2024. But the reversal was sharp in 2025, when the figure crashed to 157.

Kaduna followed a similar pattern. Its locations climbed from 148 in 2022 to 164 in 2024 before falling back to 146 in 2025.

Yet not every state is losing branches.

Delta recorded the strongest expansion among the states highlighted, adding 23 locations and rising from 173 in 2022 to 196 in 2025.

Edo added 10, while Jigawa and Kogi gained six and five locations respectively.

A widening banking divide

The figures expose a striking disparity in access to physical banking infrastructure across Nigeria.

While Lagos had 1,444 branches and cash centres in 2025, Yobe had only 23, Taraba 26 and Zamfara 28.

Bayelsa and Gombe had 31 each, while Ebonyi had 32.

The imbalance underscores how heavily physical banking infrastructure remains concentrated in Nigeria’s major commercial and economic centres.

The bank branch may be losing its battle

The shrinking branch network comes despite the number of banks operating in Nigeria initially increasing.

The country had 32 banks in 2022, 33 in 2023 and 35 in 2024, before the figure slipped slightly to 34 in 2025.

That means the branch closures cannot simply be explained by a shrinking number of banks.

Instead, the figures point to a much bigger transformation: Nigerian banking is moving away from physical locations and towards digital platforms.

The CBN has itself been pushing greater adoption of alternative payment channels, particularly among farmers, traders, small businesses and informal-sector operators who may have limited access to conventional banking services.

Speaking at the 2026 CBN Fair in Lokoja, the Acting Director of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Hakama Sidi-Ali, stressed the importance of alternative payment channels in expanding financial access and stimulating economic activity.

The message from the numbers is even clearer.

The era of banking halls on every major street may be fading.

With hundreds of branches disappearing in just three years — and the pace of closures accelerating — Nigeria’s banking industry is betting increasingly on phones, apps, electronic payments and other digital channels rather than physical walls and counters.

For millions of Nigerians, the next bank branch may no longer be a building. It may be sitting in their hands.

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Dangote: OPM Made You 36th Globally—How Many Investors Will Become Billionaires?

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has done what very few Africans have ever done. He has built a business empire of extraordinary scale, crossed the $50 billion mark in personal wealth, and reportedly risen to the 36th position among the world’s 3,397 billionaires.

That is an achievement Nigerians can acknowledge. But today, I want to ask a different question. Alhaji Dangote, how many of the Nigerians who are now investing their hard-earned money in your businesses will you help turn into millionaires—and eventually billionaires? That, in my view, is the more important question. Because behind every great fortune is an army of people whose money, labour, patronage, trust and participation helped create that wealth. And that brings us to OPM—Other People’s Money.

Other People's Money Built More Than One Fortune

Let us be honest: no business empire is built by one person alone. Investors provide capital. Banks provide financing. Workers provide labour. Consumers provide revenue. Suppliers provide goods and services. Governments provide infrastructure and an operating environment. And ordinary Nigerians have been buying Dangote products for decades. Now, Nigerians are being invited to take another step—from being customers to becoming owners.

The public offering of shares in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery gives ordinary Nigerians an opportunity to put their money into one of the country's biggest industrial projects. That opportunity comes with risk, of course. Nobody should invest money they cannot afford to lose, and nobody should assume that buying shares automatically guarantees wealth.

But there is a bigger principle here.If Nigerians are going to put their money into Dangote's business, Nigerians should also have a meaningful opportunity to participate in the wealth that business creates.

 Don't Take Nigerians for Granted

Alhaji Dangote, Nigerians have supported your businesses.They have bought your cement.They have bought your sugar. They have bought your flour. They have bought countless other products connected to your business empire.Nigerian workers have built factories, transported products, operated plants, sold products and provided services.

Now, ordinary Nigerians are being asked to invest directly. That creates a responsibility—not merely to shareholders, but to the broader Nigerian public.

Don't take Nigerians for granted. Treat the small investor with the same seriousness you would give the institutional investor. Give shareholders transparency. Give them accountability. Give them information. Give them confidence that their money is being managed responsibly. And when the business succeeds, shareholders should have the opportunity to benefit from that success.

Your Greatest Legacy Should Be Bigger Than Your Net Worth

There is nothing wrong with becoming extraordinarily wealthy by building successful businesses.But there comes a point when the conversation should move beyond “How much is Dangote worth?" The more interesting question becomes:How many people became wealthy because Dangote built these businesses?

Imagine the impact if hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who invest today eventually build substantial wealth from their investments. Imagine a young Nigerian who starts with a modest investment and, over decades, builds an investment portfolio capable of paying school fees, buying a home, funding a business or securing retirement. Imagine Nigerian families passing shares from one generation to another. That is how an ownership culture is created.And Nigeria desperately needs an ownership culture.

 We Need More Than One Dangote

Nigeria does not simply need another Dangote. Nigeria needs 10,000 Dangotes in different industries.

We need Nigerians who build technology companies, manufacturing companies, agricultural businesses, energy companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and global brands.But we also need millions of Nigerians who can become shareholders in those businesses. A country becomes economically stronger when wealth creation spreads beyond a handful of extraordinarily wealthy individuals.

The refinery therefore presents an interesting test. Can a Nigerian industrial giant create not just a massive fortune for its founder, but also a new generation of Nigerian investors? Can ordinary Nigerians who put their money into the company eventually look back and say:I was there when it started, and I benefited from its growth”?
That would be a powerful story.

 From Billionaire to Wealth Creator

Dangote has already demonstrated that he knows how to create enormous corporate value. The next challenge is different.Can he help create enormous shareholder value for ordinary Nigerians?That is where the conversation about his $51.3 billion fortune becomes relevant.

If one man's wealth can grow by tens of billions of dollars, Nigerians are entitled to ask whether the people who invest alongside him can also experience meaningful wealth creation. Not necessarily overnight.Not necessarily without risk. But over time.That is what investing is supposed to be about.

The Question Nigerians Should Keep Asking

So, Alhaji Dangote, congratulations on reaching another extraordinary milestone.But don't stop at building your own fortune. Build an ecosystem in which others can build theirs. Don't let Nigerians remain merely consumers of Dangote products. Make them owners. Don't let the story end with one Nigerian becoming one of the world's richest people. Let the next chapter be about thousands, perhaps millions, of Nigerians building meaningful wealth through ownership and investment. Because the real measure of an economic giant is not only how high the founder climbs. It is how many people rise because of the platform he created.

So here is the question Nigerians should be asking: Aliko Dangote, OPM has helped take you to the 36th richest person in the world. Now that Nigerians are putting their own money into your empire, how many of those investors will you help turn into millionaires—and, ultimately, billionaires? That is the legacy question.

By Emmanuel Emeke Asiwe (EEA) Publisher/Editor-in- Chief)

 

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Mixed metaphors: Eating them young

On this page, I have praised former Minister Nasir el-Rufai for his work in the Federal Capital Territory.

As governor, I praised some of his work, including when he fired state teachers. I also criticised him when he became arrogant and presumptuous.

Powerful people tend to misjudge distance, in terms of how long they will remain powerful, as well as the depth of their relevance, measuring how power, once in the hands of others, can remain in their favour.

El-Rufai made both miscalculations. Following over two decades of untouchability in power from Olusegun Obasanjo to Muhammadu Buhari, he has now spent 200 days in pre-trial detention on ICPC and DSS charges.

This should not happen to a citizen, any citizen. But some citizens, when fate grants them the winning lottery ticket, become Cronus, the Titan in Greek mythology who, to maintain his power, swallowed five of his six children soon after birth.

But not Zeus, his youngest son, who miraculously survived and, becoming the supreme ruler of the Olympian gods and the “Father of Gods and Men, “would exact vengeance.

In power, el-Rufai forgot not only the principle of right and wrong, but also the concept of justice.


But it was right there the whole time: on the flip side of injustice. The truth is that wearing glasses to be able to see arms, nobody to see through clouds.

Last Tuesday’s disruption by political thugs of the visit to Benue State of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, is an early reminder of the temptations of power in a Nigerian election year.

The ruling party controls the state, which is in the thick of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis. Its governor, Hyacinth Alia, is a Catholic priest. Having, in 2025, been involved in trying to prevent the same Obi from a humanitarian visit, claiming that his intervention was purely on security grounds, Mr Alia is trying to persuade the country that his are not the hands behind the crude attempt to stop, particularly Mr Obi, from travelling freely and safely in the state.

As Minister Festus Keyamo wisely said, this kind of menace is not a part of our democracy. Mr Alia, show the world your strengths, not your limitations.

Big news: the 2024 Auditor-General’s Non-Compliance report, published last month, identified over N1.34trn in audit lapses.

It found that the National Cash Transfer Office paid N33.751 billion to 3,295,207 households in 35 states in 2023 with no evidence that the money reached genuine beneficiaries.

The Office could not produce REMITA records to authenticate the payments. SERAP has written to President Tinubu demanding a published audit trail and investigation of the flagged N78.8bn in total irregularities.

Similarly, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on the EFCC to investigate and prosecute officials.

Given that we are dealing with a specific regime of governance coated in colours of ruthlessness, it is doubtful that these calls will yield anything.

The truth is that the situation is worse than what we know so far, and so, I have a different call: that Nigerians pay close attention to what is actually a long-running looting spree of our poorest and most vulnerable. There is a scorched-earth assault going on.

I begin in 2019, the start of the second term of the fake anti-corruption champion Muhammadu Buhari:

The Auditor-General’s 2019 report on the FGN Consolidated Financial Statements discovered that 36 MDAs made individual transfer payments,totalingN15,534,467,561.26, without identifying the beneficiaries, ignoring the relevant budget lines for “Transfers–Payment to Unemployed” and “Transfers–Payment to Aged/Vulnerable Group.” The Auditor-General flagged the risk of “diversion of public funds” and “misapplication of funds.”
The 2020 report is more curious. In the MDA-by-MDA budget-performance schedule, the National Social Investment Office shows: Approved Budget N0.00, Supplementary Budget N0.00, Total Budget N0.00, but the actual spending is N275,010,764,595.02! That is, the NSIO somehow recorded spending N275bn with no budgetary authorisation at all.
Surely, somebody has an explanation?

The 2021 Non-Compliance report, Volume II, found under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs that N54,630,000,000 in N-Power Batch C1 stipends (the August–December 2021 backlog) was recorded as paid but, per the Auditor-General’s own field visits, “was not actually effected to the beneficiaries.”
The same section found N2,617,090,786 paid for the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (COVID-19 period), the Auditor-General recommending full recovery to the Treasury: a combined N58.05bn flagged in that one ministry in that one year.

Surely, somebody has an explanation?


The 2022 Non-Compliance file is titled as Volumes I and II merged, but despite that filename, Volume II appears to be absent, as it excludes Humanitarian Affairs, NSIPA, NCTO or NASSCO, meaning that their work was either not audited at all, or that that specific audit has yet to be published.
Again, and similarly, despite examining the two volumes of the 2023 Non-Compliance report, neither the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, NSIPA, NCTO, NASSCO, N-Power, GEEP nor school feeding appears anywhere, although many other agencies were thoroughly audited.
Surely, somebody has an explanation?

That brings us to the 2024 itemised findings SERAP has publicized: N33.751bn in cash transfers with no beneficiary confirmation; N36.744bn paid in December 2023 without prepayment audit; N4.616bn in unsupported expenditure which the Auditor-General says “may have been diverted”; N350.18m in enrolment payments to state coordinators with no supporting documentation; N89.51m for store items never delivered or logged; N17.42m in diesel cash advances with no traceable purchases; and at NASSCO, N2.24bn paid through 158 vouchers without prepayment audit.

These appear to be the patterns that Nigerian MDAs exhibit in their work every year, with vulnerable Nigerians exploited every year.

But the first challenge is for journalists to track Humanitarian Affairs/NSIPA through every audit year to establish the full carnage.

There is another crisis: that despite all of this, a lot of MDAs still fail to submit audited accounts to the Auditor-General, representing one of Nigeria’s worst accountability challenges. This is a problem that worsened significantly under the Buhari administration despite his anti-corruption rhetoric. According to the Auditor-General, the 2016 audit year saw the highest number of non-submissions (324) in modern Nigerian history: more than double the previous 22-year high of 148. In 2016-2017 alone, 436 agencies failed to submit accounts. Think about that.

President Bola Tinubu is in the middle of a three-week foreign trip, departing without formally informing the National Assembly or handing over to Vice President Shettima, violating the constitution.

For a man who is seeking a second term of office, this is a stark reminder of how little the rules, or for that matter, Nigeria, really matter to Mr Tinubu. Keep in mind that when he headed north, Mr Shettima headed south, to Angola.


The general debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly will begin on 22 September. Mr Tinubu is scheduled to speak the following morning.

At a time of chaos and doubt in his leadership, and in democracy under his watch, he will confront the theme: “Restoring trust, managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all.”

By Sonala Olumhense

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President Jonathan's Steward, Taxi Driver,305 Others Nominated For National Award

The Nigerian government on Thursday released the list for the 2013/2014 National Honours Award recipients. The list containing 307 names had President Goodluck Jonathan's steward, a traffic warden and others included.

The Investiture will hold on Monday, 29th September 2014 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

See full list below:

LIST OF 2013/2014 NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD

 

AIR MARSHAL ALEX SABUNDU BADEH CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF CFR

MAJ. GEN. KENNETH MINIMAH CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF CFR

REAR ADMIRAL USMAN JIBRIN CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF CFR

AIR VICE MARSHAL ADESOLA AMOSU CHIEF OF AIR STAFF CFR

ALHAJI SULAIMAN ABBA ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE CFR

HON. JUSTICE BOLARINWA O. BABALAKIN FMR. SUPREME COURT, JUDGE CFR

HON. JUSTICE ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, (RTD) CFR

HON. JUSTICE IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CFR

HON. JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER M.CHUKWUMA – ENEH JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CFR

 

HON. JUSTICE MUHAMMAD S. MUNTAKA COOMASSIE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CFR

HON. JUSTICE JOHN AFOLABI FABIYI JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CFR

HON. JUSTICE OLUFUNLOLA OYELOLA ADEKEYE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CFR

MOHAMMED SAMBO DASUKI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER CFR

BUKAR GONI AJI FORMER HEAD OF SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION CFR

MR. DANLADI I. KIFASI, OON, mni HEAD OF SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION CFR

AMB. AYO OKE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CFR

 

HRM OBA DR. VICTOR ADEMEFUN A. KILADEJO TRADITIONAL RULER CFR

 

CHIEF PHILIP C. ASIODU OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANT CFR

BRIG. GEN. JONES O. AROGBOFA (RTD) CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT CFR

HRH ALAYELUWA OBA (DR.) JIMOH OYEWUMI A.TRADITIONAL RULER CFR

 CHIEF KOLAWOLE BABALOLA JAMODU, OFR

FORMER MINISTER/ PRESIDENT OF M.A.N. CFR

CHIEF OLUDOLAPO IBUKUN AKINKUGBE ENTREPRENEUR CFR

CHIEF (DR.) EMMANUEL C. IWUANYNWU BUSINESS MAN CFR

JIMOH IBRAHIM FOLORUNSHO, OFR ENTREPRENEUR CFR

ALHAJI IBRAHIM ADEJOH IDRIS FORMER GOVERNOR CON

HON. JUSTICE OLATOKUNBO ODUYINKA OLOPADE CHIEF JUDGE, OGUN STATE CON

HON. JUSTICE ALOY NWEKE NWANKO CHIEF JUDGE, EBONYI STATE CON

HON. JUSTICE ISUA IDONGESIT NFEM BASSEY CHIEF JUDGE, AKWA IBOM STATE CON

HON JUSTICE NASIRU A, AJANAH CHIEF JUDGE, KOGI STATE CON

HONOURABLE JUSTICE HAKILA YALAH HEMAN CHIEF JUDGE, GOMBE STATE CON

HONOURABLE JUSTICE KATE ABIRI CHIEF JUDGE, BEYELSA STATE CON

ALH. ABDULKADIR SAIDU TAMBUWAL GRAND KHADI, SOKOTO STATE CON

HON. JUSTICE AMINA ADAMU AUGIE JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL CON

HON. JUSTICE ABUBAKAR JEGA ABDUL-KADIR

JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL CON

DR. PETER ODILI FORMER GOVERNOR CON

ENGR. MUHAMMED ABBA GANA FORMER MINISTER CON

CHIEF THOMAS IKEOKWUADEM AGUIYI-IRONSI FORMER MINISTER CON

HM OBA (DR.) FREDRICK E. OBATERU AKINRUNTAN TRADITIONAL RULER CON

AMB. DAN SULEIMAN FORMER AMBASSADOR CON

OLOROGUN FELIX O. IBRU BUSINESS MAN CON

CHIEF OLUSEGUN OLADIPO OSUNKEYE CHAIRMAN, NESTLE PLC CON

HON JUSTICE ALI UMAR ERI FORMER C.J. KOGI STATE/DG NATIONAL JUDICAL INSTITUTE CON

HAMIDU GAMBARI ERUBU RETIRED CIVIL SERVANT/ PROMINET

EDUCATIONIST FOR OVER 50 YEARS CON

JUSTICE OBANDE FESTUS OGBUINYA JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL CON

CHIEF JOHN E. KENNETH ODIGIE OYEGUN FMR. GOVERNOR CON

CHIEF TOM IKIMI POLITICIAN/FMR. MINISTER CON

AHMAD RUFA’I SANI SENATOR /FMR. GOVERNOR CON

HRH MUHAMMODU ISA MUHAMMADU TRADITIONAL RULER/EMIR OF JAMA’A CON

ERELU OLUSOLA I.A. OBADA FORMER DEPUTY GOVERNOR/FORMER MINISTER CON

MR. MUTIU OLANIYI A. SUNMONU M.D. SPDC CON

HON. JUSTICE P.D. DAMULAK CHIEF JUDGE, PLATEAU STATE CON

CHIEF (DR.) MICHAEL OLAWALE COLE FORMER PRESIDENT, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CON

CHIEF (DR.) MRS. ONIKEPO AKANDE FORMER MINISTER CON

SEN. NKECHI J. NWAOGU SENATOR CON

SEN. CHRISTOPHER BABAJIDE OMOWORARE SENATOR CON

 

DAME VIRGY N. ETIABA FORMER DEPUTY / ACTING GOVERNOR/ EDUCATIONIST CON

SENATOR IYIOLA OMISORE FMR. SENATOR/FMR DEPUTY GOVERNOR CON

SEN. MARAFA KABIR GARBA SENATOR CON

UMAR AYINLA SARO BUSINESSMAN CON

FUNSO K. LAWAL, OON INDUSTRIALIST CON

CHIEF (DR.) THEODORE AHAMEFULA ORJI GOVERNOR CON

MALLAM ISA YUGUDA GOVERNOR CON

BARR. SULLIVAN IHEANACHO CHIME GOVERNOR CON

DR OLUSEGUN MIMIKO GOVERNOR CON

ALHAJI SA’IDU USMAN NASAMU DAKINGARI GOVERNOR CON

DA DAVID JONAH JANG GOVERNOR CON

SENATOR IBIKUNLE AMOSUN GOVERNOR CON

DR JOHN KAYODE FAYEMI GOVERNOR CON

BRIG. GEN. RAJI RASAKI (RTD) FORMER MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR CON

MALLAM IBRAHIM SHEKARAU HON. MINISTER CON

PROF. CHINEDU O. NEBO, OON HON. MINISTER CON

MRS. SARAH RENG OCHEKPE HON. MINISTER CON

ARC. MIKE ONOLEMEMEN HON. MINISTER CON

MR. LABARAN MAKU HON. MINISTER CON

HAJIYA ZAINAB MAINA, MFR HON. MINISTER CON

ARC. MUSA MOHAMMED SADA HON. MINISTER CON

AMB. BASHIR YUGUDA HON. MINISTER CON

MR. EZENWO NYESOM WIKE HON. MINISTER CON

SENATOR FEMI OKUNRONMU SENATOR CON

MR. OLATUNDE JOHN AYENI CHAIRMAN, SKYE BANK PLC CON

MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE GOVERNOR, CBN CON

SENATOR GEORGE THOMPSON SIKIBO JP SENATOR CON

MAJOR GEN. SURAJ ALAO ABDULRAHMAN FORCE COMMANDER, LIBERIA ARMED FORCES CON

DR. ABDUALLAHI UMAR GANDUJE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, KANO STATE OFR

AMB. (DR.) MARTIN IHOEGHIAN UHOMOIBHI PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS OFR

KOBIS ARI THIMNU SSG, ADAMAWA OFR

ALH. SAHABI ISA GADA SSG, SOKOTO STATE OFR

PROF. MKPA AGU MKPA SSG, ABIA STATE OFR

GARVEY ACHEN YAWA SSG, TARABA STATE OFR

HANNATU INTI UGAH (MRS) HEAD OF SERVICE, KADUNA STATE OFR

MAJ. GEN. SHEHU USMAN ABDULKADIR PIONEER FORCE COMMANDER, FIRST AFRICAN

UNION AND ECOWAS PEACE MISSION IN MALI OFR

BOLAJI AYORINDE, SAN LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

ENGR. (CHIEF) AMIN IBRAHIM MOUSSALLI GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR AIM GROUP LTD OFR

CHIEF GAFAR KAYODE ANIMASAHUN GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR AIM GROUP LTD OFR

PA. MICHAEL TAIWO AKINKUNMI DESIGNER OF THE NATIONAL FLAG OFR

MIKE AGBEDOR ABU OZEKHOME (SAN) LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

CHIEF SIMON NSUNNDU OKEKE FMR. CHAIRMAN POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION OFR

HRH. ABUBAKAR UMAR SULEIMAN TRADITIONAL RULER OFR

CHIEF VICTOR UMEH POLITICIAN OFR

ALHAJI BUHARI BALA FORMER MINISTER OFR

SENATOR UMAR ABUBAKAR ARGUNGU SENATOR OFR

PROF. OLOYEDE IS-HAQ OLAREWAJU FORMER VICE CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

OFR

DR. GREGORY IKECHUKWU IBE VISITOR GREGORY UNIVERSITY OFR

CHIEF JOE KYARI GADZAMA, SAN, MFR LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

SIR EMMANUEL N. MADUEKWE CHAIRMAN FIRST TARZAN MOTORS LTD OFR

CHIEF ADENIGBA F. FADAHUNSI RTD CUSTOM OFFICER OFR

HRH. PRINCE AL WALEED BIN TALAL FOREIGN INVESTOR OFR

JUDE NNODUM, SAN LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

DAFE AKPEDEYE, SAN LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

DR. IGWE AJA-NWACHUKWU PRO. CHANCELLOR, EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY OFR

MR. ERICO MONFRINI LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

PROF. PETER T. AKPER, SAN LEGAL PRACTITIONER OFR

ENGR. BEKINBO R. DAGOGO-JACK CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON POWER OFR

AMB. GODSON ONYEMACHI ECHEGILE FORMER AMBASSADOR OFR

PROF. WILLIAMS BARNABAS QURIX VC, KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY OFR

ALAHAJI SANI SIDI D.G . NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA) OFR

SHEIKH ABDULHAFEEZ ABOU RELIGIOUS LEADER OFR

BRIG. GENERAL NNAMDI OKORIE AFFIA FORMER D.G. NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS OFR

RT. HON. BATHEL NNAEKA AMADI SPEAKER, PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT OFR

DR. ALEX C. OTTI M.D. DIAMOND BANK PLC OFR

ENGR. M. A. K. ABUBAKAR, MFR DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT OFR

LT. GEN. CHIKADIBIA ISAAC OBIAKOR CHAIRMAN UNITED NATIONS BOARD OF INQUIRY IN ABIYEI OFR

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