{"id":854070,"date":"2025-06-07T22:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/dangote-names-refinery-road-after-wigwe\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:12:18","slug":"dangote-names-refinery-road-after-wigwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/dangote-names-refinery-road-after-wigwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote names refinery road after Wigwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p>\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-300802\">\n<div>\n<p>Billionaire businessman<a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/\">,<\/a> Aliko Dangote, has named the 120km road leading to his refinery in Lagos after the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the project, as per PUNCH.<a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/login-nysc-portal\/\">NYSC Portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Monday during a special event held in honour of the late banker at Eko Hotel, Lagos, titled \u2018Celebrating Herbert Wigwe \u2013 A Professional Legacy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read Other News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/banks-involved-in-70-of-financial-crimes-efcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banks involved in 70% of financial crimes \u2013 EFCC<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/sim-nin-ncc-defends-blocking-of-phone-lines-lawyer-slams-n10bn-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIM-NIN: NCC defends blocking of phone lines, lawyer slams N10bn suit<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/gov-fubaras-chief-of-staff-ehie-to-know-fate-on-warrant-of-arrest-april-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov Fubara\u2019s Chief of Staff, Ehie to know fate on warrant of arrest April 25<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dangote paid tribute to the deceased, highlighting Wigwe\u2019s dedication and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo immoratalise my beloved friend, my brother, and mentee, I\u2019ve actually decided to name our major refinery and petrochemical road-out of the 120km road, the biggest road will now be named Herbert Wigwe,\u201d Dangote said.<span><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/\">InformationGuideNigeria<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The businessman described him as a dependable mentee who was willing to go the extra mile to support him, his business, and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to name it after him, my devoted friend, mentee, and supporter. I will forever cherish the warmth of his friendship\u201d, Dangote said.<span><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/jamb-efacility-portal\/\">JAMB Portal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On February 9, Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; son Chizi; and a former Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, died in a helicopter crash that occurred near a border town between California and Nevada in the United States.<span><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/check-jamb-result-2\/\">JAMB Result<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the dignitaries at the event were the Minister of Finance, Wale Edu; President of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu; the Managing Director of Access Bank in Ghana, Dolapo Ogundimo, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola; the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor; Olayemi Cardoso.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Ken Opara, expressed deep condolences on the passing of the late Wigwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/check-jamb-result-2\/\">JAMB Result<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check and Confirm: <a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/dollar-naira\/\">How much is Dollar to Naira<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/author\/infonews\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78884e3c4d17671090c13acc543f5edc?s=120&#038;r=g\"  height=\"120\" width=\"120\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguidenigeria.com\/dangote-names-refinery-road-after-wigwe\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, has named the 120km road leading to his refinery in Lagos after the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the project, as per PUNCH.NYSC Portal The announcement was made on Monday during a special event held in honour of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118628,1789],"tags":[118627,12700],"class_list":{"0":"post-854070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dangote","8":"category-names","9":"tag-dangote","10":"tag-names"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}