February 14, 2024

United States Investigative Agency Releases Photos Of Wigwe’s Helicopter Crash Site

The New Diplomat

Writer

The Jollof Rice Rivalry: From Banter to Collaborative Culinary Unity – An Analysis of a Proposal for Standardization

By Sonny Iroche Introduction The Jollof rice rivalry, a light-hearted yet fervent debate among West Africans, particularly between Nigerians, Ghanaians, and Senegalese, has transcended kitchens and spilled into social media, music, and even international diplomacy. At its core, this rivalry centers on claims of superiority in preparing Jollof rice, a vibrant, tomato-based rice dish flavored…

August 26, 2025 • Opinion

Atiku’s in-law, Haske, Cries Out: I’m not on the run, EFCC persecuting me for political reasons

By Obinna Uballa Bashir Abdullahi Haske, a businessman and a son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) linking him to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme and accusing him of evading justice. In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday, Haske…

August 26, 2025 • News

‘Your bitterness Against Tinubu is well known,’ Lagos APC Blasts Obasanjo

By Obinna Uballa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for reportedly describing President Bola Tinubu’s administration as “competing with Buhari in incompetence.” Obasanjo made the remark in his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, launched in March alongside Lest We Forget: Slavery, Slave…

August 26, 2025 • Politics

By Abiola Olawale

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released official pictures of the crash site where the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Mr Herbert Wigwe, alongside five others, lost their lives.

NTSB is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

The pictures were released shortly after NTSB investigators arrived at the crash site Saturday evening to collect evidence.

The New Diplomat had reported that Wigwe, alonside his wife and his son; and Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former chair of NGX Group, the Nigerian stock exchange, lost their lives in a crash.

The Airbus EC130 aircraft was heading to Boulder City from Palm Springs, California, when it crashed near Halloran Springs, California, about 80 miles south of Las Vegas.

Share this news

Headline