The death of one of Nigeria’s golden banking and business icons in the US over the weekend continues to reverberate in global media. From BBC to Bloomberg, the UK Guardian, Kenya’s Nation, Africanews, Reuters, Fortune, The Africa Report, The Washington Post, BusinessDay South Africa, USA Today, Yahoo, Forbes, Spectrum News, Business Insider Africa, Sky News, CNN, AllAfrica, the news of Herbert Wigwe’s death and that of his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo has continued to reverberate. Tributes continue to pour in while dignitaries continue to visit the aged parents in their Lagos home. The scale of reporting reflects both the massive hole and gap his death represents and the scale of his achievements in the space of 20 years. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Nigeria and Africa have lost one of its brightest and courageous minds. While investigation into the helicopter crash continues, a prominent US aviation lawyer Robert Clifford has suggested that the crash could have been avoided if the adverse weather conditions was taken into consideration.
