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Oando GCE Wale Tinubu Joins Other World Leaders to Speak at AAM2025
Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando Group, will today, Wednesday, 25th June, 2025, join other world leaders in Abuja to speak at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings.
Mr Tinubu, will join other leaders at Plenary Session 4 to discuss ideas on “Leveraging a Common Heritage – The Afreximbank Caribbean Initiative” and explore economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean built on shared history and prosperity.
Having held its first annual meetings in Nigeria 32 years ago, AAM has come full circle to gather for this year’s meeting to be hosted in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Meetings and associated activities will take place from the 25 – 27 June, 2025, commencing with three days of seminars, engaging plenaries, break-out sessions and side-events. AAM2025 will then culminate with a closed session of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 28 June.
AAM2025 in Abuja will reflect, renew and reinforce the courageous and resilient advances Afreximbank has made through the years considering the challenges and opportunities Africa faces as a continent. Afreximbank will look back upon the Bank’s many remarkable achievements and its visionary leadership as it deliberate on the theme – “Building the Future on Decades of Resilience” – to inform its continued endeavours to transform trade, attract investment and unlock economic prosperity for Africa.
The Afreximbank Annual Meetings is renowned as a uniquely multi-faceted event that cuts across the private/public sector, with deal-making, lobbying, entertainment presentations and more alongside the main plenaries.
The event welcomes African and Caribbean leaders, senior government officials, African and non-African policymakers, corporate and business leaders, bankers, entrepreneurs, academics and other thought leaders.
Others that are expected at the event include the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank; H.E. Prof. Benedict O. Oramah,
Other high profile guests are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Mr. Wale Edun, Founder & President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group; Mr. Aliko Dangote, Chairman United Bank for Africa; Mr Tony Elumelu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt; Hon. Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty, Former President, Republic of Ghana; Nana Akufo-Ado, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export-Development Bank, Afreximbank and Mrs Kanayo Awani among several others.
The Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) has dismissed allegations that it appropriated the Niger Delta Economic & Investment Summit (NDEIS) brand, insisting it lawfully obtained trademark acceptance for the name and will proceed with its 2026 summit as scheduled.
In a statement issued on September 12, 2026, the chamber described claims by Kunle Nwiwa Junior as “cheap blackmail, misleading, mischievous and a misrepresentation of the facts,” maintaining that it independently developed the summit and followed all required regulatory procedures.
According to NDCCITMA, it applied for and received a Trademark Acceptance Letter for the name Niger Delta Economic & Investment Summit (NDEIS) in August 2025 under File No. NG/TM/O/2025/387284.
The chamber said the chronology of events contradicts allegations that it copied another party’s application, arguing that its trademark acceptance predated the period during which Nwiwa’s own application was reportedly still pending before the relevant authorities.
“Economic Summit” is a generic expression
NDCCITMA further argued that the phrase “Economic Summit” is a generic description widely used for conferences that bring together governments, investors, businesses, development institutions and other stakeholders to discuss investment and economic development.
The chamber maintained that while concepts may be widely used, legal protection only arises from recognised intellectual property rights, including duly registered trademarks and other enforceable proprietary interests.
It therefore rejected suggestions that any individual or organisation has exclusive ownership of the broader concept of an economic summit.
Court grants interim injunction
Addressing reports that the summit had been halted, NDCCITMA said the dispute is already before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt and that there is no court order restraining the event.
The chamber disclosed that in Suit No. FHC/PHC/CS/57/2026, Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam granted an interim injunction restraining the defendants—Kunle Nwiwa Junior and Keneva Consult Ltd.—from interfering with the planned summit.
According to NDCCITMA, the court also directed the defendants to remove publications, notices, petitions, social media posts and other statements allegedly considered damaging to the chamber’s name, integrity and reputation pending the hearing of its motion for interlocutory injunction.
The matter has been adjourned until September 22, 2026 for further hearing.
Chamber rejects ₦500 million demand claim
NDCCITMA also alleged that it had received a demand from Nwiwa Junior requesting ₦500 million as a condition for abandoning his claims over the summit.
The chamber said the demand was rejected, adding that it subsequently petitioned the Inspector-General of Police over what it described as repeated harassment and threats directed at its officials.
It said the petition sought police intervention, including inviting the complainant for questioning and caution where necessary.
Summit opens September 15
Despite the legal dispute, NDCCITMA reaffirmed that the 2026 Niger Delta Economic & Investment Summit will hold from September 15 to 17, 2026, at the Obi Wali Conference Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The summit will be held under the theme “Driving Investment, Innovation & Industrial Growth in the Niger Delta” and is expected to bring together policymakers, investors, business leaders, development partners and industry stakeholders to discuss economic transformation across the region.
The chamber said it remains committed to promoting commerce, industry, trade, mining, agriculture and sustainable economic development throughout the Niger Delta while allowing the courts to determine all outstanding legal issues.
Tinubu Niger Delta summit opens in Port Harcourt as investors and policymakers gather to drive investment, innovation and industrial growth
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