Chris Igwe

Prince Chris Odinaka Igwe OFR is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is the managing director and chief executive officer of Mainland Oil and Gas Company Limited and the chairman of Chrisnak Groups Limited. He is also a recipient of the officer of Order of the Federal Republic National Award.

Early life and education Chris Igwe was born on 16 February 1970 in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.

Business career Chris Igwe started his career at Nanac Enterprises Limited, Owerri as a freelance salesman and he eventually rose to the position of general manager. In 1992, he started his first company Chrisnak Conglomerate – a trading company with only N10,000 capital and developed it into a big company before diversifying to shipping and freight-forwarding and logistics. The reporter was charged with "conduct likely to cause breach of peace, provoking a breach of the peace by offensive publication and conspiracy to commit felony." If found guilty, he would face up to two years imprisonment.

International press freedom organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists, condemned Igwe's complaint against the reporter, and the police's arrest, as a precedent of Nigeria's business elite restricting the country's free press. Chukwunonso had published an article, based on witness testimony, alleging that Igwe, after being startled by a dog in his upscale Lagos neighborhood had "reportedly panicked" then tripped and fell. "Seemingly incensed by the incident, Prince Igwe returned shortly thereafter with an armed companion, unleashing a volley of gunshots towards" the dog's perceived owner, the article had stated.

Awards and honours Chris Igwe received the award of the investor of the year from The Sun newspaper in 2020 and in 2022 he received the Nigeria National award, the officer of the Order of the Federal Republic