Author: The Nation

In the job of policing, AIG Zone 2 and the immediate past Commissioner of Police Lagos State, AIG Abiodun Sylvester Alabi is well experienced for his ability to weather the storm unshaken. In the business of security and safeguarding lives and properties, engaging him would avail you of his depth and witty nature with pragmatic solutions to issues and matters arising. He is a man blessed with knowledge and native intelligence which has stood him out over the years during his astronomic rise on the police job. After enlisting in the Police over three decades ago, he has remained steadfast, dedicated, goal-oriented, and hardworking; more reason he has excelled in the police job with impeccable records to his credit with a quite intimidating resume.

 Despite the rigorous nature of the policing job, the Ekiti-born super cop has made it look so seamless serving in various sectors notably among United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2001, elite Police Mobile Force as Unit Commander in August 2001, Squadron Commander of Police Mobile Force Squadron 43 Lagos (Diplomatic Protection Squadron) in charge of the security of all Embassies in Lagos, Lion Building Divisional Headquarters as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and later redeployed as the DPO of Ikeja Divisional Headquarters, among many capacities he had acted his records are still unmatched and his performance has remained sterling. Like the popular parlance, ‘the reward for hard work is more work.’ With his level of success recorded securing Lagos, Alabi was recently redeployed and appointed as the Assistant Inspector General of Zone 2 by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba with the approval of the Police Service Commission. The Zone comprises Lagos and Ogun State police commands. Those close to the IG averred that; his appointment was purely based on merit as nobody raised an eyebrow when he was suggested for the position. As they were fully aware of his capacity to deliver optimally using his experience, network, and his affable nature to bring out the best in the two commands in combating crime using the best possible tactics in cracking down criminals in the zone.

When it comes to affordable real estate in Nigeria, Aare Adetola Emmanuel King the Group Managing Director of Adron Homes has a mastery of it like the back of his hand. The Otun-Onigbagbo of Remo land’s impact on making sure all low-income earners get affordable homes with a seamless payment plan is one thing that stands him out in the most saturated real estate sector. He has continued to thrive excellently well and remained a force within the real estate sector with massive projects littered in and outside the country. Through his foresight and vision, he created a brand that gives more power to the masses by changing their narrative from tenants to homeowners. Since the existence of Adron Homes and Properties a decade ago, the company has witnessed tremendous growth across the board owning and operating estates across the country with gigantic architectural monuments as its Unique Selling Point.

 If there is one thing the Ilishan-Remo-born Property mogul does not joke with, it’s the welfare and care of his staff. He’s known to always prioritize them at every given opportunity by giving bonuses and creating mouthwatering packages to ensure they put more effort into the promotion and growth of the brand. Today, the Aare Apesinola of Ibadan Land has ascribed the success of the property company to every resilient staff who works day and night just to ensure the company is high flying. When many other companies overlook the effort of the staff, the estate management and development graduate from the University of Ibadan has always acknowledged their effort by doing everything humanly possible to put smiles on their face. He believes that when you make staff happy, they will go to any length just to put the company first.

 As part of the activities marking the company’s 10th anniversary and its usual way of thanking and putting smiles on the faces of the staff, the property company sponsored 35 of its staff members on a 6-day vacation trip to Singapore. The fully-funded trip was to ensure the staff unwind, explore, learn, and expose themselves. This will also sharpen their skill and give them the needed exposure that will in turn create an avenue for them to be better staff of the company.

Cosmopolitan businessman and luxury real estate mogul, Dr. Olasijibomi Ogundele aka Sujimoto is not a noise maker. His resounding business success speaks volumes for him. On his entry into the real estate business in 2014, he made his intention clear and revealed his plans to take over the luxury real estate industry within a short time with a different approach. Many who never believed sneered at him stating categorically that his ideas aren’t workable in a place like Nigeria. For over five years now, with his business imprint, the Sujimoto Construction Company boss is reaping bountifully from his sweat and patience. Without tenacity and doggedness, Sujimoto would probably have been swept off by the turbulent business tsunami. As of today, his company is the most sought-after luxury property enterprise in Nigeria.

 Apart from the Lucrezia by Sujimoto, Leonardo By Sujimoto, and its newest project, Ilu Titun provides the finest of luxury living services at the lowest of budgets to the mass market. In a city that has been termed ‘The Mini Dubai’, in Epe, Lagos, Sujimoto has scored many first in the luxury real estate sector with the just concluded project his company embarked on with new generation Providus Bank on the construction of its Headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The architectural wonderment is absolutely unbelievable. Sujimoto was said to have transformed the project into a luxury workplace making it the very first bank building with the most luxurious element sitting on a total land size of 2842.54 square meter. From pillar to chandelier, the building was wrapped with the highest quality products. Swiveled on the ground floor is a spiral staircase that is adorned by a 2.6 meters Swarovski chandelier that will welcome any customer to the warm and alluring ambiance of the bank edifice.

 The soon-to-be commissioned luxury building is also sprinkled with the very best of fittings and amenities from the luxurious Noken taps, luxury spotlights, solar car park lighting, in-house water treatment plant, tensile stress poles, and a future-forward Wakanda-themed ATM building. The building also houses a staff canteen, canteen store, driver’s room, staff crèche room, MOPOL room, cleaners room, panel room, server room, inverter room, 3 store rooms, 8 toilets on the ground floor, 8 toilets on the first floor and a lounge. Sources say when the building is officially launched, it will be one of the most luxurious bank headquarters in Nigeria because this is the first time that the Sujimoto Group has broken its mantra to build a luxury edifice for another brand.

For Belinda Ajoke Adenuga-Disu, doing great is like carnation flowers propelling her to achieve greatness. Over the years, she has risen meteorically to the apex of her beautiful career with unprecedented sterling achievements since she arrived back in Nigeria after her studies in the United States years ago. With her commendable level of managerial skills and prowess, the chairperson of the Bella Disu Foundation, rose in rank at her dad’s communications brand Globacom over the years, learning from experience, starting from the bottom, where like an acorn, she grew from being a ‘sales executive’ to finally becoming an ‘executive director’ and now the Vice Chairman of the brand. Bella’s resume is quite an intimidating one. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA with a first degree in political science and international relations in 2004. She’s currently pursuing her second degree, a Master’s also in Boston but at Northeastern University with a focus on leadership concentration. The Vice Chairman of Nigeria’s indigenous service provider, Globacom, has remained a shining star in the Adenuga dynasty putting into good use her unrivaled brilliance, dexterity in human resource management and kind heart for humanity. Years ago, she was honoured for her contributions to philanthropy and business excellence, when France’s President Emmanuel Macron, conferred on her French National honour of the ‘Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et de lettres’, making her one of the youngest recipients. All her life, she is not known to be the regularly spoiled brat who will wait for her father’s deep pocket or mother’s but would rather invest her time in creating solutions to several problems and working hard round the clock to carve a niche for herself using her God-given knowledge. The Chief Executive Officer of Cobblestones Properties has remained remarkably different from her peers not looking down on the downtrodden. The director of Julius Berger Nigeria, had an excellent year in 2022 with a series of activities as she is set to take the new year by storm posting a video on her social media page on her resolution and hope for the new year. Bella disclosed that she learned how to learn, live and give in 2022. She also disclosed that the kindness in her heart stands her out despite being firm and strict.

For many who know Senator Iyiola Ajani Omisore, the head honcho of Chrisore Engineering Limited and Mechelec Consultation, he is not just a politician of high repute in the scheme of things in Osun State and Nigeria as a whole but he is a colossus who has crossed the T and Dotted the I’s in private life as a seasoned engineer and a technocrat. In everything he does, he is not run-of-the-mill, as he is a near perfectionist, more reason he has excelled politically and academically. The former senator of Osun East senatorial district started his primary and secondary school education at S.S Peter and Paul (Roman Catholic Primary School) and St. John Grammar School Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (1972 – 1977), he had his first taste of tertiary education in Federal Polytechnic Owo, Ondo State Nigeria, before proceeding to bag a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Degree from the Brunel University Uxbridge, United Kingdom. He also took a Technological Certificate Examinations and passed brilliantly where he specialized in Electrical Testing methods at the Technology College, Reading UK where he bagged a diploma Certificate in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

Today when many see him as a common politician; the true persona of Omisore exudes just a politician but a scholar, and chartered engineer with years of experience before venturing into the murky waters of politics as a service to his people. He began his professional life in the UK, starting with Drake and Gordham. In 1985, the Nigerian division of the company (Drake and Scull (Nig) Ltd) transferred him back to Nigeria after he had risen to the management level. He harnessed his managerial skills while he was with Drake and Scull Nigeria limited. It was under this coy that he undertook numerous supervision and construction of landmark edifices across the country like Ogba World Bank Assisted Health Projects for Plateau and Benue States, Guinness Harp brewery, and Sokoto University Teaching Hospital among many others.

The former deputy Governor of Osun State and National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC was able to hit the pinnacle of success in his chosen career within a few years to become a sought-after, Chartered Engineer and a public administrator with an intimidating resume. In the quest for more knowledge and also to equip himself for the task ahead with his love for education, he went back to school to study hard and wrote public presentations on engineering before he bagged a Ph.D. in Infrastructure Finance from the International School of Management, Paris, France. Still not satisfied with his robust resume, Dr. Iyiola Omisore went ahead to add professional courses at the Innovation and Leadership Course at the West London College, Advanced Budgeting Course at the Georgetown University Washington DC, USA, the Aid Effectiveness and Donour Harmonization Course at the Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH, Germany; the Public Finance Course at the Harvard University; the Appropriations and Public Finance Course at the ABS Academy, Athens, Greece. He is also a fellow of some of the best professional bodies in the world which includes Chartered Engineer; Engineering Council (United Kingdom); Institution of Electrical Engineers; Association of Cost Engineers; Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE); member of accreditation team for Engineering courses in universities across Nigeria; Registered Engineer; COREN; Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers.

After several years of research and academic publication, Dr. Iyiola Omisore presented future-charting keynote addresses, and lectures on world-important discourses at political, business, and academic gatherings across the world. Some of his lectures harp on the significance of seeing in proper perspective the Freedom of Information Bill, Budgeting and Budget Implementation in Nigeria, and Constitutional policy frameworks and Solid Waste Management in Nigeria. He has also authored and co-authored several books and journals published in local and international journals putting him ahead as not just a politician but a core professional, academic per excellence, and a silent private achiever in his chosen field with depth.