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  • Lekan Alabi celebrates

    Lekan Alabi celebrates

    There is no better time to celebrate a man’s accomplishments than when he is feeling thankful for being a year older. One of the prominent sons of Ibadan, Oloye Lekan Alabi, turned 65 a few days ago and marked it in a remarkable way. The respected Ibadan high chief chose to celebrate his new age with the launch of a book. Judging by the pedigree of the celebrant on the Nigerian social scene, it came as no surprise that his birthday was well attended by dignitaries.

    The well attended birthday celebration took place at Agodi Park and Gardens on Queen Elizabeth II, Secretariat Road, Agodi in Ibadan. The book was reviewed by Prof. Olabode Lucas, a retired professor of Crop Physiology, University of Ibadan.

    In his 65 years of impactful life, Oloye Lekan Alabi, the Aare Alaasu Olubadan of Ibadan land, has scored a lot of modest firsts, including the 1969 winner of the highest cash prize on Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service radio station’s Any Question quiz programme anchored by Chief Dipo Babalola and Miss Remi Sonibare (the later Mrs Hamilton). Venue was the United States Information Service (USIS) Auditorium, Cocoa House, Dugbe, Ibadan.

    He has won several awards and has carved a niche for himself among the most respected men in the nation. He was also the first and only Press Secretary to serve four governors.

  • Dayo Bush in raw deal with robbers

    Dayo Bush in raw deal with robbers

    Popular Lagos politician and ex-member of the House of Representatives, Dayo Alebiosu Bush, recently had a close shave with death. He has consequently been thanking God for sparing his life.

    He had a rough encounter with armed robbers around the Oshodi Bridge in Lagos. The gun-wielding men collected his expensive mobile phones, cash and other valuables. They also slightly destroyed his Range Rover SUV in the process.

    The amiable politician was, however, happy that he left the scene alive, and family members and friends have been thanking God for saving his life.

  • Salamotu Aderinokun not in a hurry

    Salamotu Aderinokun not in a hurry

    Salamotu Aderinokun is a woman whose gorgeous outlook has redefined the bounds of grace. In spite of her immense grief over the death of her husband and former boss of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), Tayo Aderinokun, Salamotu’s beauty remains intact and her poise remains dignified.

    Having shared an admirable bond with her late husband, it came as no surprise that Salamotu sank into loneliness after his death. Loneliness took over where companionship once bloomed, but the widow of the former boss of GTBank is learning to live without her husband who was known for adoring her while he lived.

    So inseparable were the pair that Salamotu went everywhere with her husband and Tayo in return spared no expense in making her happy and looking after her daughter. Little wonder he left a fortune that can last the mother and child a life time.

    In spite of her loneliness, Salamotu does not look like she intends to remarry. She jogs around the prestigious Banana Island Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, to keep fit. It remains a puzzle if she would ever remarry.

  • Lara Rawa plans big for Lagos Cocktail Week

    Lara Rawa plans big for Lagos Cocktail Week

    The CEO of Eventi Cocktail, Lara Rawa, is known to be hard working, resilient and principled. Above all, she said to push hard until she meets her goal. This time, she is channelling her efforts into organising the most elaborate cocktail week Lagos has ever witnessed.

    The festival, Lagos Cocktail Week, was first introduced in 2014 by the cocktail enthusiast to showcase the best of Lagos’ cocktail culture, modelled after cocktail weeks that are held in major cities around the world.

    The week-long event aims at providing individuals, businesses, corporations and global brands a platform to interact, connect and share brand value. There will be exhibitions, master classes and tastings amongst other activities and side attractions. The festival will also be a gathering of cocktail enthusiasts to indulge their taste buds at designated hubs. If the success of the maiden edition of the event last year, tagged Eventi Cocktail Weekend, is anything to go by, this year’s edition should a hit.

    The maiden edition was held in April 2014 at the Soul Bar, Intercontinental Hotel Lagos. The event saw more than 100 guests in attendance, with a ‘taste-off’ competition between the brands of spirit represented.

    In attendance were celebrities, event planners and players in the hospitality industry. The Lagos State Government was also represented. This year, the event has been renamed Lagos Cocktail Week. It includes promotions and offers, a master class that will run from November 9 to 13 as well as taste sessions.

    The closing ceremony is scheduled to hold in the evening of November 14, at the Intercontinental Hotel Terrace.

  • Friends, associates celebrate Moji Tejuosho at 50

    Beauty, they say, captivates and mesmerises. You may not understand how true this is until you see Moji Tejuosho strutting around in feline grace. Like the fine wine that gets better with age, Moji only seems to look even more beautiful as she clocked age 50.

    Every trace of her new age etched on her lovely face simply seems to enhance the sophistication she has mastered over the years. She waltzed into her new age with a depth of class that has left many in awe of her pedigree. The colourful wife of Prince Lanre Tejuosho is hardly given to fickle idolatry, unlike most women celebrities.

    The venue of her 50th birthday wore colourful garbs as she was hosted by her husband and children to mark the occasion, joined by friends and other family members. The day coincided with the 28th wedding anniversary of the kind, warm and caring wife and mother.

  • Good times return for Gbenga Obasanjo’s former wife

    Good times return for Gbenga Obasanjo’s former wife

    It is public knowledge that Moji, a former wife of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s son, Gbenga,  had one of the messiest divorce cases in the nation’s legal history. As if it was not bad enough that her marriage crashed like a castle with a weak foundation, her former husband accused her of the most bizarre brand of infidelity.

    But life seems to be on the bounce again for Moji. She has got another chance to seize the limelight again with the recent swearing in of her current husband, Mustapha Akinkunmi, as a commissioner in Lagos State.

    Obasanjo’s son had shocked the landscape as he regaled the public with the story of Moji’s alleged romance with his father in order to get favours from him as the sitting president. Moji vehemently denied her ex-husband’s claims and wept publicly as she strove to tell whoever cared to listen that there was no iota of truth in the allegation.

    Her ordeal grew worse as neither her father nor her father-in-law made any attempt to address the furore created by Gbenga’s revelations when he went to a court to file for dissolution of the marriage.

    But it seems the dark days are finally over for Mojisola and her current husband appears to be what she had been hoping for.

  • Bose Adedibu gets life’s tutorials

    Bose Adedibu gets life’s tutorials

    Life is regarded by many as the best institution of learning. But unlike in formal education settings where lessons are learnt before tests are conducted, life dishes out tests before it teaches lessons. Bose Adedibu would seem to have understood this better than many people as life recently taught her a lesson she is not likely to forget anytime soon.

    Before the death of her husband and popularly acclaimed strong man of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, she was far from being a woman like any other. She enjoyed life to the fullest as the heartthrob of a political godfather. She understood what it meant to be courted by the lowly-placed just as she reveled in her status as the high and mighty sought favours from her husband.

    But no sooner her husband died than she began to see the true colour of life as many who once paraded herself as her friends manifested not just as strangers but enemies. In friendship, ‎she found coldness and in trust, she found treachery.

    As soon as the remains of her powerful husband were committed to mother earth, his friends and political associates began to desert his family and political empire, and would not want to have anything to do with the people he left behind.

    The situation, we learnt, has also forced Bose to shun her late husband’s political associates, particularly those he assisted when he was alive but later turned their backs on the family.

  • Fun at Gem Woman magazine’s annual soiree

    AS part of activities to mark the nation’s 55th anniversary, Gem Woman Magazines on October 1, feted women from all walks of life in this year’s Body, Soul & Spirit 2015 at the Marquee, All Seasons Plaza, Agidingbi, Lagos.

    With the theme, “Season Of a new Song”, BSS 2015 was attended mostly by ladies wearing various shades of White and Gold, colour code for the day. According to the organisers of Body, Soul & Spirit, every woman deserves a time of respite when she can indulge herself, unwind and get refreshed.

    Dr. Reuben Odu, a renowned security expert who delved on the topic “Watch Your Back”, listed three major points as the reasons why certain crimes occur: the presence of a motivated offender, suitable target, and time and opportunity.

    “One of the problems women have today is the mobile phones, Facebook, BBM and every other social media network,” he said.

    “Women should be mindful of the information they put on their social media because people can easily access and use the information against them.”

    He advised that women should be mindful of their surrounding environment at all time. Women were advised to separate their private life from their career and social life.

    The event was spiced with music, comedy, exciting games, enlightening presentations, discussion forums, word ministrations, networking, sumptuous dining, takeaway gifts, and lots more. Big B and Ibironke charged the atmosphere with prause and worship which got everyone clapping, singing, dancing and having a good time. There were also lots of freebies from sponsors ranging from MTN, Nigerian Bottling Company, Stanbic IBTC Bank among others.

    The icing on the cake was the ministration rendered by the guest speaker, Rev (Mrs.) Funke Felix-Adejumo, who admonished women to be proactive, and not depend exclusively on their spouses. According to her, women should be submissive but not gullible.

    Body, Soul and Spirit, an annual event held every October 1 since 2007, is an initiative of gem Publications, publishers of gem WOMAN magazine. It creates an opportunity for Nigerian women to share, network, learn and get refreshed in the informal and relaxed atmosphere created by BSS, as it is fondly called.

  • Tein George hits gold

    Tein George adopted certain principles which over the years have transformed him into an extraordinary man. First, he understands that an extraordinary man is a product of hard work, determination and perseverance; not of day dreams or fantasies. Secondly he understands that a positive attitude is a catalyst that sparks extraordinary results.

    As he walked the thorny path of success, he employed these philosophies as his flashlight and has got positive results. George was able to identify his entrepreneurial potential, nurture them and derive success from them.

    When his newest hotel, George Hotel, was officially opened recently, many were eager to know its owner. Their curiousity was not only based on the fact that the hotel, which is built on a large expanse of land, is worth several billions of naira, but also because George Hotel is currently one of the most sophisticated around.

    George Hotel is owned by none other than Tein George, the Chairman of Aveon Offshore Nigeria Limited, the largest locally owned oil and gas fabrication yard in the country with offices in Lagos and its operational base in Port Harcourt. Aside from being the chairman of the largest indigenous oil and gas fabrication yard in the country, he is believed by many to be one of the richest dudes in the Niger Delta region at the moment.

  • Otedola’s daughter Temi draws inspiration from sister

    Otedola’s daughter Temi draws inspiration from sister

    Like a genie with rare abilities, the Chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola, is reputed for transforming stones into gold and sheds into mansions. It comes as no surprise therefore that the products of his loins are in the habit of excelling beyond measure.

    Temi Otedola, one of the beautiful daughters of the business tycoon, is one of the ladies to watch out for in the fashion world. She is gradually blossoming into a socialite in her own rights, armed with a mission to lead in the lifestyle sector.

    Temi is the younger sister of DJ Cuppy, a disco jockey (DJ), who started playing at parties from her days as an undergraduate student. A lot of people had not taken her seriously because the world she chose to operate in was male-dominated, but Cuppy kept at it. Today, she is a force to reckon with.

    Fast-forward to her sister, the young and beautiful lady has also delved into blogging. Temi started a fashion blog a few months ago and has been selected to be a Lagos Fashion Week ambassador.