Category: Celebrity

Like the showy flowers of the Canna family of plants, Azukem Hotels boss, Suraju Lasisi, is attracting a lot of attention these days. He has been shining brighter and brighter among his peers on account of his recent activities.

In just a couple of months after launching Azukem Hotels, the Ijebu-born dude is enjoying a deluge of patronage from fun lovers.

Those who choose to berth at the hospitality hot spot for a few days emerge from the experience feeling lithe due to its serene ambience and impeccable customer service on offer.

Determined not to rest on his laurels, he is said to be planning the launch of another hotel in Ikorodu to satisfy the yawning of appreciative customers clamouring for the hotel’s expansion.

Suraju is also the CEO of Surajum Aluminium. He recently emerged as one of the leaders of Egbe Obayori Okunrin Akile Ijebu, a group of eminent young Ijebu sons.

Still only in his late 30s, the dynamic young man already has several titles to his name, including the Aare Arigbabuwo Adinni of Latogun Central, Ijebu Ode and the Otun Seriki Adinni of Odonguyan Central Mosque, Ikorodu.

It is more than one week since budding broadcaster and presenter of popular comedy show Stand Up Nigeria, Aisha Alli-Balogun, died, but tears have not stopped flowing from family members, friends and fans who are still shocked and saddened by her sudden departure from the plane of existence.

It will be recalled that the up-and-coming showbiz personality was gunned down penultimate Friday by dare devil men of the underworld in mysterious circumstances. Her killers had tried to kidnap her, her daughter and a pregnant friend as she drove on the Majidun-Asolo stretch of the busy Ikorodu Expressway.

A popular version of the story says she struggled to save her daughter, Fareedah, from the kidnappers before she was gunned down. The criminals managed to escape with her daughter who was later released after a few days. It was not clear if ransom was paid to secure her release.

At the time of writing, the fate of the pregnant woman was unknown.

Aisha, popularly known as Thelma, was a cheerful person who was already making waves in the entertainment industry even though she was still in her 20s. She was married to Ajibola Yussuf Abiose with whom she had two kids.

Great heights reached by noble men are not attained by a sudden flight. While their companions are asleep, they keep toiling through the night until the day breaks to see them looking down at the rest of humanity from their lofty heights.

The foregoing captures the trajectory taken by Segun Aina, the banker extraordinaire and immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Segun has moved through the banking industry like an unstoppable machine. From UBA and Ecobank to Fountain Trust Bank, he left nothing but glowing testimonies in his wake.

Surprisingly to many, Lawrence Segun Aina, has interests that extend far beyond the narrow province of banking. The Chairman of Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc currently sits atop the board of other publicly quoted and private companies in food processing, investment banking, information technology and engineering.

A humble servant of humanity, Segun Aina established the Segun Aina Foundation as far back as 1994. To say he has made an appreciable impact with his foundation would be an understatement. SAF has been providing leadership and mentoring programmes for youths, endowments in universities, educational scholarship awards to deserving brilliant but financially challenged students at senior secondary and tertiary levels and various other youth empowerment and development initiatives in the South West region.

It was thus in recognition of his unending efforts to aid the youths in attaining their dreams that the Tai Solarin College of Education in Ogun State recently conferred on him an honorary doctoral degree in Business Education.

As a daughter of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, Tundun Abiola has enjoyed a fair share of the limelight before some negative events robbed her of some of her shine and forced her to lie low. But little by little, she seems to be finding her way back to the social scene.

A few years ago, the news media were awash with stories of the breakup of her marriage with Benue-born Atama Attah. The two got married with a lot of fanfare in May 2009 at the Claridges Hotel, Mayfair, London. But their union lasted only four months before it crashed under the weight of ‘irreconcilable differences’. The fine dude has since remarried, leaving Tundun to lick her wounds from heartbreak in silence.

In the aftermath of her broken marriage and perhaps in search of spiritual succour, Tundun had relinquished the religion of her family and converted to Christianity.  She also moved in with her mother, Mrs Bisi Abiola, who doubtless provided her with the comfort that only a mother can. All this seems to have made the desired impact as Tundun was recently spotted at a book launch in Lagos. Stylishly attired and effervescent, she was the cynosure of all eyes.

Once popular socialite, Remi Ajidahun, has resurfaced on the social scene. Before his disappearance, he was one of the happening dudes who painted the town red with their flamboyant lifestyles. Known for his extravagance and show-off, Remi chased enjoyment like a lusty lover pursues a damsel.

In his heyday as the senior special assistant to then Aviation Minister Femi Fani Kayode, Ajidahun strutted his stuff like a stylish model on the fashion runway. He had always been a man with ambition, and his appointment as Fani Kayode’s SSA gave him the wings to fly higher. With it, he was able to walk confidently into hallowed places of power, opening doors and closing them to whoever he chose to.

The Executive Vice Chairman of Hole 19, a popular and exquisite fun spot on Victoria Island, however lay low with the falling fortunes of his former boss only to now rebound in a big way.

He recently announced his re-entrance into the big boys club with the opening of the Tag Heuer Franchise store in Abuja.

Tag Heuer is a Swiss luxury watch designer and one of the household names in the world patronised by global icons and celebrities. The opening of the shop at the popular Lake Mall in Abuja is sure to fetch Ajidahun a lot of publicity in the days ahead.