Category: Society

By Oladapo Sofowora

In 2016, providence granted respected lawyer and politician, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, his heart desires as he won a keenly contested election against odds.

In the build-up to the election, Akeredolu at no point saw any reason to entomb his living dream.

Indeed, some of his detractors reportedly tagged him as an incorrigible dreamer, but the lawyer was unperturbed about the enormity of the odds against him.

Everywhere he went during the campaign, he was armed with his pragmatic manifesto, pleading with his people to give him a chance to serve them.

Even when it was obvious that some powerful elements in the state posed a threat to his political ambition, he held on to his dream with uncommon steadfastness. Luckily, he eventually had the last laugh.

It will be recalled that he had lost the bid to clinch the number one job in the state in 2012. But the experience only toughened him when he offered himself to serve his people again.

While he was neck-deep in the campaign, he still maintained his cool, even in the face of needless lies and abuses hurled at him, he refused to join issues with his other political opponents.

Today, Akeredolu is already showing evidence of a brilliant mind who knows what to do when fate offers him a rare opportunity in life.

With three years and a half into his first term, Aketi, as he is popularly called by his admirers, has proved that he is indeed a silent achiever.

Sources from the state say the incumbent governor of Ondo State has left his indelible footprints in several sectors of the state.

Society Rendezvous gathered that despite recently contracting the deadly COVID-19 virus and currently under self-isolation, he is ready to take his opponents to the cleaners at the polls.

By Oladapo Sofowora

Urban, cosmopolitan, stylish, showstopper, and many more are some of the words that best describe the persona of Princess Fifi Ekanem Ejindu.

Fifi is the great-granddaughter of King James Ekpo Bassey of Cobham Town in Calabar. Little wonder she oozes royalty anytime she saunters into any public function.

Just like the proverbial masquerade that comes out in it’s best form to display its beautiful attire and aesthetics, Princess Fifi attends social functions in grand opulence ready to make a fashion statement.

Despite being born with a noble aristocratic pedigree, being the daughter of the first minister for health from the defunct Eastern region Professor Silvester Joseph Una, she is indeed an epitome of respect and culture.

She is a humanitarian to the core. She puts humanity first in anything she does. Her charity and philanthropist gestures speak volumes of her persona as a cheerful giver without blinking an eye.

Apart from her family background, her resume is quite an intimidating one. In 1983, she emerged as the first black African woman to be awarded a B.Arch from the prestigious Pratt Institute, a private design college in Brooklyn, New York, where she also bagged her M.sc in Urban Planning.

She is regarded as a woman living in a man’s world. She has refused to be stereotyped with the cliche surrounding women.

Single-handedly, Fifi has redefined construction infusing her traditional renaissance and medieval taste mixed with modern materials to create her magic paying attention to every detail.

Her projects littered across Nigeria and Dubai are receipts for those who have doubted her capability.

Since last year, her admirers are worried about her whereabouts and why she has shunned social gatherings. For over a year now, she rarely attends shindigs and soirees.

Those who wait on the red carpet to catch a glimpse of her fashion statement anytime she graces an event have also missed her dearly.

Her lowkey style lately is becoming worrisome as it has begun to generate a mixed reaction from her admirers.

Sources told Society Rendezvous that she seems to have been preoccupied with lots of work in Akwa Ibom state, where she’s currently consulting for Governor Emmanuel Udom on vital projects.

 By Oladapo Sofowora

Princess Ronke Ademiluyi is one of Nigeria’s shining lights in the area of charity and empowerment – particularly for young ladies in and outside the shores of Nigeria.

Well respected for her stand and support for young vulnerable ladies, her unending milk of human kindness distinct her from her peers.

The highly cerebral woman currently calls the shots at one of the credible non-profit organizations in Nigeria known as the QMA Initiative.

The QMA Initiative is a project of the ‘House of Oduduwa’, the official foundation of the influential first-class monarch, the Ooni of Ife, HIM, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.

Supported by a powerful backbone, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ademiluyi is well known for her advocacy for uplifting women through financial empowerment and non-profit initiative that will be of benefit to all sundry, class strata or tribe.

Princess Ronke Ademiluyi is a smart, compassionate, and community-minded woman who has lived her life for the upliftment of the downtrodden.

This has been her winning power all the years. QMA Initiative is majorly focusing on mentorship and entrepreneurial skills among young ladies using a snippet of cultural display and pageantry as a means of driving their ideology.

The annual QMA cultural and leadership pageant is one of the few pageants that offers a genuine once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for international exposure for its winners.

Aside from the financial rewards, which comes with a car gift, the winner also gets to accompany His Imperial Majesty’s royal entourage on foreign trips.

Previously, the QMA pageant has produced four winners since inception. Some of the winners include a 2017 maiden edition winner, a dental surgeon who won an all-expense-paid trip to the United Kingdom, (UK).

Also on the list of previous winners is another automobile engineer who emerged winner in 2018. And she was rewarded with a trip to Brazil and the United States.

In 2019 the winner visited Ghana. A graduate of the English language and she is currently studying Psychology.

The QMA Initiative led by Princess Ronke Ademiluyi is also at the forefront in the fight against women trafficking.

With the backing of Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the initiative set up a fund to help victims of modern-day slavery integrate back into society.

It has also intensified its war against rape encouraging victims to speak up and assure them of justice.