At the mention of the name, Olorunnimbe, the retired and well-decorated legal luminary, Justice Ishola Olorunnimbe readily comes to mind.

And when the legal luminary isn’t remembered, his son, Idris Olorunnimbe readily comes to mind owing to his strides and achievements in just a little over 40.

However, Abisoye Olorunnimbe isn’t retired Justice Olorunnimbe’s daughter but his daughter-in-law. The radiant-looking Abisoye is the apple of Idris’ eyes.

The University of Manchester-trained lawyer has a knack for fashion and this has gradually turned into her passion.

Having dedicated time, resources, and hard work to her fashion outfit, Flow Fabrics, Abisoye recently shone like a million stars when she showcased some of her eye-popping stock at the recently held GTBanks Fashion Weekend and Fashion Souk Nigeria, two veritable platforms for emerging fashion entrepreneurs and industry icons.

Aside catering to several clientele that include celebrities and government, Abisoye and her team have continued to show diligence, dedication, and consistent growth with her Flow Fabrics.

If you are to read a true life story that almost seems impossible, the story of Alhaji Isah Ahmed Gerewa is one story that will sweep you off your feet. Anytime he narrates the story, it touches the heart and strikes a chord that anyone who is consistent and upright could achieve anything in life despite any hurdles one faces.

The former Almajiri turn billionaire has never been shy of his humble beginning and how he found his way to Lagos from an errand boy, hawking selling tea and bread to becoming a successful businessman.  He has often said his background prepared him for resounding success that if his parent were wealthy he would not have strived hard to make his own money rather he would be depending on Daddy’s pocket money and mummy’s generous purse. In 2018, he invested 50 million dollars in building the Gerawa Oil Mill limited one of the largest Soya Beans Oil producing plants in the country situated in Kano. The Oil mill is the biggest in Africa with a capacity to mill 1,200 Tons per day. With 10,000 Soya beans Silos Storage and a standard laboratory to test products for quality assurance. Apart from that, he also invested in the Oil and gas sector.

In his quest to ensure Nigeria grow what we eat in line with President Buhari’s vision; thereby preserving forex and cutting down the export of foods into Nigeria, in 2021, he collaborated with the central bank of Nigeria and invested over 30 million Dollars in the Gerawa 420 Metric Ton per day Rice mill. At the commissioning earlier this year, he was also laying the foundation of an additional 560 MT per day worth 50 million which has created thousands of direct and indirect jobs. Apart from his shrewdness in business and love for politics, he is also a philanthropist of high repute who has done a lot for humanity. He was said to have invested in education by building schools, hospitals, and roads paid rent for people and given out relief materials to many people. Sources say apart from his quest to ensure his agricultural business chain takes over the market with the very best of agricultural produce he is not relenting in ensuring that made-in Nigerian Good takes over the foreign market which will attract further investment and forex to Nigeria.

Chief Chinedu Benson Madubuko, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of De Chico Investments Limited, a Port Harcourt-based company is a man who has lived his life for many. Despite his large wealth and elevated status as a billionaire in dollars, his simplicity and down-to-earth nature is a focal point of reference for those that have had the opportunity to meet him. One thing is certain speaking with him for a few minutes will avail you an experience in the business you cannot get from the four walls of any higher institution as he is also an institution when it comes to business, manufacturing, distributorship and entrepreneurship. He is a man who cherishes his privacy but his good deeds and exp0loit in business keep throwing him into the cynosure of all eyes.

The Anambra-born Business magnate has a business chain with investments in a wide range of building materials, including aluminium profiles, stone-coated roofing sheets, and all types of ceiling cladding. He started small but today his business has grown to be one of the building industry giants dominating the market with state-of-the-art urban planet doors for aesthetics and security, urban planet stone tiles that protect the roofs from leakage and various types of water collector pipes.

The Ezeani Chinechendo has always wanted to live an exemplary life despite his love for luxury and good things in life he believes investing in his immediate environment through Corporate Social responsibility CSR, charity and philanthropy is a way to connect with his humble beginning that’s why he founded the Zeph Care Foundation. An NGO catering for the downtrodden who give full preference to education, health care services, youth empowerment programmes and widows cooperative societies. In 2021 he got many stunned when he single-handedly constructed 16 rural roads which include; Factory Road, St. Jude’s Anglican Church/Amaebe Road, Umuogu/Power Station Road, Uruene Road, Uhuabosi Road, Amaebe/St. James Anglican Church Road, Ezeani Chinechendo Road and Ezeanum Road and others in Anambra State expended over three million dollars from his pocket to achieve such a feat.

Society Rendezvous gathered that; the Bachelor of Science in Management Science from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt will during the yuletide season reach out to many in a bid to ensure a smooth Xmas celebration where he will donate items to those in need.

Since the launch of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency LNSA as a security agency in Lagos which is responsible for intelligence gathering and maintaining law and order within our locality; one thing was constant in its mission statement is to secure and protect the lives of Lagosians and the agency has since been living up to that expectation. When Prince Ifalade Ajasa Oyekan was appointed as the agency’s General Manager in 2021 the security outfit witnessed unprecedented growth both in operation and administration all thanks to the courteous Prince of Lagos who ensured the security of Lives and property takes a new dimension in line with best global practices and using of technology to fight crime by infusing different ideas and modes of ensuring a complete synergy with other law enforcement agency. With the success recorded so far; several states have sent people to understudy the agency in other to replicate such in their own state in other to make the security of lives and property taken to the grass root.

In a bid to foster a strong and symbiotic relationship between security agencies stakeholders and its citizenry the Agency under the auspices and control of The trained lawyer from the Lagos State University, hosted the first-ever Interactive Stakeholders Forum which was held at the Onikan Youth Center on Tuesday the 15th of November, The event had in attendance stakeholders from all security and paramilitary agencies both from Federal and State such as the Army, Navy, LASEMA, FRSC, RRS, LASTMA, NAPTIP, among others. As yuletide season approaches, the event serves as an eye-opener on things to be on the lookout for in terms of security. The Agency last week handed cheques to officers who were injured in the line of duty which will, in turn, motivate the officers in discharging their duties in full capacity and also ensure they are given adequate welfare.”

HON. Adetoke Benson-Awoyinka is beautiful inside and out no doubt. She has an uncommon aura that radiates like a sun. If there is one thing you won’t find her indulging into it’s giving in to mediocrity or ever settling for less all her life. More reason she was appointed by Gov. Babajide Sanwoolu as Special Adviser on Housing which is a very important role where she has over the years displayed her sterling qualities and leadership capacity in ensuring that property development in Lagos is regulated to meet global standards to avert a crisis.

Today, she is not only keying into the vision and mission of Governor Sanwoolu on housing she is also bringing innovative ideas that will harness all property developers within the metropolis of Lagos under one roof where they will discuss ways to ensure Lagos can meet its housing deficit in years to come due to the projected surge in population with limited housing facilities and also meet its smart city projection.

These averred her to conceive the idea of the annual Lagos Real Estate Market Place conference and exhibitions its third edition would be holding next week under the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority- (LASRERA) with a panel to discuss the topic; “The Lagos Real Estate Emerging Markets – Mitigating Potential Risks.”

Sources say the event is meant to redefine the state’s real estate market to meet the developmental standard and to attract more international investment opportunities to the state.

For Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, expecting nothing less than excellence from him is almost impossible because he is a near-perfectionist man who has carved a niche for himself since his formative years. More reason he has remained one of the most consistent businessmen and philanthropists to come out of Nigeria. Many would wonder why he has recorded so much unimaginable success in his endeavours but many who see the quality of life he lives are quick to forget that he has sowed in with tears and he is currently reaping bountifully. While many of his peers who started early with him were busy investing in liabilities and frivolities, Tony rather deviated by investing heavily in himself. Those investment has placed him in a league of extraordinary men who shared fortunes and prosperity through his Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneur mentorship programme where giant and future entrepreneurs are being nurtured and established on the African continent to take the mantle of leadership as global leaders and also mover and shakers of the universe.

The founder of Heirs Holding does not need to prove anything to anyone but he has proven to the world that with his investment in human resources, the generation to come will help sustain the wealth of Africa to compete with developed countries. That dream he had is gradually turning into reality as those he mentored are taking over the global scene. When many businessmen were swept off by the tsunami that hit many businesses during the pandemic, Tony stood firm and ensured he closed the year 2020 stronger. As the year 2022 runs to an end, the Chairman of United Bank For Africa UBA is ending the year in grand style as all he achieved in 2022 was said to have been a product of hard work and tenacity. Apart from attending summits globally and speaking to diverse audiences pitching and selling Africa as a destination of investment in infrastructure and human resources, winning the Time 100 Impact Award as Philanthropist of the year and also being conferred with a National Merit Award as the Commander of the Order of Federal Republic CFR and many more, the Cosmopolitan Billionaire business mogul is not relenting in making sure 2023 comes with a big bang as he has started planning to ensure he outdoes himself and achieves greater feat in the coming year.

To Nigerian businessman and oil mogul, Orikolade Karim, Managing Director, Shoreline Energy, November 24 of every year is a day worth celebrating, as it signifies the beginning of his earthly sojourn. Mercifully, this year, Karim, who is also the Agbaoye of Ibadan land, is privileged to see another year on mother earth. For a man of his status, it won’t be so surprising if he chooses to present his memoirs on the occasion of his 54th birthday. Certainly, if the billionaire decides to put the story of his life in black and white for public consumption, it will make an interesting read.

His memoirs also will certainly be an inspiration to aspiring businessmen and compelling textual material for humanity. If you are in doubt, the story of his steady rise in the sector as one of the biggest players is proof that he was born under the proverbial lucky star. But close sources hinted that he is not in a hurry to release his memoirs for public consumption because he believes that he is still an evolving phenomenon.

However, the Polo buff, who sits atop other conglomerates, will have more than one reason to be joyous, apart from the grace to survive the mysteries of the days and nights in the past year. When he rises from his ornate massive bed to witness the dawn of the new beautiful day, his heart will be filled with gratitude to God for the grace to mark another birthday in sound health.

Reliable sources disclosed that the birthday celebrations was low-key. In other words, there was no carnival-like celebrations. Though he is not given to frivolities or throwing any form of revelry, his family members, friends, business associates, fans and admirers shared in his joy and poured encomiums on him on occasion. The man who does not court media attention unnecessarily has touched several lives whose paths have crossed his in so many positive ways. He is as generous, collaborative, and lovable as he is innovative and brilliant.

The mogul has a large heart and loves to see others succeed. He has an innate belief that behind every success story are others helping to make it happen. Probably because he keeps the cameras away during his altruistic gestures, many don’t know that he is one of the biggest philanthropists in Nigeria at the moment. It is a fact that the brilliant man has good eyes for investments. His convictions can move mountains and his determination can shatter ceilings. This, no doubt, gave him an edge over his competitors.

In the views of some observers, Karim’s continued relevance, nay staying power, should provoke some careful study by aspiring entrepreneurs or even established ones, especially in Nigeria’s inclement business environment.

Birthday or many is an avenue to throw a massive soiree in a celebration mood by splashing a considerable amount to fete friends and associates with high-cost meals and drinks but for Adebayo Adeshola, head honcho of Vision Wheel Autos, birthdays are moments to reflect on redolent memories of the past from his humble beginning, giving thanks to God for sparing his life when most of his peers have been visited by the dreaded grim reaper.

When people of his calibre opt to throw society shindigs to celebrate their birthday, the Owo, Ondo state-born auto magnate opted to deviate from the norm by celebrating his 52nd birthday without fanfare but rather chose to make his impact felt amidst the downtrodden.

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All his life, he is the real definition of grace, because his grass-to-grace story is an inspiration to many. If the cosmopolitan dude scribbles his biopic, recounting his experience, it will make a bestselling book that teaches tenacity, doggedness, perseverance, self-belief, risk-taking, prayers and putting God first. For the dark-skinned billionaire businessman, Tuesday, November 22, signifies the beginning of his earthly sojourn. Instead of the usual frenzy attached to birthdays, he opted to give thanks to his creator via prayers with his family and did some charity work.

Sources disclosed that; his birthday this year is devoid of fanfare as he only hosted a few close friends to a chit-chat sit-out at his Ikeja-GRA mansion in Lagos. “In celebrating his 52nd birthday, he fed over 1000 less privileged people across Lagos State, Ondo state, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Ogun State as well as Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This act is just to show appreciation to his creator for bringing him this far in life with sound health and a thriving business empire.”