Category: Glamour

NO word could describe the pain of the Abolarin family in Oke-Ila in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State over the untimely death of their illustrious son, Prince Oladapo Adeleke Abolarin. What made the pain more acute was the nature of his death. He slumped and died late night shortly after he had defended the budget of his ministry for 2015, the Environment and Sanitation, where he was the Director of Forestry till Tuesday, 28th October 2014.

Since his death, the family has been consoled with the good and impactful life the man popularly called Dapson or Baba Oba led. The late Oladapo was born on the 1st of July, 1956 to the family of late Pa Daniel Adeyemi Abolarin from the royal Aniyunlogba ruling house in Oke-Ila and Madam Ibiteye Mary Abolarin from Ile Aro-Owa in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero Lcoal Government Area of Ekiti State.

Burial service of Prince Oladapo Adeleke Abolarin was held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Oke-Ila, where an order of service was conducted for. Many could not fight back their tears as the Associate and Vice President, Spiritual Life Division of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Pastor Olutunde Afolarin Ojewole, preached at the funeral service.

SULEIMAN Sani Bello may be taking cue from his father-in law, Aliko Dangote, going by the way he is dipping his hands in many pies. The man who holds a combined honours degree in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Information Technology from the American Intercontinental University, London and a MCM degree from Bucks University in the United Kingdom, is the Executive director, Equatel Telecoms, yet he is not near resting on any oars.

Suleiman’s Mainstream Energy is one of the companies behind new power company. Apart from this, the unassuming Suleiman’s interest spans manufacturing, agriculture, properties, import & export. At Sublime Group where he holds sway, Suleiman is involved in aviation through the acquisition of aircraft, helicopters and spare parts as well as Sublime Logistics, Sublime Oil & Gas.

Suleiman married Africa’s richest man’s daughter, Halima, in 2008, their wedding is still the talk of the town as one of the weddings in Nigeria with the highest number of car gifts to a newly wedded couple.

POPULARLY known as Skin, Linda Mesrob has been designing bags for the past four years which has transformed to Ariaba Lifestyle brand.

Yet, the graduate of American University of Paris is not resting on her oars.

The gist in town is that the award-winning bag maker has opened a mall on the Island. The newly opened one storey building already has Mesrob’s outfit, Ariaba, and other occupants are also preparing to move in.

CHIEF Raymond Paul Dokpesi Jnr., one of the sons of  High Chief  Raymond Dokpesi, has taken over from his father as the chairman of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Raypower and Africa Independent Television, AIT, DAAR Sat and Faaji FM,

The junior Dokpesi was, before his appointment, one of the executive directors of Daar Communications. A graduate of Business Management of the Kings College London, he also obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Lagos and a Masters Degree from the University of Westminster.

DESPITE being married, Sharon Ademefun, daughter of Osun State-born businessman, Deji Adeleke, is not your regular silver spoon kid. The young lady has gone ahead to make herself relevant in the scheme of things. In addition to owning an internationally rated crèche, Golden Tots ‘n” Babies, Sharon has a certification in early childcare development from the Childcare Education Institute in Atlanta.

With a BSc in Mass Communications from Southern Adventist University in Tennessee, a post-graduate degree in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Leeds, she has extended her business interests to include Beautique Online.

NIMI Akinkugbe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bestman Games Limited. In 2012, her company launched the city of Lagos edition of monopoly, the first African city edition of Hasbro’s world-famous board game.

Before this, she enjoyed a successful banking career spanning 21 years, first at Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc where she rose to the position of General Manager and Head, Private Banking and Director of Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited. She subsequently spent two years at Barclays Bank as Regional Director (West Africa) for the Wealth & Investment Management Division and Chief Country Officer for Nigeria.

But one thing Nimi is passionate about, if not working, is tending her orchid garden

STEPHANIE Hornecker, the daughter of ex-beauty queen and actress, Regina Askia, has been struck by cupid arrows. The beautiful model has found love with Kogi prince, Musa Ado-Ibrahim, grandson to the king of Ebira land in Okene, Kogi State. The lovebirds, we gathered, have been dating for a while now and have been spotted together at different outings. Stephanie is the product of Regina’s dalliance with her French business man lover, Patrick. The young damsel is one of the models causing stir in the modelling world. Stephanie and her mum co-modelled a 2000-N-Six Cleansing range of products.

DEVASTATED, no doubt, by the death of his late wife, Fadeke, a beautiful lawyer and one of the daughters of the late Otunba TOS Benson, Lanre Folawiyo who heads the family’s energy company dotes so much on his son, Amil, and he is not keen into rushing into marriage. However, 10 years down the line, the single father of one is giving marriage another shot.

The marriage ceremony, which is a strictly family affair, we gathered, is billed for Belgium. Already, sources say an introduction ceremony was recently held in Accra, Ghana, to seal the union because the bride-to-be is half Belgian and half Ghanaian.