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  • Tope Sonubi celebrates 50th birthday

    Going by his financial status and the influence he wields, friends of Tope Shonubi had expected a grand celebration as his 50th birthday approached. But they got the exact opposite of their expectations as Shonubi, a founding member of the Sahara Group, the energy firm which has its tentacles spread all over the oil and gas sector, opted for a simple ceremony this time.

    First came a simple thanksgiving service at Syrian Mosque located in Ikoyi, followed by a pool party at his Lagos home on Banana Island, and the day was done. Up until now, some people are still expecting him to announce a grand celebration of his golden age, but the young man has swiftly moved on to continue with what he does best: making money.

  • Tope Sonubi and Tonye Cole celebrate

    The success derived from team work is outstanding. Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success. This motto has been dedicatedly employed into birthing and building Sahara Energy, an oil firm. Twenty decades since Tope Sonubi, Tonye Cole and Ade Odunsi set up Sahara Energy, they have pooled their nerves and capital to establish what has become a formidable business and stakeholder in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Indeed, these men, with inspiring persevering spirit, have causes to celebrate. Looking back helps put things in perspective. For instance, it helped the three friends and partners appreciate their abiding luck. It also helped them understand how worse things could have been, since they started Sahara Energy two decades ago.

    As you read, the founding team of the oil energy firm are in a joyous mood. They are excited about how far they have gone. When they started out in 1996, it wasn’t an easy journey at all, but today, Sahara Energy is one of the leading privately-owned power, energy, gas and infrastructure conglomerates with active subsidiaries in the downstream, midstream, upstream, infrastructure and power sectors. Sahara Energy has presence in different locations, including Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe. Twenty years since they embarked on their business exploits, the three friends and entrepreneurs have recorded stunning achievements in their fields of endeavour; and it is for this reason that they are planning a big celebration to mark the 20th anniversary. Because of their meteoric rise on the ladder of billions, many say they are the kind of guys that you give a rope and they automatically want to become cowboys.

  • Tope Sonubi returns to base

    Where is Tope Sonubi? That seems the question on the lips of Nigerian socialites. The boss of reputable oil firm, Sahara Energy, has fallen off the radar. Together with Tonye Cole and Ade Odunsi, they had founded Sahara Group, a conglomerate that incubates Sahara Energy Field, Sahara Gas, Sahara Farms, Sahara Trade and Sahara Bulk Storage Facility, in 1996.

    Sonubi’s rise to success still baffles many. From being a taxi driver in London, he clawed his way to the top and became a giant among the big players in the oil industry after an encounter he reportedly had with a top shot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

    After making Tope his choice driver in the UK, the NNPC top shot later invited him home and set him up in oil business. He was said to have travelled abroad immediately it became clear that former President Goodluck Jonathan had lost the presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari, leaving many wonder how long he intends to remain in his self-imposed exile.

  • Where is Tope Sonubi?

    The whereabouts of Tope Sonubi is the question on everyone’s lips in the Nigerian social scene. Like a terrified chick scurrying away from a fearsome hawk, the boss of a reputable oil firm, Sahara Energy, has recoiled into his cocoon.

    Alongside Tonye Cole and Ade Odunsi, he had founded Sahara Group in 1996, a conglomerate whose subsidiaries include Sahara Energy Field, Sahara Gas, Sahara Farms, Sahara Trade and Sahara Bulk Storage Facility, among others.

    Tope’s rise to success sounds like an episode from an inspirational movie. From being a taxi driver in London, he rose to he become a giant among the nation’s big players in oil business, thanks to his encounter with a top shot in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

    After making Tope his choice driver in the UK, the NNPC top shot was said to have invited him home and helped him to venture into oil business. But since the leadership of the country changed hands between former President Goodluck Jonathan President Muhammadu Buhari, the oil magnate is said to have spent more time outside the country.