Afam4eva:
I thought they said he owned Oriental hotel. How can one person own two different hotels in the same city.

ShyM-X:


You can't franchise a multi-national company like that. You can create a subsidiary, but I doubt they'll allow the franchising of their name especially in a "virgin" territory.

Kalamaya: I love their service and hitech display...i use to have a permanent room in the intercontinental in Vienna. Johannagasse. Still my best business hook-up joint,i'll Make up time to see this Lagos edifice. Multi-million dollars biz is best done in the intercontinental. I love it

Eko Atlantic:

sheyie2007: Awesome... Meanwhile, northern leaders are still seeking amnesty for boko haram

I-B.:
Awesome.


How come it is taller than Ibadan's cocoa house that has 25 floors?

farem: [color=#990000][/color][color=#990000]
And the Sun!

sean benito:

Tallest building in Nigeria is Union Bank head office in Marina, Lagos.

Afam4eva:
I thought they said he owned Oriental hotel. How can one person own two different hotels in the same city.

koruji: There is no need to gloat to feel good about good things in the SW. Let's proclaim what we are accomplishing by all means without belittlening others - it belittles us too.

omodapson:

The Stallion Plaza in lagos currently holds that title.

I-B.:
Awesome.


How come it is taller than Ibadan's cocoa house that has 25 floors?

Afolabs101:

WEMPCO Group own oriental, Tinubu just helped them with the permits etc.

@Post: you build the tallest hotel on Africa on such a small plot??

They should have built something that high on a larger and more appropriate piece of land

I-B.:
Awesome.


How come it is taller than Ibadan's cocoa house that has 25 floors?

pappilo:

No international hotel franchise owns a hotel in Lagos. They manage the hotels on behalf of Nigerian owners. Sheraton Lagos is controlled by the Ibru family (Ikeja Hotel Ltd) but managed by Starwood International under the Sheraton name. Radisson Blu is owned by Oba Otudeko but managed by Carlson Rezidor Group under the Radisson name. Hilton Abuja is owned by Transcorp but operated by the Hilton group. It was at one time jointly owned by NICON and Noga thus it was called Nicon Noga Hilton.

If you remember Eko Hotel was called Eko Holiday Inn in the 80s. It was then managed by the Holiday Inn chain. Big hotel groups find it less risky and less capital intensive to operate hotels on behalf of local investors in developing countries.

Nomski0: Nice infrastructure.......but all this money spent could have been used on something better. We dont need these stuff.....at least not right now.

mickijoe: is like individuals are taking the lead in Nigeria instead of Government. What a country? May God help our govt

djustice:

He demanded and got 50% of the equity in return for the bolded. What the hell was he doing "helping" them with the permits? Is he an architect, town planner or commissioner for physical planning? He tried the same scam on Tayo Amusan of Persianas, owners of The Palms. He decided, vindictive b'stard that he is, to block them off the Lekki-Epe expressway when they rejected his demands.

He also stalled the Lagos Free Trade Zone project with the same sort of demands. Wanted 50% of the whole project for himself, otherwise he would refuse them planning permission. They refused, and he also refused to grant them planning. The result was a 2 and a half year delay on that project, which snowballed to about 5 years.

Bola Tinubu is an evil, grasping, greedy, conniving, avaricious felon, who must be made to return the trillions he has stolen from Lagosians one day.