deomello:




Adekunle Jinadu; CEO Gingerbox

Dumaknesset:
BRIEF HISTORY
Suru Group Ltd (“SGL” or the “Company”) was incorporated in November 2008 as a private limited company with focus on seven core areas of investment with very promising outlook. The management had earlier commenced trading in real estate which later became the real estate sector of Suru Group Ltd. The group had plans to invest massively in hospitability, real estate development, energy generation, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and financial services. The group had procured credit via its real estate arm and invested in real estate, hospitality and manufacturing. It had successfully developed and marketed luxury residential apartments in the upper neighborhood of Ikeja GRA, an upper class segment of the Lagos metropolitan. It still holds prime properties in this neighborhood for speculation and development.

In the hospitality sector, it has successfully brought to life a numbers of tastefully furnished three star hotels within the business segment of the Lagos State, Nigeria. The hotel has a strategic relationship with Best Western, an international hotel brand to trade with its brand name in West Africa. The hotels is trading as ‘’Best Western Hotel’’. The hotel is managed by African Sun, a South African company. The group has perfected plans to launch budget hotels pan Nigeria as part of its hospitality business. To this end, it has also launched budget hotels in Lagos, Nigeria; which is to serve as prototype for West Africa.


The Group is also the owner of 94 self services apartments in the city of London. The apartments cater for the growing short let accommodation needs of International visitors to the city of London.
Following the World credit crisis, the group has pruned down its investment drive and now wants to focus on real estate and hospitality. In the medium term, the group wants to develop further 5 Three Star Hotels under the Best Western Brand, 45 budget hotels under Suru Express Brand and build 900 units of low cost residential estate to support the Federal Government drive for affordable housing for all. It has acquired large expanse of land in Lagos state, Nigeria, a developing area (the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria) to build low cost housing.

Suru Group ultimate holding company is Haldane Mccall PLC , Listed on the German Stock Exchange. OUR COMPANY

Brief History
The Suru Vision

kozmicity:
I come as an emissary of peace...let's bury the hatchet between the Igbo and Yoruba people and think of ways to move this country toward amidst talks of secession...

We all believe in one Nigeria as does Nnamdi Kanu.

deomello:


Oluwatoyin Onigbanjo, Founder Of August Secrets

okway:



Are you lost? This is not the thread for this shenanigan.

neoOduduwa:
I've been eyeing the entertainment industry and our grip on it is pretty solid. We are going to show potopoto slaves how it's done, we Omoluabis back our claims with facts

Movie Industry

First of all let's clear the air about who started Nollywood and who it belongs to. I will keep saying it that Omoluabis are humble achievers who don't make noise about their success unlike some uncultured arrogant fools who always tune their volume knob to Max whenever they make little precedented achievements. Claiming that we pioneered Nollywood would be arrogant and that would put us at the same level with them. So, basically, I'm just going to debunk their ridiculous claims to owning Nollywood.

Ibos are always quick to cite Chika Okpala and his crew who made waves in the 1980s with their sitcom on NTA titled "The New Masquerade" as the pioneers of Nollywood, But can one really conclude that they're the pioneers because of the TV broadcast? Can anyone account for the roots of the modern Hollywood industry without mentioning the hardworking peripatetic actors who moved around in caravans when acting was still in it's latency in the old America?

Where was Chika Okpala when Hubert Ogunde was entertaining the country. Na who dash monkey banana? Hubert Ogunde was already performing in the 1940s and Chika Okpala was actually born in 1950 It's a disrespect to the man's honor to disregard theatres and folk operas as the initial platforms of Nollywood.

Hubert Ogunde's plays include The Garden Of Eden, Worse Than Crime, Black Forest, The Tiger's Empire, Strike and Hunger, Bread and Bullet, Yorùbá Ronu, Ija Ominira, Africa and God, Israel In Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar's Reign, My Darling Fatima, Portmanteau Woman, Beggar's Love, Princess Jaja, Ajani Ogun, Aiye and many more . Hubert Ogunde wasn't the only Yorùbá man in the scene as his contemporaries include the likes of A. B David, P. A Dawodu, Layeni and G. T Onimole.

Also, let's not forget that Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) came into action during the 1960s and enabled Ogunde an avenue to reach his audience without traveling. He produced his plays : Ayanmo and Mama Eko for the television audience. How is it now possible to compare Ogunde whose plays were broadcasted on TV in the 1960s to one Chika Okpala who came later in the 1980s?

Notable Yorùbá directors back then include G. B Kuyinu, Ola Balogun, Duro Ladipo and so on. Ogunde is also to be credited for actresses being paid in the industry. He brought professionalism into the practice and enabled women become professionals in light of their own right. Notable actresses back then include Beatrice Oyede, Abike Taiwo, Idowu Phillips (Popularly known as Mama Rainbow) and so on.

At this point, I hope I've been able to clarify who the real pioneers of Nollywood are. Fast forward to 2017, we still have potopoto slaves claiming they actually "own" Nollywood. Let's go through the list of highest-grossing Nigerian films

1. The Wedding Party - 453 million naira - Produced by Mosunmola Abudu and Directed by Kemi Adetiba

2. A Trip To Jamaica - 178.5 million naira - Produced by Ayo Makun

3. 30 Days In Atlanta - 137.2 million naira - Produced by Ayo Makun

4. Fifty - 94 million naira - Produced by Mosunmola Abudu (EbonyLife TV) and Directed by Biyi Bandele

5. Half Of A Yellow Sun - 60 million naira - Directed by Biyi Bandele

6. October 1 - 60 million naira - Produced and Directed by Kunle Afolayan

7. The CEO - 60 million naira - Produced and Directed by Kunle Afolayan

8. 93 Days -50.5 million naira - Produced by Bolanle Austin Peters

9. The Return Of Jenifa - 35 million naira - Produced by Funke Akindele and Directed by Muhydeen S. Ayinde

10. The Figurine - 30 million naira - Produced and Directed by Kunle Afolayan

11. Weekend Getaway - 22.8 million naira - Directed by Desmond Oluwashola Elliot

12. Phone Swap - 20.7 million - Produced and Directed by Kunle Afolayan

13. The Visit - 14 million naira - Directed by Olufunke Fafoyin

14. Dazzling Mirage - 13 million naira - Produced and Directed by Tunde Kelani

15. Maami - 11.9 million naira - Produced and Directed by Tunde Kelani

16. In The Cupboard - 10.5 million naira - Produced and Directed by Desmond Oluwashola Elliot

17. Married But Living Single - 9.9 million naira - Directed by Tunde Olaoye

18. Out Of Luck - 9 million naira - Directed by Niki Akinmolayan

19.Gone Too Far - 8.5 million naira - A film by Bola Agbaje

20. Irapada - 5 million naira - Produced and Directed by Kunle Afolayan

Note : The domestic gross of the movies above were produced by [url]wikipedia.org[/url], at no point in the post did I attempt to tamper with the records nor round any number up. Also, it's important to understand that the figures above were not adjusted by inflation. Every domestic gross stated above is the same as the number value which gives a glib and superficial analysis. For example, Kunle Afolayan's Irapada which generated 5 million naira in 2006 would have generated folds if it were to be released in 2017.

We don't need to make noise with these people, they're nerdy white boys trying to get into a dick-measuring contest with a Mandingo

Omoluabi ju won lo

updatechange:
Moyinoluwa Adeyemi created the fisrt ever wrist watch that tells time in local language Yoruba

updatechange:
Here are photos of 'Made in Nigeria' security vehicles produced by two brothers from Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti state, these vehicles are very strong and durable. See photos below;

veraponpo:


I love this thread because of many reasons:

It is informative,

It educates

It shows the chest beaters where they belong

From today, you will see that there noise making will reduce.

They contribute next to nothing in Nigeria, no food from them, less than 0.5% of the crude is from them, nothing moore than crime and criminality comes from them but they are usually the first to shout marginalization, oppression, our oil, etc

Let them learn in a hard way like this

[b]Oba Adetola Olaniyi Olaonipekun Emmanuelking is a dynamic and versatile corporate titan with proven track records in the real estate sector. He started his professional practice in the year 1996 with WEMABOD Estate Ltd, Cocoa House, Ibadan. He later joined Boarneges Estate Ltd. in January 2000 as the company’s property manager. However, in bid to widen the scope of his professionalism, he explored other areas of relevance especially in marketing. He got appointed into the Senior Management rank at the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Ibadan Distribution Zone in 2001 where he worked for Seven years. After a sense of accomplishment at Power Holding Company of Nigeria, he sought greater responsibilities and passion for excellence by joining SIM Properties & Homes Ltd as the AGM (Estate, Marketing and Operations) and he was appointed as Executive Director in Evermore Properties Investment Limited. As a first class breed strategist, his contributions in the two companies were tremendous. He turned the operations of the companies around which brought in huge sales, growth and business expansion and in year 2012 birth the dream called ADRON HOMES AND PROPERTIES LIMITED- a foremost Real Estate Development Company in Nigeria. He grew ADRON from zero Capital Base to asset value of over Six (6) billion naira.[/b]

okway:
What Gentle Laudate? For what?

This is how the mods tried to kill the Yoruba commonwealth thread. And one calls himself Yoruba. I pity youuuuu.

okway:



Are you lost? This is not the thread for this shenanigan.

CeterisXVII:

Chief, na so we see am, o! Laudate was so passionate about this thread, that even after he was banned he still sent me the write-up he had done on Ola Rosiji of Lexcel Group, that I should help him post it on this thread. He was in the middle of doing another article on Tokunbo Fagbemi who has just signed a 20 billion naira agreement with Boeing to build an MRO facility in Nigeria, when he was banned. Anyway, God dey. When he comes back from his party, let us hope the ban may have ended. Who knows?

EXECUTIVE Director, Springfountain Infrastructure Ltd, Mrs. Tokunbo Fagbemi has revealed plans that the company intends to provide 200 aircraft in 20 years for the teeming flying population of the country with plans to invest over $20 billion in key need areas of aviation.

The company plans to invest massively in key areas of aviation such as aircraft leasing, Maintenance, Repair Organization (MRO), Spares logistics and supply and aggregated services solutions.

All this is coming on the backdrop of a Work Together agreement it signed earlier today with American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing at the Aviation Education and Aviation Education Infrastructure conference

The thrust of the agreement is aimed at improving the industry will through the investments which will create opportunities for millions more as the areas they are focusing on will require local skills in diverse fields.

Mrs. Fagbemi said,“We have faced the realization that our proposed investment (inclusive of FDI) of over $20 Billion dollars in Aircraft Leasing, MRO, Spares Logistics and Supply and Aggregated Services Solutions will require the local skills in diverse fields ranging from piloting, aviation engineering, aviation economics, aviation law etc. We believe that this challenge is also relevant for the industry as a whole.”

She also challenged government to take measures to ensure air travel is affordable to the masses so that the market would be harnessed as well as exempt the industry from certain charges inimical to the industry’s growth.

“What do we ask from Government is commitment, commitment to increase primary demand for air travel. We need for government to commit today to “take” flying to the masses by making air travel affordable and convenient.”

She said Nigeria with a population of 180 million people has 12 million of people travelling domestically and less than five million of flying on the international routes.

“The propensity to travel for Nigeria is 0.12 while the propensity to travel for South Africa is 0.87. If Nigeria is to have 44 million passenger departures per annum, it will require over 100 aircraft to meet this propensity to travel, Nigeria will need more aircraft.

“To boost its international including intercontinental flight potential, the airlines have to improve in both the quality and quantity of the aircraft. In addition, the aircrafts have to be brand new to be at par with competition within Africa at the least.

Speaking earlier, representative of Boeing Company, Head of Sales, West and Central Africa, Larry Tailor saluted springfountain stating that they were proud working with the company.


https://nigerianflightdeck.com/2017/06/springfountain-boeing-sign-work-together-agreement-as-firm-plans-20b-investment/

deomello:

Bashorun J.K. Randle

(CHAIRMAN, AQUILA CAPITAL LTD)
Bashorun J. K. Randle serves as the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of J.K. Randle and Co. Chartered Accountants and Sloane Buford and Fulbright Management Consultants, Lagos. Mr. Randle is an accomplished Chartered Accountant with experience spanning over three decades. He served as the Chairman and the Chief Executive of KPMG, Nigeria. He serves as the Chairman at Aquila Capital Limited. He served as Chairman KPMG, West Africa, KPMG, Africa and Eko Hotels Limited. He served as a Member of council of KPMG International. He was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the governing council of Lagos State University. He is one time President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

“For the last hundred years, the Randle family had contributed to development in Lagos, starting with my grandfather. He was looking out of the window in Marina and saw a man defecating in the open and he protested to the colonial master to build public toilets.

“When they refused, he started building public toilets all over Lagos and some of them are still in place today. You can see them at Ajele, at the back of the Cathedral Church and Iddo.

“Even the place where the Lagos State secretariat was built belongs to the Randle family. They have never given us any compensation. You can go and check the fact.”

Speaking on some other exploits of the family, Bashorun J. K Randle said his father contributed to education, sports and other developments in the state, adding that “My father was a contemporary of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He contested an election under the Action Group and lost but he organised a party for the winner at Island Club. Politics is an opportunity to serve and that is what the Randle family is noted for.” http://tribuneonlineng.com/demolition-lagos-govt-not-kind-family-jk-randle/

CeterisXVII:


Good work, sir. It would be nice to add a little historical perspective to this. Bashorun J.K Randle is the son of Joseph Kosoniola Randle MVO MBE, (1909 - 1956) who was a Nigerian businessman and socialite from Lagos.

He was Chief de Mission of the Nigerian Olympic team to Melbourne, and was connected to various public activities in Lagos. Randle was a social crusader and philanthropist, who started the Nigerian arm of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, a member of the Lagos Town Council but his politics discouraged extreme nationalism and was a sportsman who was a trustee of a proposed National Stadium.

He held the title of Lisa of Lagos given to him by Oba Adeniji Adele. Randle was a founding member and later Chairman of the Island Club. He was also a sports enthusiast, vice president of the Nigerian Olympic Federation, as well as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association and a trustee of the proposed National Stadium. Before his death, he built the J.K Randle Memorial Hall at Onikan, and opened it up to the public. Sadly, that historical building was demolished last year, by unknown people who claimed to be acting on the orders of the state govt.

A powerful voice in Nigeria’s corporate corridor Sola joined IBTC as an Executive Director of Investment Banking & Trust Company Plc (IBTC) in 1994. She rose to the post of its Deputy Managing Director and Acting Managing Director, IBTC Chartered Bank PLC (from 2005 to 2007), as well as Executive Director for Corporate and Investment Banking and then Deputy Managing Director, Stanbic IBTC in 2008 before she was officially appointed as the company CEO. With her extensive experience in the corporate and business world, Mrs David-Borha has been able to steer Stanbic IBTC to greater heights.

A woman of many paths, Mrs David-Borha is also a devout Christian and a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). She was recently named the highest paid CEO in Nigeria.

The keyboard that allows you to type in Nigerian languages, three years ago after a conversation with friends in the UK about the importance in embracing their languages.

NAILANGS is a multilingual keyboard which supports and enables writing in at least 12 Nigerian languages and aims to ensure that local Nigerian languages do not become extinct by making them easy to learn.


Ms. Adeniran studied Russian Language at the University of Lagos, along with minors in the Italian, Yoruba and English Languages.

However, she was always passionate about teaching her language (Yoruba) to others while also learning to speak theirs. She is fluent in English, Yoruba and Russian, can speak some Italian and is currently learning to speak Portuguese.

The linguist believes that passion begets innovation; she plans to visit Nigeria soon to market NAILANGS and make the keyboard something that any Nigerian can use. “I want the future generations to be aware of how beautiful our languages are. This is just the beginning.”

In the future NAILANGS hopes to incorporate language translation as one of its features.

For nearly a year, former country manager of Starta, Yele Badamosi has worked tirelessly behind the curtain on a new product. Microtraction, as he fondly calls this new venture, is on the verge of solving one major problem for early-stage startups in Nigeria.

Launching officially today, Microtraction looks to invest early in the most remarkable technical founders as well as provide support to build world-class startups.


With this in mind, Microtraction commits $65,000 at two different stages to the recipient startups — an initial tranche of $15,000 for 7.5% equity stake, followed by an extra $50,000 (convertible note) at a $1 million valuation cap for companies that show significant progress.

“We are focused on getting you money from your first application and working to make sure the entire process does not exceed 60 days,” he says.

deomello:

EXECUTIVE Director, Springfountain Infrastructure Ltd,

okway:
Yoruba

Doyin Okupe

Featured in Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/24/he-came-to-d-c-from-nigeria-and-created-his-own-african-comic-book-universe/?utm_term=.775bf7e512de

He came to D.C. from Nigeria — and created his own African comic-book universe

So in the summer of 2015, he cashed out his 401(k), r[b]esigned from his job and founded YouNeek Studios[/b], the company that would debut his first comic book, “E.X.O. The Legend of Wale Williams.”

Okupe recruited four artists in Nigeria to help him produce his first E.X.O. comic. Ayodele Elegba would edit his writing. Sunkanmi Akinboye would be his interior pages artist. Raphael Kazeem worked on coloring and Godwin Akpan did cover art. Not counting the two times a year he returns home to Nigeria, Okupe does all his communicating with his art team from his apartment in Rockville, Maryland. It was important for him to have a team that could capture the cultural essence of his homeland, as E.X.O.’s fictional city of Lagoon City takes inspiration from Lagos.

Jetleeee:


Papa na thief but pikin dey do better thing

okway:


When people were still millions in Nigeria, I wonder where my papa was hiding

deomello:


Founder & Managing Partner @microtraction

[b]Microtraction launches to invest in early-stage Nigerian startups with technical founders