Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, is a Nigerian monarch, the traditional ruler of Ugbo Kingdom, a town in Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State. He is an oil magnate and founder of Obat Oil, one of Nigeria's largest and leading privately held oil companies.
In March 2014 Forbes estimated his net worth as US$300 million. Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan is ranked by Forbes magazine as the second richest King in Africa and the richest in Nigeria.He surpassed King Olubuse II, the Ooni of Ife, with $225 million USD and the Swaziland King Mswati III by over $200 million USD, to become Africa's second richest king in 2014, behind Mohammed VI of Morocco. https://i1.wp.com/cityscoopng.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Oba-Akinruntan-collage.jpg?resize=640%2C450
Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan established Obat Oil in 1981. Today, the company has more than 50 fuel stations across Nigeria, and it also owns one of the largest tank farms in Africa - a modern storage facility with a capacity to store 65 million liters of petroleum products. Upon ascending the throne of his forbears, the traditional ruler appointed his eldest son, Prince Akinfemiwa Akinrutan, as the managing director of the company.
Oba Akinruntan's domain known as Ugboland is located along the coastal shores of South-Western Nigeria, in Ondo State. Close neighbours of Ugbo people include the Ikales, the Itshekiris, the Ijaws, the Apois, the Ijebus, and the Edos. The entire area consist of coastal landmarks, creeks, rivers and lagoons. It is within the western zone of the Niger Delta, beginning from the Bight of Benin, and stretches all the way from Oghoye through several Ugboland creeks to Abetobo in Ilaje local govt area of Ondo State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_Obateru_Akinruntan
Resplendent in majestic aura, bedecked in dazzling royal regalia, his palatial entourage thins out as he approaches his throne. Effortlessly, he eases into the elevated seat. His hands and face sparkle with luminescent light of diamonds and gold. Blue-blooded, brilliant and benevolent, he exudes bliss and prowess.
From far and wide, prominent and ordinary people prostrate before him, pay homage and seek his wisdom. Grand in posture, but not grandiloquent, he is a symbol of the past and the present. His royal dynasty, perhaps, is one of the earliest and most important in the hierarchy of Yoruba monarchies. Meet the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan – the Chairman of the Yoruba Obas Conflict Resolution Committee.
Obateru is the first black person to buy the 2014 model of Bentley automobile. On July 2013, in an interview with The Sun, Obateru said: "The first time I saw a car was 1961 in Sapele. At that time, Sir Festus Okotie-Eboh had a hotel in Sapele, Waterside Hotel. It was the first time I saw a hotel in my life. We used to describe hotels as bars. That was the first time I knew the difference between a hotel and a bar."
"....Oba of Benin said Ugbo, very close to Okitipupa, is the owner of the South-West and that explains why we have some similarities with the Benin. Our ancestors had something in common; quote me as an authority.
kaysco: Laudate and deomeelo, can you write something on this woman: Nike Davies Okundaye (Nike art gallery). Also Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye.
Thanks
Hi, please check page 141 and 145 of this thread for info., on Nike Davies-Okundaye of Nike Art Gallery. I am not sure if anything has been done on Dr. Olutoye yet. Let me check and get back to you. Thanks.
John Olatunde Ayeni, CON, is a Nigerian lawyer, investor and business magnate. He holds board positions on companies in different parts of the country. He attended Baptist Secondary School, Iyah-Gbedde in Ijumu, Kogi State, followed by Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State. He later read Law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He graduated with honours in 1990, and was called to Bar in 1991.
He worked with Professor S. A. Adesanya & Co., a firm of Legal Practitioners, before moving on to serve with Rodco (Nig) Limited as a Legal Adviser. A few years later, he started his own legal firm known as Legal Resources Alliance.
In 2007, Ayeni became majority stakeholder and Vice Chairman of ASO Savings & Loans. He is also a founding partner and current Vice Chairman of Ocean Marine Security (OMS) which provides logistical support to the Nigerian Navy. In 2011, Ayeni became Chairman of Skye Bank, which was formed in 2005 when five commercial banks (including Bond Bank, founded by Ayeni in 2000), merged to create a new entity with a balance sheet, in excess of ₦1 trillion. But he later stepped down in 2015, due to issues associated with the bank's debt profile, which linked him to some loans that were used to finance his company's acquisition of NITEL.
Dr. Tunde Ayeni, was the prime mover behind the purchase of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) using the investment vehicle of NatCom Development & Investment Limited “NatCom” (now trading as NTel) in 2014. NatCom has said the telecoms company will be investing in telecoms upgrade and expansion projects totalling over $1billion USD, by 2020. New reports say that Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), has landed “significant investment” from General TY Danjuma, who has recently taken over as Chairman of the telecoms company.
.....As at last week, Ayeni made a payment of USD10m towards repaying the NITEL facility, while he also makes a quarterly payment of USD4.5m towards repayment of the facilities for the Ibadan and Yola discos, in line with the restructuring agreement with the consortium of lenders. I am also made to understand that Ayeni has been discussing with a potential investor for the injection of USD200m into NITEL to repay the bank’s loans, and has availed the bank with a term sheet for the facility. http://www.theoctopusnews.com/2017/08/01/entrenched-interests-launch-campaign-against-nitel-acquisition/
He currently sits on the board of Heritage Bank Limited, where he is reported to own almost 50 percent of the bank's shareholding.
In 2013, as Vice Chairman of Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Ltd (IEDM), Ayeni led a successful bid to take control of the Ibadan and Yola Electricity Distribution Companies. This marked the first privatization of a national energy asset in Nigerian history. He is also Chairman of JKK (Nigeria) Plc and Temple Resources Ltd, and sits on the boards of PPP Fluid Mechanics Limited, Olutoye Estate Development & Services Ltd, National Sports Lottery Plc, Prime Union Investment Ltd, Prime Union Travels and Tours as well as Hightech Procurement Limited.
Bola is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Courteville Business Solutions
Adebola Ismail Akindele, born in Ibadan, Oyo State, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, business strategist and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Courteville Business Solutions, a provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services.
Akindele has over three decades of professional experience spanning audit, banking, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and technology. His firm Courteville Business Solutions, is a Nigerian Stock Exchange-listed company in the ICT sector.
Incorporated in 2004 as Courteville Investment Limited, the company went public in 2009. In 2011, it underwent a name change to its current appellation, Courteville Business Solutions. The company is an ISO 9001:2008 certified e-business solutions development company, and the patent owner of the award-winning AutoRegTMBusiness Solution Platform.
He is a member of the board of advisors of the East Africa Business Network (EABN). He was recognized as one of the "21 Nigerian tech CEOs at the top of their game" by the African Business Central magazine.
Bola Akindele was born on November 25, 1963 in the city of Ibadan, Oyo State. He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and attended Ansar-Ud-deen College, Isolo, Lagos from 1974-1979. He is an alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Agriculture. He holds a master's degree in Banking & Finance from the University of Lagos in 1993 and also holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the International School of Management, Paris. He is also an alumnus of the London Business School and the Lagos Business School. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Akindele ; https://www.thebusinessyear.com/nigeria-2015/inside-runner/interview
“We are a 20 million dollar company that has 1, 200 shareholders with an exemplary performance record. We have been profitable every year since 2008, and we have paid dividend to our shareholders for the last 5 consecutive years,” Akindele tells Commerce & Industry news in an interview.
He noted that his company has registered tremendous expansion over the last five years, and is now show-cased as a model at the Nigeria Stock Exchange.
Courteville is well known as a trusted company with a reputation for adopting fresh thinking, in providing and delivering definitive and innovative e-business solutions, in its unmatched areas of expertise, ranging from the design and development of customized software and mobile applications, through data capture services, retail business channel delivery services, and dedicated & cloud hosting services as well as tax administration consultancy services.
He also noted; “Courteville’s unique selling proposition is that we apply local ideas using local talents to handle local challenges.”
Currently, Courteville has almost 5, 000 processing points across Nigeria, some 200 employees and about 10, 000 others who are engaged indirectly across various states.
The company’s undisputable flagship solution is the AutoReg ™, a business solution tool, through which it has created the largest data capture and process platform in sub-Sahara Africa. AutoReg is the Automated Vehicle License Registration and Renewal System, and a business solution that has been launched successfully in many states across Nigeria.
vonxe: check out tunde afolabi owner of Amni Petroleum bought the compny from sanni bello He was formerly the MD/CEO of the company but He now owns the company
Actually, Tunde Afolabi set up Amni. He invited Sani Bello to join him as a director, because Sani Bello had the funds, while he had the knowledge & expertise. He later bought over Sani Bello's shares several years later, and retired him with a huge pay-out!
deomeelo: What we are doing here is the typical Yoruba sense of accountability, checks and balances, fairness, sound judgement and principles.
Unlike the other fraudulent liars and jokers without any qualms about posting fake and 419 rubbish without.
I understand perfectly and I agree with you. Even when I am not sure about the owner of a company, or where I can see that the core investors are from other areas, I ensure it is stated clearly in my posts. Do keep up the good work. Well done!
WetinConsignMe: Natural Yoruba people simply don't have the inclination to accumulate beyond a certain amount of wealth - which is not a bad thing. Once they have enough for owa mbe and to spray money at weddings, they r okay. I actually started this as a joke, but I now think I have a point.
No sir, the only point you made is a prejudiced one, without substance. Not all Yorubas spray money at weddings. I have even seen both Igbo & Yoruba people spraying money at weddings. Does it mean every member of both ethnic groups act the same way?
deedeedee1: AMNI PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY Chairman/CEO Tunde Afolabi is the founding Managing Director/CEO of Amni International Petroleum Development Company in 1993, now the Chairman/CEO of the company. SEE FINE MAN
It is no exaggeration that Tunde Afolabi, MFR, Chairman & CEO of Amni Petroleum Company, one of the most successful indigenous oil production companies in Nigeria, knows his onions, having been in business since 1996. In spite of the vagaries of the business, his company has remained afloat with a lot of success stories.
His company was awarded the Okoro Field and Setu Field located in OML 112 in shallow water offshore Nigeria, as part of the Nigerian government’s indigenous licensing programme. The total gross production at the Okoro field in 2013 was 6.5 million barrels of oil, representing a gross average daily rate of 18,041 barrels per day.
In 2015, he shared his testimony of how the Almighty God pulled his firm through what would have been a financial crisis, earlier that year. That was when Afren Plc, his foreign partners in the Okoro field, experienced a major crisis in their operations. Desperate not to go under, Afolabi ran to God in prayers; and by divine intervention, his own firm was protected from the fallout, and things ended on an upbeat note for him and Amni.
Prior to that incident, God’s might had been manifested in his business, when he was awarded all the three oil and gas assets he had bidded for, during the last round of bids for oil blocks.
Afolabi, a silent billionaire, has lifted a number of less privileged members of the society; his philanthropy beggars description. He is also known as an ardent supporter of churches within the Anglican denomination. The professional geologist with over 40 years of oil and gas exploration and production, started his career with Texaco Inc, New Orleans Louisiana in 1974 after he received his a B.A Geology in 1973 from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster Pennsylvania USA, and an M.Sc. in Geology in 1975 from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
He later joined Mobil Inc in Dallas, Texas in 1979. In 1993, Chief Afolabi incorporated Amni Production Development Company Ltd, and has been the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
Afolabi is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and a past President of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) as well as a council member of the Nigerian Association of Indigenous Production and Exploration Companies (NAIPEC). https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20151129/282449937942745
deedeedee1: Is he the founder of the company or just an employee?
Yes, Chief Bankole is the founder of WAAP.
Chief Alani Bankole’s business drive also led him into establishing the foremost Aluminum Company in Abeokuta, the West African Aluminum Products Plc in 1977. From 1980 till date, he is Chairman of Vuysteke Construction Company Limited. He is equally the Chairman, S.O.A. Properties Limited from 2003 till date and the chairman, WAAP foods and Allied Products, from 1990 till date. http://www.asabeafrika.com/2016/09/20-interesting-things-you-dont-know.html
WetinConsignMe: Even today people leave,say, East, and move to,say, Lagos and never go back home. How much more a slave taken to a foreign country then brought.back. Ok, mention one returned slave who was Igbo. Use your head!! If u r honest, Da Rocha looks nothing like a yoruba man. Once again, why r yoruba richest men all ex slaves. Ojukwu, like other Igbo millionaires was not an ex slave. Even today, look around you and be honest with yourself. There is a lot to be admired in my yoruba brothers but being overly good and ambitious in business is not one of them. CASE CLOSED.
Since you have refused to free your mind and accept the truth, you can continue to wallow in ignorance. Candido da Rocha definitely looks like a Yoruba man. Use your head. If it offends you too much, then it is too bad. I can't help you. Sorry. The Yoruba people are particular about the kind of businesses they do, and they make their money quietly, unlike your own people who are loud about their wealth. Business acumen is NOT restricted to a particular tribe or ethnic group. Try and seek knowledge in this area.
WetinConsignMe: Doesn't it seem suspicious to u that all the returned slaves dropped back in Lagos were Yoruba? THINK, my friend. Use your brain, don't just go by what u read.
I ask u again, be honest, does that da Rocha guy look remotely yoruba to u?
It does not seem suspicious. That was why I asked you to free your mind. A lot of those slaves were captured as children, teenagers and full-grown adults who could remember their places of origin, or homelands. They carried along with them their language, customs and cultures and some of those things still thrive till today in Cuba, Brazil etc., and all the places where those slaves were taken. In Bahia in Brazil, there is a section of the town known as Nago, where the Yoruba slaves were kept or lived. Today it is a thriving place for many adherents of Yoruba deities and their mode of worship. Again, free your mind.
A brief study of the Nago nation label demonstrates the ambiguity involved in studying these terms. “Nago” as an ethnic identifier is linked to the African Yoruba language group. In addition to Saint Domingue, the term was used to describe Africans in Brazil, Louisiana, and the British West Indian colonies. Some American and Cuban documents identify this group as “Lucumi.”
There are 401 advertisements in the slave database that identify individuals as Nago, 18 of which are part of the “nouveau” category. Most of the individuals who can be matched in the ship manifests originated at ports in the Bight of Benin: Onim-Lagos, Porto Novo, Whydah, Badagry, and Pogo. Two out of every ten slaves leaving the Bight of Benin ended up in Saint Domingue, while most of the rest went to Bahia in Brazil (cited by Gomez in Reversing Sail). https://sites.duke.edu/marronnagevoyages/nations/nago/
The slave traders/merchants kept records of where their slaves were taken from, and what port they disembarked, and even listed (in many cases), who the new owners of such slaves, were. Don't forget it was a profitable business for them, because that was how they made their money. They had detailed records of sale, which are available for viewing, in many museums abroad.
When the freed slaves were being returned to West Africa, they had a choice of going to Sierra Leone or Gambia or other places along the West African coast. But those who remembered their ancestry, or had been told about the region where their forefathers were abducted from, chose to return places closest to their homelands. In the case of freed Yoruba slaves, they chose Lagos.
Areas like Barbados, Puerto Rico, Haiti had a higher concentration of Igbo slaves, as most of them were brought there by slave merchants or traders who got them from the Bight of Biafra. Please check this link: https://www.nairaland.com/3581864/slaves-bight-benin-vs-bight . There was an extensive discussion about the origin of slaves and where they were sold in the Carribean, South Americas, etc.
Finally, da Rocha definitely looks 100% like a Yoruba man to me, just like Deinde Fernandez does, too. End of story.
WetinConsignMe: Remember back then it was.very difficult to travel. So if they drop u in Yoruba land, best for you to become "yoriba" to survive. Even one of my great uncle became a yoruba man and he was never a slave. Look at the kind of hustle ds rocha was involved, typical Igbo man hustle. Remember Jaja of Opobo was originally Igbo but became 100% opobo
Go and do your research. Read up on the history of freed slaves and how they returned to West Africa, so that you can enlighten your mind. Google is your friend. I have already cited a few cases, for you. Do your own homework.
enemybulldozer: But I don't see you debunk the falsehood and propaganda, dished out by APC government controlled media especially the ones that is being perpetrated by liar mohammed. Since you claim to be upright, why do you always turn a blind eye whenever you see liar mohammed's junks but always swing into action immediately on sighting IPOB/ kanu news.
Go back & read through all my posts on different threads in this forum, when it comes to this govt and their spokesman, and you would see that your assertions are totally wrong.
WetinConsignMe: I looked at his photo. Be honest, does that look like a yoruba man? Freed slaves didn't know where they were originally from. Igbo richest men were authentic Igbo men, while yoruba richest men were freed slaves - doesn't that make u suspicious?
That is so untrue! A large number of the freed slaves had ancestors that remembered what part of the West African coast, they came from! Didn't Olaudah Equaino claim he was 'Eboe', (i.e. Igbo). How did he remember that? Da Rocha knew quite well that his ancestor was from Ilesha, a Yoruba town. If Equaino could remember his origins, what prevented da Rocha from doing so?
Octogenarian Yewande Oyediran sits back in a comfy armchair in her living room in the “Campos” quarter of Lagos, with its fading Brazilian heritage. She talks about her great-grandfather Joao Esan da Rocha, from Osun state in southwest Nigeria, who was captured by slave traders in the 1850s, taken to South America and later freed....
Candido Joao Da Rocha ( 1860 - March 11, 1959) was a Nigerian businessman, landowner and creditor who owned Water House on Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, and was the proprietor of the now defunct Bonanza Hotel in Lagos. Da Rocha, a native of Ilesha, was born to the family of Joao Esan Da Rocha, a former slave; his father was 10 years old when he was captured as a slave in about 1840 and Candido was born in the Bahia region of Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candido_Da_Rocha
At the age of 10 years, don't you think his father would remember his name and where he came from when he was captured by the slave traders? The fact that he retained his native name 'Esan,' says a lot about his ability to recall his origins.
WetinConsignMe: If u really dig deep into it that Fernandez guy was probably Igbo too. Many released slaves didn't know where they were originally from
And you should do your research on Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, the late billionaire. Fernandez was born in Lagos, to the Fernandez family that originated from Brazil. The freed slaves were rich, because they were the first set of people to have access to Western education. But as more native Africans got educated, their own riches & wealth also grew.
Your misguided ideology that Igbo are the only ones that know about business, or had access to wealth before others from different ethnic groups, does not have any empirical proof to back it up. It is all guess work on your part. Enough of your propaganda, pls!
Go and read the story of another freed slave called Oseifekunde. It is freely available on the internet. He was captured at the age of 20 years, by Ijaw invaders.
Osifekunde was from Epe, Ijebu Ode but was born in Makun, a suburb of Sagamu in about 1795. His father was Adde Sonlou, an Ijebu warrior who fled Makun, as a result of a skirmish resulting in the death of another warrior. In addition to time in Epe as a result of his father Sonlou's asylum, Osifekunde spent time in the Kingdom of Benin. Osifekunde's grandfather was Ochi-Wo who held the office of Ladeke.
Victim of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Osifekunde was about 20 years old (approximately 1810) when Ijaw pirates captured him in the Niger Delta lagoon and sold him to Brazilian slave merchants.
About 20 years after Osifekunde was forcibly transferred to Brazil, he accompanied his master (one Mr. Navarre) to Paris where he was employed as a servant and went by the names ‘Joaquim’ and ‘Joseph’. In Paris he happened upon Pascal d’Avezac-Macaya, an ethnographer and vice-president of the Societe Ethnologique of Paris, who had a keen interest in Africa. Pascal d’Avesac-Macaya interviewed Osifekunde (in pidgin Portuguese since Osifekunde spoke little or no French at the time) for weeks and Osifekunde’s recollection of Ijebu Ode and Lagos (published by Pascal d’Avezac-Macay in 1845) became an important addition to European knowledge of the Guinea Coast.
Pascal d’Avesac-Macaya arranged for Osifekunde to move to Sierra Leone (then a British colony established as a home for captives liberated by the West Africa Squadron) but Osifekunde didn’t take the offer and according to P.C. Lloyd “preferred servitude under his former master in Brazil, where he could be with his own son”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osifekunde
Are you saying a person captured at the age of 20 years, would not have recollections about where he came from? And in this excerpt, he declined to move back to West Africa because he wanted to be with his son. Don't you think he would have shared the story of his brithplace with his son, and his son would know his ancestry?
Company Overview Frigoglass Industries (Nigeria) Ltd. sells glass bottles, plastic crates, metallic crowns and ice cold beverage coolers for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Frigoglass Industries (Nigeria) Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Frigoglass SAIC.
Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo, CON, is a Nigerian corporate lawyer and philanthropist. He was educated at St Phillips Primary School, Aiyetoro, Ile-Ife, and later attended Oduduwa College, Ife for his secondary education in 1936, before finishing his studies at Igbobi College in Lagos. He later obtained a law degree from the London University in 1949. His career started in the Judicial Dept in Enugu, from where he was transferred to Port Harcourt.
He was an early advocate of domiciliary accounts in Nigeria, which later came into existence with the promulgation of the Foreign Currency Decree 18 of 1985. In the late 1960s, he was among the group of businessmen who supported local equity participation in foreign firms, operating in Nigeria.
Ogunbanjo later served as Chairman and Director of NFI Insurance Company Plc. Mr. Ogunbanjo also served as the Chairman and Director of Beta Glass Co. Plc until September 28, 2010. The well-respected industrialist, is now 93 years old.
On his return from the University of London, where he had gone to study law in 1949, he was called to the bar in 1950. He first worked briefly for the law firm of H.O. Davies, before establishing his own private practice. His firm added two more partners, Samuel Ladoke Akintola and Michael Odesanya in 1952, to become Samuel, Chris and Michael Solicitors. The partnership was dissolved in 1960, and his practice became Chris Ogunbanjo & Co. The new practice specialized in corporate law.
Ogunbanjo's familiarity with corporate law, led him to be a significant shareholder in various Nigerian companies like: West African Batteries, Metal Box Toyo, Union Securities, 3M Nigeria, ABB Nigeria, Roche Nigeria and Chemical and Allied Products Ltd. Fondly described as a 'Captain of Industry,' Chief Ogunbanjo has established a reputation for promoting and nurturing industrial ventures.
After retiring as Chairman of Beta Glass Plc in 2010, his son Abimbola Ogunbanjo stepped into the saddle. While the core investor in the firm is Frigoglass of Greece, the Ogunbanjos are widely acknowledged to have the largest individual shareholding in the company, after the Greeks. Frigoglass recently announced its plans to sell its investment in the firm, to GZI of Mauritius for $225 million USD.
Beta Glass Plc, the glass bottle and metal crowns manufacturing company for the beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, posted a profit-after-tax of N800million, (up from N62million declared in the same period in 2016), as its' first quarter results for the 2017 financial year. In 2016, its total annual revenue rose 20 per cent to N19.09 billion while profit after tax (PAT) surged by 91 per cent to N3.79 billion. Its' products are widely used within the Nigerian domestic market. It also exports its products to Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and 6 other countries.
The company which has sustained strong sales and profit growth in the last three quarters, said that revenue in the first quarter grew 44% to N4.4billion bolstered by a surge in local demand.
Beta Glass is a subsidiary of Frigoglass Industries Limited, exporting glass packaging materials to 13 countries. The company has manufacturing plants in Ughelli, Delta State, and Agbara, Ogun State, with three furnaces that exceed 600 tons of produced glass containers per day.
Breweries account for 43 per cent of its total glass unit sales while soft drinks constitute 29 per cent. Wine and spirits make up 12 per cent just as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics’ patronage is estimated at 16 per cent.
The company has scheduled a furnace cold repair at its Ughelli plant to extend its life-span and raise production capacity.
Chief Suara Olayiwola Alani Bankole is a Nigerian businessman and chieftain from Ogun State. He is Chairman of West African Aluminum Products(WAAP) Plc. He holds the aristocratic titles Oluwo of Iporo Ake and Seriki Jagunmolu of Egbaland. He attended Baptist Boys High School in Abeokuta, and later went to the University of Ghana for further studies.
West African Aluminum Products(WAAP) Plc is involved in manufacturing and sale of aluminum products including, importing, buying, selling and exchanging aluminum products in Nigeria. The firm was established in 1975 and listed on the stock exchange, on 6th September 1989. As at 2012, it had an investment of over three billion naira, with volume of business in the region of N500 Million.
In 2008, NITEL's head office - 37-storey landmark building standing over 160m (520ft) high skyscraper on Marina, Lagos known as NECOM house was sold to West African Aluminum Products (WAAP) Plc, for =N=4 billion naira. The sale was carried out by the Liquidator of NITEL/M-Tel Staff Pension Fund, Messrs Olusola Adekanola and Co.
However, a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Ambassador Stephen Willoughby, challenged the sale claiming that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a memo dated May 16, 2007, had approved the Presidential Task force’s recommendation that NECOM House be retained in the schedule of NITEL’s core operational assets, due to its strategic importance to the SAT-3 operations. This led to the revocation of the sale in 2011.
Alani Bankole put the set back behind him, and focused on his other key business concerns, such as Freight Agencies Nigeria Ltd, the first freight company in West Africa, through which he became a multimillionaire at the age of 34. Alani Bankole is currently the Chairman, Board of Trustees, of the newly registered Action Democratic Party, ADP. His son is Dimeji Bankole, who used to be the former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
West African Aluminum Products(WAAP) Plc products are listed below; • Cego System (Sliding Windows) • Sliding Windows (WAAP S26 Series) • System Cego Projected/ Casement Windows • Projected /Casement Windows (WAAP M35) • Casement Windows (WAAP M45) • Casement Windows (WAAP M55) • Casement Windows (WAAP M65) • Casement Windows (WAAP M75) • Sliding / Swing / In-Doors • Sun breakers • Traditional Curtain Walls • Curtain Walls (WAAP C24) • Doors / Partitioning System (also WAAP Millennium Series) • General Systems i.e. Angle, Tube, Picket, Net Frames and Glazing Bead etc.
WAAP has delivered state of the art windows, doors, partition systems and curtain wall projects for Central bank of Nigeria, (Abuja), Federal University of Agriculture (Abeokuta), Adebola House (Opebi Road, Lagos) and Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Domestic Wing, (Ikeja, Lagos) etc.
WAAP Extrusions commenced operations in 2008 at the Abeokuta factory, and has been extruding high quality economy and standard aluminium profiles meeting industry specification for major distributors and fabricators in Nigeria. https://ng.linkedin.com/in/waap-west-african-aluminium-products-plc-63036179
America’s Secret Files On Ojukwu (2) | February 26, 2013 | PM News
Confidential US dispatches on the Nigerian Civil War yield a wounding portrait of Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was painted by those who knew him as a man that experienced rejection as a child, a megalomaniac, demagogue and one who once threatened to shoot his own father. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In a broadcast to the German people on BayerischerRundfunkMuchen (Bavarian Broadcasting, Munich) on 11 September 1967, Klaus W. Stephan, the West African correspondent of the service for many years, said Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had harboured an ambition to “alter the political constellation of power in Nigeria by means of the army one day”.
On 12 September 1967, Radio Biafra broadcast attacks on Awolowo and Anthony Enahoro for being in “the rebel government of Gowon”. The radio station referred to the recent arrest and detention of “Wole Soyinka, that patriotic Yoruba son” and the arrest and interrogation of Tai Solarin, the well-known Yoruba educator and writer. It thought it “significant” that these “Yoruba freedom fighters” should be threatened by a government of which “Chief Awolowo himself a Yoruba is a deputy head.”
Radio Biafra reminded its listeners that “Awolowo and Enahoro have not only succumbed to northern pressure, but have also teamed up with Gowon to suppress Solarin and Soyinka, whose ebullient enthusiasm for Yoruba freedom is threat to their security, but they have substituted private interest for commonwealth.” The radio station, confirming the findings of the US intelligence estimate, then recommended that “all Yorubas should waste no time in responding to call by one of their own sons, Brigadier Victor Banjo, commander of liberation forces. It is such young men as Brigadier Banjo, Wole Soyinka and Tai Solarin that will provide effective but selfless leadership that Yorubas badly need at this moment”.
On Biafrans sounding more Yoruba than the Yoruba themselves, the American ambassador noted in a confidential document of 15 September 1967: “In fact, the Eastern effort to tell Yorubas who their leader should be, as well as not to follow Awolowo, could cause opposite reaction among majority of people in Yorubaland.” It did.
With troops blazing with Biafran agenda already at West’s door at Ore, it became clearer to Awolowo that Ojukwu was not interested in secession, but actually in conquest. Awolowo proceeded to rally the Yoruba, who had hitherto been lukewarm to Gowon’s government with a powerful “I am absolutely and irrevocably committed to the side of Nigeria” press release on 12 August 1967.
It was Awolowo’s first statement defending the Federal Government since the Civil War began on 6 July. Unlike many of Awolowo’s speeches and public statements, this one derived its forceful elocution from the use of adverbs and intensifiers. There were no “could,” “might” and other hedge-betting modal verbs. It was all “must,” “will” and other commanding auxiliary verbs.
“It is imperative that the unity of Nigeria must be preserved and the best judge of what to do now is the Federal government, which Yorubas must continue to support. The Yorubas have never set out to dominate others, but have always resisted, with all the energy in them, any attempt, however slight or disguised, by others to dominate them.…"
"Indeed it is for these reasons that they must now be ready to resist any attempt by the rebel forces from the East and the Mid-West to violate their territory and subjugate them.… To these ends, therefore, all Yoruba people, particularly those in the Western and Lagos states, which now face the threats of invasion, must not only be as vigilant as ever, but must also lose no time and spare no efforts in giving every conceivable support to the Federal troops in defence of their homeland and of the fatherland,” Awolowo said.
He was not only rallying the Yoruba people, he was sending a powerful message to the Biafran High Command in Enugu. Victor Banjo, on 11 August, had sent a secret note to Governor Adebayo, the man who, according to the Biafran High Command, was slated for assassination by Banjo’s gun. In the letter, amongst other things, Banjo asked for “clarification of the Western position.” Adebayo promptly passed the letter to Awolowo in Lagos.....
On 7 August 1967, the American consul in Ibadan, Strong, wrote: “An old line of supporters, including more mature intellectuals like Professor Hezekiah Oluwasanmi (Ife University Vice Chancellor) and S.O. Ighodaro (lecturer at the University of Lagos) support the statement. They said Awolowo has always been a minorities man and the Eastern takeover of Midwest and continued occupation of Eastern minority areas is an indication of continued Ibo desire to dominate southern Nigeria.”
On the night of 11 August, Mr Smallwood, British Deputy High Commissioner, came to inform his American counterpart that “decision has been taken by a group of AG activists to support efforts to stage a Midwest type coup here in the West. Timing uncertain but could happen anytime from 12th. Planners supposedly do not include top members of AG hierarchy, but certain young activists who hope present AG leaders with fait accompli consistent with their own sympathies.”
Strong was skeptical of the success of the coup, not because of Awolowo’s rallying call, but as he wrote: “In the West, several ingredients for successful coup are lacking. There is, for example, no real counterpart of Ibo officers here.”
And that was the coup for which Victor Banjo, confident of its success, received Ojukwu’s bullets with his head raised high and his chest pumped out at the firing squad in Enugu.
PapaBrowne: The post you have up there is the number one reason I'm very disappointed in Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB.
You start a movement and your movement is growing. You want to secede. You say you want it peacefully.
But you have your people in millions residing in other parts of the country. And you know thier lives and property would be endangered. But you make no plans for thier safety. You make no attempt to even encourage thier preparation to return.
Instead you call them fools for daring to call for restraint.
There are over 10 million Ibos living outside the South East. If only 1 million move back, do you have any idea the economic catastrophe that would result?
IPOB needs an intellectual wing. Building a new nation is not about carrying a flag. No plans. No visions. Nothing. Just give us referendum.
Point of correction. Nnamdi Kanu wants to secede, but he never wanted to do so peacefully, initially. He deployed hate speech against other ethnic groups, and even sought for weapons from Igbo people in diaspora.
enemybulldozer: Is that why you spew hate on those threads??
I do not spew hate. I debunk the falsehood and propaganda, dished out by your people. Unfortunately, many of your folks do not know how to carry out a civil conversation, so they lace their responses with insults. And I just serve them back a measure of the crap, they have dished out. Abi, na who be mumu?
ColonelDrake: No, he wasn't saved but just a means to an end. Stop talking like they released him out of the goodness of their heart. He was released to be used and dumped. They released Banjo because they had their eyes on Lagos and thought banjo could be used as the afonja to fight his own people so that they could capture Lagos. Bunch of thieves and scammers
logica: Your cup of tea; but far more neutral and credible sources have published reports on the Civil War than Frederick Forsyth. A single line from the book told the story "...like everything with Yoruba was complex".
Going further and reading, anybody with average logical ability will ask the questions: "So how did Banjo plan to assassinate Ojukwu without drawing a backlash? Where was the assassination to take place and by who? How was Ojukwu to be isolated and assassinated since he was always surrounded by a retinue of guards? How do you think a strategist like Banjo unlike Ojukwu would not see the endgame plan? Who would Banjo and Ifeajuna have presented to the Biafrans as an acceptable replacement?" These questions when asked reveal the entire story for what it is: a hoax.
logica: Nzeogwu was misguided into thinking the Northerners would see him as their own and may not have expected the end result of the coup; an obvious lopsided elimination of leaders (political and military) of the North and Southwest which turned him into a villain in the North. Assassinations are planned to detail; if Ojukwu did uncover a plot, the so called loophole would have been mentioned. What was the loophole?
Comparing the circumstances of the assassinations of the Sardauna and Ironsi is a bit obtuse; nobody no matter how foolhardy would dare attempt the assassination of Ojukwu in Biafra.
Again I state that Banjo was a strategist and it shows in his understanding of the use of dialog and alliance; far better than Ojukwu whom he gave plenty of advise but rather chose to try to out muscle a far stronger military force.
logica: Of course, that is the obtuse comparison again. Nzeogwu grew up in the North, spoke fluent Hausa and was even one of the Sardauna's favorites; who never considered him Igbo. He was well accepted in the North until the murders in the coup drew suspicion.
On the other hand, Banjo had no footing in Igbo land. He only appeared in the Biafran theater by a stroke of ill luck being the location he was incarcerated. Apples and oranges.
By the way, which troops was he going to use to carry out the assassination? Or was he, Alele and Ifeajuna planning to go all Rambo and take out all comers? Which Igbo boys would they use?
I doff my hat. I love your questions. Anyone with a logical mind would see how difficult it would be to plot and execute a coup against Ojukwu, in the Southeast. Banjo got to Ore and knew his battalion was ill-equipped, and they would be outgunned and outmaneuvered by the federal forces on his way to Lagos. That was why he sought an easy passage into the Southwest. Ojukwu knew Banjo would go down this route. His last message to Banjo was clear.
Letter from Lt. Col. Ojukwu to Lt. Col. Victor Banjo | From: The Military Governor, Republic of Biafra Enugu, 22nd August, 1967. My dear Victor,
1. For some time now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances that have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria.....
(iv)Biafran troops will, after the liberation of the Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.
(v)On the liberation of the Yorubaland, you will be appointed as the Military Governor of that territory.
(vi)The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.
(vii)During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority.
Uglyojuku: You are a GEM,pls do something on those not featured? T hanks.
Will try, but it could take me a little while....
Uglyojuku: Laudate...Have they featured these few people?
Segun Adewale (Aeroland) - No, I dont think so. Jimi Agbaje - No, he hasn't been featured. Salami Agbaje - No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - Yes, he has just been featured..on page 203 Stephen Akintayo - No, not yet. Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi - Isn't this Lord Rumens? Yes, he has just been featured..on page 203 Ralph Alabi - No, he hasn't been featured. Demola Aladekomo - Yes he has been featured about 3 times, within this thread. pls check page 28, 43 and 191. Adeyemo Alakija - No, he hasn't been featured. Kola Aluko - No, he hasn't been featured. Too many allegations of corruption swarming around him & Diezani. Ayo Animashaun -No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. Chief E. O. Ashamu - Yes, he has been featured..on page 203 Adekunle Ayeni - No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. John Olatunde Ayeni - Yes, he has just been featured on page 203. Tayo Ayeni - Is he the owner of Kanti Towers? I think his name was mentioned in connection with that here. Wale Babalakin - Yes, he has been featured on page 170 and listed on a few others. Ade Bajomo - No, not yet. He hasn't been listed on this thread, either. Dele Bakare - No, not yet. He hasn't been mentioned here. Alani Bankole - Yes, a report has been done on him. Pls check page 201. Richard Beale Blaize - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread, yet. Talabi Braithwaite - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. Bankole Cardoso - Yes, he has been featured. Pls check page 142 Folorunsho Coker - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. James Pinson Labulo Davies - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. Isn't he the great-grandfather of JK Randle? T. A. Doherty - No, he hasn't been mentioned, yet. But Dohagro owned by another Doherty was listed earlier. Shafi Edu - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. But his son, Koye Edu has been featured. Tunde Eso - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Joseph Fadahunsi - Yes, he has been featured on page 165 and highlighted, on a few others. Luti Fagbenle - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Isn't he the Nigerian-American producer? Henry Fajemirokun - Yes, he has been featured on page 171 and highlighted, on a few others. Samuel Fawehinmi - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Antonio Deinde Fernandez - Yes, he has just been featured on this thread. Pls check page 204 Tunde Folawiyo - Yes, he was featured on page 45, 144, and highlighted, on a few other pages. Charles Joseph George - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Akinpelu Obisesan - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Jacob Odulate - Yes, he was mentioned on page 122, and highlighted, on a few other pages. Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Adeola Odutola -Yes, he has been featured. Please check page 169. Chris Ogunbanjo - I can't say. I'd have to crosscheck & get back to you. Hubert Ogunde - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Adebayo Ogunlesi - Yes, he has been featured. I mistakenly said nothing about him, earlier. Pls check on page 127 and Chief Harry Akande on page 135.. Ayo Ogunsheye - I am not sure. Let me crosscheck & get back to you. Wole Oguntokun - I can't say. I'd have to crosscheck & get back to you. Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi - Yes, he has been featured. Please check page 191. Toun Okewale Sonaiya - No, she hasn't been featured yet. She owns a radio station. Molade Okoya-Thomas - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Razaq Okoya -Yes, he has. Please check pages 109 & 122, Femi Olubanwo - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Otunba Fatai Olukoga - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Jide Omokore - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. But he has too many EFCC cases pending with Diezani. Lawrence Omole -Yes, he has. His company International Breweries has been discussed here on this thread. Debo Onifade - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Oluseun Onigbinde - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread.
Here is an update. Kindly see my comments in italics.
WetinConsignMe: If this is his story then he was probably an Igbo man. Look, I love Yorubas to death but they simply don't have that kind of business acumen or ambition. Don't ask me why, I don't know, and it's not necessarily a bad thing
You are using the word 'probably,' which means you do not have any proof, to counter what was said. Why do you chaps prefer falsehood and propaganda like this? Ok, have you heard of Deinde Fernandez, the late billionaire? Was he an Igbo man, too?
oyatz: Does that make him the richest man? Sarkin Kano, Alh Abdulahi Bayero( the great-grand father of SLS, the incumbent emir) was already using rolls Royce by 1953 and his son and successor, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi inherited the rolls Royce which was used to chauffeur drive the Queen around the North in 1956.
Thank you for educating the clueless ones, my brother. You can see how they always circulate and recycle propaganda, every little chance they get! They always make strange claims, that cannot be substantiated.
enemybulldozer: what are you doing in every thread that has to do with kanu and biafra??
It is a public forum. I can comment on any thread I like, whether it concerns Kanu, Biafra, Arewa, Odua or anything. There is no law that says anybody must take permission from you to do so. If you do not want anyone to comment on Kanu or Biafra, then take such discussions to another forum outside NL, like your igberetv site or biafrasa'y.com.
enemybulldozer: Stop beating about the bush and answer my question line by line I didn't say you should summarize them for me why is it too hard to answer??
If you actually went to school, you would discover that the answer I gave covers all your questions. Go back and check!
Uglyojuku: Laudate...Have they featured these few people?
Segun Adewale (Aeroland) - No, I dont think so. Jimi Agbaje - No, he hasn't been featured. Salami Agbaje - No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - No, I dont think so. Stephen Akintayo - No, not yet. Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi - Isn't this Lord Rumens? No, he hasn't been featured. Ralph Alabi - No, he hasn't been featured. Demola Aladekomo - Yes he has been featured about 3 times, within this thread. pls check page 28, 43 and 191. Adeyemo Alakija - No, he hasn't been featured. Kola Aluko - No, he hasn't been featured. Too many allegations of corruption swarming around him & Diezani. Ayo Animashaun -No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. Chief E. O. Ashamu - No, not yet. He hasn't been listed on this thread, either. Adekunle Ayeni - No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. John Olatunde Ayeni - No, he hasn't been mentioned, either. Tayo Ayeni - Is he the owner of Kanti Towers? I think his name was mentioned in connection with that here. Wale Babalakin - Yes, he has been featured on page 170 and listed on a few others. Ade Bajomo - No, not yet. He hasn't been listed on this thread, either. Dele Bakare - No, not yet. He hasn't been mentioned here. Alani Bankole - I can't remember if he has. let me cross check & get back to you. Richard Beale Blaize - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread, yet. Talabi Braithwaite - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. Bankole Cardoso - Yes, he has been featured. Pls check page 142 Folorunsho Coker - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. James Pinson Labulo Davies - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. Isn't he the great-grandfather of JK Randle? T. A. Doherty - No, he hasn't been mentioned, yet. But Dohagro owned by another Doherty was listed earlier. Shafi Edu - No, he hasn't been listed, yet. But his son, Koye Edu has been featured. Tunde Eso - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Joseph Fadahunsi - Yes, he has been featured on page 165 and highlighted, on a few others. Luti Fagbenle - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Isn't he the Nigerian-American producer? Henry Fajemirokun - Yes, he has been featured on page 171 and highlighted, on a few others. Samuel Fawehinmi - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Antonio Deinde Fernandez - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread, but has been highlighted without any details attached. Tunde Folawiyo - Yes, he was featured on page 45, 144, and highlighted, on a few other pages. Charles Joseph George - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Akinpelu Obisesan - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Jacob Odulate - Yes, he was mentioned on page 122, and highlighted, on a few other pages. Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Adeola Odutola -Yes, he has been featured. Please check page 169. Chris Ogunbanjo - I can't say. I'd have to crosscheck & get back to you. Hubert Ogunde - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Adebayo Ogunlesi - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Ayo Ogunsheye - I am not sure. Let me crosscheck & get back to you. Wole Oguntokun - I can't say. I'd have to crosscheck & get back to you. Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi - Yes, he has been featured. Please check page 191. Toun Okewale Sonaiya - No, she hasn't been featured yet. She owns a radio station. Molade Okoya-Thomas - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Razaq Okoya -Yes, he has. Please check pages 109 & 122, Femi Olubanwo - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Otunba Fatai Olukoga - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Jide Omokore - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. But he has too many EFCC cases pending with Diezani. Lawrence Omole -Yes, he has. His company International Breweries has been discussed here on this thread. Debo Onifade - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread. Oluseun Onigbinde - No, he hasn't been featured on this thread.
Politics › Re: Yorubas Are The Most Industrious,Richest & Educated Tribe in Nigeria & Africa by laudate: 1:02am On Aug 07, 2017*. Modified: 4:20am On Aug 07, 2017
hanks.
