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Sijibomi Ogundele


CEO

veraponpo:


OTUNBA Michael Olasubomi Balogun

He has been described by many as a man of excellence, integrity, an exemplary leader. He is the Founder of FCMB Group and a trail blazer and pioneer extraordinaire in the Nigerian financial and business sector. Otunba Subunmi Michael Balogun has also been frequently referred to in the Nigeria financial circle as the Grand-master and Baron of the Nigerian Capital and Money Market for his pioneering efforts in the development of the Nigeria financial markets.

He surprised detractors with his can do and a no guts, no glory instincts and made history by founding the first ever Nigerian private bank to be established in Nigeria without foreign direct investments or funding from the Nigerian government. Of the several of such ventures, his has remained an enduring legacy

Subunmi’s life journey story inspires confidence and tenacity; Rather than staying down and remaining vengeful after being unfairly treated by his employers for a role he more than deserved in a company he had even helped drive to the peak with his expertise; Otunba Subunmi Balogun pulled himself together and took a giant leap of faith in venturing out on his own.


A move that has not only paid off, but fruit of that move the First City Monument Bank has become a legacy which has now been handed down to a new generation of leaders and is currently headed by his son Mr. Ladi Balogun. In an interview with Vanguard when he clocked 80, Subunmi said “I am not a pharisee of real life experience, my journey to what you now see had been divinely guided, and if you care to know, I am happy and thankful. If any of you go to PrimroseTower, the headquarters of FCMB, this block prim-rose-tower is dedicated to the glory of God as an embodiment of a young man’s faith in the unfailing support of the Almighty God and in his own destiny, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

“It is also a monument of a young Nigerian’s determination to succeed and prove that given the opportunity, Nigerians have the capacity to attain a commanding height in the management of financial institutions. Lastly, it serves as a lesson to all and mankind that in all things, men may have their say but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way”.


When you mention courage, tenacity, inventiveness, brilliance, distinction and visionary leadership, all of these attributes added to faith, personifies the life story of Subunmi Balogun. Born to Muslim parents, he has never been one to shy away from his converted Christian beliefs and unwavering faith and the importance of Godly practices both in his personal walk and business life. This move bears testimony to his courage, independence and willingness to go against the grain. These combined with his resolve to make the best of life and be the best, are the virtues that helped him quit his job and set up a bank in a way no one had ever done before at the age of 42.

The Ijebu people had long been nicked named tight-fisted people, but Otunba Subunmi Micheal Balogun has proved this assumption a wrong one too many times and continues to do so with his philanthropy. He has touched and continues to touch lives with his hundreds of scholarships and support to the under privileged and many other charitable undertakings. He is one man that has said to himself that no child in Nigeria should ever die of a curable disease. His charitable actions are too many to be listed here. He donated the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre, OTNPC, Ijebu Ode to the University of Ibadan

The beginning of the journey: I had a dream, I had a vision. I was cheated, I was an employee in an institution created by Nigerians and Americans, but I was the brain behind the whole thing. I went on a course in the US and I came back with ideas with which we should set up a merchant bank. The whole of the company was aware that I was behind it. But when it came to selecting the Chief Executive, I was told that in spite of all entreaties, that I could not be the Chief Executive because I happened to have a basic training in law. I was 42 and they brought a young man with little or no experience, from America, at 32, to take my place.

One of the gifts God gave me is courage and tenacity of purpose. I decided to pray in addition to my decision to fight it out, so that was what happened to the dream and the vision which was clear. By nature God gave me what we call courage, tenacity of purpose, discipline, I knew where I was going but the vista was as misty and unbelievable. I was trying to prove a point, that I wasn’t arrogant or envious, but with the support I had and with the grace of the Almighty God so when I felt cheated by not being allowed to head an institution created by foreign institutions and then former employers. I had a courage to desire and without anything in my pocket except my God, I decided to start a on a journey of self actualisation.

It wasn’t a proud journey; it was a journey of faith, a journey on the handbill of my God. my confidence in myself and my trust in the Lord God our Savior. In the course of the whole journey, it has been turbulent. I had a focus, I had courage, and I had an unstated faith that the good Lord will carry me through, come rain come sunshine that mortals may have their say, but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way. Maybe that was one of the reasons why I was made the Asiwaju of the Ijebu Christians association, but that faith was very strong. So 35 years ago without thinking of what to do, I threw in my letter of resignation.

One of the things we have come to learn in this country is that in the first process of having a vision or a dream, only an individual does dream, other people would join later on. And in this country in those days, it was an anathema for an individual to set up an institution; one man show; one man show, as if when you’re dreaming, more than one man can dream. Born March 9, 1934 Graduated from Igbobi College 1952 with Grade 1 Graduated with LLB Honours from the London School of Economics June 1959 Called to the English Bar December 1959 Assistant Parliamentary Counsel 1962 First Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank 1966 – 1975 Stock broking and issuing house Director of Operations for Icon Securities Limited 1973 Member of the Council of Stock Exchange representing City Securities Limited and Icon Securities 1973 – 1988 Resigned from Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) December 1977 Set up his own company, City Securities Limited the first Nigerian institution to combine stock broking and issuing house December 1977 Set up the first solely Nigerian owned merchant bank known then as First City Merchant Bank 1979 Set up a Chair for Capital Market Studies in the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan 1987 Became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management August 1988 Donated the “IyeSubomi’s Child Care Centre to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital 1989 Commenced the construction the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” 1994 Established the “Otunba Tunwase Foundation” 2000 Published his memoirs “The Cross, The Triumph and The Crown” August 2000 Commissioned the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” as a gift to the nation 2004.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/otunba-olasubomi-balogun-the-prince-as-pathfinder-2/

First Deepwater Discovery Limited is a wholly indigenous company, with focus on the downstream sector of the oil and Gas industry. The company was incorporated in September 2006, with the drive to bridge the gap between energy providers and their end users, thereby making energy available and affordable. Their business office is located at 20, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos.

The company is guided by the ethics of corporate governance, and had since obtained relevant documents and approvals from the industry regulators including Ministry of Petroleum Resources, NNPC, DPR, PPPRA and NPDC. Their scope of operations include marine services, trading, storage, marketing and distribution of petroleum products such as Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK)/Jet A1, Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) etc. Their major clientele base in Nigeria includes Mobil Oil Nig., Total Nig. Plc, AGIP, Seven Up Bottling Company, WEMPCO and its numerous subsidiaries. Others include Addax trading, VITOL SA, Rain Oil, Glencore, Optimal Energy, NPA Ghana and Total Ghana with numerous successful transactions in Nigeria and Ghana.

Subsidiaries
First Deepwater presently has three (3) subsidiary companies namely:

*STAR SYNERGY PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED
*MARINE DEEPWATER
*FIRST DEEPWATER GHANA

ODVanguard:


Engineer Babatunde Babalola, Chairman/CEO/MD/Proprietor of First Deepwater Discovery Limited

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http://firstdeepwater.com.ng/services.php

http://starpetroleumng.com

vonxe:
profile delloite

profile konga

profile finecoat paint

profile doyin group

History


Olufemi Majekodunmi established FMA Architects Ltd in 1973 as Femi Majekodunmi Associates. The firm is one of the foremost architectural firms in Nigeria.[1] It was initially located at Odunlami Street before moving to St Nicholas Building, Lagos Island. Since then, it has expanded and grown its services most especially in Nigeria. The firm has diversified into various forms of architecture, design and construction in projects with the Nigerian government and corporate institutions. The firm currently maintains offices in the cities of Lagos, Nigeria, Abuja in Nigeria, Pretoria in South Africa and Gaborone in Botswana[2]

Completed Projects
St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Lagos Island.
Botswana Police College, Otse,
Bank PHB Head Office Building, Victoria Island, Lagos
Sterling Towers, Lagos
Total Head Office, Victoria Island, Lagos,Lagos
Renaissance Capital Office, Victoria Island, Lagos
South African High Commission, Abuja
IBRU Building Apapa, Lagos[3]
Protea Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos
NAL Towers, Marina, Lagos[4]
Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja
LandMark Office development for Great Brands, Lagos
Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos
GZ Factory, Lagos
ICC Office Park Garborone, Botswana
Chevron Texaco, Nigeria Ltd
Standard Chartered Bank Building, Victoria Island, Lagos[5]
MTN Switch Center, Data centre, Ojota, Lagos
MTN Switch & Call Center, Asaba, Delta State.
MTN Switch Centre, Enugu
Mixed Use Development in Lekki, Lagos
Residential Developments at Adiva Plain Fields, Lekki-Epe, Lagos
Residential Development at FBN Mortgages, Abuja
Residential Developments, Banan Island, Ikoyi Island, Lagos
Luxury Condominiums, twin Lake Estates, Lekki, Lagos
UPDC Estates, Lekki, Lagos
Christ the Cornerstone International School, Ogun Stae, Nigeria
Esowofina Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos
Nicon Town Estates, Lekki Masterplan
Summerville Golf Estate Planning, Lekki, Lagos
All Souls Church, Lekki, Lagos
Our Saviours Church, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos

MasterChen:
Deloitte and Konga are not Yoruba-owned

MasterChen:
Deloitte and Konga are not Yoruba-owned

vonxe:




i always thought Akintola Williams founded deloitte and sim shagaya owns konga

MasterChen:


The Deloitte in Nigeria is a merger between Akintola Williams's accounting company, Akintola Williams & Co and Deloitte

Deloitte is an old British-owned company

Sim Shagaya's full first name is Simdul. I don't think that's a Yoruba name and I have no idea what Shagaya means in Yoruba

MasterChen:



Sim Shagaya's full first name is Simdul. I don't think that's a Yoruba name and I have no idea what Shagaya means in Yoruba

MasterChen:
Vonxe et iblawi, there was one time I tried researching about where exactly he is from and I was unable to find anything online

Yeah I know there is a Shagaya family in Ilorin but that name sounds "Northern" to me

Regarding his dating site, I'm just hearing about it. The man grew up in Lagos , so i guess that was where the whole Yoruba thing came from. Even Konga is Yoruba

Lastly, I want my readers to know who the CEO of DealDey can you please tell us about yourself
My name is Sim Shagaya my Father is from Plateau, my mum is from Delta. I grew up in Lagos and Kaduna. I spend most of my evening reading especially during the weekends. I love Technology and I like the idea of building new things that’s what I enjoy more than anything else. I’m a husband and a Father most importantly[

MasterChen:
Omoooh, we get companies oh. I thought I knew all of them lol. I don't know chiiiiiit

Some olodos that should be here learning are busy creating useless Potor threads upandan. Some are waiting for the next potor crime thread to preach to us on how tribalism has eaten deep into nairaland. Idiots!

The person wey swear for some of our people for here don die

Big ups to Laudate, Hilroy, ODvanguard, Sugar banana, deomelo, veraponpo and everyone who has contributed to this thread. The list is loooong

Don't ask me who sugar banana is, she knows herself

deomelo:

Electricdanger:


Lol@sugar banana. I swear, this thread surprise me sef. Never knew Yorubas own some companies i saw on this thread sef, God bless the creator of this thread and the contributors. Edumare bless us all.

MasterChen:


With the way things are going on, we could take it to 500 sef

MasterChen:


The Deloitte in Nigeria is a merger between Akintola Williams's accounting company, Akintola Williams & Co and Deloitte

Deloitte is an old British-owned company

Sim Shagaya's full first name is Simdul. I don't think that's a Yoruba name and I have no idea what Shagaya means in Yoruba

laudate:
Atunde Shamsideen Olayinka did not set out to be shoemaker, despite his love for shoes. But along the line he learnt the trade and fell in love with it. Today he owns a shoe making outfit that specialises in making not just dress shoes, but school sandals, dress shoes, industrial safety shoes for construction and oil & gas companies; and combat/jungle boots & service shoes for the military and paramilitary institutions. His company is known as Yiko Deen Footwear, and their slogan is "Keep Nigeria Walking."





His firm boasts of a capacity to make 1,000 pairs per day. The factory, which is located in the Surulere area of Lagos, makes footwear built to the best acceptable international standards.



Just this year alone, the company has manufactured and supplied over 6,000 of pairs of shoes and boots to the Nigeria Police Force, and donated over 2,000 pairs of children school shoes to kids in different parts of Lagos.

Yiko Deen Footwear designs were exhibited at the Micam shoe festival at Milan, in 2016 on the same platform as designs made by renowned brands like Gucci. By the time they returned, the firm had secured a deal to produce and deliver 1,000 pairs of safety boots, for oil companies in Serria Leone.
_{https://www./yiko-deen-footwear-putting-nigerian-shoes-industry-global-festus}

SuperS1Panther:
The best thread of the year award goes to this thread.

No doubt,

mercyville:



You are doing a swell job sir,God bless you

I dunno if these people have been featured.If not,pls you,hilroy and deomelo can do justice to that...thanks


Laoye Jaiyeola
Akinpelu Obisesan
Jacob Odulate
Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi
Adeola Odutola
Chris Ogunbanjo
Ayo Ogunsheye
Wole Oguntokun
Toun Okewale Sonaiya
Molade Okoya-Thomas
Razaq Okoya
Femi Olubanwo
Otunba Fatai Olukoga
Lawrence Omole
Debo Onifade
Oluseun Onigbinde
Gbenga Oyebode
Olateju Oyeleye
Seriki Williams Abass
Biodun Shobanjo
Ernest Shonekan
Taiwo Afolabi
Taiwo Olowo
Olusola Teniola
Adewale Tinubu
Lanre Towry-Coker
Ade Tuyo
William Vivour
Bankole Vivour
Samuel Herbert Pearse
Crispin Curtis Adeniyi-Jones
Christopher Sapara Williams
James Pinson Labulo Davies
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Candido Da Rocha
Ade Bajomo
Dele Bakare
Alani Bankole
Richard Beale Blaize
Talabi Braithwaite
Samuel O Owokoniran
Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele
Adunni Bankole
Alani Bankole
Gbubemi Fregene
Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan
Olajumoke Adenowo
Sasha P (born Anthonia Yetunde Alabi)
Chief Temitope Ajayi
Nike Akande
Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji
Omowunmi Akinnifesi
Olatunji Ajisomo Alabi
Adeyemo Alakija
Alimotu Pelewura