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Ekua Abudu Finds Love Again At 53

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+ Marries Finance and Accounting Guru, Femi Akinsanya

One of Nigeria’s most prominent women of substance, Ekua Titilayo Abudu, has found love at last.

Ekua and her fiancé, Mr Femi Akinsanya had their marriage blessing ceremony yesterday, Friday, 21 December, 2018 in Lagos. The ceremony, which took place at the Guilding Light Assembly, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, was strictly a private affair, witnessed by close friends and family members.

Ekua, a lawyer and chartered administrator, is the proprietress of Greenwood House School, one of the most high profile private nursery and primary school based in Lagos. She is the former president of International Women’s Society, IWS; and the current Chairperson, Interior Designers Association of Nigeria.

Ekua is the first child of Taiwo Koffie Sagoe, the highly respected society patriarch, lawyer and entrepreneur, who passed away in 2012. Her mother, Chief (Mrs) Modupe Sagoe, is the doyenne of textile business in Nigeria.

Cutting a picture of a regal queen of infinite graces, the 53-year-old bride held the church hall spellbound with her charm.

Ekua also holds a Nursery Foundation Teaching Diploma from the London Montessori Centre and has served on the board of several education institutions such as the FSP Nursery/Primary School (a Nigerian Federal Government project), White Dove School and she is one of the Trustees of Nigerian International School Association, NISA.

She is also active in several charitable organisations such as The Well Being Foundation, where she is the Education Consultant, EC, a member of Olave Balden Powell Society, which founded the Girls Guide, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and Musical Society of Nigeria. Ekua has a natural flair for interior designing and has been involved in several projects in Nigeria.

Her first marriage to Wale Abudu, a lawyer, is blessed with three children.

Aside Toyin Saraki, who is known to be her best friend, Ekua is also close to Gbemi Sashore, Mo Abudu, Bola Awolowo, Kemi Ashiru, Ikepo Braithwaite, Subu Giwa-Amu, Sade Ladenegan, Sola Coker, Lape Adebayo and many others.

An accomplished chartered accountant, the groom, Femi Akinsanya is one of the most distinguished Nigerians who have achieved distinction in their various professional careers. He is the chairman of First Ally Capital, a financial institution. The company is a forward thinking, proactive and client-driven financial services firm set up to create and deliver value to our various stakeholders.

He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co and is an Associate and Merit Award Winner (1983) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria and a licensed dealer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He began a career in merchant and investment banking with First City Merchant Bank early in 1985 and left the bank in 1993 to set up two professional investment banking entities – Hamilton Hammer & Co and United Securities Limited. He was actively involved in designing processes that modernised the securities market and was instrumental to the development of the investment banking in Nigeria. He was a founding member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of an over-the-counter (OTC) market in Nigeria and was for many years on the Board of Directors of NASD Ltd.

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Billionaire Businessman, Tunde Ayeni’s Talk of the town Daughters Wedding

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Barr. John Olatunde Ayeni C.O.N is indeed a man of high repute with a highly cerebral nature blessed with suave, elegance and finesse. As a young man, he has carved a niche for himself as a seasoned investor and a finance person with a background in the legal profession after bagging a law degree at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria before he was called to bar. Everything he touches turns into gold. He is a man who knows the true spirit of friendship and brotherhood which has elevated him to the position he holds today. The erstwhile Chairman of Skye Bank has created his name in gold as one of the best brains to have come out of Nigeria as he sits atop several high business conglomerates.

 

One thing has remained constant for him he is a man who loves his family and will never trade anything for his family. More reason he spared no cost to ensure his daughter Abolaji Ayeni gets one of the biggest wedding Soiree with her hubby Oluwatobiloba Adeoye that will never be forgotten in a hurry. It was a rollercoaster of events that remained colourful and also further cents Ayeni’s position as a crowd puller as all his friends turned up for him to celebrate him and his family in one of their proud moments as a father.

 

Last year 2nd of December, the Groom’s family was hosted by Ayeni at an introduction ceremony at his Lagos residence and from that moment he has told his friends that; the wedding shindig would be one to remember as he is putting lots of resources into making the day a memorable one and also appreciate his daughter for making him and his wife proud parents.

 

On Thursday the 11th of April, Ayeni and his family hosted a traditional engagement wedding in Lagos Ikoyi where it was a parade of cultural aesthetics from the best Aso-Ebi to the best of Agbada and music as Yinka Aiyefele serenade the audience with his musical rendition there was an array of cuisines that guests savoured their taste buds with and lots of high-cost drinks.

On Saturday the 13th of April, Ayeni also pulled his heavyweight as the Church wedding where the couples were tied together by Pastopr Tunde Bakare’s Latter Rain Church in Oregun before the train moved to the reception at the Balmoral Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island where guests were treated like a king, the whole V.I corridor was locked down as automobiles of different kinds took over the roads.

 

It was an absolute display of wealth, opulence and splendour as the who is who in Nigeria’s business, political and socialite space were in attendance. The roll call was quite an elitist one as it was like a gathering of stars with deep pockets. The father of the bride adorned in his full Agbada was seen smiling cheerfully welcoming his guests and also making sure those who attended were given the best of treats. The food was local and continental and the wines served were vintage wines. It was like a carnival as Evangelist Dunni Olarewaju (Opelope Annionting)coroner was on the bandstand while King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall the Fuji maestro also serenaded the audience.

 

Those who attended confessed that Ayeni is not only a master planer in the boardroom he is also a master planner of soirees and a good host with a high sense of hospitality. Those spotted were; the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Kogi State Secretary to the State Government; Mrs Ayoade Folashade, Former Governor of Ogun State Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service; Dr Zacch Adedeji Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Niyi Adebayo, Hajia Bola Shagaya, Olugbon of Ilegbon Oba Francis Alao, Olofin of Isheri Oba Sulayman Bamgbade, Elegushi of Ikate Land Oba Saheed Elegushi, Akinshiku Dosumu Oba Otudeko, Iyaloja of Lagos Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, Mogaji Wole Arisekola, Former Fidelity Bank MD Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, Daily Times Publisher Mr Fidelis Anosike and wife Rita Dominic-Anosike, Nkiru Anumudu, Segun Awolowo, Terry Waya, Comfort Obamuyiwa, Aisha Achimogu, Abu Abel, Abisagboola ‘Bankuli’ Oluseun and a host of others.

By: Oladapo Shofowora.

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Just In: Cubana Chief Priest Arrives Court For Arraignment Over Naira Abuse Charge

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Lagos socialite, Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has arrived at the Ikoyi High Court for arraignment on charges of Naira abuse.

Recall that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, announced that Cubana Chief Priest would be charged today for alleged naira abuse.

The commission filed the charge against him at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi.

Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare at 9am.

EFCC last week said many celebrities are being probed for their illegal use of the nation’s currency. This was after cross-dresser, Idris Okunneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was convicted Friday following EFCC’s prosecution of him for naira abuse. He was jailed for six months.

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Kano Ward Executive Council Suspends APC Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje Over Corruption Allegations..

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Says He Must Clear His Name Of Corruption Allegations

Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The Executive Council of Ganduje Ward led by Haruna Gwanjo made this known during a press briefing in Kano on Monday.

Gwanjo said that the former governor has to clear his name of corruption allegations regarding his long-standing dollar case.

The Kano High Court would arraign Ganduje on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 on charges bordering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes.

The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, had said Ganduje would be arraigned alongside his wife and six others.

The Kano State Government led by Governor Abba Yusuf, which initiated the criminal suit against the eight respondents, had declared its readiness to present 15 witnesses to testify before Justice Usman Na’aba of State High Court.

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