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Winning awards is no longer a sometime thing for billionaire Femi Otedola. His boundless and borderless philanthropy has ensured that it is an all-the-time thing. For this, and more, Otedola ticks all the boxes and tops the list in any award considerations by the media and other organisations. At the moment, his shelf overflows with awards and honours trophies, writes Lanre Alfred
Magnanimity is seldom a strong suit of many billionaires. But nature does not use a one-size-fits-all approach which is why billionaire Chairman of Geregu Power, Femi Otedola, is widely perceived as one of the rarest and kindest of money men. Otedola is hardly the type of billionaire whose affluence is clutched in baubles. His ascension to the billionairesâ club was no trick of fate, neither was it a mirage mired in tufts of fleeting vanities and buzz words. He is indeed worth every ounce of invincibility and financial acclaim accorded him.
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The son of renowned film and television Legend Peter Igho, Tosin Igho popularly known as Igho Films has said that Nollywood would have gone farther than Hollywood in the next five years.
Tosin made this known to Tribune Online in a telephone interview conducted in Lagos.
Igho, who is currently one of the leading movie directors in Nigeria’s movie industry, called on upcoming communicators to be their best in order to speed up to time as development ensued in all facets.
He, however, noted that challenges would come their way but it takes patience for a thread to be passed into a needle.
High Life
The Bible teaches that the life of a person is not measured by the abundance of their possessions, but by their compassion, humanity, and how much both of these factors played in their disposition to do good. On these grounds, the life of Femi Otedola cannot be measured with coffee spoons, which is the point of his latest award.
The Sun Newspaper recently recognised the philanthropic work that Nigerian billionaire and world-renowned business leader, Femi Otedola is doing all around Nigeria. The award of honour recognised Otedola’s untiring dedication to those who cannot help themselves, raising the bar on what it means to be sympathetic, humanitarian, and human.
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In a year that has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, celebrities didn’t fail to make it almost unforgettable, writes Vanessa Obioha
DJ Cuppy
2020 has been a remarkable year for the female disc jockey and daughter of Nigerian oil mogul, Femi Otedola. Her biggest deal of the year was becoming the first African to host a radio show on Apple Music, one of the world’s biggest audio streaming services. The announcement was made in May and so far, Cuppy has hosted an array of Nigeria’s music stars including Davido, Reekado Banks, WurlD, and Ghanaian artiste Stonebwoy, on the show tagged Apple Music’s Africa Now.