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Property Giant, RevolutionPlus, Celebrates Seven Years of Excellence, Service Delivery, Innovation

Published

3 years ago

July 16, 2021

Eric

By Eric Elezuo

Joy indescribable may go a long way to quantify the atmosphere as the management and staff of property giant, RevolutionPlus, clients, friends and well wishers, led by the ebullient Chief Executive Officer of the group, Mr Bamidele Onalaja, and his innovative wife, who doubles as the Executive Director, Tolulope Onalaja, rolled out the drums to celebrate seven years of prolific and innovative endeavours.

The pleasant and elaborate soiree took place at the grandiose Five Palm Event Centre, Oniru, Lagos, where colours and decorations spoke volumes of what the Lord has done for the organization in a space of seven years, with an opening from sports entrepreneur, Larry Izamoje.

In his address, the elated CEO, informed the equally excited guests that RevolutionPlus, a company driven by passion to create landlords of every Nigerian, is a foremost real estate company charged with a vision to be the number one real estate company in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the world.

“RevolutionPlus started approximately seven years ago with just a single decision to seek something more fulfilling; after working in the banking sector for about 13 years,” Onalaja said.

He noted that the company, which started operations in 2014, with the desire to change the estate game, already has six branches in Nigeria located in Lekki, Ikeja Abeokuta, Ibadan, Abuja and Port Harcourt with an international office in Dallas, Texas, USA.

The event, which proved to be a jamboree of some sort, paraded the organisation’s brand ambassadors; Odulade Adekola, Toyin Abraham, Broda Shagi and Testimony Jaga. Others, whose presence added candour to the occasion were Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnik, Peter Rufai and wife, Yvonne Jegede, Nnamdi Ezeigbo and wife, and Special Adviser to Lagos State governor on Housing, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka among others.

In appreciation for the workforce, the company showered the staff with great gifts and awards for their commitment, dedication and devotion to duty.

While the anchor, Gbenga Adeyinka D1st was busy cracking ribs of attendees with his exclusive jokes, DJ Exclusive left no one in doubt that he was designed to run the wheel of steel just as local and intercontinental delicacies made the rounds in surplus quantity to the admiration of all the guests.

Birthed in 2014, RevolutionPlus Property Limited has sustained its vision of fulfilling a legacy dreams, desires and expectations through total commitment to affordable housing using multi-channeled services.

It is not a surprise that through a dint of hard work, RevolutionPlus today boasts of over 35 estates in its fleet, and several homes for lease in the United States of America. It also has 11 subsidiaries in its portfolio, cutting across construction, hospitality, academics and fashion and provides unmatched services ranching from sales of sites and serviced plots, property development and real estate advisory.

The company’s seven years efforts have earned it numerous awards for outstanding service delivery and innovation.

Indeed, it has been a worthy and worthwhile seven years.

ABOUT REVOLUTIONPLUS

RevolutionPlus Property is a foremost real estate company in Nigeria; charged with a vision to be the number one real estate company in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the world. The company which started operations in 2014 has evolved to have 6 branches in Nigeria (and counting); Nigeria; Lekki, Ikeja Abeokuta, Ibadan, Abuja and Port Harcourt with an international office in Dallas, Texas, USA.

The company is driven by its mission to bring buyer’s real estate dreams, desires and expectations to reality through its total commitment to affordable housing using multi-channeled services.

RevolutionPlus Property boasts of owning over 35 estates in Nigeria and several homes for lease in the United States of America. The services of the company include the sales of sites and serviced plots with various affordable houses across Nigeria; Property development and real estate advisory. Integrity, trust and timely delivery are the core values of the organization.

RevolutionPlus Property has since evolved into a holding company called RevolutionPlus Group which presently has eleven (11) subsidiaries in its portfolio. These companies include RevolutionPlus Property Development Company Limited, RevolutionPlus Constructions and Infrastructure Limited, Remarkable Hotels and Apartments Limited, Remarkable Foods Limited, Remarkable Real Estate Investment Club, Remarkable Impact, Revplus School of Real Estate, Remarkable Impact Facility Manager (RIFMA), Chris Bamidele Onalaja Foundation (CBOF), Angelic Lingerie Limited and Happy Bet.

RevolutionPlus Property is led by Executives; Mr. Bamidele Onalaja, Group Managing Director and Mrs. Onalaja Tolulope, Group Executive Director, with support from qualified Management Team.

BAMIDELE ONALAJA, CEO

Bamidele Onalaja is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Group Managing Direction /Chief Executive Officer of RevolutionPlus Group. He is also the current Chairman of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) Lagos Chapter and President, Rotary Club Maryland, Lagos. He is a major donor to the Rotary Foundation having donated over $10,000.
Bamidele holds a first degree in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) from Lagos State University (LASU), in addition to these; he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Project Management from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) which inspired him to become a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (Pan African University) (OMP 25).

His journey into Real Estate started in 2004 when he joined Agbara Estates Limited as the Marketing Manager to pioneer the sale of “Vivas Home Project” which recorded monumental success, thereafter he joined Refuge Home Savings and Loan Limited (Mortgage Bankers) as the Head of Projects and Business Development, where he pioneered the department and guided the bank into acquiring several landed properties such as the “Beaufort Royale Estate” afterwards he joined Cornerstone Mortgage Bank as the Head, Mortgage Operations before joining Safe Trust Mortgage Bank (Formerly Sterling Homes) as the Ikeja Branch Manager.
In 2014, he resigned from Safe Trust Mortgage Bank to focus on building “RevolutionPlus Property Development Company Limited, a game changing Real Estate Development Company in Nigeria with an international office in the Dallas, Texas, USA.

Since then, he has broken several milestone which were rewarded through several merit awards such as “Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year”, “Real Estate Personality of the year”, “Outstanding Leader Award” to mention a few.

In 2021, Bamidele was recognized as one of the “Top 25 CEOs to look out for in Nigeria” at an award session organized by the Businessday Newspaper, in the same vein RevolutionPlus went home with the “Next Bull Award, in recognition of its Market Leadership & Pacesetting Innovations”

Bamidele, an unabashed philanthropist is the founder of the “Chris Bamidele Onalaja Foundation (CBOF)” whose core values are education and scholarship grants, economic and community development, widows’ empowerment and water sanitation and hygiene and disease, prevention & control. With the support of his wife, Mrs. Tolulope Onalaja, Bamidele built TolDel Nursery and Primary School in Ikorodu, to provide quality free education to less privileged children whose parents cannot afford a private school in the axis. In 2021, plans commenced to build a free secondary school for the graduating pupils of TolDel.

Through CBOF, he launched an #10 million initiative to empower over 500 widows, he built a Police station at Ijebu- Ishonyi, drilled boreholes for communities, organized free health screening for several communities and granted free scholarships to mention a few.

Bamidele is a devoted Christian and a Deacon. He is married the Tolulope Onalaja, the Group Executive Director of RevolutionPlus Group and blessed with two children.

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Forty Worthy Cheers for Woman of Substance, Oluwatosin Adegboyega

Published

7 days ago

April 13, 2024

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By Eric Elezuo

Life, they say, begins at 40, and it is not by accident that a woman, well endowed with the very qualities anyone could wish for, and probably do whatever it takes to acquire, is celebrating 40, the beginning of a more prosperous life. She is Oluwatosin Lucy Tobi Adegboyega.

A leader of unassuming status, Lucy, as she is known, has displayed strength and character by quietly turning everything she touches into a cherished ornament, building men and institutions to enviable standard.

Born in 1984, in the prestigious Chelsea hospital, London, Lucy is a proud native of Ondo State, where her parents hail from, a product of the Akinyelure and Odetola families.

As a true born, who places importance in her origin, Tosin came to Nigeria when she was of age to prosecute her secondary, and university education, which she concluded at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago Iwoye,in Ogun State.

Thereafter, having achieved the most, she returned to London, and took up a career in Psychology and Human Development.

Her line of vocation has given her the leverage to affect lives positively, and has since mentored many young people, provided housing for a whole lot of others among other corporate social responsibilities in conjunction with er husband and closest confidante, Pastor Tobi Adegboyega of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC), whom she married on August 20, 2011. The couple has waded through 13 years of marital exigency, and is much better for it.

In addition to her societal impact, Lucy has conscientiously built not just a family, but a home, and is blessed with two children.

Her home, a Jerusalem of some sought, welcomes hundreds of visitors on a monthly basis, and that has earned her a sobriquet of the ‘Quiet Host’.

Among individuals she has hosted in her home are governors, presidents, aspirants of diverse political positions, clergymen and a host of others.

Mrs Adegboyega is not just a household name by every standard, she is a much sought after woman of substance, providing succour to, and affecting positively her immediate and remote environment.

Enjoy a much deserved happy birthday ma, and relish in the euphoria of your 40 worthy and ruby-clad cheers.

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Grand Reception As Gospel Singing Sensation, Sinach, Celebrates 52nd Birthday in London

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3 weeks ago

April 2, 2024

Eric

Iconic singer, and Award-winning gospel artiste, Osinachi Joseph Egbu, popularly known by her stage name, Sinach, has celebrated her 52nd birthday at the exquisite Dorchester Hotel, in London, with family members, colleagues and well wishers in attendance.

The world acclaimed singer of Way Maker, I know Who I am among many other hit tracks also used the opportunity of the birthday to announce her upcoming OVO Arena Wembley Concert, billed to hold on July, 6 2024.

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Family and friends of the iconic Osinachi Joseph Egbu, known better as Sinach, celebrated the gospel music artist on her birthday in grand pomp and style at the decorous and exquisite London Dorchester.

The Global singer, songwriter and worship leader, who has been serving in this capacity for 33 years, held the grand event on the holy Easter Saturday, March 30, 2024, which also happens to be her birthday.

Lit with montages, interactive sessions and orchestral performances, the evening included Sinach performing live, reflections from her close family and friends and recorded tributes. Sinach expressed how grateful she is for her family, ministry, her health, and the peace she has been blessed with.

“Many of your songs have become global worship anthem – we all have our favourites but Way Maker is a super massive hit – with over 300 million views on YouTube alone,” Lalita Taylor, Executive Producer at the BBC, who was the host for the evening said.

The celebration was organized by businessman and entrepreneur, Dr. Joseph Egbu who is the husband of Sinach. Whilst being thankful for family and friends who showed up to celebrate his wife and family. He described her as “loving, patient, humble and a true woman of God”.

Dr. Egbu, in an emotional moment of professing love, thanked Sinach for loving him truly and being the remarkable woman she is.

Some of the guests who celebrated the multi award-winning Sinach included: SL Kemi Balogun, Queen Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi Olori of the Ife Kingdom & Founder African Fashion Week; Dr Susan Fajana-Thomas OBE, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Regulatory Services; Nero Ughwujabo, Special Advisor To Prime Minister Theresa May – Director, Diversity at Prince’s Trust (King Charles’s charity).

Also there were: Her Excellency Janet Charles, Acting High Commissioner, Dominica Hogh Commision, London ; Dr. Yvonne Thompson CBE, Deputy Lieutenant, The King’s Representative for Greater London & President Elect of Institute of Project Management UK; Mr & Mrs Okonkwo ( E Money), Bright Ekeleme and Chido Mnangagwa (daughter of President of Zimbabwe) Mr. Obinna Egbu, Henry Nwoke,Ms. Uloaku Ojiaku, Ehi Moses, and Ms. Chim Moore of Magnum Security Services Ltd Zambia

Sinach also shared news about her upcoming July 6, 2024 live concert at OVO Arena Wembley in Wembley Park. “Victory Sounds”, she said would be a spirit-filled night of worship and praise and a grand celebration of victory and faith.

The concert also features an impressive line up of confirmed personalities from the UK Christian Chart including: Israel Houghton, Travis Greene, Da’dra Greathouse, Lucy Grimble, Ada, Limoblaze and Warehouse Worship.

Sinach is honorary Ambassador of the Commonwealth of the Dominica. In February 2023, the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica awarded Sinach as global ambassador, via a letter signed by the Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit. In July 2022, she joined the Grammy Recording Academy as a voting member.

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Sights and Sounds As Madonna University Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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3 weeks ago

March 30, 2024

Eric

By Eric Elezuo

The main campus of the prestigious Madonna University in Elele, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was agog recently as the institution rolled out the drums to celebrate its 25 years of existence.

Founded in 1999 by the Very Reverend (Prof) E. M. P. Edeh (OFR), the school has stood the test of time, and churned desirable professionals, who have left indelible marks in the sand of time.

Among major highlights of the day’s activities, was the identification and honoring of the top 100 graduates of the institution.

Several dignitaries also turned up to celebrate with the institution, including two terms governor of Anambra State and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who also is an alumnus of the school.