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

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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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The Grand 70th Birthday Celebration of Jewelry Queen, Chief Jokotade Oni, in Lagos

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She is by every standard a force to reckon with in the world of jewelleries, and has been in the business for as long as anyone could remember. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Gold Rush, Chief (Mrs) Jokotade Oni, and this the story of how the top member of the society celebrated her three score and ten birthday.

Mrs Oni cuts her birthday cake, surrounded by grandchildren

Hosted at the Balmoral Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the event began with the heralded arrival of the celebrant and her retinue of well wishers and friends, and was followed immediately by a Thanksgiving Service conducted by the General Overseer of the Trinity Church Pastor Ituah Ighadalo, and his team of pastors.

Celebrant with Chief (Mrs) Nike Akande

In his short exhortation, after the son of the celebrant has presented the reading of the lesson Pastor Ighadalo lauded the achievements of the celebrant in the field of enterprise and provision of welfare to the teeming population of where she operates. He also admonished the congregation to always to count their days as the Bible recommended in other not to forget to give appreciation to the Almighty God.

Chief Oni pose with Aare and Yeye Aare Dele Momodu

With the conclusion of the Service, a grand reception at the same venue started with an opening prayer led by Israel Ayodele. Shortly after, the birthday girl, who had taken a ahort break earlier, made a grandiose re-entry, with members of her family and friends, towing courageously and majestically behind her.

Afterwards, tributes by notable personalities, who are close to the celebrant, including the Chairperson of the Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, were delivered.

Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro and the Momodus

The major highlight of the occasion was the cutting of the huge birthday cake, under the directives of a renowned Economist, who served as Minister of Industry as well as President of the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief (Mrs) Nike Akande, amid cheers and applause from the audience.

A photo-op was conducted right before the lovely event, which was planned by ELIZABETH, treated guests to an avalanche of splendid local and continental dishes and choice beverages just as Laolugbenjo Band serenaded guests till fade.

Aare Momodu with DIG Taiwo Lakanu

Among personalities that graced the event were Chairman, Eleganza Group, Chief Rasak Akanni Okoya and wife, Chief (Mrs) Shade Okoya; Alhaji Tajudeen Okoya, Chief Alex Duduyemi, Chief Samuel Adedoyin, Iyalode of Lagos, Alhaja Bintu Tinubu; Chairman, Ovation Media Group, Aare (Dr.) Dele Momodu and wife Yeye Mobolaji Momodu; and Former Deputy Govover of Lagos State, Mr. Femi Pedro.

Photos: Tunde Bolarinwa

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The Classy Nikkah Ceremonies Between Omobolaji Jamil and Omolara Tijani in Lagos

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The Monarch Event Centre, venue of the Nikkah services and reception when the duo of Omobolaji Eniola Jamil and his beautiful bride, Omolara Tawakalitu Tijani said heartfelt ‘I dos’ to each other, was an inch above classy, magnificent and adorable. It was not just about the presidential building, but more about the ambience of the environment, the ambivalence of colours and more especially, the smiles that characterized the day.

The events of the day, as planned by Adela Event, which kickstarted at the newly opened Delborough Hotel in Victoria Island, where the lovely couple dressed, and had the first step into royalty amid klieglights from various media of repute, cascaded into a carnival of some sort with their arrival at the marriage venue, where guests and Islamic clerics were already on ground.

Without much ado, renowned Islamic cleric, Alhaji Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello popularly refers as ‘Oniwasi Agbaye’ (Global preacher), set the ball rolling, leading the couple into confessing, affirming and sustaining their unbreakable love for each with the crowd of witnesses echoing amin at every prayer, pronouncement, and declaration. He thereafter, declared the lovebirds man and wife, paving the way for a reception that lasted way into the night, and a celebration of love destined to last a lifetime.

With a short interlude as the newest couple took a break to recreate, the disc jockey held the hall spellbound and rocking with sounds from notable and creative Nigerian artists. The audience couldn’t but roll in ecstasy as the beats made impacts.

At the return of the couples, and under the supervisor of the day’s anchor, Tee A, the families of the bride and groom made separate dramatic entry, dancing to the admiration and encouragement of well wishers roundabout.

Then, it was the turn of the couple to dance in. With the bridal train and the men in suit doing the first encore, the couple danced in in style, cheered loudly by all and sundry, and displaying scintillating dance steps that was the hallmark of their growing up days.

The bride and her train, also took the limelight with a choreographic display, winning the hearts of onlookers, followed by the emotional dance of the bride and her father.

With the dances settled, the chairman of the day, Dr. Akintunde Ayeni, took the stage to declare the event open, and admonished the couple on the basic principles of making a happy home.

“Love and submission win all battles in matrimony. Once you love each other, submit to each other, no barrier will be encountered and nothing shall be impossible to both of you. In fact, you will be able to conquer every from within or without. And again, respect each other, which is very key, in fact, very important, ” Ayeni said.

One of the major highlights of the occasion was the superlative display of one of the most sought after performers from this part of the world, KWAM 1, who rattled the hall with one classic beat after another, getting everyone off their seats, singing along and dancing away.

Another major highlight was the cutting of the gigantic cake, coordinated by a former Super Eagles player, Mutiu Adepoju, popularly know as Headmaster during his hay days.

The guests, apart from the array of entertainment on ground, were treated to sumptuous delicacies comprising continental and local dishes as well as choice beverages.

We wish the Jamils the best of marital union in love, health and prosperity.

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Dignitaries Grace Grand Opening of Luxurious Delborough Hotel in Lagos (Photos)

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The newest and grandest luxury hospitality nest in the city of Lagos, Delborough Hotel in highbrow Victoria Island, was declared on Saturday, November 25, 2023, with high dignitaries in attendance.

Among those who attended the grand opening, or visited at one point or another are former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, the Etsu Nupe Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe among many others.

Delborough Hotel is owned by Stanley Uzochukwu, and is run by a board of directors including constitional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome SAN.

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