Personality in Focus
TrekAfrica Celebrates 25 Influential, Role Model Nigerian Women
By Eric Elezuo
Online medium, Trek Africa, is set to celebrate and award 25 influential Nigerian women for their role model initiatives and entrepreneurial prowess.
The event, according to the Publisher, Oki Samson, os billed to take place at the Oriental Hotel, in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Monday.
Speaking to Pointblank.ng, Oki noted that the women were carefully selected by an impeccable panel, who considered their pedigree, humanitarian endeavours, achievements and impact on the larger society.
He also emphasized that the event will be chaired by the Chairman/CEO of Executive Group and Board Member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan, with the AIG of Zone 2 Police Command, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, as special Guest of honour.
Among a long list of women to be decorated with the Trek Africa Newspaper’s 25 most influential and role model women in Africa award are Mrs. Bella Adenuga-Disu, the Executive Vice Chairman, Globacom Nigeria; Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, CEO, Fidelity Bank; Dr. Ajoke Ogunsan CEO, Executive Trainers Ltd; Pastor (Mrs.) Shade Olukoya, Wife of the General Overseer, Mountain of Fire Miniatries Worldwide; and Mrs. Adekemi Fayoade, Chairperson, Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Zone 2, Nigeria Police.
Others are Esther Adeola Balogun
CEO, UCEE Microfinance Bank; Yeye Olori Aderonke Emmanuel-king, Group Executive Director, Adron Homes and Properties; Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji, OON
GMD/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc; DCP Chioma Ajunwa (Retd), MON, Nigeria’s first Olympic Gold Medalist, Mrs. Maureen Onigbanjo
CEO, House of Maufechi; Dr. Cynthia Gregg
CEO, Safety Signatures; Hon. Mrs. Funke Egbemode, Immediate Past Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Osun State; Pharm. Josephine Ehimen MD/CEO, Nett Pharmacy; HRM Olori Janet Afolabi
Queen of Apomu Kingdom, Osun State; and Dr. Jayne Onwumere, Group CEO, PWAN Group.
Also to be honoured are Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative; Uzo Oshogwe MD, Afriland Properties Ltd; Mrs. Funmi Ogbue
Co-founder, Women in Energy Network, WIEN; Lady Ifyugo Mgbemene,
CEO, Leo Ela International Ltd; Princess Amb. Dr. Toyin Kolade Iyalaje Oodua, Mrs. Joke Sogunro CEO, Soggy’s Couture; Mrs. Yewande Abiose MD, Energy Institution, Nigeria; Dr. Mrs. Adebiyi Abidemi, GMD, Unique Motors; Princess Yeye Lara Fashola, Cultural Ambassador, ECOSOCC, African Union; and Chief (Barr.) Mrs. Ifeyinwa Nnanna Mba, CEO, Diva World Trading Services (Makers of Diva Rice).
Trek Africa has been in the forefront of promoting excellence in diverse socio-economic endeavours.
Former Presidential Spokesperson, Doyin Okupe has reportedly passed away.
TheNewsGuru reports that the senior adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and, recently, the Director-General of Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Campaign died at 71, after a long struggle with cancer.
In October 2023, Okupe was hospitalized with prostate cancer and was flown to Israel for treatment.
However, it was learnt that his condition did not improve as expected.
Okupe had a history of prostate cancer, first diagnosed 16 years ago, and a later bout with sarcoma in his right shoulder.
Following his milestone achievements as Chairman of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), the Chairman/CEO of Executive Group, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan has been officially announced as the Patron of the Police advocacy initiative in Lagos State, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report.
The POCACOV is the Nigeria Police Force advocacy initiative to help young people avoid cultism and other vices. It uses advocacy, awareness, and sensitization to help young people avoid vices by conducting community outreaches to schools, inner cities, rural areas, and urban centres. It also helps to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have been cut in the web of cultism, crimes, and social vices.
It would be recalled that Dr. Ayo Ogunsan took up the Chairmanship job about a year ago and was able to use his grand standing as the Board Member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), prime supporter of security news beat association National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), and leadership of non-profit initiative, AKEM Foundation to champion his work and various impacting activities in the past one year. This is why POCACOV through its National Coordinator, ACP Olabisi Oluseyi Okuwobi on behalf of the Inspector General of Police announced his official elevation into the role of Patron of POCACOV in Lagos State.
The United Nations POLAC International Peace Advocate, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan expressed his gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the National Coordinator, ACP Okuwobi for the new role and promised to give direction to the new Chairman, Mr. Moses Oladimeji which will lead to improved performance of POCACOV in Lagos.
‘I will keep raiding our communities with love. We will give them food, shelter, etc. Police will do the Police work but I will do the policing of love’, Ogunsan affirmed.
This piece is contributed by Oki Samson
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation after a rigorous selection process.
A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga said his appointment, approved on Tuesday, takes effect from 7th March 2025, the same day the incumbent Oluwatoyin Madehin will retire.
Ogunjimi, 57, was first named as Madehin’s successor last December.
“A selection committee later chose him through a competitive, rigorous, and merit-based process involving Directors of Accounts in the Federal Civil Service. The committee conducted the process through three stages: a written assessment, an ICT proficiency test, and oral interviews.
“The selection process underscores President Tinubu’s commitment to promoting transparency, excellence, and competence in key public service positions,” the statement read in part.
Ogunjimi graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.
He also obtained a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lagos.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
President Tinubu congratulated Ogunjimi on his appointment, and urged him to discharge his duties in the service with integrity, professionalism, and dedication to Nigeria’s service.
