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Friday, 13 June 2014
Much Ado about Billionaire Femi Otedola's 'cheap' mobile phones
The phones of billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, whose father (Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola) was honoured with a fabulous funeral weekends ago, have been the objects of attention.
According to Encomium, those familiar with mobile phones claim the mogul, who’s President of Forte Oil, enjoys inexpensive phones, with one of them costing less than N5,000!
One of the phones Nokia 6230 can be bought for about N5,000! And the other, Nokia e50, as shown in the pictures, retails for about N7,000.
The cost of the phones of the money man who’s one of Nigeria’s richest is titillating many observers.
Many applaud the choice of inexpensive phones, saluting the 49 year-old Lagos-born magnate as prudent and simple.
But some are saying that the billionaire could do better by using modern and expensive phones since he can easily afford it. Aficionados believe Otedola could well afford aVertu (which cost over N1 million)! However, since the pictures don’t actually show the ‘face’ of the phone, they might be ‘coded’ (and very expensive).
Otedola, a stylish man who adorns only whitebuba and sokoto brocade to official and social functions in Nigeria, has a magnificent house in Ikoyi (Lagos) valued at billions of Naira.
His Knightsbridge flat, London (the United Kingdom), is a statement in opulence.
Lover of Mercedes Benz vehicles, he also parades a luxury yacht anchored in front ofZenon Place, Walter Carrington, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Gospel singer Kefee Branama is dead
Oh no, this is so sad....Kefee Obareki Don Momoh is dead, she never got out of the coma
She passed on in the early hours of today, after being in coma for weeks in an undisclosed American hospital.
She went into a coma after collapsing on a 14-hour flight about a two weeks ago - a close family source revealed she was diagnosed of having pre-eclampsia – pregnancy induced high blood pressure.
OAP Yaw, a close friend of her husband, OAP Teddy Don Momoh confirmed the news on Wazobia Fm this morning, saying “One of her our very own is dead….may her soul rest in peace”..several other entertainers have confirmed it.
Kefee - whose music career started at age eight in her church choir, was famous for her gospel songs 'Branama' and 'Kokoroko'.
Until her death, she resided happily with her husband in the US, pursud courses in video production and directing and managed her restaurant - Branama Kitchen - in Lagos.
Her management/family is yet to make any official statement but condolence messages have started pouring in.
She was in her early 30s.
May her soul rest in peace.
Singer Kefee wasn't pregnant! She died of Lungs Failure - Family release statement
Kefee didn't die of pre-eclampsia as initially reported, but Lungs failure.
Her UK manager, Adeline Adelicious Adebayo sent in a press statement confirming her death on behalf of her family.
“On behalf of the family….It is with a great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to lungs failure this morning of our God’s mouth piece, chorus leader, daughter, wife, sister, friend Kefee Branama Queen … May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!! In contrast to all earlier rumors and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6 months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia.” the press statement reads.
Her UK manager, Adeline Adelicious Adebayo sent in a press statement confirming her death on behalf of her family.
“On behalf of the family….It is with a great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to lungs failure this morning of our God’s mouth piece, chorus leader, daughter, wife, sister, friend Kefee Branama Queen … May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!! In contrast to all earlier rumors and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6 months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia.” the press statement reads.