GENERALISMO OF JOURNALISM AKOGUN LANRE ALFRED GETS SET TO LAUNCH ANOTHER BANGER!

The irrepressible and indefatigable wordsmith known to the whole world as Sir Olanrewaju Alfred, the man who conjures words like a magician of very high repute, the man whose pen drips salacious words of grace, the award winning former Society editor of This Day who is now the CEO and Publisher of The Capital Ng a veritable online platform, who is also a celebrated author is about dropping another banger of a book, which though not out yet is eagerly awaited by all and sundry, because of his antecedence.

From the feelers we have gotten so far, this new book is likely going to be another bestseller like his first book, which is also a coffee table book too titled Highlife, which sold out totally.

This newest offering is titled The Titans- Exploits of Nigeria's greatest achievers. The highly anticipated coffee table banger, chronicles and profiles the lives of the authentic super rich (wealthy) and the famous, delving into how they became what they are, telling us about who they are and so much more.

Book your copy now. 

WHEN LANRE ALFRED LAUNCHED- HIGHLIFE-THE AMAZING LIFESTYLES OF NIGERIA'S RICH & FAMOUS

 

THE GREAT AKOGUN & HIS BETTER HALF

LANRE & LARA ALFRED

THE UNVEILING OF THE BOOK

PRESENTING A COPY TO FLORENCE ITA-GIWA

 A very good friend of the house and an amazing writer Lanre Alfred, gathered many recently to the launch of his book titled, High-life-The Amazing lifestyles of Nigeria's rich & famous. The event a very high octane one, was at the Agip recital Hall of the Muson Center, Lagos. It was virtually the gathering of Nigeria's who is who. Those like Otunba Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, Jide Omokhore, Atiku Abubakar, IGP Mohammed Abubakar and others who were unavoidably absent, sent high powered representatives. And they showed their 'good hands' by supporting a labour of love & sweat in kind wink! wink!!.

Amongst those we readily saw at the event were 2 commissioners from Ogun State, in the persons of Ronke Sokefun, who is the Commissioner for Agriculture and Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, who is the Commissioner for Commerce & Industry. From Delta State was the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah. Some of the other guests in attendance were Basorun Dele Momodu, Mr Kunle Bakare, publisher of Encomium Magazine, gorgeous entrepreneur Sade Oredugba, Eunice Efole, former aviation Minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, DG of NTDC, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Mma Bakassi- Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, President of Obigbo-Charles Ahize, talk show host extraordinaire Mo Abudu, creative director Miss Nigeria pageant Elohor Aisien, insurance hot-shot Adaobi Nwakuche, comedian extraordinaire Gbenga Adeyinka, Capital Femi Adeyinka, Shola Fajobi, publisher of Yes! International Azuh Arinze, Permanent Secretary Lands, in Lagos Hakeem Muri-Okunola, Yomi Fash-Lanso, renowned designer Clement Mudiaga Enajemo and very many others. 

The book reviewer was none other than the Capo di tutti capi of celebrity journalism himself, Otunba Olakunle Bakare, the CEO/Editor-in-Chief at Encomium Magazine. He gave a fantastic review, pointing out the positives and the shortfalls in the package. All in all, he commended the writer for having the heart to take the risk to put together a great book. The event MC was the incredibly talented & hilarious Julius Agwu and he did a great job. 

Akogun Olanrewaju Alfred, the author; who is also the Group Society Editor at This Day Newspapers was the cynosure of all eyes on the D-day wearing for the first time in a long-while a dark coloured tuxedo, looking very dapper, he was accompanied to the event by his gorgeous wife, the very sweet-mannered Omolara Alfred. The very well packaged & gloriously colourful book was snapped up by all who came to the launch.

Book is now available all over Nigeria. 

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LAGOS & LONDON GETTING READY FOR LANRE ALFRED'S HIGH LIFE: THE AMAZING LIFESTYLES OF NIGERIA'S RICH & FAMOUS

AKOGUN LANRE ALFRED

Olanrewaju Alfred is one of the best society/entertainment writers Nigeria has ever come across, presently he is the group society editor at ThisDay newspaper, where he holds the reins on the society pages of glitterati magazine, which has become the sunday, sunday medicine of the high and mighty. 

There's a way, the wordsmith constructs and pen is pages that has endeared it to all, even while lampooning his subject sometimes, he fetes & serenades them to high heavens before stylishly opening their can of worms for all to see. He daily moves around with and rub shoulders with the colossi of businesses and the decision makers in our clime.

As we speak, the society writer extraordinaire is putting finishing touches to one of the best things to happen to the literary world in Nigeria. We have tagged it- Something beautiful, something great, something 'unputdownable', this way comes, it's called High Life:Amazing lifestyles of Nigeria's rich & famous. The 300 pages of well researched coffee table book, is an all colour, all gloss work that chronicles the lifestyle of the super rich, the famous and very influential that dots our clime. It showcases our multimillionaires & billionaires, as they wine & dine & relax amidst very plenty. It's  revelation into the world of the very 'liquid'.

In the words of the author- ''The literary effort intends to fill a void amidst the deluge of news and literature markedly representative of contemporary industry Titans & Celebrity Journalism.

The first of its kind in the Nigerian media space, this 300-page coffee table book, with foreword written by Bashorun Dele Momodu, is a product of many years of research and journalistic odyssey spanning over a decade, seeks to record the most incisive and fascinating happenstances and personages, high-flying corporate entities and celebrity culture.

It is billed to serve as a remarkable archive of the faces and brains behind Corporate Nigeria's most brilliant and extraordinary business forays, as well as the amazing, yet, didactic lifestyles of the creme of Nigeria's high-society. 

So get ready to hear about the the lives of those who make the economy move, the highly placed and gloriously influential, wheelers & dealers, the business colossi who opens doors in all parts of the world. Get to see them cruising their Gulf-streams, Bombardiers, Citations, Embraers, Cessnas, Learjets etc, driving in their Lamborghinis, Mesaratis, Bugattis, McLarens, Ghosts, Phantoms, Maybachs, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Bentleys etc, cruising around the waters of Lagos, Monaco in their impressive Yachts. Check out their palatial edifices called homes around the world, which gives those still dreaming a glimpse of what heaven would look like. It would also give you an insight into the playthings of the super rich, their collections of Audemars Piguet, Rolex watches, Cartiers, Patek Phippe, Baume & Mercier, IWCs, etc.

So come the month of April 2013 at a date yet to be announced in Lagos, venue is the  Muson Center on the Island and then in London, the people who make things happen would gather to launch the book & celebrate at the same time a jolly good fellow, who though quiet, has learnt to wine & dine with the people who count and by extension also called one of their own. The one, the only Akogun Olanrewaju Alfred.

We hear that those who know have already booked many copies ahead for their libraries. Right as we speak, the final touches to the highly anticipated book is being done in Dubai, the UAE.