The memories of late Benin-born business mogul, Idahosa Wells Okunbo, came alive on the first anniversary of his death as his children, family members, business associates, friends, and well-wishers came together to celebrate his life and times at a memorial thanksgiving service in his honour. Idahosa, fondly called Captain Hosa, Capitiano, or Capi, died in…
Posthumous 64th Birthday: Captain Hosa’s Family Delivers on Scholarships to 100 School Children
The children of late billionaire business mogul, Idahosa Wells Okunbo, on Thursday made good their offer of 100 scholarships to pupils in Edo State. At a ceremony in Benin City to climax the posthumous 64th birthday celebration for their father, wife of the Olu of Warri Kingdom, Olori Atuwatse III, urged the pupils, selected from…
Tearful Farewell, Eulogies, As Captain Hosa Okunbo Goes Home in Blaze of Glory…
….Nigeria’s First Family, Prominent Nigerians On Hand to Pay Last Respect It was an honour well-deserved, as prominent Nigerians, which included representatives of President Muhammadu Buhari, and his wife, Aisha, serving and former state governors, representatives of diplomatic corps, captains of industry, as well as the Benin and Itsekiri royalties joined the family of late…
Outpouring of Grief as More Nigerians Mourn Captain Hosa
Tributes have continued to pour in from Nigerians from all walks of life for the late billionaire business magnate and philanthropist, Idahosa Wells Okunbo, popularly called Captain Hosa who died in a London hospital Sunday August 8, 2021. According to a statement by the family, the chairman of Ocean Marines Solutions Limited, OMSL died of…
My Health Challenge Has Nothing to do with Outcome of Edo Election – Okunbo
…As Obaseki Expresses Sympathy and Best Wishes. Chairman of the Ocean Marine Solutions and prominent Edo son, Idahosa Wells Okunbo, a retired commercial plot, has reacted to a viral report on social media to the effect that he had fallen into a coma and flown abroad for medical treatment. The report attributed Okunbo’s health challenge…
Okunbo Congratulates Obaseki on Re-election…Despite Political Differences
In a rare show of statesmanship, humility and courage, Edo-born billionaire business mogul and Chairman of Ocean Marine Solution, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo has congratulated Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on his re-election. He also congratulated Edo people whom he noted, took their civic responsibility with a sense of urgency and trooped out to express…
Excitement as Okunbo Receives Forbes’ Best of Africa Award
When the polls will open at 8 am on Saturday, September 19, 2020, 14 political parties and their candidates would be slugging it out for the governorship of Edo State for another four-year tenure beginning from November 12. Idahosa Wells Okunbo would not be one of them. But paradoxically, in spite of not being one…
Ize-Iyamu congratulates Hosa Okunbo on Forbes Award
The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated Chairman of Ocean Marines Solutions, Idahosa Wells Okunbo on his latest international recognition – the Forbes award for his outstanding leadership and for connecting Africa to the world. Okunbo is a prominent billionaire business man…
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