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PAGE 16 —SUNDAY VANGUARD, JANUARY 26, 2020<br />
ADETUTU AUDU<br />
08023849036,<br />
08112662587<br />
•Fr<strong>an</strong>cis Atuche<br />
Funke<br />
Ak<strong>in</strong>dele’s<br />
ex-husb<strong>an</strong>d’s<br />
latest move<br />
Fr<strong>an</strong>cis Atuche<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ds a new th<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Fr<strong>an</strong>cis Atuche, the former M<strong>an</strong>ag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Director of the defunct B<strong>an</strong>kPHB, has<br />
found a new th<strong>in</strong>g outside the b<strong>an</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />
The retail store, Hubmart, which he<br />
recently established,<br />
has become a<br />
Mecca for<br />
shoppers<br />
<strong>in</strong> Lagos.<br />
The mall boasts of<br />
exquisite r<strong>an</strong>ge of products,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g renowned local<br />
<strong>an</strong>d <strong>in</strong>ternational br<strong>an</strong>ds,<br />
<strong>an</strong>d it is built <strong>in</strong> choice<br />
locations deliberately to<br />
offer customers<br />
world-class<br />
shopp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
experience.<br />
Not only<br />
this,<br />
Atuche, who is the Senior<br />
Adviser, Homel<strong>an</strong>d Real<br />
Estate Comp<strong>an</strong>y, is also a<br />
big player <strong>in</strong> the real estate<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />
In 2009, B<strong>an</strong>kPHB, led by<br />
the Delta State born ex-b<strong>an</strong>k<br />
chief, <strong>was</strong> declared<br />
distressed <strong>an</strong>d the Economic<br />
<strong>an</strong>d F<strong>in</strong><strong>an</strong>cial Crimes<br />
Commission (EFCC)<br />
arrested him.<br />
Subsequently, he <strong>was</strong><br />
deta<strong>in</strong>ed at the Ikoyi office<br />
of the Commission <strong>an</strong>d<br />
arraigned alongside his<br />
wife, Elizabeth, <strong>an</strong>d Ugo<br />
Any<strong>an</strong>wu, a former chief<br />
f<strong>in</strong><strong>an</strong>cial officer of the b<strong>an</strong>k.<br />
The EFCC also sealed off<br />
several houses traced to<br />
him. The trial lasted about<br />
ten years.<br />
Ife<strong>an</strong>yi<br />
Aderafas<strong>in</strong><br />
a proud mom<br />
Ife<strong>an</strong>yi, the wife of Senior Pastor,<br />
House on the Rock,Paul<br />
Adefaras<strong>in</strong>, is a proud mom.<br />
Her son, Alv<strong>in</strong>, made her proud as he<br />
bagged a master’s degree <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess with merits.<br />
The elated mother couldn’t hide her joy <strong>an</strong>d she<br />
shared it on her social media page.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her, “it is good to watch your children<br />
grow <strong>an</strong>d to reap the harvest of your years of labour<br />
<strong>an</strong>d sacrifice. Th<strong>an</strong>kful<br />
to God for watch<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>an</strong>d keep<strong>in</strong>g Alv<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>an</strong>d caus<strong>in</strong>g his<br />
ways to be<br />
prosperous”.<br />
Property merch<strong>an</strong>t, Keh<strong>in</strong>de Oloyede, of<br />
the Kendoo Investment, fame has<br />
launched himself back to political reckon<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The son of one-time Iyaloja of Oshodi <strong>an</strong>d<br />
ex-hubby of Nollywood screen goddess, Funke<br />
Ak<strong>in</strong>dele, is eye<strong>in</strong>g the number one seat <strong>in</strong><br />
Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos<br />
State.<br />
Before this latest political move, he has<br />
aspired twice to become a House of<br />
Representatives member <strong>in</strong> the same zone.<br />
Oloyede may cl<strong>in</strong>ch his party’s ticket as<br />
sources said he is hobnobb<strong>in</strong>g with the<br />
powers-that-be <strong>in</strong> the area.<br />
•Keh<strong>in</strong>de Oloyede<br />
Seyi T<strong>in</strong>ubu expect<strong>an</strong>t<br />
This is def<strong>in</strong>itely one of the best home front.<br />
moments for the CEO & President of The father of one is expect<strong>in</strong>g his second<br />
Loatsad Promomedia, Seyi T<strong>in</strong>ubu. child.<br />
Apart from garner<strong>in</strong>g accolades for his The t<strong>in</strong>y-tot, sources squealed, is billed<br />
job, the son of a former governor of Lagos to arrive <strong>in</strong> the middle of the year.<br />
State <strong>an</strong>d National Leader of the rul<strong>in</strong>g Seyi married Layal Holm <strong>in</strong> Italy <strong>in</strong><br />
party at the federal level, APC, Asiwaju 2016. The couple already have a threeyear<br />
old daughter, Bola T<strong>in</strong>ubu, is not lagg<strong>in</strong>g beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Noella.<br />
•Seyi T<strong>in</strong>ubu