Olamilekan Bamidele receiving his recognition from Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye
Olamilekan Bamidele, managing partner at Lekan Bamidele and co, the Bohemian firm has been inducted into the Ooni of Ife Royal court after bagging the revered Royal African Young Leader award alongside 99 others.
The grand event took place at the Oduduwa Hall of Obafemi Awolowo University on the 29th day of May 2021.
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The award was presented by the Paramount Ruler Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, His Imperial Majesty Alayeluwa Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ọjàjà II alongside the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, Akin Osuntokun, aide to Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, and other notable persons.
The award comes as a recognition for the meritorious and meticulous works done by Olamilekan Bamidele in the legal space, especially within the entertainment scene and offering startup advisory roles to small and medium scale enterprises.
Upon receiving the award, Olamilekan thanked the Ooni for the initiative to recognise young persons charting their course.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
