Peter Chiori receives Emerging Business Leader Award

The MD/CEO of Ocean Glory Commodities Limited, Peter Cole-Chiori, has been crowned winner of the Emerging Business Leader Award for 2021 from the Nigerian National Legacy Prize for his contribution in the maritime industry.

This award is coming three years after he won the Entrepreneur of the Year (Transport & Logistics) courtesy of the African Leadership Magazine at the 2018 edition of the African Summit Awards, London.

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Reacting to the award, Cole-Chiori, who is also a factor in the popular entertainment outfit, Achievas Entertainment, disclosed that winning the laurel further displays that the Ocean Glory brand is positioning itself in positive light towards immense contribution in the transport and logistic sector.

“This is not just a win for me alone but the entire team whose hands have always been on deck towards yielding outstanding results at all time,” he said.

Cole-Chiori is a renowned entrepreneur cum philanthropist whose passion for the maritime and agriculture sectors has earned him respect among his friends in the business. His contributions in these sectors continue to earn him global awards.

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.