SOCIETY MATRIARCH, NIKE AKANDE CLOCKS 70, CELEBRATES IN STYLE

-Details of The November Ball Party
After taking a well-deserved break from the Nigerian social scene, Chief (Mrs.) Onikepo Akande, the former Minister for Industry, finally returned from her trip. The beautiful ageless society matriarch and boardroom guru, had jetted out shortly after co-hosting the 70th birthday anniversary of her cousin, Chief Ajibola Ogunsola, the former chairman of Punch. 
In any case, it is also Onikepo's turn to join the septuagenarian club, and she is planning to celebrate the event in a most stylish way. Come

With husband, Adebayo Akande

October 29, Onikepo will clock 70. However,  the event will be celebrated with a grand ball on November 1, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island. It will be hosted by her husband, Chief Adebayo Akande, prominent lawyer and the chairman of Splash FM. Her siblings and cousins from the Alatede Aboderin lineage will also be fully involved in the hosting of the party. 
Onikepo is a two time Minister of Industries, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under the late Gen. Sanni Abacha regime. A seasoned business administrator and accountant, she has evolved in the near two decade as noteworthy Industrialist in the economic landscape of Nigeria.

Many board rooms have been graced by the presence of this amiable accomplished woman. She had been the Director of Nigerian Industrial

Development Bank(NIDB), a member of the Board of trustees, of the National Center for Women Development; member, panel to study and re-organize both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) and Trust Investment Company Limited Ibadan; Director of National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria(NICON).

An accountancy graduate from the North West Polytechnic, London, 1964 to 1968 now (University of North London). She is also a graduate of both the Havard Business School, Soldiers Field Boston Massachusetts USA, and the International Institute for Management Development (I.M.D) Lawsanne Switzerland.