Shina Peller Bags African Entertainment Personality Award

Funsho Arogundade

Shina Peller, owner of Quilox, Lagos luxury nightclub, has been named African Entertainment Personality of the Year at the recently concluded African Business Leadership Awards.

The awards held at the Le Meridian Hotel, Piccadilly London, saw Peller being recognised for his exceptional practices and outstanding achievement in the private sector of the Nigerian economy.

Other recipients at the awards ceremony were: Dr Paul Orhii, Director General, NAFDAC; Mrs Dupe Atoki, Director General, Consumer Protection Council and Engr. Oladele Amoda, MD/CEO, Eko Electricity Distribution Company.

Peller joins past recipients of the Leadership awards including, H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone; H.E. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; H. E. John Kufour former President of Ghana, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice president of Nigeria.

The ceremony was witnessed by various icons in the business community such as Alexandar Amosu, Mr & Mrs Abiola Peller, Captain Nasir M. Saulawa (CEO Aquashield Oil & Gas Services), Dr Paul Orhii (DG NAFDAC), Dr Tahir Akhtar (Chairman, Adam Global Holdings) and many of others.