Julian Osamede Osula is set to be recognised for his giant stride in Nigeria’s luxury market. The University of Benin (UNIBEN) is preparing to honour him at the 2023 edition of its annual lecture series. Although he was born in Enugu State, Osula, who is the founder of Julian Luxury, is a member of the Osula Royal family in Edo State. He bagged a Bachelor degree in Law from UNIBEN, but veered into the banking industry after graduation. A few years after, he dumped banking and set up his own company, Manla Enterprises which was into printing and supplies of gift items. His clientele was the wealthy. In 2011, he expanded his printing and gift item business to include the sale of luxury goods and renamed it Julian’s Luxury from its former name, Staple Gate.
Some others who will be honoured for making giant strides in their various fields of endeavor during the lecture series are Kingsley Obiora, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Center; Philip Edigin, the MD of Phil HallMark; Ayuba Ibrahim Abba, the General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment Management Service (NPIMS); Henry Oroh, the Executive Director of Zenith Bank; Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome (SAN) of Mike Ozekhome Chambers; Sharon Ikeazor, the Honourable Minister of State for the Federal Ministry of Environment etc.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
