The Managing Director and CEO of Wosina Global Services Limited, Prince Lewis Osobase, is currently having a ball.

The upwardly young and mobile dude has opened a new multimillion-naira corporate office in Festac town, tastefully furnished to satisfy the teeming clients of his company. For many, it was a shocker as it had been kept under wraps. He hosted close friends and family at the opening of the office, and everyone had one thing or the other to say. A few days ago, the Edo-born oil mogul was inducted as a member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at a well-attended ceremony where his profile became an open book.

Those who have followed the trajectory of his experience in business showered him with encomiums for his courage in turning the fortune of his tempestuous foray into the oil sector into success. In four days time, Osobase would be clocking 41, and one would have thought that he would by now be making frenetic preparations to celebrate the day. But not one to indulge in wanton extravagance, the ‘birthday boy’ says he would simply mark the day “in a low-key way with few friends and family members.”

Originally published August 16, 2012 by City People Magazine.