In 2017, Peller also expanded his conglomerate to include a very successful restaurant business in Victoria Island, Lagos called 6ix.
However, some will say that Shina Abiola Peller’s most popular and highly successful project to date is his revolution of nightlife in Africa, from when he unveiled Club Quilox in 2013, the biggest and most impressive nightclub in Africa, till date. Quilox has been tagged as Nigeria’s number one party spot with a purposefully built, striking architectural design. It is home to a lot of celebrities and high net worth individuals in Nigeria.
Popularly dubbed, “the King of Nightlife,” Shina Abiola Peller, in March 2014 and every year since then, represented Nigeria at the Night Club and Bar convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Shina Abiola Peller is heavily invested in charities and philanthropic acts, most notable is his foundation called Help the Blind and Handicap Foundation that helps widows, handicaps and orphans by empowering them through scholarships & business grants.
In 2017, Shina Peller founded the Shina Ayo Empowerment Program (SAEP), which is part of his undying altruistic deeds. The program’s mission is to empower the Youth and the Elderly in Oke Ogun and by providing employment opportunities for the young and welfare benefits for the old to improve living conditions.
Peller, as a relentless humanitarian, is also building laboratories, constructing 16 boreholes in various local governments in Oyo State, NYSC hostels in Iseyin and so many other infrastructures in Oke Ogun as part of his quest for the progress and development of the region. Peller has also donated multi-million naira science laboratory and a modern library to Ansarudeen Grammar School,Odo-Omu Iseyin, Oyo State amongst many of his other generous deeds.
Even though politics and noise are twin sisters that aid political fortune, Shina Peller prides himself as not being able to derive pleasure from ostentatious and public stunt. He has described himself in several interviews, as a ‘selfless, humble individual that wants to serve his people’. He further added, ‘I am magnanimous enough to give someone a glass of water without expecting a reward’.
In addition, the Peller Unity Cup is an initiative that was fully funded by Shina Peller to unify the the various communities in Oyo state, through football, recreational activities and leisure. The first edition held in 2017. Peller is an avid football fan and believes that communities can come together in unity and peace via the world’s favourite sport. He didn’t stop there, the winners and runner ups from the tournament were generously rewarded and outstanding players were given monetary gifts in order to encourage the youth in the State to engage in positive activities and reduce idleness which sometimes leads to crime.
Shina Abiola Peller has also been quite active in several social and religious endeavors. He funded the establishment and construction of mosques throughout the country. He is also an astute supporter of Christian groups, even as a pious Muslim, supporting in every way he can the Christian Association of Nigeria branches in his community.
In politics, Peller comes from a long line of progressives and his late father had a close relationship with Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He has been a registered party card carrying member of All Progressives Congress since 2017. Even as an entrepreneur, his political views were aired without fear or bias.
In previous interviews, Peller was asked if he thought of running for office, to which he replied in negative. Following his initial remarks, Shina Abiola Peller said, “While I cannot say for certain if I will yield to the tremendous pressure on me to run for an elective office, one thing I can say for certain is I will be actively involved in the political process, I will no longer sit back and watch.”
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