Rita Lori Biography
Rita Lori Biography:AS a well cut blue diamond glitters from many facets, so does the Igba of Warri (Irojowo), Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor. Best known as an entrepreneur; founder, owner and CEO of the famous RitaLori Hotels in Lagos, Abuja and Delta, Lori Ogbebor’s business interests actually span shipping, agriculture and real estate.Unknown to many, however, the young Rita Lori who is today a household name and an institution, began her phenomenal work life as a Broadcast Journalist, a tag of which she remains immensely proud.
It is to this relatively short stint in journalism, as the first female Director of Programmes at the then Nigerian Television Service, NTS, during the Nigerian Civil War, that she attributes her devotion to social justice, human rights and activism in later life.
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Rita Lori Personal Life
An unabashed nationalist, it was at this point also that she formed the patriotic fervour that informed her belief in the indivisibility of the sovereign nation, Nigeria. This has nonetheless not detracted her from her unequivocal devotion to the progress of her native Delta State where she continues to agitate tirelessly for the upliftment of the downtrodden and the disenfranchised.
Lori-Ogbebor’s uncanny ability to influence culture is not limited only to her native Delta. One of the first real estate investors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, her RitaLori Hotel in Surulere, Lagos State has for half a century been a social hub where many leaders of today had their leisure in their youth.
A prominent example is Minister for Power, Works and Housing; and former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who said he learned how to swim at the hotel’s swimming pool.
Her journalism stint also exposed her to some of Nigeria’s most beloved musicians of the golden era: Victor Olaiya, Victor Uwaifor, Jimi Solanke and others. Perhaps this exposure encouraged her to form a band in which she was a powerful vocalist.
Her entire philosophy of life is hinged upon her being an Itsekiri princess, towing the inspiring path of her great grandmother whose traditional title she was found worthy to inherit.
It is this legacy that she seeks to preserve by holding tenaciously on to the virtues of dignity, uprightness and social responsibility.