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New\nYear Thanksgiving Party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people do not know that Evangelist Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>has stepped up her game. You need to see her perform Then she will move into ministration\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and then go back to sing popular church songs. She also has a unique way of praise-singing <\/em><\/strong>and appreciating guests <\/em><\/strong>who attend events at which she performs. She has perfected her art and she now exudes so much confidence when she delivers her music. She also dances so well.\u00a0 She is fashionable, she is stylish. She is trendy. She has evolved to become an On New\nYears day, Mr. Edward Akinlade, <\/em><\/strong>the GMD <\/em><\/strong>of Suru\nGroup Ltd <\/em><\/strong>hosted a classy. New Year Thanksgiving Party <\/em><\/strong>at\nthe Corporate Office <\/em><\/strong>of the company at 2, Sobo Arobiodu <\/em><\/strong>Street,\nIkeja GRA <\/em><\/strong>(Besides Ghana High Commission<\/em><\/strong>) and Tope\nAlabi <\/em><\/strong>was on bandstand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For 5\n<\/em><\/strong>straight hours, this pretty lady of songs blessed with a mind blowing\nfigure rendered close to 40 popular Christian songs <\/em><\/strong>to entertain\nguests. She sang so many soul-lifting songs<\/em><\/strong> that kept guests on\ntheir feet for the duration of the event. She had two breaks, of about 25\n<\/em><\/strong>minutes each. The GMD <\/em><\/strong>and his 200 staff members <\/em><\/strong>of\nstaff trooped out to dance to Tope Alabi<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s praise and\nworship session<\/em><\/strong>. Also in attendance were customers <\/em><\/strong>and friends\n<\/em><\/strong>of Suru Group<\/em><\/strong>. Close to 500 <\/em><\/strong>quality guests\nattended the classy event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GMD\n<\/em><\/strong>also danced to her music. He is prayerful. He is a good Christian<\/em><\/strong>\nwho usually supports the work of God<\/em><\/strong> in his own little way. He\nexplained why he decided to host a yearly New Year <\/em><\/strong>party despite\nthe inclement economic climate enveloping the country. \u201cMany of you would be\nwondering why we are celebrating at a time like this, when the economy of the\ncountry is in bad shape\u201d, he began. \u201cWe all know 2018 <\/em><\/strong>was a tough\nyear. There are so many business people\nhere today so they know what I am saying. But I can\u2019t stop hosting our annual New\nYear Party<\/em><\/strong>. What I am doing today is a command from God <\/em><\/strong>that\nI should celebrate with my staff once a year. So, I have to obey him. I have no\nchoice. God <\/em><\/strong>has been my strength, my pillar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\nhas been with us through thick and thin. If you think of all what happened in 2018<\/em><\/strong>,\nhow bad the economy was, you will just think of buying a ticket and travelling\nout. We pray 2019 <\/em><\/strong>will bring with it the change we all desire.\nNext year, is very important to us because 2020 <\/em><\/strong>has been the year\nthat all our previous leaders have been talking about. They talked about Vision\n2020<\/em><\/strong>. Abacha <\/em><\/strong>talked about 2020<\/em><\/strong>. IBB <\/em><\/strong>talked\nabout 2020<\/em><\/strong>. Obasanjo <\/em><\/strong>did. Jonathan <\/em><\/strong>talked\nabout 2020<\/em><\/strong>. Going by all they said things should improve by 2020<\/em><\/strong>.\nLets wait and see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They\nall said 2020 <\/em><\/strong>is the year of transformation\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n After\nhis speech, he announced David Emulor <\/em><\/strong>as the Suru Guru,\nManager <\/em><\/strong>of the Year 2018<\/em><\/strong>. \nHe is the Groups IT Manager<\/em><\/strong>. He was given a plaque of\nhonour and a cash gift of N50,000. <\/em><\/strong>He was also offered a free\nweekend at any of Suru Groups <\/em><\/strong>chain of hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GMD\n<\/em><\/strong>praised David <\/em><\/strong>because of his effectiveness<\/em><\/strong>,\nefficiency <\/em><\/strong>and being economical <\/em><\/strong>in his handling of\nhis duties. \u201cThis guy has done so well\u201d,\nrevealed Edward Akinlade<\/em><\/strong>. \n\u201cHe has been very efficient. He\nhas been very effective on the job and economical in his handling of our\nresources. I wish I had him in our group years back. He has saved us millions.\nHe has blocked wastages. He is good at what he does\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suru\nGroup Limited <\/em><\/strong>is a conglomerate that is doing well, touching lives, and creating\nvalues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Group\n<\/em><\/strong>is into Micro Finance, Properties, Hotels <\/em><\/strong>and Security\n<\/em><\/strong>business. It has Suru Homes Limited <\/em><\/strong>which plays big in\nreal estate, Suru Express Hotel <\/em><\/strong>and Joel Ogunaike Street,\nIkeja GRA <\/em><\/strong>and Surelere<\/em><\/strong>, both in Lagos<\/em><\/strong>. It\nalso has Suru Security Limited<\/em><\/strong>. There is also the Prolific\nMicrofinance Bank Ltd., <\/em><\/strong>located at Ogba <\/em><\/strong>in Ikeja,\nLagos.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One\nof the things that stands Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>out in the music\nindustry is her sonorous voice, stage craft, the lyrics of her songs and her\nfactabulous compositions.She has emrged unarguably the biggest female\ngospel act in Nigeria <\/em><\/strong>right now. Blessed with a nightingale voice<\/em><\/strong>,\nTope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>wowed fans, home and abroad in 2018 <\/em><\/strong>with\nher deep and rich spiritual songs.You can’t deny the fact that she is as\nbeautiful as her voice. She doesn’t need to do too much. It comes to her\nnaturally. Her inner beauty radiates wherever she goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been more\nthan a decade that Tope Alabi\u2019s <\/em><\/strong>music career gained prominence in\nthe contemporary Gospel <\/em><\/strong>music industry what makes her unique is\nher unmistaken voice, as well as her ability to create several melodies with traditional\nand modern beats<\/em><\/strong>.If 2017 <\/em><\/strong>was a very good\nyear for her, because she performed back to back <\/em><\/strong>all through the\nyear 2018 <\/em><\/strong>was fantastic. She has been the only gospel artist\nwhich dominated all major gospel concerts, parties and gatherings in 2018<\/em><\/strong>.\nNot only does she sing good songs,she has a way of captivating her audience and\nholding them spell bound till the end. She can perform non stop for over\n4-hours <\/em><\/strong>and the audience will not get tired of her. She spends a lot of\ntime sharing the word of God <\/em><\/strong>and ministering to them through her\nmusic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She has\nperformed in several countries, which include the US, United Kingdom,<\/em><\/strong>\nand Canada<\/em><\/strong>, she is one of the most sought after Gospel <\/em><\/strong>musicians\nin Nigeria <\/em><\/strong>today. She performs in more than half of Christian\ncrusades <\/em><\/strong>and functions in the country. She has headlined many concerts.\nShe has also set the stage on fire many praise concerts<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>has several Yoruba\n<\/em><\/strong>songs in Makossa, Salsa <\/em><\/strong>and hip-hop beats <\/em><\/strong>and\nall the albums were all hits. They have enjoyed massive airplays and they are\nevergreen songs that cannot go off the scene. Having over 10 albums <\/em><\/strong>to\nher credit, Tope Alabi\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> song have also dominated the Nollywood\nindustry <\/em><\/strong>as she has made soundtracks for many home videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gospel\nartist started her career about 36 <\/em><\/strong>years ago during her secondary\nschool days and because of her interest in music and drama, Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>joined\nthe then “Jesters International” ( Jacob, Papilolo &\nAderupoko)<\/em><\/strong> group at Ibadan, where she got her initial training and\nexperience in drama and left for few years.she came back into the Theartre\nArt <\/em><\/strong>profession as she joined the prestigious “Alade Aromire\nTheartre Group” <\/em><\/strong>in 1994<\/em><\/strong>. Here, she was able to\ndistinguish herself as a gifted and talented actress and singer. At Alade\nAromire Theatre Group<\/em><\/strong>, Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>was exposed to all the\ncore area of drama and acting profession. She was involved in various film\nproductions, stage drama and most importantly the soundtrack production with\nwhich she was well known and considered as an authority in the Nigeria\nYoruba Movie <\/em><\/strong>industry today. If there is anything Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>would\nbe ever grateful for while with the Alade Aromire Threatre Group,<\/em><\/strong>\nit’s her exposure to and subsequent domination of the Yoruba Movie <\/em><\/strong>soundtrack\nproduction. Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>has been invited by various writers,\nproducers and directors in the Yoruba <\/em><\/strong>movie industry to write and\nperform sound tracks for their various movies, she had to her credit to date,\nover 350 <\/em><\/strong>soundtracks which she had composed for various Yoruba\n<\/em><\/strong>movies. It would be of note to state here that Tope Alabi <\/em><\/strong>is\nthe pacesetter of soundtracks in the