Top Nigerian businessman, Sunny Odogwu, is dead, after passing away in his home on Monday, according to a family source. Born on March 20, 1931, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Odogwu hailed from Delta State and held a high ranking traditional title of Ide Ahaba of Asaba, the state capital. Odogwu established the Sunny Iwedike Odogwu (SIO) Group of Companies, a firm with investments in property development, shipping, finance, industrial relations and hotel management. In 1952, he branched out on his own to establish Robert Dyson and Diket, an insurance brokerage firm. In addition, he established trading store as a side business in Lagos Island. Between 1954 and 1958, Odogwu travelled abroad for further studies. Upon his return to Nigeria in 1958, he took up a position of assistant director with C.T. Browing. He stayed with C.T. Browing for a year then left to establish in his insurance brokerage outfit called African Insurance Underwriters. In 1965, he added lif...