Kola is a smart innovative thinker, with a love for family, people, community, and God. He is forthright, dependable, and known for his exceptional honesty, integrity, and tenacity in not just one area of his life, but all these qualities are a tightly woven strand that run through every station in his life. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Kola was sent to the United States by his father to attend college. He chose the Miami-Dade Community College and later transferred to Northeastern University, and excelled in his studies to become an engineer.

 

After college, he moved to Los Angeles, California, got married and fathered four accomplished children who have remained in Los Angeles. Kola Akingbade and his father’s plan for his future as an engineer were however derailed when Kola received a higher calling from his Heavenly Father to become a Minister. He founded Kola World Ministries, a Los Angeles Calvary Church, and taught a daily bible study on radio station KTYM, 1460 AM. At the same time he started his own maintenance company employing about 15 people. It was during this time that he was introduced to the world of real estate. He started in sales, became a mortgage loan officer, and was extremely successful. Kola had wanted to move to Las Vegas for years; finally, he made the move in 2010, got a home in Las Vegas, and worked for Berkshire Hathaway as a salesperson. It was through this brokerage that he was encourage to become a real estate broker, and so he did.

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However, life and family called him back to Los Angeles, and he worked as a successful salesperson, and then a loan officer. In 2019, Kola moved to Nigeria, after so many of his friends in the Nigerian political arena literally begged him to come back and run for President of his native country. They felt that with him as President, the country could move forward. So, with the campaign slogan, “Way Forward Nigeria” he ran a masterful campaign, winning the popular vote, but became a victim of sitting council over-ruling. In 2020, Kola Akingbade returned to the United States and to his successful real estate business. He met is wife, Susan Price Akingbade, and together they decided to make Las Vegas their home. She, too, was in real estate, and an educator of 35 years, leaving the Los Angeles Unified School District as Director of High Schools. At the present time, Kola is in vacation real estate sales at The Westgate Hotel, and would love to serve as the next Mayor of Las Vegas.