What: Launching of Chronicles of a Cancer Survivor and Total Body Wellness Foundation Where: NIIA Kofo Abayomi Victoria Island When: 18 April 2012 Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa Chief Erelu Abiola Dosunmu (3) Chief Mrs, Abba Folawiyo (2) Dr. (Mrs) Doyin Abiola (1)
by Hauwa Gambo The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs) holds this evening at the Expo Centre in Lagos. Let’s get into it, shall it? AMAA 2012 Prize for Best Short Film 1. JAMAA – Uganda 2. Look Again – Kenya 3. Maffe Tiga – Guinea 4. Braids On Bald Head – Nigeria 5. Hidden Life –... Read More
by Seyi Lawal On 5 April 2012, celebrity models endorsed the Etisalat Masterbrand campaign by catwalking on the runway. It was fashion on fire as Uti, Lynxxx, Muna, Alex Ekubo, Eva, Damilola Adegbite, Bryan Okwara, Eva Adoriah all lit the fashion stage at the spectacular evening where Etisalat, launched its new brand communication campaign.
by Seyi Lawal Nollywood star and recording artiste, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has taken part in an online campaign calling on Shell Oil Company to accept its responsibility to pay up and clean up the Niger Delta . Jalade Ekeinde who is an Amnesty International ambassador gave a brief history of the state of certain parts... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu University researchers at a Texan university have created a chip that could enable smartphones to see through walls, clothes or other objects. It’s the kind of ability only possessed by superheroes which we wished we had. According to the AFP, the chip designed by O’s team senses terahertz waves and shows the... Read More
…when you have children believing that leadership is a place where money is meant to be made and riches acquired or a place where appointments are not based on merit but on who you know, is our tomorrow not already doomed? It was the Christmas of 1995 and I was at my Uncle’s in Lagos... Read More
On Rubbin’ Minds this week, we will tackle the topic ‘Photoshop’. Photoshop intends to take an indepth look at the growth of photography as an economically viable career/business in Nigeria. Photographers like Kelechi Amadi Obi, Ade Plumptre, Isaac Emokpae, Body Lawwson and a few others are regarded as veterans and masters of the art of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Controversial Lagos pastor and former vice-presidential candidate, Tunde Bakare is ready to go again. This follows the release of the House of Representatives probe report on how N1.7trn was looted by fuel marketers’and government agencies. The report has already claimed its first set of casualties with the finance ministry firing accountants and... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Need we say more?
by Lekan Olanrewaju A new study has provided the answer, or at least claimed to, in one category of the agelong battle of the sexes. A surver, conducted by leading philosopher Professor Roger Steare has suggested that women are more moral than men, with those over 30 having the strongest values. The study, titled the... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Oyo state governor has spoke out in defense of his colleague and fellow ACN party member, Osun state governor Rauf Aregbesola, dismissing claims the latter is planning to secede Osun state from Nigeria, and describing them as “pedestrian”. He went on to throw a few barbs the way of those who had... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju The Illinois Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross recently held it’s 7th annual Heroes Breakfast, and honoured 11 heroes from various walks of life. They span in age from as young as 7 to as old as 69. Those honoured were Bill and Austin Wilhour, Jack Sunderlik, Ray Wiedle, Evan... Read More
Fred Hammond is one of the most respected music ministers around. He has sung a lot of soul lifting songs and his albums have blessed a lot of lives. ‘Awesome God’ is one of the songs that appeared on the album ‘Love Unstoppable’ which was released in 2009. These are the words of the... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Former Head of State, and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC in the April 2011 elections, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, has spoken out against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Buhari, who recently announced he would be recontesting in the 2015 presidential elections, delivered something of a prophecy of doom, warning... Read More
By Seyi Lawal Here is a short comedy skit tittle “Chop My Money” shot in Ukraine featuring Nigeria owns Bukorlah Prettyfaze & John Okolie. Directed by Mayor Boss Production. Video: Video link:
by Hauwa Gambo Chidi Mokeme got married this weekend. Congrats to the actor and fashonista!
by Hauwa Gambo See full text of the Ministry of Finance’s’press statement: Concerned about the management of the subsidy regime, the Federal Ministry of Finance has for the last two months been reviewing aspects of the implementation of the subsidy regime related to its functions. The review has produced a lot of useful details on... Read More
By Esho Wemimo The colour block trend is has been around for a while now, and has been a staple on red carpets everywhere. Wearing the trend however, is not as simple as it seems. Color blocking is wearing strategically placed complimentary yet contrasting bold colours in one outfit. It’s also referred to as colour clash... Read More
What: Ella&Gabby Fashion Show. Where: Oriental Hotel Lekki, Lagos. When: 14 April 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
This week’s edition of the #YNaijaInterview was with ace musician Naeto C. Radio presenter, singer and songwriter (among many other things) Tosyn Bucknor (@toptosyn) drilled him on a number of topics, from politics to video games. Check it out! @YNaija: @NaetoC, let’s start with the obvious. What’s changed since the wedding #YNaijaInterview @NaetoC:... Read More
by Seyi Lawal A reader sent this in. That b**ch stole my look… What wedding is this, coz I’m loving the Aso-Ebi. Who wore it better?
by Hauwa Gambo The new edition of WOW! is out! And it’s hot, hot, hot with Isio Wanogho leading a posse of the nation’s hottest models including Opeyemi Awoyemi, Marcia Okahai and Chika Emmanuel, winner of the Elite Model Competition. This edition also features an interview with DJ exclusive and two fashion editorials themed The... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Score one for the girls! Well, almost. Nigeria may be on the verge of getting it’s first female chief justice, come July this year. Current Chief Justice Dahiru Musdapher is set to resign on 14 July, and ahead of that, he has nominated a female judge to succeed him. Musdapher has written the National Judicial Council... Read More
by ‘Seun SALAMI From childhood, you wanted to be an airline pilot, not a priest of the Catholic Church. You felt it when you woke up this morning, that lump in your throat you had first felt as a boy approaching your twelfth birthday, the day you woke up to sounds of an argument between... Read More
Blood! Availability of safe blood means life for countless pregnant women and young children in Nigeria.We collect an estimate of 25,000 pints of blood annually even though we need 2 million pints… Every year Nigerian loses 59,000 women to predictable and easily prevented deaths. Each week, 1,131 women die in childbirth. Since my last column,... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Former Bayelsa state governor yesterday received a response to his suit filed against the Peoples Democratc Party, PDP, in the form of a dismissal from the Supreme Court. Sylva had filed a suit against the party over the rightful candidate for the concluded 11 February governorship election in the state, but the... Read More
There is a growing realization amongst Nigerians that certain types of modesty – humility, if you like – are counterproductive at best, and injurious at worst. If this is true in private life, it is especially true when trying to confront the huge challenges that come with being Nigeria’s president. Last September, as part of... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asserted that the 2015 elections will be “the best in the history of the country”. Speaking Thursday in Paris, at a luncheon in his honour by the staff of the Nigerian Embassy, he said that steps were being taken to institutionalise continuous voter registration and... Read More
by Chi Ibe President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the commencement of operation for the Nigeria Police University, Wudil, which is now scheduled to open in September. If its take off is successful, it will become the first police university in Africa. The Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade and the acting Inspector-General of Police,... Read More