Familiar First Ladies! Bolanle Ambode & Abimbola Fashola glammed up by BM|Pro for Democracy Day 2015!

by Chinwe Okafor The outgoing First Lady Abimbola Fashola and incoming first lady – Bolanle Ambode have started doing girly things. And by girly things, we mean makeup. There is nothing like girls time out. They were both glammed up by Banke Meshida-Lawal of BM|Pro for the historic day that was the inauguration ceremony on May 29th and they completed their fabulous look by... Read More

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July 16, 2013

Patience Jonathan’s claim to authority – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Maybe it’s just me, but methinks that the unnamed elders in this report should bring their ‘elderly’ influence to bear. First Ladies (or First Gentlemen, think Prince Philip), are meant to be seen and not heard. This morning, on my way to work, I was almost involved in a motor accident. Some silly danfo overtook on my... Read More

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October 21, 2012

First ladies clash over ‘Milk Ambassador’… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola First ladies clash over ‘Milk Ambassador’ Trouble is brewing in Nigeria’s First Ladies Union, and the cause is Peak milk, of all things. The genesis of the problem was the naming of Omolewa Ahmed, wife of the Kwara State governor as the first ‘Milk Ambassador.’ This didn’t go down well with most... Read More

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