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Women's wear Dapo Desina Atelier is excited to share their new resort/holiday collection named "STAR" just in time for the holiday season. According to the director, Dapo Lawal, “We shot the collection at the GTB fashion weekend, we wanted to be surrounded by the beautiful fashionistas and fashion masters right on the street.” The collection is inspired by Christmas lights, colors and vibes. The dresses are made from pleated 100% cotton chiffon and tulle. They are effortless, flowing and bohemian; the heat wave should be the last thing you should worry about this season.

Following the successful releases of its Ibeji Collection, menswear brand FreshbyDotun, has released its self-styled editorial tagged, “The Style Connoisseur.”  Modeled by its Creative Director Adeyeye Adedotun who embodied his own style in the new photos, he said the inspiration behind the "Style Connoisseur" is to give a contemporary feel to our traditional attires in a fashionable, elegant and sophisticated way. The pieces feature classic and wearable styles for men who are unrepentant when it comes to style and modernity. Adeyeye Adedotun

King Emmanuel Educational Nursery had their Open Day on Friday, 16th November 2018. It afforded the parents the opportunity to interact with their children’s teachers.  Each class embarked on projects which were exhibited on that day. The projects covered various fields of learning Grade five pupils’ project centered on the solar system and the movement of the earth. They used maps drawn by them to educate their parents. According to them, the movement of the earth on its axis which they referred to as rotation, brings about day and night, while revolution is the movement of the earth around the sum and this results in different seasons of the year.     On the solar system, they summarized their positioning with this sentence- My very excellent Mary Jones sat upright near Paul. My (mercury ) very (Venus) Excellent (earth ) Mary (mars) Jones (Jupiter) sat (Saturn) upright (uranium) near (Neptune) Paul(Pluto).

King Emmanuel School had a date with Anchor University Ayobo on 8th of November. It was a very memorable occasion for the pupils and students who were taken round the campus to see the facilities the school has which include hostels, standard library, ICT Centre, sports arena, etc.

Fashion brand Rogue clothing presents its latest fashion offering Excelsior, a relaxed, deluxe lifestyle collection with a timeless elegant look, reflected in the silhouettes for the gentleman who enjoys fashion and appreciates individuality and quality.

Nigeria’s most talented vocalist and CEO of Black Diamond, Wande Coal, has announced his first headline concert in Lagos this Christmas. The concert tagged ‘King Coal in Concert’ is sponsored by Bet9ja, the Nigeria-based sports-betting company and it will feature the legendary artist performing hit songs such as Ololufe, The kick, Baby Hello, Ashimapeyin, Turkey Nla and So Mi So on a night of musical bliss.   ‘King Coal in Concert’ is scheduled to hold on Friday, 14th December 2018 at the Eko Convention Center, Eko hotels and suites Lagos and tickets are available on nairabox.com

Former BBN and Nigerian Idol Star, Debie Rise continues to make strategic moves aimed at bolstering her presence on both the local and international front as she makes a slight change of name from Debie Rise to DEBORAH RISE and is now a Gospel Artist. To mark this rebirth, Deborah Rise has released new pictures, a New Audio and Video titled “My Choice”.

The November  24 Guest Writer Session of the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF) will feature two writers,  Madeline Agoba and Chiemezie Onwubalili. The event is open to the public and holds at the Fountain Hall of Nanet Suites from 4pm to 7pm and featuring readings, Q and A Session, live music and a raffle-draw for books.

 Nigerian female entrepreneur Grace Makun of Fab Jewels recently put together a platform for networking and connect with other women entrepreneurs tagged "November Retail Fiesta, Celebrating Women in Business”.

Nuciano, a luxury hand-bag label is now in Nigerian market. The brand which was unveiled by Joy Egbejimba, was founded in Seattle, United States of America, and it has set a pace in the class of quality handbags.

The crown prince of England, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla were in Nigeria and as such, a number of activities were held in their honour. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived Nigeria a few days ago and spent some time in Abuja after which they headed down to Lagos. Osas Ighodaro Following their arrival, the royals attended a reception held by the British Council in Nigeria where they met and interacted with young people from the world of art, fashion, music, and film.

Tiwa Savage wins 'Best African Act' at the 2018 MTV EMAs. She won the ‘Best African Act’ category at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards. The awards held was held at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain. Despite stiff competition from Davido, Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Nyashinski (Kenya), Shekinah (South Africa), Tiwa still came tops.

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the presentation of attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari as a tragicomedy. Buhari had on Friday received his West Africa Examination Council certificate from Dr Iyi Uwadiae, the Registrar of WAEC.  National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, told journalists in Abuja that, the PDP did not expect the president to, “come this low.” He said, “it is a tragicomedy. We never expected Mr. President to dramatically come this low because you cannot have a certificate and be calling it an attestation. What are they attesting to? We stand by our position that Mr. President has no school certificate. “it is simply a political certificate. We have said that the Buhari presidency and his handlers are always fretting at the mention of a certificate.  So, they want to mislead Nigerians to say that Mr. President has a sc...

Opposition political parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties have described the sudden release of the confirmation of result by WAEC in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as suspicious. They said that there were indications that the result was hurriedly released to stall the commencement of the suit seeking to disqualify the President from the 2019 election, describing the action as laughable, unbelievable and a desperate effort to mislead the court and shield President Buhari from being disqualified in the 2019 presidential election. CUPP is made up of about 42 political parties. The CUPP in a statement issued in Abuja by its National Spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, called on WAEC to produce the official ledger and booklet containing the scores and records of names of students of the Provincial Secondary School, katsina, now called Government Secondary School. The spokesperson sa...

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested the cook who killed his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, in Lagos. The cook, who was identified as Sunday, was said to have committed the offence at the Lagos home of the deceased. He was alleged to have run away after the dastardly act. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the arrest.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he and the late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua were classmates at both the primary and secondary schools, noting that they both joined the Army after the completion of their West African School Certificate Examination. Buhari said that he and the late Gen. Yar’Adua wrote the WASCE in 1961. The President said this as he defended the presentation of his WAEC certificate to him by the West African Examinations Council on Friday.

The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state. The final decision on the issue was taken during a meeting of the NWC held Wednesday in Abuja. Accordingly, the party has sent the name of the Senator to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to meet the deadline of the November 2 deadline for the submission of governorship candidates. Senator Hope Uzodinma

The Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has cleared the air on the issue of WAEC certificate of President Muhammad Buhai with the tweet on his handle which read: "WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?"

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has assured that his government would ensure that “the law takes its course“ regarding the gruesome death of a 13-year old Ochanya Ogbanje. Ortom gave the assurance on Tuesday in Makurdi when some people from Benue State University (BSU) protested to the Government House to register their displeasure over the unfortunate demise of the minor.

UK Fashion Buyers, Stavros Karelis & Anna Trevelyan to speak on “The Concept of Fashion Curation”, at the GTBank Fashion Weekend. Stavros & Anna will be at the GTBank Fashion Weekend to give insight on The Concept of Fashion Curation.

By Harande Balarabe When it was announced that one of the advertised headliners for the October 27 Guest Writer Session was unavoidably absent, the look of disappointment showed clearly on the faces of most attendees. They had arrived the Fountain Hall at Nanet Suites, with a lot of anticipation only to be told that Chief Timipre Sylva  had to attend an urgent meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. But within seconds of the presentation by Julius Bokoru, his media aide, the hearty applause restored the positive vibes in the hall. It underscored not only the presenter’s skill but also the quality of the content. The presentation was for a new segment of the monthly programme. Titled “Take Five”, the idea is for high profile personalities to talk of at most five books that have positively impacted their lives. The debutante chose to focus on three books.

At Mile 2 bridge, Lagos, a large crowd were waiting for a bus to go home after their day’s job. It had rained cat and dog that day so there was a vehicular traffic, which held the commuter buses behind. So as soon as a bus eventually arrived, the passengers rushed to board the bus.  “Osodi Oke straight N200.00 bus. Hold your change o. If you no get change no enter o. Conductor no get sense o”. This was the conductor of the bus shouting, warning the passengers ahead that he had no change. This reporter was among the lucky ones that struggled and got a space in the bus. Before the bus could get to second rainbow bus-stop along Osodi-Apapa expressway, the conductor started collecting the transport fare from his passengers. One of the passengers handed a N500 note to the conductor. As soon as the conductor discovered it was N500 note, he shouted, “I told you to hold your change. Driver, match am, let this man go down”.

An Abuja based  business woman who came to Lagos for  a conference, Mrs. Amaka Nwauzo has narrated how she miraculously  escaped  from the  hands of  Fulani herdsmen who dressed in  Nigemilitary uniform on her way back to  Abuja from Lagos.  Mrs. Nwauzo, who is  a member  of the  Deeper  Christian  Life  Ministry  said  the  incident  happened  after a  two  day  conference   she  attended   in Lagos  tagged  “Mothers of the  Nation  Conference” organized  by  the  Christian Women Association early this year. She explained that   the  aim of the  gathering  was  for  the participants  to  pray  against the  continuous  killing  of innocent  souls   particularly in  the Northern  region of the country,  and also  for...

A cross section of special guests at opening ceremony of the Ake Arts and Book Festival The United States Mission in Nigeria has renewed its support for Nigeria’s burgeoning community of creative writers and artists with its participation at the 2018 Ake Arts and Book Festival. The U.S. Mission was one of the major sponsors of the 2018 Ake Arts and Book Festival, an annual event which showcases the best of contemporary African literature, poetry, music, art, film, and theatre.

Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, on Friday narrated how he was allegedly tortured by members of I-G’s Intelligence Response Team and the then Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Evans said at the continuation of a trial-within-trial at an Ikeja High Court where he is facing trial alongside six others on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before Evans’ testimony, a five-minute, 33-second video recording was played in the courtroom.

 An Abuja-based Naturopath and fertility expert, Dr Kingsley Onuzuleke,  on Friday, advised intending couples to ascertain their fertility status before marriage. Onuzuleke gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He defined naturopathy or naturopathic medicine as a form of alternative medicine that employs an array of pseudo-scientific practices branded as “natural”, “non-invasive”, and as promoting “self-healing”. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and folk medicine, rather than evidence-based medicine

Mrs. Caroline Nwanyioye Okpalakunne, (Nne Onyemelukwe) is dead. She died on 1st August, 2018 at the age of 87 after a brief illness.She has since been buried on October 19, 2019 at her home Town, Umudim, Umueze, Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state. According to a release signed by the eldest son, Mr. Appolos Okpala, there was a Christian wake keep at her compound on Thursday, October, 18, 2018 by 6.pm.

Nigerian fashion designer Kamsi TCharles lingers his love affair with African prints, traditional patterns and textiles in his Spring Summer 2019 men’s collection titled “Church Science." The collection references the manner with which the western world has long been a hub of influence for religion, ethics and fashionable trends in Africa, and is often perceived as the adoption of the elements of the dominant culture by members of the minority culture.

Meghan Markle was dressed diplomatically for her first evening engagement in Fiji. She wore ablue dress which showed off her growing baby bump. Meghan Markle wore a pair of chandelier diamond earrings. Dressed in a floor length, caped gown by London-based label SAFiyAA, the Duchess – who is

Organiser of "Ready-To-Wear 2018  Expo"-Mrs Ade Awofeso (2nd left) with panelist- Mrs Funke Medun and others  at Award Nite of R2W EXPO In Lagos The recently concluded fashion designing “Ready-To-Wear 2018 Expo” has come and gone, but the memory will still linger in minds of those who had the opportunity to attend the event.  The event gave much of shared values, master classes, exhibition, runway fashion show and others to the diverse participants. Tagged “R2W EXPO 2018”, the three-day event was aimed at the need for designers, both old and young, to come together and forge a well-knitted formidable unit and take their destiny in their hands as they grow together and innovate in view of the potential Asian market take-over.         

  Nigerian female entrepreneurs, Grace Makun of Fab Jewels and Nkoli of Swiss Collections have put together a platform for networking and connect with other women entrepreneurs tagged "November Retail Fiesta “Celebrating Women in Business”.

The United States Consulate General in Lagos in collaboration with U-Live Africa on Friday night co-hosted the Major Lazer SoundSystem Concert at the Hard Rock Beach on Victoria Island. Major Lazer, the American electronic dance music group, comprising Diplo, Jillionaire, and Walshy Fire, were in Nigeria as part of a broader Africa tour which has taken them to South Africa, Malawi, Kenya and Uganda. 

In a bid to provide hair care solution to the Nigerian woman considering her hair type, Recare Cosmetics Limited, makers of Natures Gentle Touch have introduced Monoi Oil product range for the natural hair solution.

Michael Kors Fashion brand Michael Kors is acquiring Italian luxury design house Versace for $2.12 billion, it was announced on Tuesday.


 Annamaria Cammilli is the jewellery brand that in the international panorama has confirmed its position as leader of design and of style, with jewels strictly 18-carat gold, characterized by minimal lines embellished by diamonds. 

Ade Bakare Ade Bakare was approached by the production team behind the new hit TV series Battleground , which is shown on DSTV.