Supermodel Naomi Campbell is the star of La Perla’s Fall/Winter 2015 advertising campaign, photographed by famed fashion duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. The 45-year-old’s body is looking tighter than many women half her age. The theme of the collection is “Impossible Lace” modeled on a design challenge to reproduce an intricate lace created in…
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President Muhammadu Buhari (M) with Board of Directors of Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Limited (LNG) President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday said that his administration will undertake appropriate reforms and implement fresh policies to boost national income from oil and gas production. Speaking at separate meetings with delegations from Exxon- Mobil and the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari as the Acting National Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following Tuesday’s retirement of Professor Attahiru Jega, its former chairman. Until her appointment, Zakari was a National Commissioner at INEC. A statement by Haruna Imrana, Director of Communications for the Head of…
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Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance,Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied spending without authorization $2.1 Billion from the Excess Crude Account, saying the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) approved the disbursement of the funds. In a statement the former Minister, who has been under fire over the poor state of the nation’s…
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Bubu Ogisi Bubu Ogisi Saturday night witnessed the soft opening of the Nigerian Fashion brand IAMISIGO’s Showroom in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event celebrated IAMISIGO Creative and Artistic Director Bubu Ogisi’s exclusive preview of the Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 collection, ‘East of West.’ Present at the event was Rita Dominic, Lanre Da Silva, Bridget Awosika,…
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An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian military has crashed today a few minutes after take off in the city of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra Province, authorities said. At least 38 bodies have so far been recovered from the crash site which appeared to be in a residence area. The military said the aircraft,…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva said that Liberia has lost its Ebola-free status after a new case of the deadly disease was confirmed. Tarik Jasarevic, WHO Spokesman, said a new case was confirmed in Liberia after the country had earlier been declared free of the virus in May. He said the infection was…
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Professor Attahiru Jega has retired as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after five years in the saddle where he supervised two general elections – 2011 and 2015. Jega formally bowed out day and handed over to new Acting Chairman of INEC, Ambassador Ahmed Wali, who is a National Commissioner at the commission.…
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A Chadian Public Prosecutor, Alghassim Khamis, said on Tuesday that one of the key Boko Haram leaders, Baana Fanay, who has been coordinating trafficking of weapons in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad was arrested on Sunday in N’Djamena. Khamis said Fanay alias Mahamat Moustapha, was arrested by security forces after a fierce resistance. He said Fanay,…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Bank Registration Verification (BVN) deadline to Oct. 31, to accommodate customers who had thronged the banks to beat this week’s deadline. The extension was announced Tuesday in a circular by Mr. Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking and Payment System Department, CBN. “It has come to our notice…
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