Nollywood star, Desmond Olusola Elliot has won his bid to represent the people of Surulere constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly under All Progressives Congress (APC) defeating the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayo Smith. Elliot took to his Facebook page to thank his supporters for believing in his dream.…
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Winners of Saturday April 11 governorship election began to emerge on Sunday afternoon with the All Progressives Congress topping the Peoples Democratic Party in the results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. There were however still pockets of protests and killings in a few states even as the results were being…
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Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel are officially first-time parents. The happy couple announced on April 10 that Jess gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Congrats to them! The new mom and her precious baby boy are doing just fine, and Justin is “ecstatic.” Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images North America…
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President Goodluck Jonathan, president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Babatunde Fashola, ex-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu and millions of other Nigerians are currently casting their votes the on-going general Governorship and State Assemblies elections. Voters in Nigeria’s 29 states would elect governors while new state assemblies would be elected in the 36 states. There are no governorship elections…
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to announce that she’s running for president in 2016. The former secretary of state is scheduled to declare her second run for president on Twitter at noon eastern time on Sunday, followed by a video and email announcement, then a series of conference calls mapping out a blitzkrieg tour beginning…
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Taylor Swift racked up 14 entries in 13 categories, Sam Smith (13), Iggy Azalea (12) and Meghan Trainor (9) nominations in this year’s Billboard Music Awards. The awards will take place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17 and will be hosted by Ludacris & ChrissyTeigen. See the full list…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders by the American magazine, Fortune. Occupying the 33rd spot on the list, the minister was recognised alongside the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Catholic Pontiac, Pope Francis; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi; Bill and Melinda Gates…
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Solomon Oboh, Creative Director of DC As the African Fashion industry is garnering followers and its avid interpreters leaping out with brands that satiate our fashion appetite, it’s a whole new approach when a brand launches with more than fashion deliverables in form of closet essentials to everything in between. Solomon Oboh, Creative Director of…
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Mai Atafo, April By Kunbi, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and Omoyemi Akerele have been revealed as the four top shots and are a team in this year’s Fayrouz L’Original Expression Show. Omoyemi Akerele, CEO of Style House Files returns as Art Director for the second year alongside fashion icons, Mai Atafo, Kunbi Oyelese of April By Kunbi.…
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An eyewitness whose cellphone video put a South Carolina police officer in jail on a murder charge said Wednesday that he did not hear the white officer give any warning before he fired eight times at the back of a black man who can be seen in the footage running away before he falls to…
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