Being a beauty queen doesn’t conflict with my serving in the church —Miss...
It was a moment of glory for the pretty, young Nigerian lady. The venue was the city of Miami in the United States. The occasion was the friendly match between the Nigerian Super Eagles and Venezuela....
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In a film, Delta Boys, an American, Andrew Berends, traces the Niger Delta struggles. He looks at the region’s challenges through the lense of former militant leader Ateke Tom. Berends, who was once...
View ArticleMany sides of a scholar and an activist
At 33, Prof. Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi was appointed Director-General of the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (NIIA). It was a rare feat then for a young person to be given such a plum job....
View ArticleVanishing beauty pageants
A few years back beauty pageants were quite popular in Nigeria. Now, the business is no longer booming and the pageants are diminishing. Yetunde Oladeinde takes a look at the problem affecting the...
View ArticleMy regret: ….not believing God as much as I ought to
Since she sprang into national consciousness three and a half decades ago, Bishop Bola Odeleke’s path has been laced with fame, controversy, miracles of healing and great bravado. Before becoming a...
View ArticleI enjoyed a lot of respect being married to TOS, a cabinet member then –...
At over 77, Chief Mrs. Opral Benson still radiates beauty and charm. She came out of her consulate office with air of officialdom to usher us in. And from her carriage and the countless number of...
View Article‘Why I abandoned law practice for show design’
Lawyer-turn-shoe maker, Monalisa Abimbola Azeh, prides herself as one of Nigeria’s finest shoe designers. That’s because, for over a decade, she has kept a culture of churning out choice designer shoes...
View ArticleHow I made fortune from packing waste
Controversy has since been trailing Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Hajia Oluremi Aminat Dangaji since she emerged three months ago as the new president of the music body in Nigeria known as the Performing Musicians...
View Article‘I never thought I’d be king’
The designed crown on the arch entrance into the expansive palace is conspicuous as it adds to the aesthetics of the palace. Engraved on the arch is Olukare’s Palace. The leaves on the big baobab tree...
View ArticleMy bitter-sweet love story during civil war
Can you tell us about your early life? My father was a great man. He was a teacher. But you know teachers of those days were very accommodative; every body in our town lived with us. Teachers were the...
View ArticleGrandfather of nutrition goes into retirement
In 1978, when he branched into academics to teach nutrition, each time, he had to wrestle to justify that nutrition be given a chance in the university curriculum. Now as he proceeds into retirement he...
View ArticleThe world hails Sango festival
His appearance and character were frightening: He is a six-footer, his eyes were blood shot, the cowrie shells attached on his regalia were dangling and making noise as he ran about, a leather band...
View ArticleDerin Agbaje claims her place in social sphere
Unlike in the days past when the wives of bank executives confine themselves to the home front, most of them now freely flaunt their beauty and dress sense. After all, they are endowed with chubby...
View ArticleNo woman can snatch my husband if I get a second shot at marriage—Aisha Falode
YOUR TV programme, The Amazons, is solely about women. Are you such a feminist? No, no, no. It is not for women alone; it is for the family. It is just that women are the ones who drive the family. The...
View ArticleWale Osinubi launches foundation
Millionaire businessman and chief executive of Wesco Pools and Lottery, Barrister Adewale Osinubi, recently took his philanthropic gesture further by launching a new foundation to cater for the needy,...
View ArticleWahab Folawiyo’s daughter hooked
Fatima Folawiyo, the beautiful daughter of the late business mogul, Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo, walks down the aisle with her heartthrob of many years, Salmon Ojibara, in Lagos today. Celeb...
View ArticlePrincess Theresa Taiwo Olusanya ups the ante
These days, you cannot miss the sprightliness in the gait of Princess Taiwo Olusanya, the pleasantly beautiful daughter of the late Asamo of Akureland, Ondo State. More than ever before, Princess, as...
View ArticleModupe Ozolua steps up her game
At the mention of Modupe Ozolua’s name, the first thing that strikes the mind is breast enlargement. And she is not about to give up this reputation any time soon. Celeb Watch gathered that she...
View ArticleBigwigs get set for Oba Akinruntan’s coronation anniversary
Multi-millionaire monarch and Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, will hold his coronation anniversary on November 4. The man of means will also seize the opportunity of the...
View ArticleAquafina Elite Model Look Nigeria 2013
AFTER a rigorous scouting process, this year’s Elite Model Look Nigeria competition received an unprecedented 1,853 aspiring young females at the castings in Lagos from all over Nigeria in hope of...
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