16 year old Nigerian designer, tumisola ladega wins Jimmy Choo bursary prize
Through these years her designs have graced the catwalks of major fashion shows and fashion weeks in Miami, Maryland USA, Lagos Nigeria, South Africa and of course London. As a developing label, Tumiila touches all areas, from high end couture to urban, and from evening to ready to wear. Tumisola is now 16 years old and her work has also had the privilege of recognition by the honourable Joan Burstein and Professor Jimmy Choo.
I want Joke Silva, Genevieve in ‘Acceptance’ movie – Award-winning author
UK-based award-winning Nigerian author, Ibitola Ojoye-Adebayo, a graduate of pharmacology from the University of Portsmouth, is a writer of contemporary romance with a twist. Her writing is a portal into her mind and soul. Sparked with a passion for gothic horror, mystery and romance novels, her top writing influences include Virginia Andrews and Stephen King. […]
Senator Patrick Leahy: With ‘friends’ like this by Femi Fani-Kayode
The United States government helped Boko Haram immensly by refusing to classify them as a terrorist organisation until 2014 and by refusing to sell us arms to fight them. Worst still, they imposed an international arms embargo on us so that we could not buy arms from anyone else in the international community. When asked why they are doing this to us they tell us that it is because of the Leahy Act which prohibits them from selling arms to governments that violate the human rights of their own citizens.
Alleged N3bn bail out money tears Kwara apart
The economic lull plaguing the administration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has infected every strata of the state apparatus in a manner the residents have not experienced in recent time.
Between $148bn and $150b: Where they stash Nigeria, other African nations looted funds abroad
Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to the radio and watch television in the West, you will are bombarded with how poor and corrupt Africans are. However, you will never watch, read or hear anything in these media outlets on the role played by Western banking institutions; property development and estate companies; technology corporations; oil and mining cartels; defense and engineering companies; and Western political and business elite in promoting corruption in Africa.
Bailout to states creative way of addressing financial crunch – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday advised Nigerians to be more vigilant in order not to fall prey to terror attacks.
