Professor Mrs. Ibironke Akinsete is a Haematologist and an expert in the area of women’s health who has distinguished herself in her chosen career. She is a founding member of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa, Nigeria (SWAAN) and served as its President till 2000. She is a Life Patron of SWAAN, former Chairperson; National Agency for the Control of AIDS and Presidential Adviser on HIV/AIDS. She is on the board of several companies’ organizations and NGOs. And currently the Chairman of Path Care Medical Laboratory, Lagos.

Who are you and who do you want to be? What direction are you moving in life? It is vital to become clear on this. Knowing the answers to these questions will guide you to making wise choices in who you allow to be part of your journey.

Who are you and who do you want to be? What direction are you moving in life? It is vital to become clear on this. Knowing the answers to these questions will guide you to making wise choices in who you allow to be part of your journey.

Do you know that it is dysfunctional to believe you are in love with a man who has a wife in the house and hope that some day, he will divorce his wife and marry you?

Last week, I started with the highlights of previous articles as requested by you with the aim of giving those of you, my dear readers who by one reason or another missed some of the past editions.

January 4th, 2007 – I’ve been staring at the same spot on the ceiling for the last three hours, I can almost hear each hurried beat of my overworked heart, and I count each one, just waiting |

It was delightful gathering of family, friends and colleagues recently when younger brother of Mrs Rosetta Emele, Charles Oguamanam was formally joined in matrimony with his beloved Chibuzor Onyiye.

London Fashion Week opened February 19 to raving reviews on the quirky designs of Britain’s new talents. The Autumn Winter and Spring/Summer collections were a fusion of esthetics, drama and plenty of folds.

Fashion as a social phenomena, has brought Ituen Basi, Quintessence and Zebra together; it has offered the trio opportunity of bouncing ideas off of one another, just like any other form of art.

Why, all of a sudden does everyone look the same? Its almost as if there’s a huge ‘machine’ churning out all the fashionistas – you know the look – long locks of ‘Aunty Funmi’ hair’, eyes completely hidden behind huge sunnies, tons of make-up, ‘the’ jeans or dress, the platforms and yes, you got it, THE bag!

I do not really like shampooing weaves because I am never sure all the shampoo/conditioner has been rinsed out. I f we were taught to rinse our hair for 5 continuous minutes with running water before we can deem it to be clean, can you imagine how much water one would need to completely rinse out the weave? Now, I know that most salons in our environment have challenges with water; so you ought to be aware of this fact before you subject your weave-on to an incomplete wash.

Your choice of hair styles may be killing your hair. You need to learn to vary your styles ever so slightly so that you do not fatigue areas of focus. An area of focus is the area from which your style starts, such as a parting which could be bang in the center of the head or to the side of the head [whether left or right!] or a fringe which could be frontal or sideways.

On January 28, 2010, the National Black Arts Festival partnered with Saks Fifth Avenue to present the 2010 “Men of Fine Art + Fashion”.

How often do you buy into what other people tell you about yourself and your possibilities rather than deciding for yourself? We have many “prophets” around us. They try to foretell our future, judging our capabilities and potentials for us.

Customer Service is not rocket science. It is like brain science. The basic requirement is a change in mindset; a resolution to take small positive steps, day by day, to improve service delivery. This resolution to do things better, is then followed by a change in behaviour to achieve the desired result.